Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:01:11 -0500 (EST) From: doug <doug@safeport.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1011128163141.50019G-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <15365.11290.211107.464324@guru.mired.org>
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Assuming one already uses FreeBSD (why else subscribe to this list ;) there are advantages to using it as a desktop. I started using BSD servers and win9x desktops using a product (eXceed) to connect to the servers. Switching to FreeBSD as my main desktop greatly accelerated my learning curve for FreeBSD/Unix. Since I am of the opinion that Windows will eventually become as much of a closed software environment as the Mac is for hardware, having a FreeBSD desktop is a double winner for me. For the health of Open Source OSs in general I would point out that there are (tens of??) thousands more desktops than servers in the world. If there is going to be an OS war it will be won or lost there (IMO). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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