8.0 installation doesn't contain X distributions

[Chris Whitehouse]

Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Polytropon wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:47:08 +1100 (EST), Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
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> 
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>>> But the naive or new installer knows of no such thing, and 
>>> could beat around in the huge lists of X software for ages, wondering 
>>> what's required and what's not to get a desktop going.
>>>     
>> Therefore, I always liked the choice for X in sysinstall: It
>> basically installed all the components to get X up and running.
>> No big trouble getting the correct xorg-driver-* packages,
>> installing and removing them, the xorg-input-* packages with
>> the same story...
>>
>>
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> There is an X.org meta-package that installs everything though. It is
> just a problem with the beginner not knowing what to select. This can be
> tackled in two ways IMO, first is by creating a "First time FreeBSD
> desktop installer" type article, second would be adding a menu choice in
> sysinstall "Install a standard X desktop {GNOME,KDE}". I must admit I
> much prefer the first solution.

Agree with most of the above except I think an X option and a separate 
desktop option in sysinstall is better - not everyone who wants X also 
wants gnome or kde. Oh wait that's how it used to be :)

The problem with an article is how to view it during an install and how 
to know it is even there.

Chris