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Re: Why is Desktop NetBSD a threat to NetBSD?



>       You missed out the primary goal:
> 
>       Given a NetBSD CD and a reasonably modern x86 computer, make it
>       possible to install a useful desktop system in under 15 minutes,
>       responding to only a few prompts in the process.
> 
>       The project is focussing on providing an environment for someone
>       with that reasonably modern x86 computer which will have a lot
>       of diskspace and ram. If you have a machine without a lot of
>       diskspace and ram, then the full netbsd-desktop package would
>       not be suitable for you. Some of the changes for netbsd-desktop
>       will involve improvements to other packages from which you may
>       benefit.
> 
>       There is nothing to stop people from adding an xfce or WindowMaker
>       based desktop setup which could be selected instead. I encourage
>       you to contribute towards such if you are interested.

Fine, I think I finally got your point. We just understand "basic" and
"simple" in different ways. You mean "simple to use" and I mean "simple by
itself and not necessarily *easy* to use". I'll keep an eye on the project :)

Best regards.


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