From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 06:19:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8552106568B for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:19:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baigsabeeh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E3448FC60 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so2071963fxm.36 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=aANwkeWjOayg3rT38l8fwSGdG7Xh24ZZkvLKc2hCEkc=; b=Vita7jSvBMQqcclvrfuZWt0UxHALUGcWq6eBjumZJ4IMubYQqY0jr+vXXhxJG/HtuJ wgOSrYlMlYkqjuCic1jZ6OtvL6EzL03JhIqlwDm6Uum8OdNWQW9ifAzXOiauEW4/VIUq f1Wa3X65TQdT6ejzDQkK/KllfbaViPofq/mks= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; b=FGjXBv7gyjFNUnKOyrDnZ4Dm3cQuGP0DQouBCcNMLPbKoSbuJqjcADIdqSAt6zxlOx nPY57VIfHglTPDz/oRZIBP2QACdXIXLx/2p7G0ImBJUpWTO/IANt13PPMNMftUFKwpOr 1l7IwdJSwNFiL/ILP1BhtNpUuxdiPVugVjlRY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: baigsabeeh@gmail.com Received: by 10.103.126.9 with SMTP id d9mr2347954mun.103.1250661291403; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:54:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:54:51 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 76e2dffc6b63178e Message-ID: From: Sabeeh Baig To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Desktop Install Option X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:19:53 -0000 So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of "Standard Desktop"? For those who need it, it'd be great. -- "No person has sustained greater loss than that whose learning could not restrain him from indulging in vices." | Imam Abu Hanifa Sabeeh Ahmed Baig