Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:00:28 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> To: Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome & FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070820055238.J14030@small> In-Reply-To: <545941.20720.qm@web88311.mail.re4.yahoo.com> References: <545941.20720.qm@web88311.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Michael S wrote: > Good day all, > > I decided to add GUI to my GUI-less FreeBSD machine. I > am considering installing Gnome, which I haven't used > for long while and the last time was on Linux anyway. > The reason is that most of my favorite applications > use gtk libraries, like Firefox, GAIM (can't get used > to the new name),wxPython and others. In short I > wanted to avoid 2 huge sets of libraries (gtk and qt) > by not installing KDE. > I wanted to know how Gnome feels on FreeBSD, is it > polished enough? Are there crashes? Any caveats at > all? There is a minimal gnome installation in /usr/ports/x11/gnome2-lite you can start with that and - if you like it - add all the the other stuff. One caveat: First install /usr/ports/x11/xorg (i.e. xorg-7.2) and check if your monitor and graphics card are set up correctly. Greetings, Uli. > > Thanks in advance, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany
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