From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 05:19:55 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 EF15016A4B3 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:19:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fs5-4.us4.outblaze.com (205-158-62-136.outblaze.com [205.158.62.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45A7A44005 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:19:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luomat@operamail.com) Received: (qmail 3539 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2003 12:19:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Tim) (luomat:operamail.com?operamail.com@68.23.211.176) by 205-158-62-136.outblaze.com with SMTP; 24 Sep 2003 12:19:54 -0000 To: Matthew Seaman References: <20030924093828.GA82864@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Message-ID: From: Timothy Luoma Organization: http://tntluoma.com Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:19:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030924093828.GA82864@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3144 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 12:19:56 -0000 On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:38:29 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > As a desktop user, you will need to install some sort of working > environment, plus any specific applications that you need. > > By "working environment" I mean essentially an X window manager and > any supporting infrastructure that it requires. This can vary from > the minimal (fluxbox, fvwm) to the gargantuan (kde, gnome). See > http://www.xwinman.org/ for the definitive guide to X window managers. > Personally I like WindowMaker, a nice middleweight WM with a very > NeXT-like look'n'feel. As a former NeXT'er myself, that will probably be the one I start with. > However, in order to install any of these software packages, the first > thing you will need is an understanding of the ports system and an > up-to-date ports tree. Read the OnLamp articles by Dru Levign for the > former: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html thanks! more bed-time reading. (I brought _The Complete FreeBSD handbook_ with me on vacation several years ago, even without a computer with me. Yeah, my wife thinks I'm strange too.) > and a quick perusal of the sample supfiles in > /usr/share/examples/cvsup will pay dividends. Many thanks to you & the others who replied. TjL -- Running 4.8-RELEASE on a Dell Inspiron 7500 Laptop Dual Boot Windows XP using GAG Now in progress: 30 Days to becoming an Opera7 Lover http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/