From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 11 19:24:49 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 E8EC916A400 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:24:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: from web62315.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web62315.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.75.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A6CC013C44C for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:24:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 92229 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Mar 2007 19:02:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=oN3USxxc8olwNEzbQ0QfRdmXU7gLUks5XvQGNRYY9rwIANICG7W5+0D/2xvNOsI4Mv7yGk7ZG5Ti6fwNJ2OASyK7nWhmLpCKYci2IS+NQwKM1An8j0Tl+2PyfG+Enyt8p5q0AOli60wISzAeuqmEHm6d0MYD29G7BI1IyPtluR0=; X-YMail-OSG: TmKMOIgVM1md2TV9lKSIeN3EfRlaMktXfDPfZtUIxUPpIuXQfnM1kCqe.Ycw5xdu1wUaFGLKaWhatfoMKp3TyLIHX.Jz4cakywyZMM2ZMWIxvRJ0.HZKjA-- Received: from [68.164.15.239] by web62315.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:02:11 PDT Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:02:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Paulette McGee To: Jonathan Horne , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <58343.88959.qm@web62315.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: 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 19:24:50 -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? > > thanks, > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello Jonathan, Here are a few questions: 1) Are you looking for a Desktop Environment (DE)? 2) Are you looking for a Window Manager (WM)? Here is a little blurb that describes the differences: http://xwinman.org/intro.php The above site also has a very comprehensive list of both DE's and WM's. Basically; decide if you want a very integrated environment or something less integrated . Personally; I prefer WM's over DE's. From that point; I select the applications that I want on my system. WM are basically very streamlined with few utilities (if any). Contrast that with Gnome or KDE; which come with an array of support tools (IE: browsers, file managers, printer configuration tools, system utilities, et al). In essence; it is a matter of choice. My vote is for Fluxbox (WM). PS: Keep in mind that some lines blur with DE and WMs. In my humble opinion some WM have a DE feel to them. explore the above link and see what strikes a chord. Regards, Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php