From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 16:21:57 2005 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 1D04416A420 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:21:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED8843D68 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:21:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 16030 invoked by uid 89); 18 Nov 2005 03:21:36 +1100 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 15968, pid: 15979, t: 4.8620s scanners: clamav: 0.87/m:34/d:1169 spam: 3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on luke.segpub.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?137.43.83.191?) (137.43.83.191) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Nov 2005 03:21:31 +1100 Message-ID: <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:21:30 +0000 From: eoghan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4.1 (Windows/20051006) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "P.U.Kruppa" References: <437C961D.9020708@redry.net> <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome 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, 17 Nov 2005 16:21:57 -0000 P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote: > >> Hello >> Im wondering if anyone can give me some feedback on using gnome. Ive >> been using KDE since Ive started using freeBSD and it like it. But I >> have recently looked at ubuntus distro, which uses gnome (their >> version I assume) and it was very nice. >> So, stuff like font rendering etc. Which is, in your experience, >> prettier so to speak, to use? Applications and so on. The gnome >> project page seems to be lacking version screenshots, or at least I >> couldnt find them. >> Any feedback greatly appreciated. > This is a difficult question to answer since it really is a matter of > taste what kind of look you prefer. And don't forget you can change the > look and design of your gnome or kde desktop completely to accroding to > your needs and wishes. > > What I really can say - since I am using gnome for everyday's work for > some years now - Gnome has greatly improved stability, perfomance and > usability since "old times" of 2.6 or 2.8 . > 2.12 is a fast and reliable working enviroment. > > If you can afford the bandwith and the diskspace you should install both > and compare yourself. Thanks for the reply. Ive installed gnome, having some problems running it and didnt get a chance to tackle it last night, but I will later. I guess I was just wondering whether the guys at ubuntu have just done a really nice job with gnome, or is this how it "looks". The fonts seemed smoother and window dragging wasnt jerky at all, even though it was running from a cd. But I will compare and see what its like. Eoghan