Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 15:56:34 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: "ray@redshift.com" <ray@redshift.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD desktop? Message-ID: <b7052e1e05080104561b29f0af@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com> References: <3.0.1.32.20050801043607.00a5aeb0@pop.redshift.com>
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On 8/1/05, ray@redshift.com <ray@redshift.com> wrote: > Maybe someone on the hackers or x11 list can help me get going the right > direction here. I can setup FreeBSD servers like the wind - tweak the kernel, > you name it. So this weekend I tried to install FreeBSD 5.4 on my desktop - > what a mess. I never could get anything to run, other than startx or xstart or > something. I ended up once with a blank desktop (I think I typed X) and another > time with the same desktop, but with 3 open windows. Anyway, I finally gave up. > > Anyone have any run down on loading FreeBSD as your desktop? I am trying to > go with FreeBSD because I use it for my servers, but I feel like I'm lacking a > broad understanding of how Unix handles windows. I get the impression there is > a server that deals with windows called X windows and then there are different > desktop managers (such as KDE, Gnome, etc) - but I don't understand the > interplay between them and the Kernel as it relates to how I normally see FreeBSD. > > I'm wondering if someone can give me an overview? ... Chapter 5 in the Handbook, The X Window System, is probably what you're looking for: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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