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Old 25th August 2008
TomAmundsen TomAmundsen is offline
Real Name: Tom Amundsen
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Getting back on topic... I think that FreeBSD can work great on a desktop (and/or laptop), depending on what you are using it for. If you want games and Flash, then it is obviously not your best choice.

But for me, as a developer, I really only want tcsh; compilers/interpreters for Java, C/C++, and Perl; emacs; NetBeans; pdf and chm viewers; and Firefox; and mplayer. FreeBSD has all of that covered.

The best part is that I can use a simplistic window manager (fvwm) and have my system run extremely fast because I'm not running tons of unwanted processes in the background.

My reason for choosing FreeBSD as a desktop/laptop over a Linux or Windows is that it is really forcing me to learn exactly what is going on inside of my computer, and I have almost absolute control over EVERYTHING!

Last edited by TomAmundsen; 25th August 2008 at 08:43 PM.
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