From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 29 9: 7:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C997B37B718 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:07:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 58445 invoked by uid 100); 29 Mar 2001 17:07:48 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15043.27620.73685.303693@guru.mired.org> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:07:48 -0600 To: "Gerald T. Freymann" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE desktop? In-Reply-To: <7900740@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.89 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gerald T. Freymann types: > I've heard and read lots about the GNome desktop, and a bit about the KDE > desktop... > > Is there a preference out there? can I install both and flip back and forth > between them? You can also install neither, and just run a window manager. If you're used to a command line, you might prefer an environment that's not cluttered by lots icons that need to be explained, or needing to learn a new language to configure the thing. There are number of small, fast window managers in the x11-wm ports tree. I personally chose lwm, but that may not be for you. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message