Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 17:11:52 -0400 From: Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Leaving the Desktop Market Message-ID: <536E9618.5070101@digitaldaemon.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1LuDy9H3%2BLiiv9CEnT0Koo8GjZKXHNN020XwAP2rWMDkA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkeBozvfV-L0%2BrFZ6fWRn0=Gi3BNq1kPL=-HTq0TD6MkQ@mail.gmail.com> <A70900DF-4BAA-427F-8731-01211FFD1887@mail.turbofuzz.com> <20140401094044.GX44074@e-new.0x20.net> <CAFHbX1LuDy9H3%2BLiiv9CEnT0Koo8GjZKXHNN020XwAP2rWMDkA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4/1/14, 6:44 AM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: >> I'm a happy FreeBSD desktop user since 4.7. There are some edges, but I >> really like that I can can create a desktop the way _I_ want it and my >> mail client even allows me to break lines at 80 chars. Eat that, Apple >> Mail! ;-) :-) > I'm also a happy camper with FreeBSD and X. I use FreeBSD as my > primary work environment, running on a laptop. I use FreeBSD as my > HTPC, recording TV shows, transcoding content and streaming it to my > iStuff. I use FreeBSD as my primary desktop at home. > > You do need to make some smart choices about what hardware you buy > (when has it not been thus when you want to run an open OS?) The choices go for server hardware too. I have run a FreeBSD internet server on a T1 and later a 2xT1 for 14 years. When ever the hardware had to be upgraded I always checked the hardware compatibility list... > Better power management than just powerd is possible, you need to > disable any device you are using that you don't need, and tweak a few > things specific to your laptop - Alexander Motin got his laptop to > exceed his windows run time., with many tweaks. That is, if you care > about it - I don't, as I'm always docked or in a meeting room with > power. It would be great if how he accomplished that would be documented somewhere if it has not been done already. > I feel there is no need for FreeBSD to compete with Linux. The main > benefit of FreeBSD to me is that (almost) everything is documented, it > is documented in a coherent and consistent manner, there is only one > "flavour" of FreeBSD; if it is a FreeBSD system I know where the OS > conf lives, where the userland conf lives. Agreed! > To compete with Linux desktop OS would take a huge amount of polish > that is just not justified for users like me, I'm very happy with the > amount of polish that we currently have (thank you Xorg team for > NEW_XORG!). FreeBSD has enough in it that other projects (PC-BSD) can > use FreeBSD as a base and provide that polish. Agreed! -- ManiaC++ Jan Knepper The Power to Serve: www.freebsd.org But as for me and my household, we shall use Mozilla... www.mozilla.org Get legal - Get OpenOffice.org... www.openoffice.org Charton Heston: "Mr. Clinton, when what you say is wrong, it's a mistake. When you know it's wrong, it's a lie. Remember?"
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