Dave, Hal, and Shirley (was: Is GNOME on FreeBSD a good idea? Asking for a friend)

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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 02:25:29 UTC

On 02/10/2025 18:58, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> Someone (not me, honest), …

…

> Apparently it needs the HAL demon …


Not on FreeBSD, Dave.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ljjq4u/2001_is_a_distant_memory_hal_is_retired/>

Surely, HAL was not a demon, and stop calling me Shirley.