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Old 18th August 2008
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Originally Posted by BSDfan666 View Post
adamk is correct, "The Power to Serve" means exactly what it says... "to render assistance; be of use; help."

I can't say I agree with Carpetsmokers opinion, all of the BSD's are multipurpose, it's up to the user to define that purpose.
I was thinking about that as I lay in bed last night. FreeBSD is Unix, after all, so saying FreeBSD is not desktop worthy is like saying Unix isn't either.
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Is X good enough to be used as a desktop?
Of course it is. Too many people say, "But it doesn't act like Windows". Why should it? These same people say "It's not good enough for my games or watching movies/TV", which comes around to what I've always said, average people do not treat their computer as a work tool but a game box and a TV. If you want to be entertained, get an XBox or Windows. If you want to do work, X is great.

Google had one of their tech talks with two of the X developers and they laid out what X can do and what they plan, along with its shortcomings.
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