Date: Sat, 23 May 2020 14:20:03 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating a FreeBSD workstation Message-ID: <CAEC7393JSL4K618pN-8Zy3CL_WiEmVaANKOEgW=_7btj7qS5Mw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4671487d-2a25-3c9b-05c5-523bbfed48d8@holgerdanske.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.2005230221460.75395@bucksport.safeport.com> <CAAdA2WNSZaLLb1t6qeEX8ESwCYTorwOg%2BTXE4y1S_zY-SWFSjQ@mail.gmail.com> <4671487d-2a25-3c9b-05c5-523bbfed48d8@holgerdanske.com>
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I use Ubuntu 18.04 as my desktop-of-choice and recommend it for my corporate clients for non-rack applications. Raw Debian might be better -- especially with a lighter-weight desktop like XFCE -- but the ease of just clicking "Ubuntu" when installing a package is monumental when you need a "just works" system to introduce people (especially Doze-heads) to the UNIX-like system world. I scraped Doze off a laptop for my housekeeper and she's now completely satisfied with Ubuntu and LibreOffice! That says a lot. FreeBSD and Linux _are_ very, very different, which is why I'm now loading a mule machine with 12-STABLE prior to building racks with gobs (warning: technical term) of FreeBSD servers. For servers I can't see CentOS or SUSE as being as good as FreeBSD in terms of either performance or customization potential, and I suspect that that will stay true with the sustenance FreeBSD has from the corporate user community. -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************
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