From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 21:38:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BB0A16A4DF for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tech.junk@verizon.net) Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB5E43D46 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:38:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tech.junk@verizon.net) Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([71.255.112.68]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J3300FUU0413QS4@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:38:26 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:38:21 -0400 From: Sean In-reply-to: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> To: Joshua Lewis Message-id: <44C9324D.5000807@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tech.junk@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:38:39 -0000 Joshua Lewis wrote: > > Would I be better off just going with Gnome or KDE? I realize once I > start installing apps that I will probably wind up installing > something that uses Gnome or KDE libraries so I am going to wind up > bloating my system any ways right? > Look at them both and make a choice if you like either. I tried both in the past, but found they were not for me for various reasons, so I went looking, also tried Xfce as has been mentioned, but I decided I wanted to try something really different from things that seemed Windows like. Tried WindowMaker and have been using it now for a long time. Here is the url www.windowmaker.info if you are interested. As you requested lean and fast, little slow getting started, only because it is very different in the approach of say Gnome, KDE, or Xfce, but once you get used to it, works great. I also like dock apps, which you can get more info at http://dockapps.org/ Good Luck, Sean