Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:03:08 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plans for after FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE. Message-ID: <200409221503.10247.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <opsep5jxuy6abrq7@localhost.redesjm.local> References: <opsep5jxuy6abrq7@localhost.redesjm.local>
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--nextPart1805224.eepsnG0JhH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 22 September 2004 12:46, Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > - Plans to work and standard FreeBSD way to X11 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0+ An implementation guide common to x11/gnome/kde= (document -> > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0article | handbook) > - Plans to work on a FreeBSD 'feeling'. Same fonts, ... > + tweaks to apps-defaults, gnome and kde config. > + common process of resources. Xresources , Xmodmap, ... > - Plans to specific support easy thenmeing 'a la FreeBSD'. I'm rather sceptical about those. You need to remember that FreeBSD isn't a= =20 commercial linux distribution with their own art department and people who= =20 specialise in enforcing a common look'n'feel.=20 If this should really happen, we'd need more than just a few new scripts -= =20 we'd need a team of people dedicated to make it work, keep it working and=20 deal with the constant flaming of users that don't like the new common=20 look'n'feel. My own humble opinion is that it is probably more realistic to do those thi= ngs=20 in your specific project where you're in control anyway. Unifying the big=20 desktop environments is a big task, and so far I'm not aware of any project= =20 which managed to do it without more or less taking the look&feel of one and= =20 stomping it on the other (for example, Redhat went mostly for GNOME, SuSE=20 mostly went for KDE). > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0+ rcNG support for x11 > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0* /etc/rc.d/xdm. =A0opera= tive and valid for gdm/kdm/xdm > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0* /etc/rc.d/xfs? =A0we ne= ed a font server with libXFT trends? > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0* /etc/rc.d/xserver. =A0X= server init for XDMCP (XTerminal) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0* /etc/rc.d/xinit. =A0Spe= cial init via xinit. Those things are probably doable. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart1805224.eepsnG0JhH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBUXgOXhc68WspdLARAq7wAJwO3T1Vsu7Mkyl0m1mOkrXb9KbjWwCfV/MG CqynLjzuPhb59UjAFKVTDtA= =y8os -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1805224.eepsnG0JhH--
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