Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:40:34 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On Desktops and defaults Message-ID: <36B7E152.8C1364FC@verinet.com> References: <199902021904.MAA07243@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Just a note before arguments get momentum: > > > > Offcourse, whenever possible, anyone responsible for such changes into the > > BSD system, like those we discussed the last 48 hours about KDE and default > > desktops, will make sure that whatever he adds to the install process will > > made modular so that no desktop will get major preference above the other. > > > > Doing otherwise might IMHO violate the principle that is Unix, e.g. > > customisable to the max with nothing forced down ones throat. > > You mean like SMTP is modular? <ducks> > > Seriously, the way to get momentum is to pull in the same direction, > for better or for worse. Rely on the meritocracy here; If someone 'out there' can put together a decent Blackbox or WindowMaker desktop which a consensus of FreeBSD can live with, more power to 'em. The work should be a peer with anything else offered to the user, KDE or otherwise. The port/packages system is already flexible enough to deal with this. Standards should be suitably high however. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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