From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 16:37:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F291065670 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:37:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from diana.db.net (diana.db.net [204.228.229.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272E98FC29 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 16:37:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from db@db.net) Received: from diana.db.net ([204.228.229.66] helo=localhost ident=mailnull) by diana.db.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JtPY7-00084O-N2; Tue, 06 May 2008 09:57:51 -0600 Received: from diana.db.net ([127.0.0.1] helo=localhost) (envelope-from ) id 1JtPY6-000HTP-Cy; Tue, 06 May 2008 11:57:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 11:57:48 -0400 From: Diane Bruce To: Tom Evans Message-ID: <20080506155748.GA67105@night.db.net> References: <20080503125041.0025aece@gb7tf.ath.cx> <20080504085859.7d1a05ee@gb7tf.ath.cx> <1210071647.27474.9.camel@localhost> <20080506130645.586be6a4@gb7tf> <1210086621.27474.18.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1210086621.27474.18.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with V7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 16:37:10 -0000 On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 04:10:21PM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 13:06 +0100, Richard Bown wrote: > > On Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:47 +0100 > > Tom Evans wrote: ... > > You should remember the 'main aim' of FreeBSD is to support services, so > DVB-T, which became important in Linux because of the large number of > desktop users asking/developing such features, would not be such a high > priority in BSD. This is becoming less and less true, looking at www.pcbsd.org and www.desktopbsd.net as examples. I'm using FreeBSD 7.0 as a desktop with the ULE scheduler and PCBSD as a hamradio desktop. It's changing. > Of course, the number one priority in FOSS is 'what do I want to work > on', and if someone with enough desire and skill decides they do want to > work on it, then it will be done.... otherwise it probably won't :) And I see the work is being done. My focus (and Xride's focus; plus the contributors to the ports tree) hav been on making hamradio apps very viable and useful on FreeBSD. http://www.freshports.org/hamradio http://www.db.net/hamfreesbie - 73 Diane VA3DB ;-) -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db