PC-BSD Is Developing Its Own Desktop Environment

[scjet]

Do you think you could take a screenshot for those too busy to go and try it out? I'm assuming that it won't be a major change, but it'd be nice to have an idea of what it looks like already.

Sure, no probs.

http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=22675

There's even a rudimentary howto install Lumina,..., whenever you're "not too busy"

[endman]

Sure, no probs.

http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=22675

There's even a rudimentary howto install Lumina,..., whenever you're "not too busy"

Looks like a rip off of xfce crossed with some of the worse of lxde to be honest.

[profoundWHALE]

Sure, no probs.

http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=22675

There's even a rudimentary howto install Lumina,..., whenever you're "not too busy"

Well, from what I can see, it looks usable, and if you're right about it being fast then I can easily see it being a success, and if they keep the size down enough, maybe even 'the' default. (making it the fallback looking way into the future similar to how gnome2 was)

[profoundWHALE]

EDIT! crapidty crap posted in the wrong thread O.o

[Anfdrea]

It's all good.

[bison]

Looks like a rip off of xfce crossed with some of the worse of lxde to be honest.

More careful analysis will reveal that it looks a lot like Fluxbox.

[robbert]

This may be a knock-on effect of the whole Wayland and systemd thing. These technologies are (so far) Linux-centric, and desktop environments that are designed with GNU/Linux primarily in mind may start to integrate with, and require, these services. If you're building on bms system FreeBSD, and want to guarantee a high-quality, unique, enterprise-grade experience, it might not be a bad idea to go your own way on the desktop front. As a lay-person, I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with.