From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 14 16:18:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13143 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:18:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from boober.lineone.net (boober-be.lineone.net [194.75.152.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA13136 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:18:45 GMT (envelope-from gurab@lineone.net) Received: from admin.cian.net (host5-171-227-31.btinternet.com [195.171.227.31]) by boober.lineone.net (8.8.5/8.8.0) with SMTP id AAA31432; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:17:18 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <006001bd67fb$ba361280$0300a8c0@admin.cian.net> Reply-To: "Christopher Raven" From: "Christopher Raven" To: "Sue Blake" Cc: Subject: Re: What do newbies want? Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:19:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >What would make things easier and more pleasant for people who try FreeBSD >for the first time? Is there something you wished for when you started but >couldn't find? What did you find that you really liked? Are there problems >that only newbies have, that could be addressed somehow? If you had a magic >wand, what would you like to see added, removed, or improved? Some sort of built in configuration tool that lets you build a 'complete' desktop enviroment immediately - and without hastles (an included .xintrc default script would be a bonus?). Without a shadow of a doubt, to most non-CLI people a GUI enviroment is a top priority from the word go. Chris R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message