Re: NetBSD for the dekstop

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost>]

From: David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>, Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:41:39 +0000

> On 17 February 2015 at 13:24, Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 01:29:11PM +0100, Stephan wrote:
>>> Is there anyone still interested in bringing NetBSD to the desktop?
>>
>> I use NetBSD on desktops and laptops.
>>
>> What specific characteristics do you think NetBSD needs to "bring" it to
>> desktop? (Also, I didn't get "still" part of it.)
> 
> I've also been a primary NetBSD desktop user since sometime in the last 1990s.
> 
> Current usage is on an amd64 laptop with Firefox, LibreOffice (and
> google apps for quick doc/spreadsheet), jwm wm, and the standard set
> of rdesktop, gimp, vncviewer, inkspace etc.
> 
> The experience could definitely be better. If I had to make a list it
> might include:
> - The drm2 work for NetBSD-7 - I'm using the beta now, but its
> probably not production ready
> - Working laptop suspend/resume
> - Chromium (for more browser choice)
> - Better video support under Firefox

Can I get more information about "Better video support under Firefox"?
Recent pkgsrc/www/firefox package has GStreamer support and
you can play almost all HTML 5 Video.
I should write how-to on this topic...

> - Better audio handling (muxing of output)
> - Not defaulting to twm (there is already another thread on this,
> ctwm/golem have been mentioned)
> - More stable flash (ick, but...)

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