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Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 10:13:39PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 12:51 +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>     
>>>>> by not being linux at all.
>>>>>           
>>>> FreeBSD is more a server than a desktop system. Ubuntu particularly is
>>>>         
>>> FreeBSD isn't both desktop or server system. it is just unix - it depends 
>>> from the user how it's being used.
>>>       
>> True. But looking at it from a newbie point of view the statement helps
>> give it perspective. I have to translate for people all the time and I
>> know this works.
>>
>> We all know that FreeBSD whoops linux's ass, but as to how it does this
>> is beyond most newer users. :P
>>     
>
> The way you phrased it makes it sound like FreeBSD is simply unsuited to
> use as a desktop system.  Contrary to that impression, I'm sending this
> from a Thinkpad laptop with FreeBSD on it, and it's by far the best
> "desktop" OS I've ever had the pleasure to use.
>
>   
Aloha,

I use 3 FreeBSD Destops and 1 old Dell laptop, all  with XFCE 3 GUI all 
the time.

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