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  1. wnsi-m2

    Why did you choose to stay with FreeBSD?

    Raised on Dual Vaxes running BSD. FreeBSD made more sense in my head then NetBSD. Had my first taste when a friend installed 0.9 on a hard drive and gave it to me. Never saw a reason to switch. I like things that work as advertised, even if you have to dig for the advertisement. :)
  2. wnsi-m2

    with virtualbox is is wine still relevant?

    I am with wonslung on this one. If you take out Windows and put in Linux your argument would eliminate the need for the Linux Compatibility Layer. Would you want to invoke an entire virtual machine just to watch a hulu video or would you want it to work in your browser in a quasi-native way...
  3. wnsi-m2

    What song you are playing

    Right now - Dream Theater "Blind Faith" on xmms
  4. wnsi-m2

    Flash on FreeBSD

    killwin, this is perhaps a stupid observation, however the handbook states that you should provide a symlink, NOT a copy of the plugin. Also that it should go in /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins, not firefox3/plugins. Replace your cp command with # ln -s...
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    Which laptop with nvidia for FreeBSD

    I strongly agree with the Dell Latitude recommendation. Very easy to install, configure, and use. Only time the D630 gave me problems was when I tried to get it to work with a port replicator and then it was just making X work the way I wanted.
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