From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 16:45:05 2003 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 8A33D16A4B3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CBD43FF3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:45:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HLO0013IXZ02M@smtp05.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:45:01 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8NNj0QL019890;akruijff@Intranet.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h8NNixuC019870; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:44:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:44:59 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: To: Timothy Luoma Message-id: <20030923234459.GA87472@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Got 4.8-REL installed... Now what? 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: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:45:05 -0000 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/