Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 13:28:40 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, iijima yoshino <iijimayoshino@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD doesn't have a Gnome3 port? Message-ID: <20131206132840.ab266f16.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkwgfXqkDM2LRet3fhjxZWFraA-YYRxpp=reyOFYSAtbw@mail.gmail.com> References: <1386221592.4385.16.camel@debian> <CAKoxK%2B61HZPLR_xM7BC12dHc3y4eHPDCEvsRC8oQ_Jm1wUovnQ@mail.gmail.com> <1386253808.8359.5.camel@debian> <CAKoxK%2B6=CdtntMJ-MRe9AqmmRcHM3EN_5HqUOYHEA1NvFRmcjw@mail.gmail.com> <1386328855.3871.38.camel@debian> <CAFYkXjkwgfXqkDM2LRet3fhjxZWFraA-YYRxpp=reyOFYSAtbw@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:35:00 +0100, CeDeROM wrote: > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 12:20 PM, iijima yoshino <iijimayoshino@gmail.com> wrote: > > agree? The users can decide their machines run like desktops or servers. > > By default, most distributions have a default DE after installation or > > on their live images. I think they should be regarded as > > desktop-oriented. On the other hand, it's O.K. to call FreeBSD > > server-oriented, right? > > I use FreeBSD on my desktops and servers with no problem for maaany > years :-) I'm also using FreeBSD exclusively (!) on my desktop since version 4.0 without any problems. I could do what the "cool kids" could do before them, and even after they weren't able to do it anymore. If "FreeBSD is server-oriented", that would not have been possible. :-) I agree that FreeBSD is an _excellent_ operating system for servers, but it's not "for servers only". However, there are desktop environments and applications that can be a trouble to use, which primarily is because they aren't being developed for FreeBSD, and they are not portable enough to allow porting them as a "simple act". Still many software have arrived in FreeBSD from Linux, and even from Solaris, because their design did allow this. If a developer makes a decision of relying on a different design, something that is not available outside of a specific scope (in recent Gnome's case: Linux), and if this is the _intended_ move of the developers - it's _their_ choice. > Get the Xfce4 or KDE and it will be fine :-) PC-BSD is a good illustration for that concept: Preinstalled and preconfigured desktop environment on top, FreeBSD at the heart, still versatile and changeable. There are many ways to create a FreeBSD desktop. Maybe it's valid to say "There is no Gnome 3 desktop on FreeBSD" in the future, but that does not make FreeBSD more "server-oriented" or less "desktop-oriented". -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20131206132840.ab266f16.freebsd>