From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 17:53:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EAB016A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:53:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp04.wanadoo.nl (smtp04.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA0D43D2D for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:53:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from troplosti@orcaweb.cjb.net) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (c53750b57.cable.wanadoo.nl [83.117.11.87]) by smtp4.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3258B56450 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:53:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesse van den Kieboom To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096048409.4849.5.camel@ravenlock> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:53:30 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: HAL/udev/gnome-volume-manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:53:32 -0000 I don't know if this is the right list to post this question, but I'm posting it here for now. I think most people are aware of the HAL (hardware abstraction layer) development currently going on for linux. (http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal). I've worked with it under Gnu/Debian and it seems to me that it's very promissing. With applications as gnome-volume-manager and the gnome-device-manager the freebsd desktop would in my opinion be a step further towards a more user friendly desktop. I don't know that much about the whole development and I don't know if it is hard to implement under freebsd, but I think it is worth it (if it's possible). I would just like to suggest the benefits it could give to FreeBSD. Jesse van den Kieboom