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Date:      Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:39:00 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        AZN Unix <AZNPrideChinese@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: questions about GUI
Message-ID:  <20020614223900.GA19230@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20020614222906.SVDD19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there>
References:  <20020614222906.SVDD19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there>

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On 2002-06-14 06:28 -0400, AZN Unix wrote:
> i bought the freebsd power pak 4.4 at compusa, and on the back of
> the box there's a picture and under it it says The XFree86 Graphical
> User Interface, and i was wondering how i can get my desktop to look
> like that, and what exactly is xfree86?

XFree86 is an implementation of the X11 interface.  You can find a
better description at their homepage (http://www.XFree86.org).

For instructions on setting up XFree86 on FreeBSD, please look at the
FreeBSD Handbook.  You will find the FreeBSD Handbook at

	http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

and the chapter about X11 configuration can be found at:

	http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/

**************
IMPORTANT NOTE
**************

	You might want to update that machine, since 4.4-RELEASE is a
	rather old release now, and there are well known security
	problems with some of the programs distributed in the CDROMs
	of 4.4-RELEASE.  These have been fixed in newer versions of
	FreeBSD, so updating is a *must* in your case.  The "Cutting
	Edge" chapter of the Handbook explains how this can be done.

- Giorgos


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