--=-aDXNerEP1a3BgCICk4aI Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And some users are running both rock-hard servers and bleeding-edge desktops. As for the nVidia drivers on Free BSD, there's a link on nVidia's driver page, the same link for linux drivers, that takes you to http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html which has a wonderful section called " Free BSD Latest Version: 1.0-4365 ". Just thought I'd clear that up for any FreeBSD users running nVidia cards. On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 08:20, BoBB wrote: > >I've got the 1st ISO downloading as we speak but one question comes to > >mind. Why do people run Gentoo rather than BSD? I always got the > >impression that Gentoo was trying to be FreeBSD. Then again, I don't > >know much. >=20 > Well, if anyone has ever used BSD and linux they are definately > different, bsd from what I hear doesnt have as much support for desktop > like applications that people want to use. For example a friend of mine > told me that he had a real pain getting dvd watching working in freebsd. > Also ive heard that there are no nvidia drivers for BSD, not that that > is the end all be all of computing and people should run linux instead > of BSD, but the majority of gentoo users are not running rock hard > servers, they are running bleeding edge desktop boxes. >=20 > -- > BoBB > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-aDXNerEP1a3BgCICk4aI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/iXRu/wbq/C6yyPcRAq3MAJ4gsZzRrLIq4oIdLyif8CYKQI2w1gCgiNjp ELm6ehN+j8VtoIAhJ6S83Uo= =nsXn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aDXNerEP1a3BgCICk4aI--