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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
