Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:43:45 -0600 From: Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <E124BB77-FE02-43F3-8559-ED093BBE6E65@airwired.net> In-Reply-To: <AE7A8BD44E184FE888764DA8480FAEBC@multiplay.co.uk> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net><48BEEB55.4050406@madpilot.net> <E3C0561D-9BFA-46CD-B624-0CE49549AF2C@airwired.net> <AE7A8BD44E184FE888764DA8480FAEBC@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 3 Sep 2008, at 3:11 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Allen" <danallen46@airwired.net > > > >> I too spend the time. I am thinking that for other people to want >> to use FreeBSD they want something other than a command prompt. >> They at least want a web browser out of the box. > > For some, but for others like ourselves here we really don't want all > that bloat. One of the reasons we really like it is its perfect for > server installs, no crap installed that you don't want :) Agreed, but if you go back to earlier versions of FreeBSD they gave you an install option for just binaries, or binaries + sources, or binaries + sources + X Windows. I am proposing something similar once again, but this time if would be enough of X, a small window manager, and Firefox so a basic windowing environment was able to be installed, from the CD, with a single choice. I doubt many developers are really browsing the web all day with lynx. Dan
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