From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 13:08:33 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 64CBD1065670 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ibb_orac@mbox.contact.bg) Received: from sd97.btc-net.bg (SD97.btc-net.bg [212.39.90.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC9A08FC08 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27126 invoked by uid 605); 6 Aug 2009 12:41:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chameleon) (83.228.34.40) by 0 with SMTP; 6 Aug 2009 12:41:53 -0000 Message-ID: <69A1ABAF9CD44B399B6773FF6EC580AF@chameleon> From: "Ivailo Bonev" To: "Neal Hogan" References: <4A76FB32.9050601@videotron.ca> <4A7A89B3.6010206@mapper.nl> <200908060956.59358.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:41:55 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2overwrites partitions) 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: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:08:33 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Hogan" To: "Jonathan McKeown" Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2overwrites partitions) > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Jonathan McKeown > wrote: >> On Thursday 06 August 2009 09:43:47 Mark Stapper wrote: >>> >>> In light of this, I would really enjoy seeing a "Ubuntu" like movement >>> in the FreeBSD corner. >>> What I mean is that it would be nice for my mother to install and use >>> FreeBSD. >> [snip] >>> To achieve this, there are two things that should be made easier: >>> 1. Installing a basic desktop system(next to any currently installed OS) >>> 2. Keeping the base system and ports up to date. >>> And when I mean "easier" I mean it should be done without bothering the >>> user unless you about to "rm -rf /" as root, so to say. >> >> This is what a couple of projects are already doing. PC-BSD springs to >> mind - >> I can't remember what the other one is called. > > DesktopBSD DesktopBSD Project is dead for now... >> PC-BSD is FreeBSD, pre-packaged with a usable desktop and its own >> simplified >> package manager. >> >> Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >