From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 13:59:43 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 DBFDF106568E for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:59:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f199.google.com (mail-yw0-f199.google.com [209.85.211.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F2C8FC74 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh37 with SMTP id 37so6266537ywh.28 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:59:42 -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; bh=W5lP6XC+bk/WJkyjpT3VQrPemQrZ0YqaqkyM8hKz5EU=; b=Qe/9Qq2FMxWmlFJndid3co2JkWD4JgZI3I5QpifFwrWhpP2vbiqNsp4se7wfSW3paV W4qcK1cES+GvQNhzCGWwFxOaFMCUU/cKUJvmJeE5Icw7EJLQvgsKSje0YbqCU0fvAivs Ap6nUkTIteHzwhUbG3aSOIbH0Q/I/TkUvvMI8= 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; b=V38XhF0yMoaUkrioujfvTeNkmX2koa+jtJgUF3QzBPznOcgPqhg61ovRVfXxMH+eff ReVOdelZfwXJpUnc9xtNubyr8li5yCesVuZt5Nrj7T80ByylfZSLNLAtKtJYDEOUKHmG /1HliL3Nc8Owe/U4kuwWe8/kA6/l1wqKwSbDc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.4.19 with SMTP id g19mr10523348ybi.185.1250690382754; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:59:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:59:42 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0908190659x571b9b9elae0e76ff47301f3@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Sabeeh Baig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 13:59:43 -0000 On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baig wrote: > 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"? On Debian Lenny, let me know how the install of kde4 goes. Not attempting to disregard your view, just saying there are roadblocks to every approach. IMO, the FreeBSD method allows for greatest flexibility. > For those > who need it, it'd be great. > > -- Adam Vande More