Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:28:14 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, Andrew <andrewcool@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screenshot Message-ID: <19980416182814.Q1090@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3535C638.1CF5407D@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:50:00AM %2B0100 References: <000701bd6913$0718c1c0$17480418@cx72015-a.elcjn1.sdca.home.com> <3535C638.1CF5407D@tdx.co.uk>
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On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 9:50:00 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: >> Andrew wrote: >> >> I would like to know if there is a screenshot for this OS. I am >> considering downloading this OS but am concerned about the look of it. I >> have never >> used a unix based operating syystem so I don't know what to expect. If >> there is one I would appreciate it if you could tell me where to see it, >> but >> if there isn't one may I ask if you could make one, in it isn't too much >> trouble. > > I don't beleive there are many screenshots of a unix operating system... > Depending on what your running - there may not be much to show... > > You shouldn't really judge things on how they look (how true of life as > well? ;-) > > Unix can look very pretty when running X-Windows etc., but on the other hand > it can look very confusing and bleak when running some weird command-line > utlities (a bit like the help menu from PKZip 2.4g under dos! :-) > > You might do better looking round the www.freebsd.org site for more details > & information, and talking to other people in this list about whether unix > is right for you - rather than looking at the pictures... The real problem is that UNIX is more flexible than Microsoft, so you can't talk of a specific "look". You get to choose what your screen looks like. You can even get a pretty good Microsoft lookalike, but not many people choose that one. There are a number of screen shots of various window layouts available; take a look at http://www.kde.org/screenshots/desktop.gif for one. There's also a site somewhere with a comparison of a whole lot of window managers, but I've lost the URL. Can anybody help? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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