Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:14:37 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chris@calldei.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Jordan the Confused (Was: Jordan The Evil!) Message-ID: <19990415211437.H5762@001101.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990415215446.0095d610@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 09:56:44PM -0600 References: <4.2.0.32.19990415195943.045f9100@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990415110155.045695d0@localhost> <XFMail.990416112923.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <4.2.0.32.19990415195943.045f9100@localhost> <19990415221527.I3986@holly.dyndns.org> <4.2.0.32.19990415215446.0095d610@localhost>
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On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 09:56:44PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:15 PM 4/15/99 -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > > > The reason for the lack of these tools was explained in the > >sentence you quoted. "quote patently, FreeBSD's approach is *not* > >desktop oriented," -- this seems to explain it well. > > No, Jordan's approach is not desktop-oriented. Which is a BIG mistake, > and a decision he should not be allowed to make. > > Unless an OS can at least be adapted to be desktop-friendly, it will > never fully enter the mainstream. Brett! IN CASE YOU HAVE SOMEHOW MISSED IT! The desktop-design contest was canceled for lack of participation. Nobody has stepped forward with a nice set of packages that FreeBSD could use as a standard desktop. We need a solid, utilitarian, yet good-looking desktop package to go with our solid, utilitarian, yet usually graceful OS. Since it seems from the lack of participation that nobody really wants to be the desktop designer, it's yet one more task on the lengthy list of potential improvements. Perhaps you'd like to form a team to take this one on. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Failing sardine factory cans employees! mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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