I really want to install FreeBSD 8.x over my Win 7 64x on my laptop. It is a HP Pavilon dv7, it has AMD duel core, ATI HD4200 4GB ram and 2x 250GB HD.
I am held back by the fact that I bought several games, Dreamweaver and photoshop, and several other programs most of which I don't really use...
But here is the thing. I hate t lose the software I have paid for but lets face it I have another computer and if I don't make the switch at some point I will end up paying for more/other software and will be more and more locked into the 'windows stronghold' (see sump cost effect).
So I need to do these things so that I can make the proper justifications and 'adjustments': remote desktop access to several machine types (currently using teamviewer holding off on buying the license for my business), web editing and design (currently using DW and PS, have had much experience with GIMP so we just need to get something good for the web), full support of media (movies etc, so far VLC seems to work fine on FreeBSD, but is there any thing that will allow me to stream to my xbox 360 the same way media center does? It's not a huge deal since I have the spare computer), and I hesitate to mention this but I think it just needs to be known for what I am doing ATM a big part of my business is securing and pen testing existing computer systems I get paid for that I have several scripts and other things made via AHK (auto hot key) and python for windows that I use, I assume FreeBSD is going to be fine for this type of work but will I gain an obvious advantage if I make the change? Maybe a disadvantage?
Last Q and maybe the most important my customers....
I have gotten a fair amount of customers to change from XP computers to Win7 64x, but can I offer them more security by having them instead switch to FreeBSD? I have long thought about having them all switch to Ubuntu w/Wine, but does Wine even run on FreeBSD? This is really the longest shot for me [but if it is something that people want to see I could work to make it happen more FreeBSD users] but I need to know that it is more secure and really has something to offer my customers over windows besides the insanely long up-times and stability the truly biggest thing I have noticed so far is that people want to know they are more secure and that their data is more secure and better protected from both natural threats (via backup, other redundancy), and man-made threats (encryption, intrusion protections).
I after reading a lot of this and that, I think FreeBSD would be the right direction to move in I could have all the needed freedoms to make changes and not feel that it would impede on my business and it seems that I could really offer something better to my customers, am I right in this thinking? [Lower costs, more security, less data loss through any means].
*side note
I have installed FreeBSD [and am using it now,] on an older laptop for a trial bases so far i like what I see but like mentioned above I need to find solutions. And most of all I need a small kick in the ass (push).
I am held back by the fact that I bought several games, Dreamweaver and photoshop, and several other programs most of which I don't really use...
But here is the thing. I hate t lose the software I have paid for but lets face it I have another computer and if I don't make the switch at some point I will end up paying for more/other software and will be more and more locked into the 'windows stronghold' (see sump cost effect).
So I need to do these things so that I can make the proper justifications and 'adjustments': remote desktop access to several machine types (currently using teamviewer holding off on buying the license for my business), web editing and design (currently using DW and PS, have had much experience with GIMP so we just need to get something good for the web), full support of media (movies etc, so far VLC seems to work fine on FreeBSD, but is there any thing that will allow me to stream to my xbox 360 the same way media center does? It's not a huge deal since I have the spare computer), and I hesitate to mention this but I think it just needs to be known for what I am doing ATM a big part of my business is securing and pen testing existing computer systems I get paid for that I have several scripts and other things made via AHK (auto hot key) and python for windows that I use, I assume FreeBSD is going to be fine for this type of work but will I gain an obvious advantage if I make the change? Maybe a disadvantage?
Last Q and maybe the most important my customers....
I have gotten a fair amount of customers to change from XP computers to Win7 64x, but can I offer them more security by having them instead switch to FreeBSD? I have long thought about having them all switch to Ubuntu w/Wine, but does Wine even run on FreeBSD? This is really the longest shot for me [but if it is something that people want to see I could work to make it happen more FreeBSD users] but I need to know that it is more secure and really has something to offer my customers over windows besides the insanely long up-times and stability the truly biggest thing I have noticed so far is that people want to know they are more secure and that their data is more secure and better protected from both natural threats (via backup, other redundancy), and man-made threats (encryption, intrusion protections).
I after reading a lot of this and that, I think FreeBSD would be the right direction to move in I could have all the needed freedoms to make changes and not feel that it would impede on my business and it seems that I could really offer something better to my customers, am I right in this thinking? [Lower costs, more security, less data loss through any means].
*side note
I have installed FreeBSD [and am using it now,] on an older laptop for a trial bases so far i like what I see but like mentioned above I need to find solutions. And most of all I need a small kick in the ass (push).
