From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 18:03:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5737616A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:03:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8054E43D53 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:03:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DJEow-0000Ku-4z for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:00:06 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:00:06 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:00:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 17:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <99f113a61084.4252ff36@etat.lu> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: vesa 1024x768 mode in future version? to the freebsd community X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 18:03:32 -0000 -----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.