From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 05:12:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D05C1065675 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:12:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.224.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3FF68FC15 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:12:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from X220.ovitrap.com ([122.129.201.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q8I5C72h018303; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:12:09 -0600 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:03:47 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: Lorenzo Cogotti Message-ID: <20120918090347.32beb18b@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:12:17 -0000 Hi, On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:35:40 +0200 Lorenzo Cogotti wrote: > I was wondering about the possibility of FreeBSD to provide an > official supported graphical environment. for taking resources away from FreeBSD itself? I do not see the need for this as long there is a single item open on the dodo list. There will one question stay open. Why provide a default GUI when there are so many out there which are all based on X? The user can install whatever is liked. Give the users the freedom to decide. Erich