From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 13:07:23 2004 Return-Path: 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 C947B16A50F for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:07:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from emboss.bossbox.com (cpc2-tall1-5-0-cust19.dbln.cable.ntl.com [81.98.89.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E123343D31 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:07:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Brian@bossbox.com) Received: from bogbox ([192.168.0.2]) by emboss.bossbox.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9LD7KSI038258 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:07:21 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from Brian@bossbox.com) Message-Id: <200410211307.i9LD7KSI038258@emboss.bossbox.com> From: "Brian " To: "'FreeBSD Questions'" Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:07:29 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcS3burXunvLt9XST1qi49dKAPtJbA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: Rid of those Windows Desktops! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:07:24 -0000 So I've been planning this for sometime and finally have the time to do it. We have various machines in the home no real fruity hardware, everything seems to supported by all current versions of FreeBSD 4.9,4.10 5.2.1 etc I've used FreeBSD for a number of years but mostly in the work place as Routers/Firewalls Webservers and file servers etc. I've never really put a lot of time into turning FreeBSD into a solid work station which I'm sure it's more than able to be. For the most part all the workstations will be used for the usuall, web,email, irc and local development. Cutting the long story short for people who use FreeBSD as a desktop currently, what version is recommended at the moment for such a task. Most of the boxes have fairly good specs, 1.9GHZ plenty of hdd space and lots of RAM. Can people recommend some nice window managers, email clients etc ? Or point to some documentation on building a secure stable desktop enviroment. I am doing my own searches too, I just like to hear from current users. Cheers Brian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 05/10/2004