Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:12:59 -0500 From: Leif Walsh <leif.walsh@gmail.com> To: Allen <goreZauberer@comcast.net> Cc: "freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org" <freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's very own desktop environment Message-ID: <2281EB55-730C-4D75-B8A2-8977EDA8DF5B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121108141151.4b8a0681@Voidling> References: <BAY002-W160E8076AADCE41A014F65AA890@phx.gbl> <5072D8B4.7040600@pcbsd.org> <20121108141151.4b8a0681@Voidling>
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Reminds me of http://xkcd.com/927/ Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2012, at 14:11, Allen <goreZauberer@comcast.net> wrote: > >> 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-desktop > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-desktop-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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