Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:23:03 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: taproot420 <taproot420@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions before installing 4.6.2 Message-ID: <20020923092303.GV30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <1512145715.20020922162517@myrealbox.com> References: <1512145715.20020922162517@myrealbox.com>
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# taproot420@myrealbox.com / 2002-09-22 16:25:17 -0500:
> 1. I, have used linux and openbsd for awile but i am sure there are
> some differences so the first one is about dual boot. The machine i
> am setting up will have 1/2 the drive for XP and 1/2 for freebsd and
> i am wondering which OS i should load first and then which boot
> manager to use and how to accomplish this.
windows first is the safe way, but xp should preserve freebsd(?)
i've only used booteasy, which is the freebsd boot manager. nothing
fancy, but works.
> 2. My machine (amd athlon 1800+ ,256 ddr ram) also has the Geforce 4
> video card with dvi output as i use a lcd monior. Is this card
> supported by the XFree86 sever present in the current release, is it
> possible to use it at all in case the latter answer is no...and if
> somehow i can get this card working can i use the DVI output for my
> lcd and if so what config do i need to add to the xfree86.config to
> use this DVI port?
i don't use gforce cards, but you should be able to tell on the
xfree86 site.
> 3. What is a good, clean, stable and attractive such as themable
> etc... desktop and window manager combo. I was thinking gnome but
> wanted some opinions on this.
i use openbox, a blackbox fork. it's a window manager (i don't use
kde or gnome), but the 2.x branch has full netwm support, so you can
use it in kde/gnome just fine if you need an "integrated desktop
environment".
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