From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 13:46:51 2004 Return-Path: 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 F34F216A4CF for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:46:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailgw-20.stcloudstate.edu (exchange8.stcloudstate.edu [199.17.25.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7E543D45 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:46:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bepratt@stcloudstate.edu) Received: from exchange2.campus.stcloudstate.edu [199.17.25.200] by mailgw-20.stcloudstate.edu with XWall v3.31b ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:46:46 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:46:48 -0500 Message-ID: <22ECDF671FCD564398087D64CFCF46BD056E0931@EXCHANGE.campus.stcloudstate.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Rid of those Windows Desktops! Thread-Index: AcS3burXunvLt9XST1qi49dKAPtJbAABK9+w From: "Pratt, Benjamin E." To: "Brian " cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Rid of those Windows Desktops! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:46:51 -0000 As Michael said, I would go with 5.3-RC1 since 5.3 is expected to be stable in a few days and it uses Xorg which is where future efforts are going to be put forth. I used to use Fluxbox for a desktop but have recently switched to XFCE4. It seems to take up less space and is very easy to work with. I'd almost suggest trying a bunch of different desktops and finding the one that suits you. Terry mentioned Aterm, I like the flexibility, but I have gotten cut-and-paste to work. Just copy by highlighting what you want on the clipboard, and then paste by clicking my scroll wheel button. Good luck, Ben -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brian=20 Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:07 AM To: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: Rid of those Windows Desktops! So I've been planning this for sometime and finally have the time to do it. We have various machines in the home no real fruity hardware, everything seems to supported by all current versions of FreeBSD 4.9,4.10 5.2.1 etc I've used FreeBSD for a number of years but mostly in the work place as Routers/Firewalls Webservers and file servers etc. I've never really put a lot of time into turning FreeBSD into a solid work station which I'm sure it's more than able to be. For the most part all the workstations will be used for the usuall, web,email, irc and local development. Cutting the long story short for people who use FreeBSD as a desktop currently, what version is recommended at the moment for such a task. Most of the boxes have fairly good specs, 1.9GHZ plenty of hdd space and lots of RAM. Can people recommend some nice window managers, email clients etc ? Or point to some documentation on building a secure stable desktop enviroment. I am doing my own searches too, I just like to hear from current users. Cheers Brian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 05/10/2004 =20 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"