From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 21:40:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01348 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:40:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01340 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:40:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA23702; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:10:12 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA29755; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:10:11 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980413141011.P28708@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:10:11 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Martin Von_Schantz , Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows managers References: <19980412181534.15209.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <19980412181534.15209.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Martin Von_Schantz on Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 11:15:34AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 12 April 1998 at 11:15:34 -0700, Martin Von_Schantz wrote: > Hello, I have been recommended the KDE desktop environment by some > 'Linux users' :) > it doesn't seem that BSD friendly unfourtunately so I wondered > if anyone had a better windows manager to recommend. I can't comment on KDE, since I haven't used it, beyond the impression I have that it is rather Microsoft-like, which doesn't make me think more highly of it. In "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm) I describe and recommend fvwm2. Your mileage may vary. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message