Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:56:02 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: ray@redshift.com Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <42EE0DD2.7080808@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com>
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Hi, ray@redshift.com wrote: > broad understanding of how Unix handles windows. I get the impression there is > a server that deals with windows called X windows and then there are different > desktop managers (such as KDE, Gnome, etc) - but I don't understand the > interplay between them and the Kernel as it relates to how I normally see FreeBSD. > > I'm wondering if someone can give me an overview? A very simple model would be FreeBSD is the base X offers the services for the GIU GNOME or KDE offer the real GIU. > > I'm also wondering if I'm barking up the wrong tree. I know Mac uses Darwin, > which is based on BSD. And in the past, I have loaded up Redhat and SUSE and > ended up with a nice desktop - but with FreeBSD I didn't have much luck, even Did you simply miss the installation of one of the desktops. Take GNOME or KDE for a start and try out later the simpler thing like XFCE, blackbox ... > though I installed just about everything on the install CD's. From what I could > see, there were a ton of things to configure, but I couldn't find any good > documentation on setting up my monitor or what the heck was going on overall - > even in my BSD books, not a lot of help. > X is not part of FreeBSD. X is just a normal application running on FreeBSD. > Anyway, any help anyone can provide would be great? I just feel like I'm No problem. If I understood you right, GNOME or KDE was all you missed. Install one of them and ask again afteward. > Kernel. And like I say, as much as I would like to make this all happen on > FreeBSD, it seems like Linux maybe is a better choice? > There is no real difference as GNOME and KDE are just a normal application for both FreeBSD and Linux. Erich
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