Ugly Huge BSD Monster

[Vulpes Velox]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:31:20 +0200
Joao Schim <joao at bowtie.nl> wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:42:59 +0100
> Mario Freitas <sub_0 at netcabo.pt> wrote:
> 
> > FreeBSD is not intended to be used as a desktop, it is the best option
> > for firewall and Internet service features which do not require
> > extra-packages (or a lot of them) by default.
> 
> Hey Mario,
> 
> Well its my experience that FreeBSD is not only the best option for
> firewall and Internet services but it is also very capable of running
> desktop apps with the greatest stability. So that makes me wonder why you
> seem to have that idea that FreeBSD isn't ment for Desktop.
> I thought there was even a  freebsd-gnome list around, and if gnome isn't
> desktop than i dont know what is..
> 
> With kindest regards,

Yeah, I will second that. I have been using FreeBSD as both desktop and server
work for close to two years now. I am very pleased with it. My only complaint is
the limited number of cards with OGL support. I have had real good luck with it
as a desktop. I have not found anything missing from it as a desktop OS. I have
not had any problems teaching my sister to use it too, when I built a machine
for her.