From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 18:54:57 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 7813516A4B3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D0D543FCB for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:54:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from viktorlazlo@telus.net) Received: from njamn8or ([207.6.240.165]) by priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net ESMTP <20030924015454.HDMI28332.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@njamn8or>; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:54:54 -0600 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:54:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo X-X-Sender: viktorlazlo@njamn8or.no-ip.org To: Timothy Luoma In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030923183434.T381@njamn8or.no-ip.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:54:57 -0000 On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, 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]). > > So does how do Average Newbie Desktop User figure out where to go from > here? Play with it. Do all the things you have always done on your computer. Listen to mp3's. Read your email. Browse webpages. If you don't have what you need to do any of that and aren't sure what program to use it's as easy as: cd /usr/ports make search key=whatever to find out what program will do the job, and: make install clean to add it to the system. It's not terribly important which window manager you use, all any of them do is make X prettier and add more clicky bitz, try each of them to see which you like the best. Cheers, Viktor