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: | Chad Perrin (per...@apotheon.com) | |
| Date: | Feb 19, 2008 7:49:17 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-questions | |
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.
-- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Thomas McCauley: "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."