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Date:      Tue, 6 May 2008 11:57:48 -0400
From:      Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To:        Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with V7.0
Message-ID:  <20080506155748.GA67105@night.db.net>
In-Reply-To: <1210086621.27474.18.camel@localhost>
References:  <20080503125041.0025aece@gb7tf.ath.cx> <BAY113-W5300000582F6C302A53E8EA1D50@phx.gbl> <20080504085859.7d1a05ee@gb7tf.ath.cx> <1210071647.27474.9.camel@localhost> <20080506130645.586be6a4@gb7tf> <1210086621.27474.18.camel@localhost>

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On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 04:10:21PM +0100, Tom Evans wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 13:06 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:47 +0100
> > Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote:
...
>
> You should remember the 'main aim' of FreeBSD is to support services, so
> DVB-T, which became important in Linux because of the large number of
> desktop users asking/developing such features, would not be such a high
> priority in BSD.

This is becoming less and less true, looking at www.pcbsd.org
and www.desktopbsd.net as examples.

I'm using FreeBSD 7.0 as a desktop with the ULE scheduler and
PCBSD as a hamradio desktop. It's changing.

> Of course, the number one priority in FOSS is 'what do I want to work
> on', and if someone with enough desire and skill decides they do want to
> work on it, then it will be done.... otherwise it probably won't :)

And I see the work is being done. My focus (and Xride's focus; plus
the contributors to the ports tree) hav been on making hamradio
apps very viable and useful on FreeBSD.

http://www.freshports.org/hamradio
http://www.db.net/hamfreesbie

- 73 Diane VA3DB ;-)
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- db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db



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