Freebsd vs. linux
Anthony Atkielski
atkielski.anthony at wanadoo.fr
Sat Feb 12 20:30:27 GMT 2005
Ramiro Aceves writes:
> There are not a myth, they are a fact. I have seen bluescreens
> frecuently in win95 and winMillenium.
Neither of these is based on NT, and both are dead products.
> Now I am out of the winbugs world since 2 years and I am very happy.
Perhaps longer than that, if you think Windows 95 is still current.
> Sure X is the culprit.
I agree. FreeBSD is stable without the GUI. If the GUI were purely a
userland program, there'd be no problem--but GUIs are never pure
userland programs.
> I need the GUIs for my daily work. Electronic circuit design software
> requires GUI, imaging editing requieres GUI, and because of that many
> people needs a GUI, but that is not a reason to use Winbugs.
You have to use whatever platform supports your chosen application.
> I have seen also winXP computers here at University that do very weird
> things everyday.
Users at universities do very weird things to their computers. In
particular, university computers tend to be cesspools of viruses and
worms. It's a wonder they run at all.
> Why not choosing Linux or FreeBSD for the desktop?
Because the leading desktop is Windows, with a quarter-million or so
applications written for it. Why do things the hard way when one can do
them the easy way?
> I can choose a windowmanager among decens, I have many apps that
> perform the same or better than the winbugs counterparts, and the best
> of all, they are *free* and do not depend on any comercial enterprise.
Quite a few applications for Windows are free or very inexpensive as
well.
> I do not need too much bells and whistles to fell confortable at the
> desktop. A fluxbox window manager is perfect for me. The important
> thing are the apps, not the desktop.
Then why use a GUI at all? GUIs are nothing more than bells and
whistles.
--
Anthony
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