From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 9 02:21:13 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4335A344581 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 02:21:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49gv4S2qzwz4G5r for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 02:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [192.168.43.231] (unknown [172.58.140.225]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A80564E655; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 21:21:06 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <7dd4776b-4326-fa9c-cd2f-2b59ca4e8e50@freenetMail.de> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 21:21:05 -0500 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200608051434.ca70e5c5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200608050415.GA92414@geeks.org> <7dd4776b-4326-fa9c-cd2f-2b59ca4e8e50@freenetMail.de> To: Wesley X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49gv4S2qzwz4G5r X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.16 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.140.225:received]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.04)[0.036]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.80)[-0.804]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.01)[0.011]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 02:21:13 -0000 > On Jun 8, 2020, at 8:56 PM, Wesley wrote: >=20 > May I ask a question, is it possible for freeBSD community to develop = a nice GUI like Mac OSX? current opensource desktop like KDE is not = behaving as well as OSX in my opinion. >=20 This nice GUI like MacOS=E2=80=99s is not necessarily nice in = everybody=E2=80=99s opinion. I for one would prefer Mate Desktop. There = are several different DEs (Desktop Environments) which I may not like as = I didn=E2=80=99t blend into iPad generation, but that may be considered = quite comparable to MacOS=E2=80=99s one. Still, compared to MS Widows = MacOS's is nicer (my subjective opinion), yet still there is one thing = about both of them: you can not choose =E2=80=9Cdock area=E2=80=9D on = left, on right (speaking about MS Windows), and you can not remove Apple = top bar (=E2=80=9Ctop is reserved for mighty Apple=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D). = So, Xwindow based DEs cover much wider spectrum of tastes IMHO.=20 But if there is something specific you are after, you can try to = describe it, and I bet with so many Experts on this list, you can hear = viable advise. Valeri > Thanks. >=20 > Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> MacOS departs farther and farther away from BSD=E2=80=A6 so some time = ago I scratched MacOS from my list of =E2=80=9CUNIXes=E2=80=9D. = Administering server on MacOS became unbearable for me. I still tell all = Mac laptop owners: the beauty of MacOS is that you have nice GUI, and = UNIX under the hood. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"