Hi Marti
Thanks so much for your rapid and helpful response.
I will still consider Mac OSX but it's just that it is the worst of two
worlds for me. Labs use Windows only. If I ship something that works on
windows, I don't have to swim against the current with this topic. I am
willing to swim for free software but OSX is not free either :(
-Patrick
On 13-05-24 06:59 PM, Marti Martinez wrote:
Gnome isn't bad on OpenBSD, but depending on what you don't like about
linux, that may not live up to your expectations.
Frankly, though, as an almost life-long Windows user both personally
and professionally, if I had GUI concerns I'd seriously consider
whether OSX was a viable option rather than Windows. With that said, I
wouldn't target either platform for X11.
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Patrick Mc(avery
<spell_gooder_...@spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote:
Hi Everyone
My name is Patrick, this is my first post here.
I switched my primary computer from Windows to Linux about 9 years ago.
I service scientific instruments. About 12 years ago I became aware of the
brutal conditions scientific software is sold under. I have been slowly
writing my own application to work with these instruments, it's taken a long
time because I have had to learn to code.
I had always planed on deploying on Linux.
While about 7 out of the 9 years with Linux have been good, the graphical
experience on Linux has plummeted for me. I don't really want to send
prospective customers to Linux any more. I am fearing that Windows may end
up being my only option.
It looks like OpenBSD is all about software correctness and I am sure it
will be great to work with, in a sort of "back end" way but is there a
desktop manager to work with it that can match the reliability of OpenBSD?
I tried to load Fluxbox and was disappointed with it. It had several
menubuttons for application that were not yet installed.
Any help would be very much appreciated, I feel trapped and it sounds weird
to say this but I am really a bit depressed about the idea of heading back
to Windows.
