Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 08:45:57 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: jack@germanium.xtalwind.net (jack) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <199904282245.IAA29340@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281812110.46974-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> from jack at "Apr 28, 1999 6:16:37 pm"
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jack wrote: > We're rapidly approaching the time when upgrading an older box > with a 32meg (default) / partition will involve repartitioning, > since 32megs won't hold it all. To have to do that for > functionality is one thing, to have to do it for icons on "The > Power to Serve" OS seems an oxymoron. IMHO, "The Power to Serve" was coined because that is the only market that FreeBSD can hope to address at the moment. As a workstation, FreeBSD requires a hell of a lot of hacking. A lot of people will never be capable of doing that. > I just hope someone drops a tag before the system goes totally > GUI. :) Nobody is talking about going "totally GUI". I'd like to see a lot more people using FreeBSD. We should look at what problems people have using FreeBSD. The word "difficult" comes to mind. I choose to use vi as an editor because I can use it without thinking. When I listen to what users want, I try to understand how they go about using a system "without thinking". -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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