From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 13:09:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFED01065670 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD9CE8FC14 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gya6 with SMTP id 6so329172gya.13 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:09:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.10.17 with SMTP id 17mr1239003anj.204.1289393196742; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:46:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi.localnet ([187.78.149.61]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c39sm816903anc.21.2010.11.10.04.46.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:46:35 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:43:35 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.5.2; amd64; ; ) References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101110092118.000059ff@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101110092118.000059ff@unknown> X-KMail-Markup: true MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201011100943.35451.lobo@bsd.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:09:50 -0000 On Wednesday 10 November 2010 06:21:18 Bruce Cran wrote: > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:02:34 +0100 > > "Michael Ross" wrote: > > For Windows OSes there is actually a rather nice tool out there, > > > > http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ > > > > which allows you to script the GUI cross-app. > > Microsoft also have the UI Automation API to script GUI applications. In my humble experience, I think there are 2 distinct aspects to this issue. I use FBSD both as desktop and as server. In practice, I need a GUI for desktop work and none whatsoever for server work. The only time I needed some kind of GUI component on a server was when I wanted to test a VM on it and I wanted the comodity of running VirtualBox console on my desktop. Other than that, the command line is more than enough. OTOH, for the kind of work that I do, having 4 workspaces is absolutely handy. And to be able to switch between these 4 scenarios with the scroll of a middle button is definetly a plus. just my 0,02 cents. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winfoes FREE)