Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 03:01:48PM -0600, Dan Allen wrote:
On 3 Sep 2008, at 1:53 PM, Guido Falsi wrote:
If you just want na instant workstation, why you just don't try
Freesbie or something like that?
Because I want something from the source -- from the main team -- and
not something downstream.
If I install FreeBSD on a PC I expect this installation to live there
for some years. I can spend some hours/days installing and configuring
what I really need. At least this is the way I see it. Maybe I'm
misunderstanding you.
I too spend the time. I am thinking that for other people to want to
use FreeBSD they want something other than a command prompt. They at
least want a web browser out of the box.
I haven't finished reading the thread yet, but your assumption is
ignorant. Why do you think FreeBSD is intended solely for desktop
usage? It's not.
I, for one, **only want a command prompt** out of the box. I **do not**
want Xorg or any X-related garbage on my servers.
I fully agree with this last statement. I choose freebsd for many
reasons, and this is one of those, I tried a few linux distributions,
and even slackware installs too much garbage if you're not looking
closely at it.
And n the way to providing a useful desktop system out of the box, I
think no one can choose arbitrarily what to include and what not. Most
people would find WM+FF[23] too little, some other would want some
minimal gnome/kde, some others full blown gnome/kde (or other des for
example) who's bound to choose?
FreeBSD has always made a choice to be just an os, and a server oriented
one. There are downstream distributions bundling full blown systems,
and, as stated by others, the devel team has no time to spare, I think
it should concentrate on that, and leave the desktop work to others.
--
Guido Falsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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