On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:27:22 +0200 Michal Varga <varga.mic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no other words beyond that because I can't even seriously > imagine what those people stating how everything is perfectly fine > now consider to be a working, modern, 24/7 ready desktop workstation. I am interested to know what you regard as a modern 24/7 ready desktop workstation. Seriously, I would like to know what you think I am missing by being happy with FreeBSD. I manage to read stuff, write stuff, print stuff, listen to stuff, watch stuff, backup stuff, archive stuff, burn CDs and DVDs - what am I missing? I use tcsh and command-line tools and Emacs and org-mode and LaTeX and claws-mail and Firefox and Rhythmbox and JPilot to sync with my Palm TX. When people send me Microsoft Office documents I even use LibreOffice occasionally. I use XFCE4 as my desktop environment and switch virtual desktops to focus on different kinds of activity. The computer runs 24/7 and performs housekeeping tasks overnight and is there again in the morning when I need to start work. I suppose my needs aren't that sophisticated - but I also wonder if what is missing is truly sophistication or simply different ways of accomplishing existing tasks. So if you have the time I would genuinely be interested to learn what a modern desktop machine now needs or offers. Best, Tony _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
