On 2005-12-24 14:01, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For me, FreeBSD is about twice as fast/easy to install/configure, > > and infinitely cheaper. > > Considering that WinXP usually comes on the computer, I don't see how > "installing and configuring FreeBSD" can be easier than having to do > nothing at all?
Windows XP comes preinstalled, yes. Not "preconfigured" too. It so happens that configuring a Windows XP system to match one's preferences has the potential to: a) Screw the machine up so completely and utterly that a reinstall is required. b) Take a lot of time. A huge lot of time, because of all the different 'driver' installation processes. On 2005-12-24 14:01, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2) General productivity advantages in a typical day. ie: what can > > > you do with FreeBSD that you can't do in WinXP, and what is faster > > > or more productive in FreeBSD > > > > Depends on what you use it for. I'm a C++ developer, and have a > > need to examine/search/manipulate text files quite often, Windows, > > out of the box, is inappropriate for this type of work. I'd have to > > install all sorts of applications, e.g., cygwin, et al, to get the > > applications/capabilities that come "out of the box" on a typical > > *nix system, FreeBSD, Linux, etc... > > > > I'm a developer also, but I don't use the FreeBSD desktop for this, I > log into my freeBSD server with my desktop browser or telnet/ssh. I > don't see how such things are relevent to using one desktop over the > other. Why should you have to use remote SSH to a second system, when you can just pop up an xterm and instantly have all the power of the tools you actually *do* use today too? > I don't expect you to care, but saying you "prefer FreeBSD" and saying > "FreeBSD is better" are different animals. I just wanted to know what > you could do with FreeBSD that you can't do with Windows. I already > know what I can do with Windows that I can't do with FreeBSD. There are a lot of things that can be done with FreeBSD, which are practically impossible or very confusing in Windows. Then there's also the stability issue :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"