From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 24 17:21: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAFCC37B403 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 17:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-008dcwashp234.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.250] helo=moo.holy.cow) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17BPIo-0005Qu-00; Fri, 24 May 2002 17:20:58 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3CB0250BB7; Fri, 24 May 2002 20:23:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 20:23:33 -0400 From: parv To: Rocky Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows recommendation Message-ID: <20020525002332.GA6429@moo.holy.cow> Reply-To: f-q Mail-Followup-To: Rocky , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020524223324.6106.qmail@web21410.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020524223324.6106.qmail@web21410.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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