"FreeBSD is an enterprise-grade operating system that leaves little to be desired. Most people have tried Linux by now, but a surprisingly large number of people have not yet taken FreeBSD for a spin. Now may well be the optimal time to take the plunge, as FreeBSD 6.0 provides the same rock-solid stability for which FreeBSD is known, and also implements some outstanding new features."
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Member since:quote>>But since you brought it up, why would it want to leave the datacenter?<<quote
You misunderstood the word "emerge." To emerge from something does not mean to leave the thing emerged from; it means to grow from or extend influence from something but NOT to leave it.
For instance, Linux has emerged from the data center to become a contender on the desktop but is it or is it not still in the data center? Who in their right mind would want to remove it?
Could of saved a few words yourself, eh?
And my post does not reference the enterprise but only home or SOHO use. And I make the same declaration: Until FreeBSD gets better driver and hardware support, it will lag far behind Linux.
And I did take note of your using S/Lackware.
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You could have saved those two words and posted more quickly. Or added some words in order to actually make a point instead of a vague insinuation. What Enerprise hardware support did you have in mind that FBSD is lacking. You failed to mention any specifics.
Until FreeBSD improves its hardware support and driver database, it hasn't got a chance at wide-spread usage--at least on the desktop.
Kinda like Solaris, eh? Some people do use it as a desktop system though. Solaris now has more drivers since the deal they did with SCO. Smart move, eh? Well, time will tell.
Linux has too much of a head start for the BSD's to emerge from the data center.
You forgot to prefix your post as OT. But since you brought it up, why would it want to leave the datacenter? I take it that Linux is now completely Desktop ready? I use Slackware for my Desktop system. You may find that not everyone agrees that Linux is good for more than a server system. But I like it. Of course I like to fiddle with my system and settings...