Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:26:16 -0700 From: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: "Duane Whitty" <duane@greenmeadow.ca> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Harley D. Eades" <hde@daden.net> Subject: Re: KDE + GNOME? Message-ID: <57d710000604191426ub32c362t96ae779e6758ead1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <444682C9.3030705@greenmeadow.ca> References: <44467A52.2050100@greenmeadow.ca> <444682C9.3030705@greenmeadow.ca>
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On 4/19/06, Duane Whitty <duane@greenmeadow.ca> wrote: > Duane Whitty wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm contemplating installing GNOME . I am currently > > using KDE. Does anyone know of any issues I should > > be aware of before I proceed. I'm mostly concerned > > about dependency issues, especially wtih respect to the > > xorg clients and firefox. > > > > Essentially I would like to be able to choose which > > environment I am going to run on a per-session basis. > > Any hints, pointer, RTFMs, would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Duane Whitty > Perhaps I should be more clear. Is there anyone reading > who currently has KDE 3.5.x and GNOME 2.12.x installed > concurrently on their systems? Did you experience installation > problems with respect to dependencies? Are you able to choose > between running KDE and GNOME as simply as by running > startkde or startgnome (or whatever the start gnome command is)? > I have this same setup (plus xfce4/fvwm2) and have no problems. Been doing it for a while via both ports and packages and they work like a charm. i'd suggest using packages, unless you have time to build everything from scratch. so yea, i can happily report no issues going this route. -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group
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