57 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsFreeBSD & Linux distro| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Lone Wolf | Feb 19, 2008 2:39 am | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 19, 2008 2:50 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 19, 2008 3:19 am | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 19, 2008 3:53 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 19, 2008 4:13 am | |
| Arek Czereszewski | Feb 19, 2008 4:59 am | |
| Lone Wolf | Feb 19, 2008 5:14 am | |
| Heiko Wundram (Beenic) | Feb 19, 2008 5:24 am | |
| Dominic Fandrey | Feb 19, 2008 5:26 am | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 19, 2008 6:15 am | |
| Erik Osterholm | Feb 19, 2008 7:26 am | |
| James | Feb 19, 2008 7:37 am | |
| RW | Feb 19, 2008 7:40 am | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 19, 2008 7:49 am | |
| Jerry McAllister | Feb 19, 2008 8:11 am | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 19, 2008 8:14 am | |
| Jerry McAllister | Feb 19, 2008 8:40 am | |
| NetOpsCenter | Feb 19, 2008 11:14 am | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 19, 2008 3:24 pm | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 19, 2008 3:27 pm | |
| Jerry McAllister | Feb 19, 2008 3:31 pm | |
| Da Rock | Feb 19, 2008 4:46 pm | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 20, 2008 8:35 am | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 20, 2008 11:50 pm | |
| Da Rock | Feb 21, 2008 12:33 am | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 21, 2008 12:46 am | |
| Predrag Punosevac | Feb 21, 2008 2:23 am | |
| James | Feb 21, 2008 2:38 am | |
| Kevin Kinsey | Feb 21, 2008 3:14 am | |
| Sean Cavanaugh | Feb 21, 2008 5:25 am | |
| Matthew Seaman | Feb 21, 2008 6:31 am | |
| Chad Perrin | Feb 21, 2008 6:58 am | |
| James Harrison | Feb 21, 2008 2:58 pm | |
| Heiko Wundram (Beenic) | Feb 21, 2008 3:09 pm | |
| Drew Tomlinson | Feb 21, 2008 8:31 pm | |
| D G Teed | Feb 21, 2008 9:03 pm | |
| Predrag Punosevac | Feb 21, 2008 9:10 pm | |
| Wojciech Puchar | Feb 21, 2008 9:27 pm | |
| nepbabu | Feb 21, 2008 11:56 pm | |
| Chris Whitehouse | Feb 22, 2008 1:49 am | |
| puno...@math.arizona.edu | Feb 22, 2008 2:28 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 22, 2008 2:36 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 22, 2008 3:40 am | |
| per...@pluto.rain.com | Feb 22, 2008 4:36 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 22, 2008 4:47 am | |
| ill...@gmail.com | Feb 22, 2008 5:30 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 22, 2008 5:58 am | |
| Jonathan McKeown | Feb 22, 2008 9:02 am | |
| Oliver Herold | Feb 22, 2008 9:05 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 22, 2008 9:27 am | |
| Chess Griffin | Feb 22, 2008 2:35 pm | |
| Chris Whitehouse | Feb 22, 2008 4:00 pm | |
| Jerry McAllister | Feb 22, 2008 4:37 pm | |
| Jerry McAllister | Feb 22, 2008 4:40 pm | |
| D G Teed | Feb 23, 2008 2:27 am | |
| Da Rock | Feb 24, 2008 10:33 pm | |
| Chad Perrin | Mar 2, 2008 5:39 am |
| Subject: | FreeBSD & Linux distro | |
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| From: | Da Rock (rock...@comcen.com.au) | |
| Date: | Feb 19, 2008 4:46:23 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-questions | |
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 08:49 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:13:39PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 12:51 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
by not being linux at all.
FreeBSD is more a server than a desktop system. Ubuntu particularly is
FreeBSD isn't both desktop or server system. it is just unix - it depends from the user how it's being used.
True. But looking at it from a newbie point of view the statement helps give it perspective. I have to translate for people all the time and I know this works.
We all know that FreeBSD whoops linux's ass, but as to how it does this is beyond most newer users. :P
The way you phrased it makes it sound like FreeBSD is simply unsuited to use as a desktop system. Contrary to that impression, I'm sending this from a Thinkpad laptop with FreeBSD on it, and it's by far the best "desktop" OS I've ever had the pleasure to use.
Me too. But you have to be more enabled to get a lot of the software the is wanted on a desktop system working. Case in point: Gnome is not automatically installed (or kde or any other wm). Web browsing can be tricky because you have to get wrappers for plugins and so on. For you and me- we don't mind because we know the result will be fantastic, but others who just want to get on with it it can be a pain.
Therefore, I'd say a desktop version of FreeBSD would be better described as a workstation. Considering we're comparing to Ubuntu, I'd say thats a fair statement.