From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 23:30:57 2002 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 E407237B401 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk (pfepb.post.tele.dk [193.162.153.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5480343E42 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:30:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk) Received: from there (0x3ef312e1.albnxx2.adsl.tele.dk [62.243.18.225]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id A94055EEF36; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:30:53 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen To: "MET" , Subject: Re: About to install FreeBSD as a Desktop... Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:31:28 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <000001c260f3$01c8ee20$6401a8c0@SURVIVAL> In-Reply-To: <000001c260f3$01c8ee20$6401a8c0@SURVIVAL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020921063053.A94055EEF36@pfepb.post.tele.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday 21 September 2002 00:13, MET wrote: > Other than that I just need some > productivity apps, but nothing particularly special. Soooo, what's the > REAL difference between 4.5 and 4.6.2? Well, bugfixes for one thing, but also some added functionality (FBSD keeps improving ;)). Best thing is to run -STABLE (read the FreeBSD Handbook on how to do this), and keep your ports-tree current. So, just install 4.6.2, update to -STABLE, update your portstree, and then install KDE, X and all the other needed stuff. Voila, you've got neat Desktop-computer. ;) > And finally, I've really only used FreeBSD as a work environment so I've > never had the chance to answer this question myself.....can I view > DVD's? And if so what program should I use? Yes, I prefer mplayer. But there is VLC, Xine and Ogle as well (all in ports). Bjarne -- Homepage: http://www.mekanix.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message