From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 14 20:25:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64FE937B416 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:25:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 33925901A00; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:24:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:24:20 -0500 From: mpd To: Bob Kovacs Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD Message-ID: <20020314232420.A77454@rochester.rr.com> References: <000801c1cbd1$fc7d7b90$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs> <20020314225333.A77275@rochester.rr.com> <000901c1cbd7$113aadf0$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <000901c1cbd7$113aadf0$5cdcd63f@robertkovacs>; from bkovacs@mindspring.com on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:08:29PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Please don't remove the cc: to questions. On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:08:29PM -0500, Bob Kovacs wrote: > Well for one thing I'm not a programmer so I don't understand a thing about > line code. And second I just upgraded my computer to an Athlon 1800 and > cannot justify buying all new hardware just for an operating system when a > company like Free BSD or Linux can try to compete with Microsoft for the > desktop. Thanks for sharing. > I guess Microsoft will always be a monopoly because companies like > yours care less about novices like us! It's not my company. You're welcome to contribute to the OS, as is anyone else. > And cannot develop alternates!!!. I What *exactly* do you want that isn't available right now? You stated you wanted a "default GUI" like OSX. You can install XFree86 when you install the system. If you then enable xdm, that would be a "default GUI" as I interpret it, and requires no programming knowledge whatsoever. > hate Windows because of it's bullshit licensing. I would have liked to have > an alternate like OSX, because it's easy to use. Well I guess it will NEVER > happen!. It will happen if someone with the talent to do it wants it to happen. Something like Aqua takes a lot of time and money to produce. If you're willing to supply that, you would probably get your wish. mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mpd" > To: "Bob Kovacs" > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:53 PM > Subject: Re: Free BSD > > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:32:07PM -0500, Bob Kovacs wrote: > > > > > > When will Free BSD have a default desktop as elegant as Mac OSX?. > > > > Hopefully never. The day I'm forced to use a gui by default is > > the day I stop using the OS. > > > > > Or is that just a dream. If Apple borrowed elements from Free BSD > than > > > why can't the favor be returned and Apple allow Free BSD to use the > > > Aqua interface for Free BSD. > > > > Why not just use OSX, then? The chances of Apple opening up the > > code to its GUI and releasing it under a BSD license are about nil. > > > > mike > > -- > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > "HURRY UP, OLD BEAN! FETCH MY KEYS AND DRIVING CAP POST-HASTE!" > > - Chicken Delicious from "LET US MEET CHICKEN DELICIOUS" > > > -- ___________________________________________________________ "POKEY CHICKEN DELICIOUS WON'T BE A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOU ANY MORE!" - Little Girl from "CHICKEN DELICIOUS IS A BAD INFLUENCE" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message