From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 02:38:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C2C316A41F for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:38:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: from splinter.bowdoin.edu (splinter.bowdoin.edu [139.140.181.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC0E43D49 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 02:38:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alec@thened.net) Received: by splinter.bowdoin.edu (Postfix, from userid 12008) id 035CFC228; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:38:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:38:54 -0400 From: Alec Berryman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050801023854.GB95400@thened.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050801135412.fmb15c8848go0k0w@webmail.slingshot.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050801135412.fmb15c8848go0k0w@webmail.slingshot.co.nz> X-Ned-Wuz-Here: Yes X-GPG-Fingerprint: 3DB5 8785 53D9 8BF4 5049 B6B9 02E7 7FD9 881C 85C4 X-GPG-Key-ID: 881C85C4 X-GPG-Key: http://www.thened.net/~alec/static/alec.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: Window Management system 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: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:38:56 -0000 --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz on 2005-08-01 13:54:12 +1200: > I am a complete newbie to Unix and am looking into which window > management system to use. I want one that is lean on system > resources, nice to look at but doesn't take all the fun of learning > a new system away from the user (if that makes sense). I like the > look of Fluxbox and Enlightenment. If you want something nice to look at, make sure to look at xfce4 - it's relatively minimal (not as much as Fluxbox but certainly more so than GNOME or KDE), but it has GTK theme support so the fonts, buttons, and whatnot look much nicer while using GTK applications such as xchat or gaim. I would also suggest that the "fun of learning a new system" in the case of FreeBSD will come more from a shell prompt than from a windowing system. --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC7Ys+Aud/2YgchcQRAvMPAKDjGgBO2JeWnaM5Ch9XyhJLhBqsPQCgzpuP lw3Q86lmHuyj3cxDLVsgcTM= =rRbB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4--