From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 17:10:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC35A1065676 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9FA78FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.108]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K2E00EYMVO5PP80@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:09:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd2mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K2E00DPXVO4OO20@pd2mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:09:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K2E0079WVLU6H60@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:08:18 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A94B839 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:11 -0700 From: prad In-reply-to: <20080613165119.GA31171@kokopelli.hydra> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080613100811.0fb23892@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <484FCA1C.2080506@gmail.com> <20080611211821.GB25793@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4850E104.2090201@gmail.com> <20080612113725.J4402@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4851B872.2090101@onetel.com> <20080613110158.K86321@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080613165119.GA31171@kokopelli.hydra> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ? 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: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:10:05 -0000 On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:51:19 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: > For actual productivity-enhancement, assuming you're a highly > competent computer user, I'd recommend against any of the GUI systems > discussed at that URL, and stick to window managers that just stay > the heck out of your way. Good candidates include things like wmii, > AHWM, Fluxbox, and Sawfish. > the thing with windoze is that you don't have a choice - in fact, until recently you couldn't even have multiple desktops. with *nix and the creativity inspired by open source there are many, many opportunities. i've been using ion for about a year having tried and liked kde, gnome, fluxbox, even plwm and many others. rather than merely playing with some personal options here and there to customize it, you can actually make your desktop choice to the way you work -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's