From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 13:40:23 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 0A1BD106568D for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:40:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f206.google.com (mail-bw0-f206.google.com [209.85.218.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0B58FC43 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so3466265bwz.43 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:40:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DckB2QYMUNuT5y0ALxiCK81NfBfMzLN0jhKCPxDl5sc=; b=hnIpfgiJ+7SI7edoCAqvaRgNFxeZ+waCFB4PFyI5iPQJhZxLWkxT+twxThM5/S8N4q hy/A+P0t+t0YRcfPEk0wIG5asX9PKUZGQcssN6E/2FVuIETMlKqyDsgBDYg2TxObNpmT Fxs4+r4rOloIWDWqg+GHEySRUczYyqKq1Ea5M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Q9WD3hrHxcg3w4iWUmEsNIO0iRK82x6YAub5FNw9gNZJkYyg263W6nKOBxtMAQz4ZQ o6+7wRhao6ynp8PtoqUwdfC14sjir8NZAKSqf2Xc+11m7hJpRAI6Abs9VYS8ZP4GLnp8 Gz0h2L/9UkQg4j7L5Imi+KiTudslWhcBH1f3g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.144.71 with SMTP id y7mr1720614fau.53.1250689221387; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:40:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:40:21 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Sabeeh Baig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 13:40:23 -0000 On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baig wrote: > So, I've been wondering about something. =A0FreeBSD is a general purpose > operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used = on > servers. =A0Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation= , > something similar to say Debian's option of "Standard Desktop"? =A0For th= ose > who need it, it'd be great. > > -- > > Sabeeh Ahmed Baig I am of the opinion that specializing in everything is the same thing as specializing in nothing. (Said another way: If everything is a priority, nothing is.) Every operating system has its strengths and weaknesses. The more an operating system becomes all-things-to-all-users, the more it tends to lose its comparative edge in any one area. All of that being said, PC-BSD is a desktop solution on FreeBSD. You can download it for free or purchase it with support: http://www.pcbsd.org/ Andrew