From owner-freebsd-desktop@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 20:13:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B970ABB7 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:13:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leif.walsh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D7A8FC12 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fw7so4176662vcb.13 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:13:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=XfGA9VDm2c4gp7z2etrDViphoXUDo4cM41lU3tbNxCA=; b=ooTGV4yYFVmCiDQynPSnJOH6qQE+kknDlNziU3b+xmJ23DtIwuQi28uyJ2I65voOQb I48eDhDuueHDUGdG18QlWuSgMcFUG1GjcR1dGVtrABJuY3GAU0r4OBm5azcgotsJq7s5 0MA1ZnsbRYGVYXRHFPpCYAyfVUyJ09OvvD36x6HEdFuvKAMpvj9Y6UO/JPibjGDnQyKZ ILtcX7mut5LaF/1B414GD586pmnVzFC04tRzssYbohJrz9yF7HYIcPFPQpPqQ+1Co20/ Tr5KTvk2C7KKQQQ5hFBt9lE0T6AKJNPaVtHZYLteboxg2DH3Ur2GnrwUU2gqtr6wllEV SLkg== Received: by 10.58.221.228 with SMTP id qh4mr3183820vec.49.1352405585381; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.102] (pool-108-27-202-11.nycmny.fios.verizon.net. [108.27.202.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id yf5sm12569403veb.13.2012.11.08.12.13.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:13:04 -0800 (PST) References: <5072D8B4.7040600@pcbsd.org> <20121108141151.4b8a0681@Voidling> In-Reply-To: <20121108141151.4b8a0681@Voidling> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Message-Id: <2281EB55-730C-4D75-B8A2-8977EDA8DF5B@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10A523) From: Leif Walsh Subject: Re: FreeBSD's very own desktop environment Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:12:59 -0500 To: Allen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Using and improving FreeBSD on the desktop List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:13:06 -0000 Reminds me of http://xkcd.com/927/ Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2012, at 14:11, Allen 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"