From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 11 18:14:57 2007 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 F19DF16A400 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB30913C465 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working (c-71-60-174-60.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.60.174.60]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27D61EBC62; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:14:56 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Jonathan Horne Message-Id: <20070311141456.55c02ded.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: polling my FreeBSD compariots... 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, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:58 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > > ive been a KDE user for as long as i can remember. this week, im off from > work, and want to spend some time trying something new with my laptop. so > far i have it built with 6.2-RELEASE-p2, and xorg up to the minimal desktop. > > id like to try to try something thats not gnome, or basically id like to try > some of the lesser known, but still just as functional desktops. > > can i get some recommendations, as well as what graphical mail reader and web > browser works best with your recommendation? I've been using xfce4 for quite a while. I like it because it's got everything I need, and not a lot of extra junk to get in my way (I find KDE and GNOME bloated) I use Sylpheed for mail and Firefox for web. HTH -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com