MidnightBSD

I was able to get some snapshot isos built.� I'm throw a link in to them soon.� The sticking point with me right now is what to do about a window manager.� There are quite a few choices and many are GPL licensed.� I'd prefer to use BSD or MIT ... [More] licensed code when possible.� I don't see much choice though.� Here's my short list: (not that short) WindowMaker Sawfish XFCE something custom... OpenBSD's modified twm? I also considered enlightenment 1.6 and 1.7.� I liked 1.7, but its not stable enough yet.� Afterstep is too weird in recent versions.� The problem with window managers is that for some they are religion.� Of course ports will contain others anyway, but I want a solid default.� It refects the usability and spin put on my project. I'm leaning toward WindowMaker.� I prefer it personally and I showed a few users WindowMaker vs Gnome and KDE desktops.� Most described WIndowMaker as simple.� I didn't have them use it though.� Usibility is very important to me.� I don't want KDE because two other BSD projects are exploring that and I'm not sure how receptive Gnome developers would be to including patches I might need.� If I go the gnome route, I might as well call it ubuntubsd or something.� I don't want that. I'm just going to do WindowMaker in the first few releases and work on something custom long term.� That seems the best.� Still don't know what toolkit to use though. :) ... [Less]

I finally got time to work on the source repository. /usr/src/share/doc/usd/13.viref didn't get imported properly which caused the world to fail. I've imported the makefile which didn't get added initially. The kernel config files for various ... [More] architectures didn't get imported either. I'm adding those now. Checking out the source is working now To setup your environment use: CVSROOT=:ext:[email protected]:/home/cvs CVS_RSH=ssh Of course you need an account for this to work. I do not have anonymous cvs working at this time. ... [Less]

I thought I'd create a new journal to track progress on Midnight BSD.� It might be interesting and supplemental to information on the site someday.� ...