Add option to sysinstall to install an X desktop, similar to Debian?

[Craig Rodrigues]

On Friday, May 27, 2016, Alfred Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alfred at freebsd.org');>> wrote:

> Allan,
>
> From a product manager's perspective (I've done this a few times), I would
> suggest surfacing (showing to the user) the ONLY option that works the best
> and that you have the time to maintain.
>
> Think of it this way:
>
> New user -> just give them something that definitely works and is
> comprehensive and requires little "thought".  If they need to edit weird
> dotfiles to customize, then it's not the right default choice for users.
>
> Average user / power-user -> Give them nothing, if they don't want the
> default, they will find a way.
>
> Expert user -> same as average/power user.
>
> Along those lines, the only option should be KDE or gnome.  Pick one.
>
> If you feel you must include the other options the mark them "for experts
> only", and trust me, an expert should be able to take the time to install
> what they need by hand.
>



We'll said Alfred.  I agree with all your points.
For folks who favor alternatives to KDE, hopefully they will be motivated to
help fix the install scripts for those ports, so they can work out of the
box from a menu installation.

--
Craig