lament about freebsd sacrifices

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Apr 14), Peter Leftwich said:
> I thought I would post this as something of a warning.  Using FreeBSD
> as a primary, non-dual-boot OS means sacrificing.  Here is a partial
> list of sacrifices, as compared to Microsoft Windows XP:
> 
> * webcam ball
> * flatbed scanner

ports/graphics/sane-* ?

> * color printer

Does it not talk postscript?  Does ghostscript have a driver for it?

> * digital cameras

The ones I have used are just umass devices, msdosfs-formatted.

> * firewire devices
> * several USB 1 and 2 devices
> * IM software features such as voice and video chat
> * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls
> * MP3 devices

ports/audio/{gnupod,gtkpod,rio,rio50,rioutil,snowstar} ?

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com