From owner-freebsd-libh Wed Sep 12 14:20:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2353637B406; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexx ([213.105.80.222]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010912212033.EBVL288.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lexx>; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:20:33 +0100 Message-ID: <001501c13bd1$1f5125e0$0100a8c0@lexx> From: "Jonathan Belson" To: "Jordan Hubbard" Cc: References: <20010912200140.ZTNA29790.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@there> <20010912135322U.jkh@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Some thoughts Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:23:09 +0100 Organization: Jon's place MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hiya > The goal of TurboVision is to support the many FreeBSD server systems > out there which have no graphics card in them and will never SEE a > graphics card - all their needs, from installation to maintenance, are > handled by a serial console. If it isn't capable of working with a > VT100 terminal emulator, it isn't capable of serving our needs. I wasn't suggesting replacing TurboVision, just offering another option for people who do have VGA capable displays. I installed RedHat on a machine recently and I was struck by how much Linux installers have improved over the last few years - a well laid out graphical installer gives a more 'professional' appearance IMO. -- C-YA Jon http://www.witchspace.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message