From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 19:10:05 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 C76FF16A438 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:10:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE1A43D75 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:10:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 53746 invoked by uid 89); 18 Nov 2005 06:10:04 +1100 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 53645, pid: 53662, t: 1.9646s scanners: clamav: 0.87/m:34/d:1169 spam: 3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on luke.segpub.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.33?) (213.202.178.112) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Nov 2005 06:10:02 +1100 In-Reply-To: <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> References: <437C961D.9020708@redry.net> <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1E877A82-F7C8-456C-BAAB-A8B43121E852@redry.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: eoghan Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:09:58 +0000 To: P.U.Kruppa X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: 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 19:10:05 -0000 On 17 Nov 2005, at 19:46, P.U.Kruppa wrote: > 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. Thanks to all, Eoghan