[UFO Chicago] Re: Brian's Conversion from FreeBSD to Debian and Questions on X

[Brian Sobolak]

Neil R. Ormos said:
> Brian Sobolak wrote:
> 
> > I finally swtiched from FreeBSD to Linux
> > full-time after five years.
> 
> What prompted this conversion?
> 

Good question.  No longer can I say "to impres chicks".

I think Linux on the desktop is better than FreeBSD.  I also want to be able
to run VMWare, which won't work on FreeBSD.  It works on kernel modifications.

The bit I've run of it so far surprises me.  /etc is a total mess, and I'm
sick of hearing about free vs Free vs Not-Free.  I'm less interested in
intellectually pure software than I am in software that works; FreeBSD imho
placed a higher emphasis on working than what type of license is employed.

Btw, I switched to Ubuntu.  Why?  X works out of the box. 

Thanks for the tips.

XWindows--The problem for your problem.

brian


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