Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:08:26 +0930
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>

On Wednesday, 14 April 2004 at 11:36:05 -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> I thought I would post this as something of a warning. Using
> FreeBSD as a primary, non-dual-boot OS means sacrificing. Here is a
> partial list of sacrifices, as compared to Microsoft Windows XP:
>
> * webcam ball
> * flatbed scanner
> * color printer
> * digital cameras
> * firewire devices
> * several USB 1 and 2 devices
> * IM software features such as voice and video chat
> * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls
> * MP3 devices
>
> Any major sacrifices I've forgotten? ":-\

Who knows? I don't even understand what you're talking about. Of
these, I use on FreeBSD:

> * color printer
> * digital cameras
> * firewire devices
> * several USB 1 and 2 devices
> * MP3 devices

About the rest:

> * webcam ball

What's that? Webcams work.

> * flatbed scanner

Scanners are supported.

> * IM software features such as voice and video chat

Are you talking about "Instant Messenger"? I don't know why you'd
want to use it, but there's support for it in the Ports Collection.

> * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls

I don't know what that is, but if web sites use non-standard
extensions, they're not standards compliant. That's their issue, not
FreeBSD's.

Of course, I can't tell you that everything in FreeBSD is better. I
only know (and so do the people who have to listen to me bitching on
IRC) that Microsoft XP is one of the most frustrating environments I
have ever tried to use. I'd "sacrifice" a lot to avoid having to use
it.

Greg

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