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To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD & X
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On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:30:05AM +0930, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andrew Boothman wrote:
> 
> > Hrm. I must admit I've never tried Gnome (I just thought it looked
> > cool). But I've grabbed the latest Window Maker 0.53 and it
> > seems pretty solid on my machine, apart from Wprefs dying once.
> > 
> > Even if we didn't use Window Maker, it may be possible to 'port'
> > the theme to another manager like Afterstep. However, I think
> > it would be a good way to help get FreeBSD onto the desktop
> > if we could install a branded GUI at installation. And as I'm
> > not a big fan of twm, I think a new manager is called for.
> > 
> > How 'bout XDM? Do you think it would be a good idea to install
> > that as standard if the user chose this new GUI option?
> 
> Unless I'm mistaken, Jordan changed sysinstall a few weeks ago (prior to
> 3.2-R) to give the option of choosing between several window managers to be
> installed. 

Correct, you have 5 choices:

	KDE		The K Desktop Environment.
	GNOME		The GNOME desktop environment.
	Afterstep	The Afterstep Window manager
	Windowmaker	The windowmaker Window manager
	Enlightenment	The E Window manager (24 bit recommended)

Paal Sommerhein


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