Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:22:24 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904282119320.46974-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <199904282245.IAA29340@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Apr 29 John Birrell wrote:
> > 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.
I guess it depends on your definition of difficult. To me that
means having to get up a 3am to prop up a system that fell over.
> When I listen to what users want, I try to understand how
> they go about using a system "without thinking".
Let's not end up with a system that any idiot can use, because
then only idiots will want to use it.
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