Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:10:37 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First Time Laptop Install Message-ID: <20040108141037.1b11cb56.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <3FFCBABF.5080700@ocnetworking.com> References: <3FFCBABF.5080700@ocnetworking.com>
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:04:47 -0800 Dylan Reinhold <dylan@ocnetworking.com> wrote: > 1: The best way to install X, from ports or pkg I prefer to install from ports, because then I can upgrade my ports with cvsup and portupgrade. The downside is that it takes some time, and this is more noticeable if you run on a slow system. > 2: Views on desktop mangers. I prefer XFce, because it is quite small and fast, and lightweight so it works on machines with limited memory. And still it looks more like a "normal" graphical desktop than many of the more radical choices (like only running one of the small footprint window managers). My best advice to you is to try a few, and find out for yourself which one you feel works best for you after a time. > 3. Any one run a Dell CPi, with any do and don'ts I don't, so I can't help you there. Remember; these are _my_ views, somebody else will probably have other views. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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