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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:32:13 +0800
From:      "Jett Tayer" <jett@laguna.i-next.net>
To:        "Jason DiCioccio" <geniusj@bluenugget.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD needs to awake and come out of SERVER only market!
Message-ID:  <027a01c114ba$65ceaa80$4b443dca@jett>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107241745020.34308-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> <030801c114ba$96287170$bf960340@jason8bo2vxz5e>

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Come on man!, if u want some desktop performance go use windows.
in my own opinion, freebsd is the powerful server OS there is and the most
stable.

Jett Tayer
Interdotnet Phils.
Systems Operations
<tayerv@team.ph.inter.net>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason DiCioccio" <geniusj@bluenugget.net>
To: "Rev. K Kanno" <presence@churchofinformationwarfare.org>; "Sung Nae Cho"
<sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>
Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs to awake and come out of SERVER only market!


> I don't think there are enough resources to do something like this.  How
can
> someone predict what support you want in your servers?  If you want your
own
> kernel, build it yourself.. Or build your own kernel/config file and use
it
> across all the servers assuming they're similar.  I don't think the
FreeBSD
> team should have to have 10 different maintained kernel builds just to
> satisfy everyone.
>
> Cheers,
> -JD-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rev. K Kanno" <presence@churchofinformationwarfare.org>
> To: "Sung Nae Cho" <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>
> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs to awake and come out of SERVER only market!
>
>
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sung Nae Cho wrote:
> >
> > I disagree. I'd like to know there is always a stable platform to run
> server
> > duties on for the intel platform. If I want a pretty desktop with 3
> trillion
> > apps, I will run windows.
> >
> > This is just me, but I'm really sick of commenting out all the trash for
> > dekstops from my kernel config files. I don't give a damn about human
> > interface devices, USB and nonsense like that. Maybe there could be two
> > versions of FreeBSD. A "stripped down" version for servers and maybe
some
> port
> > or installation option that just adds the toys and nonsense desktop
people
> > seem to want for a workstation.
> >
> > Just an opinion.
> >
> > KEN
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This is regarding that recent performance issue (Linux, Windows,
> FreeBSD,
> > > Solaris).  I don't care what you (people who are so stuck up with
> > > stability) think, I use FreeBSD as a desktop and I need performance!
I
> > > have "async" otpion turned on in my /etc/fstab, I'm glad the FreeBSD
by
> > > default enables the write cache for my hard disks.  Come on, wake up!
> > > FreeBSD is no longer for some dorky server administrator who does
> nothing
> > > but chewing on snickers bar sitting in corner of some room full of
racks
> > > and HDD's.  And, I bet most people use FreeBSD for desktop use, not as
> > > server use!  I've shut down the computer by plugging the power plug
out
> > > just because I was upset or not in the moeed and all it cost me was
some
> > > extra time booting due to file system check.  I've never had any of my
> > > files, emails or anything like that being lost due to cold shutting my
> > > computer.  I'm sick of this server administrators always crying for
> > > stability.  If FreeBSD won't take use of all the capabilities offered
in
> > > todays hard drives, I won't be using it!  I'll switch right over to
> Linux.
> > > Come on, desktop is the king and FreeBSD should focus itself evolving
in
> > > desktop market.  If you gonna whine about stability, go back to
FreeBSD
> > > 2.x, 3.x.  For me, FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x should be more desktop oriented,
and
> > > desktops need performance!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Sung N. Cho
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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> >   The Exploding Fruit Challenge!    Rev. K. Kanno
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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