On 12/31/2011 01:02 PM, Joe Gain wrote:
Writers who rely on ideological positions such as (socialism || fascism ||
jedi-knight == good | bad) really need to go visit a social science mailing
list. It's not like political/ religious mailing lists don't exist.
My positivist take on things:
1. Nobody is stopping anybody from changing their freebsd kernel. The same
cannot be said of MS Windows. Documentation is an excuse.
FreeBSD is very well documented!
I guess a lot of people can't cope with how structured and professional
it is. They are used to chaos, fear, uncertainty and doubt and feel
comfortable that way.
2. FreeBsd is a main-stream O/S-- just look at the number of different
architectures/applications which are supported by FreeBSD.
Main stream and top player for web and internet servers
3. FreeBSD isn't even hard to use, if you only want to use it like 80% of
computer users, to run your web browser, watch videos and listen to music.
People who consider it difficult might like to remember their first
experiences with learning windows.
I guess PCBSD is easier and better for the average desktop user, those
guys do a good job at this!
FreeBSD is the easiest to use for me on servers and even on the desktop
but I still have a linux ubuntu desktop though
To get a good desktop going without initial internet connection it is a
daunting task on FreeBSD
4. Drivers aren't really a limitation. Look at the history of computing,
that modern O/S support such diverse platforms is an amazing development.
As far as I'm concerned, FreeBSD supports main stream components, there are
no classes of components that I'm aware of which aren't supported by
FreeBSD. If you need to use a particular device, for which there is no
driver, historically it's not unusual to find that on any particular
platform a particular device is not supported.
It supports most things except the things you wouldn't want anyway
5. Nobody is making anyone use FreeBSD. It's free. If you don't enjoy it,
don't use it. Maybe remove yourself from the mailing list-- or don't, if
you just want to stay informed.
If you don't like it, please leave, there are a lot of alternatives
Normative takes:
6. Is FreeBSD better than windows? For me it is. For me it's stabler. What
I remember from using windows, and what I'm aware of, from people around me
who use windows is that over time, the system seems to degrade. This leads
to really major actions such as re-installation every 6mths or so. And...
It is!
7. The temptation to install illegal software on MS Windows is very high.
Who wants to pay for every little gimmicky app? Who can afford to pay for
some major applications, which are needed for studying etc.? This often
leads to an unstable system and security problems. The ports system in
comparison is a much preferred "software/ application distribution system"
because at least you get to look at the source code, if you want to.
Most windows users and professionals I know are plane thieves, it is
just easy for hem to get away with it. It's not my cup -o- joe and I
refuse to be like that, no illegal software for me.
8. It's an individual choice. Depends what you use your computer for.
maths/R is one of my favorite applications and it even runs on windows.
It's all about choice and I'd rather learn from history than repeat it
over and over
May the force be with you!
Use the force Luke, read the source :)
Cheers
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