Mark Rowlands wrote:
> On Thu July 25 2002 20:51, Kent Stewart wrote:
>
>>Jud wrote:
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: "MET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400
>>>Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop
>>>
>>>There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how
>>>well does it stand as a desktop, or rather a laptop. To be blunt, I'm
>>>tired of Microsoft and was wondering how feasible it is to run FreeBSD
>>>as my Laptop OS. I will do some searching, but are there good GUI
>>>environments for word processing, C/C++ development, email, ICQ, some
>>>port of AOL Instant Messenger (I can't believe I'm putting this here),
>>>MP3 players/converters, web browsers that actually keep up to date with
>>>the standards, and anything else commonly used ?
>>>
>
>
> Something nobody else seems to mentioned..... you can run ipfilter or ipfw. As
> my laptop gets plugged into a lot of windows environments, running ipfilter
> and only opening up what I need when I need it is kind of comforting.
I rarely agree 100% with anything. I can always find something wrong.
I use FreeBSD because it handles source in a consistent manner, i.e.,
cvsup and one source (VERY IMPORTANT), and ipfw for a firewall. I
could probably use Darren's program but got started on ipfw.
What other OS can you exchange email with the developer and get a
solution to a problem in 15 minutes. The fix is also available to
everyone in the world at the same time. The first bug I found in
Windows 98 was 6 months before I had a fix. I beta tested NT and its
versions and problems on my systems were fixed before it was released.
Kent
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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
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