Michael C. Shultz writes: > That was obvious by your confusion with Firefox an opera for example.
What confusion? Firefox exists only for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. All of these require a GUI to work. I don't run a GUI on my FreeBSD machine. The only browser I have installed on FreeBSD is lynx. Opera has a wider selection of platforms (including FreeBSD), but it's still a GUI browser. > You admit you don't know what is in ports yet feel it is OK to > say FreeBSD is a poor desktop? I can say that based on the OS alone. > Ever heard the saying "better to remain silent and thought a fool....."? Yes. > How do you know? You just admitted you don't use what is in ports... Because I've checked with the vendors for these products. They ought to know. > Why would you say FreeBSD is a poor desktop when your only desktop > experience is with windows? I do have desktop experience with FreeBSD. I tried it briefly and abandoned it. It was so lame compared to Windows that it didn't take but a day or two to realize that it was a waste of my time. I don't have any emotional investment in operating systems, so I just went back to Windows. > I don't blame you, when something goes wrong on a Windows system > the solution is usually to reinstall everything. No more so than with any other OS. The main reason I disallow automatic updates is that I want to know exactly what is being installed on the machine at all times. > FreeBSD is a bit more robust than that. No, it's not. It's neither better nor worse. But in a production environment, you never do any updates automatically, anyway. > On this point I guess you'll have to take my word > seeing as you have no experience with FreeBSD as a desktop.... Just as you've taken my word about the number of applications I run simultaneously on Windows? > Why do you feel you are qualified to say FreeBSD is a poor desktop > again? Because I've used it for that purpose, along with a number of other operating systems. Windows wins by a handsome margin. The closest competitor is the Mac. Nothing else is even in the running. > bullshit Tell me again about how I should take your word for things. > bullshit. You are a flat out liar friend. If you actually used these operating systems, you would know otherwise. > NTFS frags, and slows down noticeably if you fail to defrag it. I have not noticed that. > I'll assume your line of work is not database related... I don't currently run database servers. But database servers have a lot of issues relating to performance, not just file-system fragmentation. > I'm sure it does, in your dreams. This brings back such distant memories! -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
