Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:55:22 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Manes <anarchy@crl.com> To: E jose Matta <killahnurd@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981221092905.22909B-100000@crl.crl.com> In-Reply-To: <19981221164010.26720.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> Does all FreeBSD os's have it? Well, FreeBSD can have it, but you don't have to. All BSDs can have it, such as NetBSD and OpenBSD. Linux can have it, Solaris (which, from my understanding used to be a BSD) can have it, etc. Its not required, and in many ways administration is hindered by a gui (M$). > Does X-Windows open all windows aplications or just some? No, most programs actually run at the command prompt. The reason for this is because you have a lot more options and its usually just plain better. Some applications such as Netscape are X-Windows, some are not.. - grab a book so you can understand the text life. > Can you please describe x-windows for me? X-Windows is a GUI built ontop of the kernal and the rest of the system. Its not like Windows where it is meant as the heart of the system, but is really there because GUIs are needed, to an extent. It still needs a lot of work, at least the XFree86, but there coming along nicely. Also, you wont see just a standard style interface, because its up to the user. The GUI can look like Windows 3.x, 9x/NT, MacOS, BeOS, or whatever else someone dreams up. Its nice like that, and most people seem to perfer KDE to the others. There's a lot more, such as multiple desktops, so grab a book (many free) and take a look. You can find "The Complete FreeBSD" on the cd, the "Absolute Beginner's Guide to FreeBSD", and "For People New to Both FreeBSD and UNIX" (aug, 1997). All are online and free, but I lost their URLs from a Windowz meltdown.. You can also find some UNIX bootks at MCP.com (they are usually the old release), and other faqs all over the net (ie, the handbook). Oh, and grab ghost-script/-view for the postscript books... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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