From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 25 00:40:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3921A16A403 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:40:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5071443D53 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:39:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 59761 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2006 00:40:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=AEa+VWobJqqnxCHCZqquP6cFoaIc502/DMTAtCvRmRCaGVj85Cc/qYm5gSShFwFSvuIV/QQfPCtFH9ueHweH+ZgpVtjjuVOw/FInitYUte8s+yaMWIam2ErDnhuGUU0XDXeVZsKFfAZg+HqBCR3uKY6xGpLqZ1wy0r+ga6M5M10= ; Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net@75.32.94.92 with plain) by smtp106.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Nov 2006 00:40:33 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: jbCSjuEVM1npKXlP8wSrIR3pAj4I_IU9NeXg83KDtMxbwJCXViT80UPMyo5bXxWTCK.Tm1PtT0nfJXEFg6rCN8LB7fDP.dUTAhAlZElzTGePGTKfQ4jFLg-- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:43 -0600 From: ajm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061125003843.GA34248@powerfull.bsd> References: <20061124234111.5589.qmail@web52409.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061124234111.5589.qmail@web52409.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:40:35 -0000 On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:41:11PM -0800, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. > > For anyone reading this, who wants the same thing. > > DO NOT DO IT. Nothing works. java is borked, mozilla and firefox are borked, gnome is ify.... ugh. > > Just dont do it. As a server, I highly recommend it... but it isn't ready for the desktop. > I have been using FreeBSD desktop since 5.1. I have three desktops, two have recently been upgraded with 6.1. I don't use java, so I can't tell you about that one. In the past I have used mozilla, then migrated over to firefox. I am currently using opera. I have used both KDE and Gnome, but I like something more light-weight, so I use Fluxbox. If you didn't like gnome, there others you could try. Just look in the /usr/ports/x11-wm/ directory. Perhaps it is the 6.2 that is giving you so much trouble. Why don't you give 6.1 a try. -- Alexander FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386