From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 14:37:56 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 145F1106568E for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE588FC15 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:37:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n7JEYfV0079346; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:34:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id n7JEYfFG079345; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:34:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:34:41 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Sabeeh Baig Message-ID: <20090819143441.GC79122@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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 14:37:56 -0000 On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:51AM -0400, 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"? For those > who need it, it'd be great. Really, all the desktop options you get on Linux are available for FreeBSD. KDE and Gnome are the main things and many people install one of them to make a desktop environment. The main difference with FreeBSD over Lunix is that Linux sort of forces it on you and FreeBSD gives you a choice. That means you have to click one more thing during installation to get that stuff installed. But, if you are doing a server, you don't have to spend an extra hour or two getting rid of all the bloat you don't need or want like on some other systems. To add to that, some people have packaged desktop versions of FreeBSD with all those gui extras already included just to make you happy. Probably someone else will post their favorites with links. ////jerry > -- > "No person has sustained greater loss than that whose learning could not > restrain him from indulging in vices." | Imam Abu Hanifa > > Sabeeh Ahmed Baig > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"