Quoth Stephen Montgomery-Smith on Tuesday, 29 March 2011: > 3. Whether or not the use wants the ability to install a proprietary > closed exploit-ridden hellhole depends upon what they want. If they > want to go to movie web sites and view the latest trailers complete with > all the flashy add ons, then FreeBSD is not the way to go. Of course, > if your idea of a good desktop experience is as a software development > environment, or to write math papers in latex, or to check email with > little to no risk of acquiring the latest virus, FreeBSD wins out hands > down. > A most excellent point. Define "desktop system." I couldn't care less about Flash, myself. A secure, fast, and open development box is what I need. > -- .o. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com ..o | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com
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