Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 01:24:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@netwalk.com> To: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K.Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Dru <genisis@istar.ca> Subject: Re: desktop, was linus on BSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905100116120.257-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990509210023.nicole@nmhtech.com>
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[snipped] : : Personally IMNSHO, : If FreeBSD wants to go after the desktop market I would like to see it split :into to two different releases. Desktop and server. Why? : Everytime I tell people about FreeBSD they say "yea but Linux has more :drivers for (this cool thing that no one else ever used or came out yesterday) :and FreeBSD doesn't. : Thus, FreeBSD could use the same "here is a driver I wrote while wacked on :jolt one night for that 1970 Hardrive you can't live without" that Linux has :without detracting from the "We test everything before we commit or release any :code into the release branch. : Also, the GUI features could be enhanced without placing too much code bloat :into the server code. Plus each could be genericly tuned/optimised to satisfy :each requirment easier/better. : : I know fractioning things is often bad, but I truly belive this could help :more than it would hurt. : : Nicole Consider this, instead of a split. We offer a "base system", something similiar to the current distribution. We then offer several different "mega ports". Example: Desktop: X, window manager, several of the more popular X applications. File Server: Samba, Netware code (if it ever get's finished/stable), and plenty of sample configs + documentation on how to configure/tune each. Web Server: Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP3. Again plenty of sample configs + documentation. Just my $0.02. *plink* *plink* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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