Q&A
| Q1: | Why are there so many different window managers and desktop environments for me to worry about? Why can't FreeBSD just have one simple, predictable user interface like Windows or the Mac? |
| A1: | That's a good question. Part of the problem is that by its open-source nature, FreeBSD (and by the same token, Linux) attract many users who each have their own individual, strongly-held beliefs about how computers should work. Many of these users are programmers, and if something doesn't work quite the way someone thinks it should, he will often harness the easy programmability of the X Window System to develop a solution that works for him. Hundreds of these competing ideas, with no single corporate vision guiding them or providing financial incentives ... |
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