Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:49:41 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd. com, why not... Message-ID: <802915606.20050215174941@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <4211CD96.9000200@nbritton.org> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AFF@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <4211CD96.9000200@nbritton.org>
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Nikolas Britton writes:
> Create a subproject disto ("lite fork") of FreeBSD that is tuned for the
> desktop and has the needed hardware support, sort of like the old BSD
> patch sets. Or completely fork the project into something like
> "DesktopBSD". Also a good thing to do is pool all the resources of all
> the BSDs into creating a co-opt common DesktopBSD OS. Is also could be a
> commercial project/product.
I think the project (if it were ever undertaken) should be completely
and permanently separated from the current server-oriented FreeBSD. If
people want to make a mess modifying the OS for desktop use, let them do
it in their own sandbox, and leave the current FreeBSD alone.
--
Anthony
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