From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 08:53:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8BC106564A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:53:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alwindoss@outlook.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s10.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s10.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519208FC12 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY002-W16 ([65.54.190.59]) by bay0-omc1-s10.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 7 Oct 2012 01:52:31 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [116.202.109.47] From: Alwin Doss To: "freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org" Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 14:22:31 +0530 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Oct 2012 08:52:31.0385 (UTC) FILETIME=[1627F090:01CDA469] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: FreeBSD's very own desktop environment X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:53:37 -0000 Hi All=2C =20 Having a good weekend??? Let me not make it boring I will get straight to t= he point. =20 I have read in FreeBSD documentation=2C while comparing with the Linux kern= el we claim FreeBSD to be a complete operating system which provides not ju= st the kernel but also other utilies surrounding the kernel making it a com= plete operating system. My question is "Why doesn't FreeBSD have it's own desktop environment" some= thing like what Ubuntu Linux is trying to achieve with their Unity Desktop = environment. In doing so we will carve a niche for ourselves in the end user space. =20 What does the forum have to say about this? =20 Regards=2C Alwin = From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 09:38:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20287106566C for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alwindoss@outlook.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074E08FC08 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 09:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY002-W213 ([65.54.190.61]) by bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 7 Oct 2012 02:37:44 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [116.202.109.47] From: Alwin Doss To: FreeBSD Desktop Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:07:44 +0530 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Oct 2012 09:37:44.0941 (UTC) FILETIME=[678FB9D0:01CDA46F] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Unity Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:38:50 -0000 Hi=2C =20 any idea if the freebsd developer's team is considering the ubuntu-unity de= sktop environment port to freebsd? =20 Thanks=2C Alwin = From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 13:13:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1FD1065743 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:13:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofd-freebsd-desktop@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A7B8FC14 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TKqfb-0007gM-7R for freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:13:23 +0200 Received: from dsl-hkibrasgw3-ffd6c300-228.dhcp.inet.fi ([88.195.214.228]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:13:23 +0200 Received: from rakuco by dsl-hkibrasgw3-ffd6c300-228.dhcp.inet.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:13:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org From: Raphael Kubo da Costa Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:13:07 +0300 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <87zk3yo270.fsf@FreeBSD.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl-hkibrasgw3-ffd6c300-228.dhcp.inet.fi User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ei1OrIUIzWsO3GLkOsSz9t0PqBM= Subject: Re: Unity Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:13:20 -0000 Alwin Doss writes: > Hi, > > any idea if the freebsd developer's team is considering the > ubuntu-unity desktop environment port to freebsd? You might want to check the archives of the freebsd-ports@ mailing list, or even ask there to reach a bigger audience. Personally, I don't remember if anyone had plans for that, or even if it is possible (ie. if the Unity components use Linux-specific calls or components, or if it needs some GL stuff that our GNOME team still seems to be struggling with). From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 8 13:44:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B9D106564A for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@pcbsd.org) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com (newknight.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7849D8FC0A for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:44:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74EB14C6 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:44:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 45954-05 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:44:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.72] (75-130-56-30.static.kgpt.tn.charter.com [75.130.56.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A7BE14C4 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:44:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5072D8B4.7040600@pcbsd.org> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:44:20 -0400 From: Kris Moore User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120621 Thunderbird/13.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD's very own desktop environment X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:44:42 -0000 On 10/07/2012 04:52, Alwin Doss wrote: > Hi All, > > Having a good weekend??? Let me not make it boring I will get straight to the point. > > I have read in FreeBSD documentation, while comparing with the Linux kernel we claim FreeBSD to be a complete operating system which provides not just the kernel but also other utilies surrounding the kernel making it a complete operating system. > My question is "Why doesn't FreeBSD have it's own desktop environment" something like what Ubuntu Linux is trying to achieve with their Unity Desktop environment. > In doing so we will carve a niche for ourselves in the end user space. > > What does the forum have to say about this? > > Regards, > Alwin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-desktop > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-desktop-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It would be a cool project, but also a HUGE one to undertake. We would be all for including a BSD-Based desktop, but for the long-term I doubt it could have all the features of the various DEs, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, etc, so that would mean we have to keep offering all of the above in order to not leave anybody out :) -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software iXsystems