Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:44:59 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Timothy Luoma <freebsd@tntluoma.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Got 4.8-REL installed... Now what? Message-ID: <20030923234459.GA87472@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <oprvy30di7nva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> References: <oprvy30di7nva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 06:13:15PM -0400, Timothy Luoma wrote: > > I installed 4.8-Release on my machine, and got the dual boot working with > WinXP thanks to GAG[1] > > So now I have this shiny new OS sitting there, and I can login, but I > haven't a clue where to begin. I don't know the diff. between KDE and > GNOME or how they relate to Blackbox or Afterstep or any of the others > window managers. (I do have an X11 config file for my computer[2]). GNOME and KDE are Window Manager that requere a lot of resources compared to window mangers like blackbox, afterstap and xfce. Other then this fact it more or less a matter of tast. Its wat you like best. > So does how do Average Newbie Desktop User figure out where to go from > here? I feel its best to just try one and switch to another if you don't like it. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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