I have been an OpenBSD user since 2.3 or 2.4 and I agree. If you want a pretty GUI, go with OS X.
There is another route. Have your collectors be OpenBSD. Write a pretty GUI in Objective C for iOS. Sent from my magical iPhone 7 On May 24, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Marti Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > Gnome isn't bad on OpenBSD, but depending on what you don't like about > linux, that may not live up to your expectations. > > Frankly, though, as an almost life-long Windows user both personally > and professionally, if I had GUI concerns I'd seriously consider > whether OSX was a viable option rather than Windows. With that said, I > wouldn't target either platform for X11. > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Patrick Mc(avery > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Everyone >> >> My name is Patrick, this is my first post here. >> >> I switched my primary computer from Windows to Linux about 9 years ago. >> >> I service scientific instruments. About 12 years ago I became aware of the >> brutal conditions scientific software is sold under. I have been slowly >> writing my own application to work with these instruments, it's taken a long >> time because I have had to learn to code. >> >> I had always planed on deploying on Linux. >> >> While about 7 out of the 9 years with Linux have been good, the graphical >> experience on Linux has plummeted for me. I don't really want to send >> prospective customers to Linux any more. I am fearing that Windows may end >> up being my only option. >> >> It looks like OpenBSD is all about software correctness and I am sure it >> will be great to work with, in a sort of "back end" way but is there a >> desktop manager to work with it that can match the reliability of OpenBSD? >> >> I tried to load Fluxbox and was disappointed with it. It had several >> menubuttons for application that were not yet installed. >> >> Any help would be very much appreciated, I feel trapped and it sounds weird >> to say this but I am really a bit depressed about the idea of heading back >> to Windows.
