Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 17:49:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vesa 1024x768 mode in future version? to the freebsd community Message-ID: <slrnd588e1.2mpn.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <99f113a61084.4252ff36@etat.lu> <d44995805040605592a7709a2@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-04-06, Robert Backhaus scribbled these curious markings: > I agree that it would make life more enjoyable for some people, but > the console is increasingly a fail-safe debugging/configuring > interface, as more people use X for any work. > Yes, I would use it myself in places, especially laptops, but I would > not like it there if it possibly made the console less stable. > It would want to be very well tested. I'd slate it for 6.Stable, when > it occours. Uhm, maybe that's *your* opinion. Maybe you're dependent on X. But I use my console every day, and nowadays I find myself having more than 10 screen sessions open at once. Just because you're GUI-oriented doesn't mean everyone else is. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCVCHBk/lo7zvzJioRAmYKAJ4vc9snap5FCv+QdBwPs5UEp1d9WwCgr7c4 RUljGerfXgQvVrtkSZBCp30= =shM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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