Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:15:49 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thank you (for making the ports less boring). Message-ID: <20110914191549.GA2142@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110914192900.00b1a0f9@elena> References: <1315864556.1747.103.camel@xenon> <20110912190558.641a3219@seibercom.net> <20110912230943.GD33455@guilt.hydra> <4E6E99BC.4050909@missouri.edu> <1315905051.1747.208.camel@xenon> <4E6F8A50.9060205@gmx.de> <1315942042.1747.258.camel@xenon> <20110914192900.00b1a0f9@elena>
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--bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Tony Mc on Wednesday, 14 September 2011: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:27:22 +0200 > Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > I have no other words beyond that because I can't even seriously > > imagine what those people stating how everything is perfectly fine > > now consider to be a working, modern, 24/7 ready desktop workstation. >=20 > I am interested to know what you regard as a modern 24/7 ready desktop > workstation. Seriously, I would like to know what you think I am > missing by being happy with FreeBSD. I manage to read stuff, write > stuff, print stuff, listen to stuff, watch stuff, backup stuff, archive > stuff, burn CDs and DVDs - what am I missing? I use tcsh > and command-line tools and Emacs and org-mode and LaTeX and claws-mail > and Firefox and Rhythmbox and JPilot to sync with my Palm TX. When > people send me Microsoft Office documents I even use LibreOffice > occasionally. I use XFCE4 as my desktop environment and switch virtual > desktops to focus on different kinds of activity. The computer runs > 24/7 and performs housekeeping tasks overnight and is there again in > the morning when I need to start work. >=20 > I suppose my needs aren't that sophisticated - but I also wonder if > what is missing is truly sophistication or simply different ways of > accomplishing existing tasks. So if you have the time I would genuinely > be interested to learn what a modern desktop machine now needs or > offers. >=20 > Best, > Tony By contrast, I avoid the GUI stuff as much as I can. I use a tiling window manager and almost everything I do, from writing code to listening to music, happens in a terminal window. My editor is vim, and my MUA is mutt. Yet as different as our desktop experiences are, FreeBSD powers them both. One of the reasons I like FreeBSD for the desktop is that I can make it anything I want. With Windows, I have to accept how Windows works -- the ability to customize that experience is extremely limited. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOcP1lAAoJEIpckszW26+RT20H/jeEy6cnnDj4yivWLu7jvQkY 4ikbVV4eCFzpfLwnE0PpRMCV9IOUVsPgSOSQXnrv2m+mlyDqIRkwWfLz6Vo/GFTk f86oTwelaB38zOxgG/2aKkaOsG3sBcgThRTpnAl+BRg5N48Q8Xc2gtRU9afyzC5N kEHbNcRMN/M6qVhvIsl8EjLr0yk3Xp21gWC9AjSIW4a36uyJ6oFgbziawrRy/7aG BZiND+TRk9b4EnMo/f3I3AtZN4gUnvalnTYBdobK2vFdAABHZQeM9uTjm+eyIaVQ PMq2d3DGiPzNey68zUXkh0rr61r22lxUnF8NipGk+aZEvEMNfpGwEKaWH2D49T4= =mqxs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--
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