[nycbug-talk] Desktop

Matt Juszczak matt at atopia.net
Fri Nov 21 17:37:54 EST 2008


> Yes, PC-BSD might be a good choice for someone who wants a FreeBSD
> based alternative to Ubuntu. Personally though, what I need from a
> desktop machine is just a basic X server with a couple of rxvt's
> opened, that's why I stick just to openbox and fbpanel. I like to
> configure everything from a terminal anyway so I just use FreeBSD. On
> a general note, I don't like GUIs at all.

I'm beginning to hate GUI's too.  All the fonts and whatever that hurt my 
eyes.  Drives me crazy.

But I do like how with Ubuntu, you can just plug in a flash drive, etc., 
and it just works.



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