Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:43:51 +0200 From: Sander Vesik <sander.vesik@gmail.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd. com, why not... Message-ID: <dcb2c27a0502170243244c62a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <802915606.20050215174941@wanadoo.fr> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641AFF@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <4211CD96.9000200@nbritton.org> <802915606.20050215174941@wanadoo.fr>
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:49:41 +0100, Anthony Atkielski
<atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Nikolas Britton writes:
>
> > Create a subproject disto ("lite fork") of FreeBSD that is tuned for the
> > desktop and has the needed hardware support, sort of like the old BSD
> > patch sets. Or completely fork the project into something like
> > "DesktopBSD". Also a good thing to do is pool all the resources of all
> > the BSDs into creating a co-opt common DesktopBSD OS. Is also could be a
> > commercial project/product.
>
> I think the project (if it were ever undertaken) should be completely
> and permanently separated from the current server-oriented FreeBSD. If
> people want to make a mess modifying the OS for desktop use, let them do
> it in their own sandbox, and leave the current FreeBSD alone.
>
You are simply out of your mind and I suspect a lot of that is due to
not understanding how FreeBSD the OS and its customisation works.
> --
> Anthony
>
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