Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:14:57 +0200 From: Lorenzo Cogotti <miciamail@hotmail.it> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP263C013FBA1670EA306BF52D5950@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <62954.1347896564@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <62954.1347896564@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Il 17/09/2012 17:42, Poul-Henning Kamp ha scritto: > In message <BLU0-SMTP510B16745B704C714268E2D5950@phx.gbl>, Lorenzo Cogotti writ > es: >> Hi, >> I was wondering about the possibility of FreeBSD to provide an official >> supported graphical environment. > We already do: It's called "X11" :-) > (sending back to mailing list due to a mistake replying personally, I apologize) That's surely more of a standard than Linux can provide, considering Wayland :-) I meant something more abstract that could provide a default desktop feel and the possibility of writing more complex GUI interfaces in less time, so that, for example, I could create a GUI tool while being consistent with the rest of the environment. Right now this can't be achieved (in an easy way) without taking into account Qt, GTK+, X and an enormous number of other toolkits available. > In message <BLU0-SMTP86E4BBD140D6911F5297B1D5950@phx.gbl>, Lorenzo Cogotti writ > es: > >> Right now this can't be achieved (in an easy way) without taking into >> account Qt, GTK+, X and an enormous number of other toolkits available. > Do what everybody else does: Pick the toolkit you prefer to work in > and move on... This idea would precisely serve the purpose of removing this need and eliminate redundancy of toolkits, when it comes to essential utilities that FreeBSD would want to provide, like devices automounting, partitioning (taking advantage of the system features) and so on... but it's just an idea, of course. -- Lorenzo Cogotti
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