From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 31 16:19:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from superman.imag.net (superman.imag.net [207.200.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7487115569 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:17:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from markh@lon.imag.net) Received: from mymachine.imag.net (lon-p37.wwdc.com [207.200.138.38]) by superman.imag.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA22796; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:17:32 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Hendriks Reply-To: markh@lon.imag.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD instead of Windows Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:20:15 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <38956724.2CBF94C0@sudnet.com.ar> Cc: sansonvolmark@sudnet.com.ar MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00013118573300.00267@mymachine.imag.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Sanson Volmark wrote: > I'm very interested to know if it's possible to use freeBSD instead of > Windowx 98. The simple answer is yes. Many people use FreeBSD instead of Windows, just as many people use Macintosh instead of Windows, Linux instead of Windows, OS/2 instead of Windows, etc. There are also many people (including myself,) who use FreeBSD instead of Macintosh, Linux, OS/2, etc. I presume that you use the phrase "instead of Windows" because, like many people, Windows is the only operating system you have hands on experience with. If the computer market was a level, competitive playing field, then there is no reason that any one operating system would have a majority market share, any more than one particular vehicle dominates the auto market. If you were going to buy a car, you would not walk into a dealership and ask "Can I drive a Dodge Dakota instead of a Honda Civic?" Shop for an operating system the way you would shop for a car. Consider what your requirements are. Consider what your preferences are. Then approach the various "dealers," and ask how their operating system meets your requirements and preferences. Unfortunately, if you are like many Windows users, then you many not really have a good idea of what other operating systems are capable of. If this is the case, all you have to do is ask "What is your operating system capable of? What are the features of your operating system? What makes your operating system better than other operatind systems?" Answers to this last question should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt. This mailing list is a good place to ask such questions. There are also mailing lists for Linux, and resources on the Internet for asking such questions about Macintosh, OS/2, and BeOS. I'm sorry that I couldn't give you a simple answer, but I hope that you're starting to realize that (contrary to what Microsoft wants you to believe,) there is no simple answer to which operating system you should use. Mark Hendriks markh@lon.imag.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message