Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread David Landgren
Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor wrote: Different OS's? Marketshare... any idea how many major OS's are out there today and what market share they have? i think WIN 70% Lin 20% Apple 5% Where did you get these numbers? so who is the other 5 % ??? Well, other than *BSD, nam

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread Bernt Hansson
Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor skrev: Different OS's? Marketshare... any idea how many major OS's are out there today and what market share they have? i think WIN 70% Lin 20% Apple 5% so who is the other 5 % ??? Well. First of all "windows" is NOT an operatingsystem, it'

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor
bicle! (SM) ---Shalo -;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernt Hansson Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:02 AM To: FreeBSD mailinglist Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspo

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 06:01:44PM +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor skrev: > >Different OS's? Marketshare... > > > >any idea how many major OS's are out there today and what market share > >they have? > > > >i think > > > >WIN 70% > >Lin 20% > >A

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor writes: > any idea how many major OS's are out there today and what market share > they have? Fresh stats from my Web server: Windows . . . . . . . . . . 93.5118 % Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 4.7794 % Unknown . . . . . . . . . . 1.2731 % Web

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread bob wifi hotspot n evdo wireless internet guy
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Atkielski Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:59 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor writes: > any idea how many major OS's are out there today a

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-22 Thread bob wifi hotspot n evdo wireless internet guy
--- -Original Message- From: Wood, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:07 PM To: bob wifi hotspot n evdo wireless internet guy Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Different OS's? Marketshare Here is a link to some stats for WebServers

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:59 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > Robert Kim, Wirel

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Kim, > Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:49 AM > To: List Free Bsd > Subject: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > Different OS's? Marketshare... > > any id

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Glenn McCalley
inal Message - From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "List Free Bsd" Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: RE: Different OS's? Marketshare > > >

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > What website is this exactly? My own. > Would you like the stats to show different? I don't care what they show, as long as they are accurate. > If your site is targeted to Windows users I would expect it > to have a high percentage of hits from Windows. It's not ta

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > Note that Linux is doing much better against these measuring sticks > because the Linux community, for all their loud proclamations about > being GPL, has been steadily making Linux less and less > distinguishable from the commercial OSs. When for example was the last >

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:30:35 -0800 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Kim, > > Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:49 AM > > To: Li

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:21:06 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > > > Note that Linux is doing much better against these measuring sticks > > because the Linux community, for all their loud proclamations about > > being GPL, has been steadily making Linu

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Jacob S writes: > You must be looking at a different Linux community than the one I'm > familiar with. I thought boxed sets of Linux had gone out of retail > stores years ago. I bought a copy of Mandrake Linux in a retail store yesterday. I saw SuSE in the store, too. Computer stores have a wid

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Laurence Sanford
Anthony Atkielski wrote: There have been a few exceptions. The Slackware site looked pretty spartan compared to most of the others. I was converted to FreeBSD from Slackware. If you want to go Linux and maintain the "freedom of configuration" you have with FreeBSD (ie, just edit the text file

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Laurence Sanford writes: > I was converted to FreeBSD from Slackware. If you want to go Linux and > maintain the "freedom of configuration" you have with FreeBSD (ie, just > edit the text file, which is in a sensable spot) and get ...whatever it > is you hope to get from linux - don't get me wrong

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:49:55 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jacob S writes: > > > You must be looking at a different Linux community than the one I'm > > familiar with. I thought boxed sets of Linux had gone out of retail > > stores years ago. > > I bought a copy of Mandrak

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Jacob S writes: > You obviously didn't look at Debian then. Yes, I did. > As to which will suit your purposes better; why not do a dual boot > between Linux and FreeBSD? They can co-exist happily. I can't even successfully install a single OS on this machine, much less two. I tried to install

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Jacob S writes: > Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the > computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, and a couple of other Linux versions in computer stores. A few years ago, I bought my f

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Mike Hauber
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 01:28 pm, you wrote: > > I can't even successfully install a single OS on this machine, > much less two. > What kind of problems are you having with FreeBSD? There was a non-specific mention of errors regarding your hard drive, but said everything was working ok.

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jacob S writes: > > > Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the > > computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. > > I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fed

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jacob S writes: Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. I'm pretty sure I've seen M

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Mike Hauber writes: > What kind of problems are you having with FreeBSD? There was a > non-specific mention of errors regarding your hard drive, but > said everything was working ok. I mentioned the main error in a separate thread: After successfully installing the OS, I simply cannot persuade

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Jacob S writes: > So, FreeBSD is vulnerable to this same hypocrasy; where it is sold in > stores but still hailed as a "free" OS? The FreeBSD was at an unbeatable price--I think it was only $10 or so, just a bit more than the packaging cost. That's not the case for Linux, which I see going for p

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:50 -0700 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 > > Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Jacob S writes: > >> > >>> Good. I'm glad to see the avera

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jacob S writes: Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the computer store still gets t

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 12:46 pm, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Jacob S writes: > > Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the > > computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. > > I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, and a > couple

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Laurence Sanford
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Does that include X and KDE? I'm getting wild SCSI errors on FreeBSD trying to install stuff, and I don't really know what that means, but it doesn't appear to be corrupting anything, and it seems to be installing software. Well, I don't use KDE because I don't particul

