From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 1 18:01:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712B91065677 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trey@fastmail.fm) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC0B8FC17 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trey@fastmail.fm) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2963D3869E9; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:51:11 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: mO7xs60iydif539Dx5j91mUoxdVJAWtgQgssnlY2fca2 1246470667 Received: from localhost (h197.9.18.98.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [98.18.9.197]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43DBA11B5; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51:09 -0400 From: Trey Sizemore To: Tim Judd Message-ID: <20090701175109.GA13740@tbook.local> Mail-Followup-To: Tim Judd , Andrew Gould , freebsd-questions References: <4A4A2025.9020401@otenet.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: Andrew Gould , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:01:37 -0000 On Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:45AM, Tim Judd wrote: > On 6/30/09, Andrew Gould wrote: > > 2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias : > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased > >> to announce a GNOME-based one. > >> This includes a complete GNOME 2.26.2 desktop and also the > >> gnome-power-tools and gnome-fifth-toe package collections. > >> > >> As always, feedback is welcome. > >> > >> Manolis Kiagias > > > > It would be interesting to see how much demand exists for an > > installation DVD with KDE 3.5. (KDE lost a large amount of voter > > share in Linux Journal's last Readers' Choice Awards.) > > > > Does anyone know how long KDE 3.5 will be available in the ports? > > (Expecting its eventual demise, I switched to Gnome, then to XFCE4.) > > > > Andrew > > > When I run KDE, I run KDE4. I'm not asking for someone to generate a > KDE3.5 or KDE4 install medium, but where is the line? > > If we make XFCE4, and Gnome2.26, why not Enlightenment, Blackbox, > KDE3.5, KDE4, etc etc etc? > > > > Earlier, I made hints at a webGUI install (the install medium would > boot into X, basic setup (VESA driver @1024x768, 24 [or 16bit] > depth)), run firefox or another lightweight browser (even lynx in the > console if X fails to start) on it's own filesystem or over apache. > Once network configuration is done, you can pull the data sets for > your choice of WM from the internet. > > > I think this has potential, and would offer making it (already started > on it), but I think my statements went on deaf ears when addressed to > the broad public. > > So I'll ask again if anyone else would be interested in this. The > advantage is that on this webGUI install, you can offer it (secured of > course) over the internet for someone more technical to do the install > or configuring, including the same post-install configuration that > sysinstall offers. > > > > Anybody else think it's a good idea? Willing to take suggestions. > Would satisfy my "designing" and "creativity" mindset I'm in right > now. I would definitely like to see something like this. -- Cheers, Trey ---- This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. --Dorothy Parker Darwin tbook.local 9.7.0 i386 13:50 up 2 days, 17:55, 2 users, load averages: 0.54 0.36 0.41