Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 13:41:45 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Stefan Parvu <sparvu@cc.hut.fi> Cc: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <20010513134145.C62345@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105131454300.24647-100000@alpha.hut.fi>; from sparvu@cc.hut.fi on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 03:02:58PM %2B0300 References: <003101c0dba1$181a7aa0$0300a8c0@oracle> <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105131454300.24647-100000@alpha.hut.fi>
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--xesSdrSSBC0PokLI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 03:02:58PM +0300, Stefan Parvu wrote: >=20 > "default GUI install" is a subject to discuss. In my oppinion is not a > good idea because: >=20 > 1. The core OS should be simple and simple to install. No GUI for that. > Make a comparations between Solaris, OpenBSD, Microsoft, Linux RedHat, > Suse. Time it and think again. As well look to the complexity of GUI > Install stuff.=20 >=20 > 2. The text mode is really cool. Is fast and it's simple. No extra effort. >=20 > 3. No problems with video cards or VESA generic mode. Keep it simple. For > what do you need install GUI ??? Comfort ? Help for new users ??? =20 >=20 > At least these 3 points makes a good point to keep the sysinstall stuff. > If new users come and want to learn the stuff is simple: Grab a doc and > read it. Why we should have a "right click" formula as Microsoft or other > commercial UNIXes does ??? Sysinstall anyway is simple to use more than > any GUI ...=20 You've misunderstood. We're not talking about a replacement for sysinstall (though that is -- slowly -- being developed with the full understanding of what you said above in mind); we're talking about the capability for sysinstall to install a Window Manager + desktop environment for the user to provide a more friendly face than a csh prompt. Actually, we're not even talking about that; it's already existed for some time -- we were talking about someone actually making a nice, FreeBSD-customized desktop environment for one of the popular WMs (I don't personally care which). Kris --xesSdrSSBC0PokLI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6/vGIWry0BWjoQKURApGbAJ0XzvXTQskXAC44UOia3VVumZ1+WwCgpG5f DV31L5S7DpdOZmq+Cxu3JcI= =IE6O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xesSdrSSBC0PokLI-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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