From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 11 17:18:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from server01.gw.total-web.net (server01.gw.total-web.net [209.186.12.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D858515007 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:18:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bangpath@bellsouth.net) Received: from kagero.gw.total-web.net (ip-149-116.gw.total-web.net [209.186.149.116]) by server01.gw.total-web.net (2.5 Build 2640 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA00005 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:16:23 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:20:58 -0500 (EST) From: borehawg X-Sender: bangpath@kagero.gw.total-web.net To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strating the GUI In-Reply-To: <19990312064458.35774@welearn.com.au> Message-ID: X-Comment: My bologna has a first name... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have also found stuff from the Linux Documentation Project to be helpful as well, since a lot the utilities are GNU on both sides, and others are either ported to or from Linux. It certainly doesn't apply to a lot of FreeBSD specific features (partitioning, compiling kernels, etc) but XFree86, basic networking tools and others are very similar (if not the same). It was through reading Linux Doc Project that I originally heard about xdm (or kdm, as I was thinking :-) On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Sue Blake wrote: > > At 12:38 PM 3/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > > > > > >Quick question that I don't think is technical enough for -qustions. Have > > >a desktop. Is there a way to get an xwindows login prompt simular to > > For the sake of the -questions archives, yes, it is in the FAQ but any > excited newbie could miss it if they hadn't heard of 'xdm' before. > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- --------------------------------------------- andrew ------> bangpath@bellsouth.net --------------------------------------------- C++? Java?? Perl??? To Hell with it all!!! AppleSoft Basic all the way! Dude! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message