Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:46:13 +0100 (CET) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> Cc: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome Message-ID: <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> References: <437C961D.9020708@redry.net> <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net>
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote: > 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 For technical details/problems you can subscribe to freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org People are very helpful there. Regards, Uli. > ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************
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