From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 18:45:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D86C16A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:45:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C253E43D4C for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:45:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from [213.146.114.24] (helo=reverse-213-146-114-24.cust.kamp-dsl.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu6) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML29c-1EcolD1fIk-00011R; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:45:28 +0100 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:46:13 +0100 (CET) From: "P.U.Kruppa" X-X-Sender: root@www.pukruppa.net To: eoghan In-Reply-To: <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> Message-ID: <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> References: <437C961D.9020708@redry.net> <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:2446dbdf8275641f979193ced594c629 Cc: "P.U.Kruppa" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:45:30 -0000 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 * *********************************************