From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 21:53:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D484116A53C for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ggroth@gregs-garage.com) Received: from mail.gregs-garage.com (h-64-105-8-34.chcgilgm.covad.net [64.105.8.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FD8843D78 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ggroth@gregs-garage.com) Received: from [192.168.0.150] ([192.168.0.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.gregs-garage.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6RM1EGt028975 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:01:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ggroth@gregs-garage.com) Message-ID: <44C935D4.7060603@gregs-garage.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:53:24 -0500 From: Greg Groth User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> <200607261815.49535.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20060726132920.V54217@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20060726132920.V54217@fledge.watson.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. 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: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:35 -0000 doug wrote: > > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, RW wrote: > >> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 16:23, Joshua Lewis wrote: >> >>> KDE seems like it is bloated so I was considering Gnome. I have also >>> been reading about enlightenment and it sounds interesting. I have >>> looked into Fluxbox and it also seems like it would do the trick. >>> >>> 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? >> >> >> KDE is mostly application modules, which you don't need to install if >> you dont >> want them. These days, though, the avoidance of bloat is mostly just a >> fetish. I've not noticed any speed difference between KDE and the >> lighter >> window managers for years. And as far as disk space is concerned we are >> talking about pennies. I've tried fluxbox and the like off-and-on, but I >> always miss some KDE feature within minutes. >> >> Personally I don't like Gnome, it's less polished than KDE by a >> sustantial >> margin; and while upgrading KDE is always easy, Gnome's complex depencies >> mean that a special script has to be run, and even that doesn't always >> work. > > I agree with this thought. There is a wrapper port/package kde-lite. I > run kde on a 400Mhz laptop and mostly can not tell the difference > between using that and my new thinkpad. OpenOffice is much, much, ..., > better the kdeoffice. The ultimate lightweight window manager is twm. It > is built into X. I use it to install KDE. All of this is very personal. > It is well worth finding the one you like. If kde-lite is too much, you can just install kde-base, kde-libs, kde-admin & kde-utils and end up with kde having close to the functionality of new XP install. I think the only thing that's missing are the games, Media Player and a messenger client. Greg Groth