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Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-ends
From: Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu>
To: Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
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>
> Side note: I agree that we would really, really like FreeBSD more user
> friendly.
>
> However, is kernel configuration where we really want to start?  Just how
> much of the user base reconfigures their kernels, anyway?  Wouldn't effort
> be better spent on making normal installation, maintenance and deployment
> clean and easy?
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>


What you say makes a lot of sense. I am feeling confident that the kernel
GUI should be a lower priority, and not used for the GSoC proposal.

Thank you for your time.

Justin Muniz