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Andrew L. Gould writes: > You can still find FreeBSD at Fry's Electronics and MicroCenter. I > don't know if CompUSA still carries it. I have mixed feelings about > FreeBSD 5.0-5.2.1 being sold in the retail market. How so? Seems like it would be a good idea to me. I see that one can still o

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Laurence Sanford writes: > Well, I don't use KDE because I don't particularly like heavyweight > software unless I need it ... Heavyweight in the sense of resources required, or complexity, or what? I got the impression that KDE was the one that everyone used. Which window manager most closely

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:39:08 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jacob S writes: > > > So, FreeBSD is vulnerable to this same hypocrasy; where it is sold > > in stores but still hailed as a "free" OS? > > The FreeBSD was at an unbeatable price--I think it was only $10 or so, > j

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Laurence Sanford
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Laurence Sanford writes: Well, I don't use KDE because I don't particularly like heavyweight software unless I need it ... Heavyweight in the sense of resources required, or complexity, or what? I got the impression that KDE was the one that everyone used. Which win

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:36 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew L. Gould writes: > > Fourth, I appreciate all the hard work that goes into developing and > > packaging an operating system and its related applications. I am > > happy to pay for the convenience of an opera

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 02:24 pm, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Andrew L. Gould writes: > > You can still find FreeBSD at Fry's Electronics and MicroCenter. I > > don't know if CompUSA still carries it. I have mixed feelings > > about FreeBSD 5.0-5.2.1 being sold in the retail market. > > How

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Anthony Atkielski wrote: I'm still quite ambivalent about it. I keep wondering if Linux is different enough and useful enough to be worth dedicating this machine to it ... or if I should just continue with FreeBSD and install X on the machine (and KDE, probably, since it seems to be popular, altho

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Mike Hauber
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 02:34 pm, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Mike Hauber writes: > > What kind of problems are you having with FreeBSD? There was > > a non-specific mention of errors regarding your hard drive, > > but said everything was working ok. > > I mentioned the main error in a separa

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Laurence Sanford writes: Well, I don't use KDE because I don't particularly like heavyweight software unless I need it ... Heavyweight in the sense of resources required, or complexity, or what? I got the impression that KDE was the one that everyone used. Hmm, n

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread markzero
> >Is it possible to install multiple X servers on the same machine so that > >one can fire up whichever one strikes one's fancy at a given time? > > I don't see why not, although it'd probably be more common to simply > kill one wm session and start another to save resources. Maybe it's > possib

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
markzero wrote: Is it possible to install multiple X servers on the same machine so that one can fire up whichever one strikes one's fancy at a given time? I don't see why not, although it'd probably be more common to simply kill one wm session and start another to save resources. Maybe it'

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread markzero
> >This is certainly possible. You need to start X via something other than > >startx as you must manually set DISPLAY vars. I have run two X servers on > >my machine many times - one running a local desktop environment and the > >other running a WM from a remote box over SSH (for no particular rea

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Chris Hill
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Anthony Atkielski wrote: [...] I keep wondering if [...] I should just continue with FreeBSD and install X on the machine (and KDE, probably, since it seems to be popular, although I welcome suggestions). Which window manager is the closest to classic UNIX window managers (

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Mike Hauber writes: > Found the thread... Have you tried installing an older version? No, but most of the problems I saw in my research were on 4.x or older versions. This version (5.3) seems to run fine once it's up; the only problem is getting the machine to boot it. Also, I'm getting those

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jacob S > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:53 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:36 +

RE: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-23 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Kinsey > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:04 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Anthony Atkielski > Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare > > &g

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Mike Hauber
On Thursday 24 February 2005 12:46 am, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Mike Hauber writes: > > Found the thread... Have you tried installing an older > > version? > > No, but most of the problems I saw in my research were on 4.x > or older versions. This version (5.3) seems to run fine once > it's up;

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Sandy Rutherford
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:26:28 +0100, > Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I got the impression that KDE was the one that everyone used. > Which window manager most closely approximates the GUI of traditional > UNIX workstations? That would be twm. It is (I believ

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Jacob S
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:36 +0100 > > Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fine. Except that distributors are barely doing anything more > > > than repac

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Sandy Rutherford writes: > Do you mean multiple X servers or multiple window managers? I guess I mean window managers. There's only one X server required, right? Anyway, you answered my question. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Anthony Atkielski
Mike Hauber writes: > Hmmm... I tend to view a wm about the same way I view win.exe > (not in the disrespectful way, of course) in the respect that > it's real purpose is to provide a pretty point and click menu > system (which I'm not knocking). It's very usefull and > palletable to some, us

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread David Landgren
Anthony Atkielski wrote: Mike Hauber writes: [...] Well... There's a lot of options available. Personally, I prefer something like blackbox for administrative logins. It's _very_ lightweight and (like all things should be), you pretty much build it from the ground up. What do you mean by buil

Re: Different OS's? Marketshare

2005-02-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Kinsey Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:04 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Anthony Atkielski Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare There are so many other WMs