From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 12:28:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2302D16A403 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:28:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from chylonia.3miasto.net (chylonia.3miasto.net [83.12.228.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9811013C44B for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:28:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from chylonia.3miasto.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chylonia.3miasto.net (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l2CCSGDF060407; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by chylonia.3miasto.net (8.13.8/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id l2CCSFEc060395; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl) X-Authentication-Warning: chylonia.3miasto.net: wojtek owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:15 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar X-X-Sender: wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net To: Gerard Seibert In-Reply-To: <20070312062419.64896959@localhost> Message-ID: <20070312132401.T58112@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> <45F46A6A.7070400@hdk5.net> <20070312110943.E43617@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070312062419.64896959@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: polling my FreeBSD compariots... 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: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:28:22 -0000 > It is for someone who wants to work in that environment. > exactly, but it would be handy to define what "desktop" is. could someone provide me a definition? is X server alone a desktop? i think no. is KDE a desktop? i think yes from what i heard. is XFCE a desktop? i think too. so is my X server+fvwm2 having no visible icons, windows, frames etc. (but having a menu under keypress) a desktop or not? if yes - then we can define desktop as any software able to run graphics mode programs on graphics capable machine. like bash or csh for text mode. if no - what part of say KDE make it a desktop? i'm not trying to start any war, just want to hear a definition of so commonly used term today. Wojtek