From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 11 20:45:31 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 4CDC716A402 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B2613C45B for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from [66.180.132.238] (unknown [66.180.132.238]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317785C1F; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:45:30 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <45F46A6A.7070400@hdk5.net> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:45:30 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060417 FreeBSD/i386 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Bowen References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 20:45:31 -0000 Patrick Bowen wrote: > 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" >> >> > > > Jonathan; > > Take a look at WindowMaker, or BlackBox if you want to get real > minimal. Both are excellent window managers (not desktops) and can be > found in ports. Firefox, Thunderbird, and all the rest work just fine. > > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Jonathan, I have used XFCE 3.* on all my free BSD boxes for years. It is a Simple GUI which I use on any Desktops I build. The video is clear and is simple. ( XFCE4* I did not like the concept.) Emails etc all work and install easily from ports. Aloha, ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol