Providing a default graphical environment on FreeBSD

[Zhihao Yuan]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> In message <CAGsORuBqiodwt_EmVqB+fO=tgOVeZOERopSE2y=mLa8Jp6ZOjQ at mail.gmail.com>
> , Zhihao Yuan writes:
>
>>Well, let's make it more straightforward. I hope people can agree with
>>this: a default, officially supported modern desktop environment is
>>essential to FreeBSD.
>
> No, it is not.
>
> It would certainly be nice to have as an option, but I would hate
> to have to deal with it, when I squeeze FreeBSD into embedded systems
> which have neither graphics outputs nor keyboard or mouse inputs.

"Default" does not mean you "have to" install it. Default means when
you are looking for a DE, bsdinstall, handbook, official site, all of
them answers "*DE".

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