Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:23:33 -0400 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Rocky <rockiiieee@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows recommendation Message-ID: <20020525002332.GA6429@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020524223324.6106.qmail@web21410.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020524223324.6106.qmail@web21410.mail.yahoo.com>
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in message <20020524223324.6106.qmail@web21410.mail.yahoo.com>, wrote Rocky thusly... > > I am a FreeBSD newbie ... trying to transition from Windoze! > Looking for a good user friendly X Windows which has features > similar to windows env... see kde, gnome, and perhaps xfce in /usr/ports/x11-wm. > I tried kde ... i ran into tonnes of issues with dependencies ... > looking for some software that i don't have to spend a lifetime > installing and making it work. well, forget gnome then too ... that leaves xfce to be tried. personally, i don't use either of the three; i avoid gnome & kde due to problems similar to yours in addition to their bloated size. i use vim/vi, mutt, fvwm2, & such ... which do not meet your ms windows like environment requirement. w/ some effort (on your part) they can be made user friendly. come to think of it, you seem a likely candidate for a macintosh! - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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