From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 01:17:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F022016A4DE for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2655543D55 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:17:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from tripel (tripel [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6R1HCOe041722; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:17:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:16:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Joshua Lewis In-Reply-To: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <20060726203310.Q57866@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:17:23 -0000 On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Joshua Lewis wrote, in part: > I am replacing my XP system with a FreeBSD 6.1 system. I finished > installing it last night and cvsuped. Now I need to choose a window > manager. > > I want something lean and fast but I want to have my cake and eat it > to because I do want something that is not strait up ugly and is > functional. Coming in late, I'll second the many motions for xfce4. It's pretty and fast and very accessible for Windows users. It's also fairly easy to customize. Having said that, I personally use fvwm because it seems simpler. Fvwm is just a window manager, not an all-singing, all-dancing desktop environment. I've tried KDE, and it too would be familiar and instantly useable for someone accustomed to Windows. While there's nothing wrong with it, it was a bit "too much" for my taste. The best idea was, of course, John Nielsen's advice to install several and see what you like. There is information on many window managers at http://xwinman.org/ HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]