On Sat, 2012-03-03 at 09:09 -0800, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > H <h...@hm.net.br> wrote: > > > ... Forever installing FreeBSD Desktop, either KDE or Gnome, > > was a nightmare process, or better, to make it appear on screen > > was a nightmare. > > I have never understood the point of KDE or Gnome, other than > (perhaps) as eye candy for the uninitiated. If I wanted a > Windows desktop, I would install Windows. If I wanted a Mac > desktop, I would use a Mac.
I've been getting paid to develop software since 1975 -- I'm hardly what you would call "the uninitiated." I couldn't imagine working without a fully functional desktop environment. Look at a calendar, it's 2012. Maybe you long for a return to punch cards and fanfold greenbar paper, but I'm not going back there. It's exactly because I don't want a Windows or Mac desktop that I use gnome. (I used to be a Mac user, starting in the 80s, but Apple lost their way during their struggle to survive 10 years ago. Soon you won't be able to boot a Mac without an account at the iTunes store, and my last Mac will go into the e-cycle pile at that point.) -- Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
