What about the Ice Age?
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Wasn't there once something called the Ice Age? Didn't it go away without human intervention? Maybe the dinosaurs farted C02.
I certainly think that we should be kind to the environment. I am against throwing more legislation at it when the current policies aren't being effectively enforced! Typical liberalism! "Well, the problem hasn't gone away, so lets make more rules! Throw more money at it! Yeah! That'll work!"
Arggghhh!!! I knew someone was going to take my comments as a comparison between Linux and FreeBSD. Just because FreeBSD is as good as Linux in these categories (or in your opinion maybe better), doesn't mean there isn't LOTS of room for improvement.
I've haven't been able to get my Lexmark Z22 printer to work in Linux. The new drivers for Lexmark must only work with the later models. Because of this I have to reboot into my least favorite OS, which also happens to be the best desktop OS I have available because of those four
reasons.
I also did not say that I consider the Linux office suites to be high quality. Star Office can not even format a DocBook generated RTF correctly! Perhaps your standards are lower than mine. How nice for you.
Linux, FreeBSD, they still have a long way to go. Just because they have some really good strengths, let's not deny their weaknesses.
These are the questions I have about FreeBSD.
Some of the answers I know, and they prevent me
from switching.
Really, FreeBSD is just an OS. A desktop, to me,
is defined as a set of applications running on
top of the system. Three of those questions
are OS-related (I think), and that's printer
support, audio/video support, and GUI installer.
The other two will happen if a lot of people
start using FreeBSD. But the others need to
happen first.
As for the GUI installer, can't it be made
optional? It would be nice (and smart) if these
installers asked you if you would like to set up
X Windows and install a login manager, etc...
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Wasn't there once something called the Ice Age? Didn't it go away without human intervention? Maybe the dinosaurs farted C02.
I certainly think that we should be kind to the environment. I am against throwing more legislation at it when the current policies aren't being effectively enforced! Typical liberalism! "Well, the problem hasn't gone away, so lets make more rules! Throw more money at it! Yeah! That'll work!"
Arggghhh!!! I knew someone was going to take my comments as a comparison between Linux and FreeBSD. Just because FreeBSD is as good as Linux in these categories (or in your opinion maybe better), doesn't mean there isn't LOTS of room for improvement.
I've haven't been able to get my Lexmark Z22 printer to work in Linux. The new drivers for Lexmark must only work with the later models. Because of this I have to reboot into my least favorite OS, which also happens to be the best desktop OS I have available because of those four reasons.
I also did not say that I consider the Linux office suites to be high quality. Star Office can not even format a DocBook generated RTF correctly! Perhaps your standards are lower than mine. How nice for you.
Linux, FreeBSD, they still have a long way to go. Just because they have some really good strengths, let's not deny their weaknesses.
These are the questions I have about FreeBSD. Some of the answers I know, and they prevent me from switching.
Really, FreeBSD is just an OS. A desktop, to me, is defined as a set of applications running on top of the system. Three of those questions are OS-related (I think), and that's printer support, audio/video support, and GUI installer. The other two will happen if a lot of people start using FreeBSD. But the others need to happen first.
As for the GUI installer, can't it be made optional? It would be nice (and smart) if these installers asked you if you would like to set up X Windows and install a login manager, etc...