Ugly Huge BSD Monster

[Bill Moran]

Mario Freitas wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 17:16, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
>>Joao Schim 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,
>>
>>Hey!  I resent that.  I've used FreeBSD as my desktop for 5 years
>>now.
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>I thought there was even a  freebsd-gnome list around, and if gnome isn't
>>>desktop than i dont know what is..
>>
>>If that's not good enough:
>>http://freebsd.kde.org
> 
> I've used FreeBSD as my desktop for 4 years...
> And as a __last__ explanation on what I wanted to say is that, IMHO,
> "the main objective of FreeBSD" is not desktop but networking.
> OSX and MS. Windows is more desktop oriented(doesn't necessarily mean
> FreeBSD is worse for desktop than MS. Windows)
> 
> Finally, Did you understand what I meant?

Possibly, but if I understand you, I still disagree with you.

There's considerable effort that goes into integrating FreeBSD with KDE
and Gnome and many other programs that make a spiffy Desktop.

I wouldn't call the server role "the main objective" under any
circumstances.  Personally, I would consider the main objective
to be a stable, secure, fast OS that's flexible enough to drop into
any role needed.  But that's just my opinion.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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