Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:10:47 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Jamie Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD on the desktop (was: TheRegister article on Hotmail) Message-ID: <20021122234047.GB60785@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200211221502.gAMF2a6a089963@catflap.bishopston.net> References: <20021121161453.GA69019_submonkey.net@ns.sol.net> <008501c2917a$ac643080$0a00000a_atkielski.com@ns.sol.net> <200211221502.gAMF2a6a089963@catflap.bishopston.net>
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On Friday, 22 November 2002 at 15:02:36 +0000, Jamie Jones wrote: > On 21 Nov 2002 16:26:08 +0000, > anthony@freebie.atkielski.com <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> > wrote in newsgroup sol.lists.freebsd.advocacy: > >> Conversely, though, converting from Windows to UNIX on the desktop is just >> as absurd as doing the opposite on the server, and the fact that many people >> try it anyway just proves that there are irrational and fanatical people on >> both sides of the fence. > > You were doing well up until then. > For some it may not be suitable, but I'm currently sitting here with over 50 > windows open on a FreeBSD X desktop, and its stable, and fast. Agreed 100%. I've had to use Microsoft from time to time, but for my purposes it's a toy compared to FreeBSD. It would take me several times as long to get things done if I had to use Microsoft. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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