From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 4 22:57:47 2001 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 22:57:45 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from badpenguin.linux.it (unknown [213.45.113.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD4E37B400; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:57:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by badpenguin.linux.it (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 406881FCE9; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 05:13:29 +0000 (Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:13:29 -0600 From: AGX To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: asami@freebsd.org Subject: RFC: a CUI controlpanel for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010104231329.A3555@linux.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i X-Disclaimer: Please visit http://www.badpenguin.org/ X-Operating-System: Bad Penguin GNU/Linux 0.9.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >1.3.3. The FreeBSD Development Model >Contributed by Satoshi Asami . >The development of FreeBSD is a very open and flexible process, >FreeBSD being literally built from the >contributions of hundreds of people around the world, as can be >seen from our list of contributors. We >are constantly on the lookout for new developers and ideas, and >those interested in becoming more >closely involved with the project need simply contact us at the >FreeBSD technical discussions mailing >list . Well, i checked out /etc/rc and /etc/rc.conf i would like to port my controlpanel from GNU/Linux to FreeBSD is this possibile? I did developed a lot of script to configure a lot of system settings but in GNU/Linux you have 364376 different distributions that are all different, i tried to develop my own but seems that common system components like GNU libc change each 5 minutes and does not seems more stable. I toughta it would be a nice idea to port my work under FreeBSD because i feel it more stable and reliable then GNU/Linux what do you think about having an "additional" controlpanel to do system configuration (mouse,keyboard,network,X11,postfix,etc.) ??? I firstly developed everything using cdialog but them are very buggy togheter with somebody i did developed "libgringo" that is a generic library that interface both ncurses and Gtk (depending how you compiled it) and allow you to write script that can run both in console both in X-Window. I would like to know if you think that is usefull or not to do this job or if there are more urgents work to do upon the FreeBSD distribution/ installation process. I've wasted 4 years trying to create my personalized GNU/Linux distribution and i'm tired of to remake each time the same job. Thank you in advance, Antonio Gallo -- Ciao, AGX http://www.antoniogallo.it (o_ http://www.badpenguin.org "Bad Penguin" GNU/Linux //\ http://www.linux.it ILS CD V_/_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message