Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:52:23 +0800 From: Wesley <wesley@freenetMail.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <8a8cc0bf-21a6-b963-d6d8-9771a451ddcc@freenetMail.de> In-Reply-To: <20200609044758.68ba401b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200608051434.ca70e5c5.freebsd@edvax.de> <f1613992-e3a4-6bb0-48ea-f729b758b315@freenetMail.de> <20200608050415.GA92414@geeks.org> <C56715D3-73B6-472D-A4F7-93125CBD1EFC@kicp.uchicago.edu> <7dd4776b-4326-fa9c-cd2f-2b59ca4e8e50@freenetMail.de> <20200609044758.68ba401b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Thank you @Polytropon for the kind suggestion. Polytropon wrote: > FreeBSD being a multi-purpose (!) operating system does not have > a desktop environment per se; it's not bundled with the OS, which > would make no sense for example if you wanted to use FreeBSD on > a server or on a networking appliance. However, the ports collection > is the place where a FreeBSD "desktop metaport" could be placed. > > Note: There's also a tool called "mkdesktop" that allows you to > select and install a desktop from a wide range of choices: > > https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/mkdesktop
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