From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Oct 24 7:18:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from gargoyle.apana.org.au (gargoyle-xl0.apana.org.au [210.215.3.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AFA937B4CF for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 07:18:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by gargoyle.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA71790; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:17:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from dougy.apana.org.au(203.3.126.131), claiming to be "dougy" via SMTP by gargoyle.apana.org.au, id smtpdR71787; Wed Oct 25 00:17:52 2000 Message-ID: <012c01c03dc6$39f43ae0$837e03cb@dougy> From: "Doug Young" To: "-=Prankster=-" , References: Subject: Re: Can U help me? Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:25:13 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmmmmm ...... I guess you mean in a GUI mode :) With any unix the = appearance is exactly what you want it to=20 be. I've yet to see two GUI FreeBSD installations that look even vaguely = similar so I dunno what you mean by "good".=20 My suggestion is to visit sites like http://www.xfce.org, = http://www.gnome.org, http://www.kde.org & have a poke=20 around. There's a heap more sites with window managers & no doubt some = of the other regulars lurking around here=20 will have their favourites .... my preference is definitely XFCE because = it looks & performs similarly to the very=20 professional CDE as used in Solaris / SCO / D-UX etc, also I have VERY = bad memories of lockups etc with KDE=20 when I was still messing around with linux, however XFCE is probably = more suited to the more conservative of us .... boy-wonders may well be prepared to accept less stability if they = can get all the flashing lights / bells & whistles / dancing girls / etc provided with the likes of Enlightenment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: -=3DPrankster=3D-=20 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: Can U help me? I was wondering if u could help me by givin me some snap shots to see = wut it will look like on my computer and my friend want to see wut it = was like cuz he thought if it's good he might get it so plz help me = out... Gary Deeble II A.K.A.Prankster P7ank5te7@hotmail.com ------=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hmmmmm ...... I guess you mean in a GUI = mode :)=20 With any unix the appearance is exactly what you want it to =
be. I've yet to see two GUI FreeBSD = installations=20 that look even vaguely similar so I = dunno what=20 you mean by "good".
My suggestion is to visit sites like http://www.xfce.org, http://www.gnome.org, http://www.kde.org & have a poke =
around. There's a heap more sites with = window=20 managers & no doubt some of the = other=20 regulars lurking around here
will have their favourites .... my = preference is=20 definitely XFCE because it looks = &=20 performs similarly to the very
professional CDE as used in Solaris / = SCO / D-UX=20 etc, also I have VERY bad memories of = lockups etc=20 with KDE
when I was still messing around with = linux,=20 however XFCE is probably more suited to the more conservative of us
 .... boy-wonders may = well be prepared to accept less=20 stability if they can = get all the flashing lights / bells & = whistles
 / dancing=20 girls / etc provided with the likes of Enlightenment
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From:=20 -=3DPrankster=3D-
To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG =
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 = 12:21=20 PM
Subject: Can U help me?

I was wondering if u could help = me by givin=20 me some snap shots to see wut it will look like on my computer and my = friend=20 want to see wut it was like cuz he thought if it's good he might get = it so plz=20 help me out...
 
 
Gary Deeble II = A.K.A.Prankster
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