From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 9 03:55:05 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 70CFC347783 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 03:55:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wesley@freenetMail.de) Received: from mout2.freenet.de (mout2.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.freenet.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49gx8m3fYkz4SKv for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 03:55:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wesley@freenetMail.de) Received: from [195.4.92.165] (helo=mjail2.freenet.de) by mout2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID wesley@freenetMail.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.92 #3) id 1jiVLp-0007Wr-4g for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:55:01 +0200 Received: from [::1] (port=47370 helo=mjail2.freenet.de) by mjail2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID wesley@freenetMail.de) (Exim 4.92 #3) id 1jiVLp-00073e-2p for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:55:01 +0200 Received: from sub3.freenet.de ([195.4.92.122]:47914) by mjail2.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID wesley@freenetMail.de) (Exim 4.92 #3) id 1jiVJL-0006w1-Bn for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:52:27 +0200 Received: from [154.213.3.116] (port=60751 helo=[172.21.89.41]) by sub3.freenet.de with esmtpsa (ID wesley@freenetMail.de) (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:256) (port 587) (Exim 4.92 #3) id 1jiVJK-0004mx-Sh for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:52:27 +0200 Subject: Re: freebsd vs. netbsd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <20200608051434.ca70e5c5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200608050415.GA92414@geeks.org> <7dd4776b-4326-fa9c-cd2f-2b59ca4e8e50@freenetMail.de> <20200609044758.68ba401b.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Wesley Message-ID: <8a8cc0bf-21a6-b963-d6d8-9771a451ddcc@freenetMail.de> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:52:23 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200609044758.68ba401b.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originated-At: 154.213.3.116!60751 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49gx8m3fYkz4SKv X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of wesley@freenetMail.de has no SPF policy when checking 2001:748:100:40::2:4) smtp.mailfrom=wesley@freenetMail.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.59 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.26)[0.261]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freenetMail.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.75)[0.751]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.68)[0.677]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2001:748:100:40::2:4:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5430, ipnet:2001:748::/32, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] 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 03:55:05 -0000 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