Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD

[Lorenzo Cogotti]

Il 17/09/2012 17:42, Poul-Henning Kamp ha scritto:
> In message <BLU0-SMTP510B16745B704C714268E2D5950 at phx.gbl>, Lorenzo Cogotti writ
> es:
>> Hi,
>> I was wondering about the possibility of FreeBSD to provide an official
>> supported graphical environment.
> We already do:  It's called "X11" :-)
>

(sending back to mailing list due to a mistake replying personally, I
apologize)

That's surely more of a standard than Linux can provide, considering
Wayland :-)

I meant something more abstract that could provide a default desktop
feel and the possibility of writing more complex GUI interfaces in less
time, so that, for example, I could create a GUI tool while being
consistent with the rest of the environment.
Right now this can't be achieved (in an easy way) without taking into
account Qt, GTK+, X and an enormous number of other toolkits available.

> In message <BLU0-SMTP86E4BBD140D6911F5297B1D5950 at phx.gbl>, Lorenzo Cogotti writ
> es:
>
>> Right now this can't be achieved (in an easy way) without taking into
>> account Qt, GTK+, X and an enormous number of other toolkits available.
> Do what everybody else does:  Pick the toolkit you prefer to work in
> and move on...

This idea would precisely serve the purpose of removing this need and
eliminate redundancy of toolkits, when it comes to essential utilities
that FreeBSD would want to provide, like devices automounting,
partitioning (taking advantage of the system features) and so on... but
it's just an idea, of course.

-- 
Lorenzo Cogotti