Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:53:57 +0200 From: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> To: Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <48BEEB55.4050406@madpilot.net> In-Reply-To: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net>
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Dan Allen wrote: > BACKGROUND: > > A few years ago one could get a FreeBSD CD and install X and get a > decent basic system from one CD. > > One can still do this with Ubuntu today as well. > > Why can't we have a small window manager like icewm along with Firefox > 3.0+ be among the packages on the first FreeBSD CD so a basic working > system with a web browser can be a default install? Is it that X.org is > now too big? > > SUMMARY: > > I would like to see FreeBSD 7.1 add to its disc1: > > 1) X.org > 2) icewm > 3) firefox-3.0 > 4) support for Intel 4965 wireless drivers > 5) support for Marvell 88E8040 ethernet driver > If you just want na instant workstation, why you just don't try Freesbie or something like that? If I install FreeBSD on a PC I expect this installation to live there for some years. I can spend some hours/days installing and configuring what I really need. At least this is the way I see it. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. -- Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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