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Old 6th September 2010
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Originally Posted by mechanic View Post
OpenBSD doesn't put any real work into developing user interfaces, so the Gnome desktop is old, Firefox is only at version 3.0.something and so on. Lots of things users expect to come with Gnome aren't there. FreeBSD has a much better default Gnome install package. OpenBSD does work though and seems very solid.
OpenBSD's base system comes with several window managers, several of which can be styled.. how one defines a decent user interface is definitely a subject of debate.

Firefox 3.5 and 3.6.x are in the ports tree now, and they are often one of the first to experiment with new versions of Firefox.. perhaps you're confused by the fact that development takes place in -CURRENT not on releases.

At the ports hackathons things like GLIB/GTK and Gnome are often hacked on by various developers.. it's a complicated amount of dependencies to deal with as what one considers "gnome" is actually a large collection of software, primarily developed and tested on Linux by its developers.

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Originally Posted by mechanic View Post
The FreeBSD forums are larger and more informative than the OpenBSD ones!
FreeBSD has official forums, OpenBSD does not, community and developer activity is largely on the official mailing lists.. here on daemonforums we only have a handful of people actively answering questions, but we all try answering questions in the other subsections.

I really think this thread is a disservice to the community, make your own opinions, and ask specific questions.
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