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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.maz.net!news.m-u-b.de!hamlet.m-u-b.de!toni From: toni@hamlet.m-u-b.de (Toni Mueller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD... Date: 11 Aug 1995 20:40:58 GMT Organization: Mueller & Brandt GbR Lines: 29 Message-ID: <40gf8q$ddv@hamlet.m-u-b.de> References: <3uktse$d9c@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at> <3vgo2b$6vk@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <3vi181$j4u@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <3vj7he$aca@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <3vkh3r$e2v@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Reply-To: support@m-u-b.de NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.m-u-b.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Brian Tao (taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw) wrote on 1 Aug 1995 06:20:43 GMT: > Well, what say you to a GUI-based kernel configuration utility? > You will have the choice of an X-based Tk interface, a libdialog- > based one (like the current installer) or a Web/CGI-based one. Better > than editing config files by hand, no? I mention this because there > is work under way for such a beast. Subscribe to the freebsd-hackers > mailing list if you want in on this project. I don't mind having these, but the system must remain completely configurable with no more than /bin/vi, IMHO (and cc and such, for that matter). I think it's a _really bad idea_ to throw these out and require running a GUI to configure the system. Regards, -------- Toni M"uller M"uller & Brandt GbR support@m-u-b.de +49 2261 79351 Internet, Unix, networking, administration, consulting, programming Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. Copyright, Toni M"uller, 1995. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Please send notices of violation to support@m-u-b.de and Postmaster@microsoft.com