Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:44:58 -0400 From: Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "'Zhihao Yuan'" <lichray@gmail.com>, "'Mike Meyer'" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD Message-ID: <BAY165-ds20B969D626F44386E4C734CA950@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <CAGsORuBqiodwt_EmVqB%2BfO=tgOVeZOERopSE2y=mLa8Jp6ZOjQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGsORuB4yd8RKNLRWmcTx16iDOHWJkD1rnyArb98NwN%2BpwvPHA@mail.gmail.com> <63226.1347899311@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAGsORuD--BKCVB5wHEw5Q5SedhJ0reFVJtC3628tJAncbmgr8Q@mail.gmail.com> <20120917120626.51369945@bhuda.mired.org> <CAGsORuBqiodwt_EmVqB%2BfO=tgOVeZOERopSE2y=mLa8Jp6ZOjQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Zhihao Yuan Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:54 PM To: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD Well, let's make it more straightforward. I hope people can agree with this: a default, officially supported modern desktop environment is = essential to FreeBSD. This has already been answered. If you want a FreeBSD with a "default" = graphical desktop environment, install PC-BSD. Otherwise FreeBSD is not = really for the "install complete running workstation out of the box" = crowd, Its more the "let me customize my system to exactly the way I = want it" crowd, which has been a detriment to getting the silly linux = fanboys to drop their script Kiddy style lifestyles of just accepting = whatever their linux distro provides. Therefore you will never see a default graphical option outside of the = basics of X11. Besides, the options you mentioned are not part of the = graphical window managers, they are plugins and other utilities that = happen to run parallel and have GUI tie-ins. Most of them really are = nothing more than console programs with a graphical config screen.
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