Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Sabeeh Baig
So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop? For those who

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Cornelius
Hi, So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop? For

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Steve Bertrand
Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of Standard

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Glen Barber
Hi, On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Sabeeh Baigsba...@jhu.edu wrote: So, I've been wondering about something.  FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers.  Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation,

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Andrew Gould
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baigsba...@jhu.edu wrote: So, I've been wondering about something.  FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers.  Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation,

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baig sba...@jhu.edu wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation,

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:51AM -0400, Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baigsba...@jhu.edu wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread beni
Op woensdag 19 augustus 2009 09:18:15 schreef Steve Bertrand: Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 05:00:27PM +0200, beni wrote: Op woensdag 19 augustus 2009 09:18:15 schreef Steve Bertrand: Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:21 -0400, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: FreeBSD is the one that does let users have an option. One of those options is pcBSD. There are others who make up a bundle with FreeBSD as the base OS that already has your GUI and other things built for you -- a

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:54:51AM -0400, Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something

Re: Desktop Install Option

2009-08-19 Thread Al Plant
Sabeeh Baig wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of Standard