Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 01:44:59 +0200 From: "Rolf M. Dietze" <rmd@orbit.in-berlin.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternate DEs in 15.0 installer (twm, CDE) Message-ID: <20250730014459.Horde.3FenHuA0CHDFo96_N2buiTd@webmail.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <CAKy781t1Cs=4=Qx9V-3n4E=AS0k0HahA8atS9HWmrhQUPJV%2BUw@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting TheComputerCollector <retrocomputingcollector@gmail.com>: > I stand for a decent chunk of the community in that I like twm, and a > smaller chunk in that I like CDE. Something about the minimalism of these > desktops draws me into them and makes me use them, even when there are > modern options available. I also like them as they are low-overhead enough > to run on my home server with a 90's Matrox graphics chipset, when I need > to run a stupid piece of server software with graphics. I want to suggest > adding these two desktops as an option alongside KDE in the 15.0 installer. hm, I haven't tried 15.0 by now, but with 14.2 Release, I just had to add a few packages to add X11, twm and so to the box, had to decomment a line in /etc/ttys, pimp the /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/X[setup_0,Xresources] to have a company backgroundimage an a logo on the login managers screen. As for those that prefer cde, I followed https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/setting-up-common-desktop-environment-for-modern-use.69475/ and of course, the right graphics driver, that always is a battle on FreeBSD. Would be nice if graphics in FreeBSD would work as flawlessly as it does on OpenIndiana:) Did I miss anything out there? /rolfhome | help
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