Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:22:24 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904282119320.46974-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <199904282245.IAA29340@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Apr 29 John Birrell wrote: > > I just hope someone drops a tag before the system goes totally > > GUI. :) > > Nobody is talking about going "totally GUI". > > I'd like to see a lot more people using FreeBSD. We should look at > what problems people have using FreeBSD. The word "difficult" comes > to mind. I choose to use vi as an editor because I can use it without > thinking. I guess it depends on your definition of difficult. To me that means having to get up a 3am to prop up a system that fell over. > When I listen to what users want, I try to understand how > they go about using a system "without thinking". Let's not end up with a system that any idiot can use, because then only idiots will want to use it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Systems Administrator / Systems Analyst jack@germanium.xtalwind.net Crystal Wind Communications, Inc. Finger jack@germanium.xtalwind.net for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD enriched, vcard, HTML messages > /dev/null -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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