Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 11:58:21 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Derek <derek@cari.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD have a GUI? Message-ID: <39AEFF2D.4A7B3349@S1.com> References: <PGECIGNLKBAJLJDGFHDMKEGBCAAA.derek@cari.net>
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Hi Derek, > > I read wonderful things about FreeBSD. I want to use it as a web server if believe all the wonderful things you've read - they're true :') As for its use as a web-server - it will serve you long and reliably. > it is easy to use. Does FreeBSD have a graphical user interface? The short answer is "no". Not in the manner that say, MacOS is (pretty much) a GUI-only OS. However, all is not lost - XFree86 (a free X-Window implementation) comes to the rescue, and is compatable with a wide variety of video cards. Using X, you can add various GUI's to FreeBSD, although typically, X is used in a 'workstation' situation rather than a 'server' situation. So the long answer to the question is "yes" :') hth, Harry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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