From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 14 1:32:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f203.pav2.hotmail.com [64.4.37.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A1EB37B405 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:32:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:32:57 -0800 Received: from 4.61.39.167 by pv2fd.pav2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:32:56 GMT X-Originating-IP: [4.61.39.167] From: "Frank ." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:32:56 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Mar 2002 09:32:57.0146 (UTC) FILETIME=[3982B1A0:01C1CB3B] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I personally run just Enlightenment, and think it is fairly easy to use, very clean, and not at all bloated. It's also highly configurable. Just my 2 cents on the subject. Like Roman said, try them all until you find one that suits you best. Good luck with finding one your comfortable with. -Frank >From: Roman Neuhauser >To: FreeBSD-questions >Subject: Re: X >Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:12:40 +0100 > > > From: "Mike Stacy" > > To: "FreeBSD-questions" > > Subject: X > > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:12:58 -0500 > > > > what would be the best desktop environment for a beginner....... > > Depends. Browse the /usr/ports/x11-wm/ directory, read the pkg-descr > files, install those managers that you think you might like, and you > will eventually uninstall all but one. > > That said, windowmaker is quite user friendly. > And I love blackbox. -- FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE 1:23AM up 34 days, 5:55, 4 users, load averages: 0.12, 0.25, 0.23 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message