From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 30 12:10:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA08736 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:10:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fig.mail.easynet.net (fig.mail.easynet.net [195.40.1.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA08699 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:10:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrew@sour.cream.org) Received: (qmail 27788 invoked from network); 30 Nov 1998 20:10:13 -0000 Received: from boothman.easynet.co.uk (HELO localhost) (194.154.100.117) by fig.mail.easynet.net with SMTP; 30 Nov 1998 20:10:13 -0000 Received: from sour.cream.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA00675; Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:59:34 GMT (envelope-from andrew@sour.cream.org) Message-ID: <3662EB15.BA7337BF@sour.cream.org> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:59:33 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman Reply-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Maxwell CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Frustrated with bsd References: <000001be1c14$904de420$f6a08318@9zt3t.ce.mediaone.net> <19981129223416.A23715@drwho.xnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Michael Maxwell wrote: > In general: Unix isn't a desktop OS (though this doesn't mean it can't > be used as one -- after all, Unix can do just about anything). I would disagree with the statement that Unix isn't a desktop operating system. It just isn't EVERYBODY's desktop operating system. If you want the power and flexibility on your desktop that Unix offers then it is the desktop OS for you. -- Andrew Boothman http://sour.cream.org/ http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message