From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 20:11:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE2916A4B3 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:11:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phoenix.lists@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C5A443EFD for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:51:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from phoenix.lists@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so1845964nfc for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:52:15 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:face:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hf/zyV+5Ro620duvSOj9snp7wRI5P90LEDUbcdzjx9YezipxEzDKTE/+XwQkraKcMDXxUM9aF2a51uij5dXw9bcR3FajLW/h4acwGXfc6qIVi4Z7kSM0IVEeTeLUNCjegHVhbvLFOOSvAF6nXStIcDKY3kcVKh6zQAIwlrawRP0= Received: by 10.49.68.6 with SMTP id v6mr9062313nfk.1164569276148; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:27:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.67.7? ( [85.202.143.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id b1sm18622237nfe.2006.11.26.11.27.55; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:27:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4569EABB.90505@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:27:55 +0200 From: Simon Phoenix Organization: Phoenix Lab. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061118) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20061124234111.5589.qmail@web52409.mail.yahoo.com> <20061125003843.GA34248@powerfull.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20061125003843.GA34248@powerfull.bsd> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 OpenPGP: id=2569D30B; url=http://keyserver.veridis.com:11371/export?id=-8883115982484548853&created=1138842246000 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA oUlEQVQY043QsQ2DMBCF4RdRpPQIbBIPlQFcZgxGsaUUlDcCdCkJosES8cXPFkJKFCk0n2z/dwXQ 8uGDWYUsBz7zEO0wLk2AwYgTyXVJdCAv7UlynahDsj7AZqyghV6ukiw0zSQAjidVXxkKEwcieiYr Gi6L3OkKiYgwUQl5Z4QwWWFqKXuyHQkH6tsfpU4/eJq73hA3M+KcL9u1DPivX/cGp2DdNlc2XdMA AAAASUVORK5CYII= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla 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: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:11:09 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:41:11PM -0800, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. > > For anyone reading this, who wants the same thing. > > DO NOT DO IT. Nothing works. java is borked, mozilla and firefox are borked, gnome is ify.... ugh. > > Just dont do it. As a server, I highly recommend it... but it isn't ready for the desktop. I`m using FreeBSD as desktop since 5.0. It works fine. - -- Best regards, Simon Phoenix (Phoenix Lab.) - --------------------------------------------------------------- KeyID: 0x2569D30B Fingerprint: 78FC 5C40 07CC D331 148E CC79 84B8 D514 2569 D30B - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFaeq5hLjVFCVp0wsRCl7zAJ94Ohi6bgznvfM3Mpd6bvDCFwCCYgCgtcwx geP6tk9BDfb9itKfVea7flo= =lJXK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----