From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 19:11:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD7C664 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:11:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gorezauberer@comcast.net) Received: from qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fe14:43:76:96:62:48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6420F8FC08 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta19.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.98]) by qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Lzdn1k00327AodY557BsnN; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:11:52 +0000 Received: from Voidling ([68.43.224.227]) by omta19.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id M7Bs1k00N4uzdYs3f7Bswn; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:11:52 +0000 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 14:11:51 -0500 From: Allen To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's very own desktop environment Message-ID: <20121108141151.4b8a0681@Voidling> In-Reply-To: <5072D8B4.7040600@pcbsd.org> References: <5072D8B4.7040600@pcbsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:11:56 -0000 > It would be a cool project, but also a HUGE one to undertake. We would > be all for including a BSD-Based desktop, but for the long-term I > doubt it could have all the features of the various DEs, such as KDE, > GNOME, XFCE, LXDE, etc, so that would mean we have to keep offering > all of the above in order to not leave anybody out :) > For whatever it may be worth, I personally LOVE the idea of having a FreeBSD based Desktop Environment. I think it would be sweet. I use a lot of different Desktops and X Window Managers, and I'd totally be into a new one for FreeBSD. I use everything from FVWM, to FVWM2 and FVWM Crystal, Gnome, KDE, Enlightenment (Both E16 and E17) and all the others too. I think I install so many because I like the choice of it all; When I log in, sometimes I want KDE3, which I have loaded right now on this machine, but I may have something else loaded on another machine, or, if I feel like trying something else out, or, I go to my old stand by things like Window Maker and Enlightenment, I do so.