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Unix as a Desktop OS
Convenient Graphical User Interface Support for multiple forms of Hardware Commonly used applications
Microsoft Office Web Browsers Chat and VoIP
BSD as a Desktop OS
Not the ideal choice Many Open Source projects are geared towards Linux
More users, greater effort Uses OS specific features/APIs that are not necessarily compatible with BSD Not an issue for Server software typically uses basic functionality such as network and file access More of an issue for GUI based software
Examples
Acrobat Reader often takes a few days for somebody to fix the Ports Makefile to allow a functioning install with Linux Compatibility Macromedia Flash Plugin took me 8 hours to effect an install with Linux Compatibility
Linux - Distros
So what is the difference between different Linux Distros
Not much Both use the exact same Linux kernel source code Kernel Makefile may be configured differently to have a different default compiled kernel
Can always recompile yourself anyway
Linux as a Desktop OS
Basic Requirements GUI
XWindows XFree86 or XOrg Window Manager KDE, Gnome, many more
Dual-boot
GRUB Grand Unified Boot Loader
Browser
Built into KDE Firefox for Linux
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