Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:38:17 +0100 From: Fred Morcos <fred.morcos@gmail.com> To: James Griffin <jmzgriffin@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: KDE4 pkg Message-ID: <CAH3a3KVvgkUE5BC3nHgkgxDh2Zzyke1QodOUCsxCUx=GhWd=JQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnlecuu7.4i6.jmz@kontrol.kode5.net> References: <slrnlecihm.47t.jmz@kontrol.kode5.net> <CAH3a3KVVqN5kXQFTagWkgeuUN5-jgEE%2BeyE2zq98ubNnPDsTNw@mail.gmail.com> <slrnlecuu7.4i6.jmz@kontrol.kode5.net>
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Griffin <jmzgriffin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2014-01-27, Fred Morcos <fred.morcos@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:59 PM, James Griffin <jmzgriffin@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> I know this a bit cheesy/arse-licky but, having installed the kde4 > >> desktop -- and expecting to encounter many problems -- i'd just like to > >> say how impressed I am with it. > >> > >> Everything works brilliantly and for the first time in ages I can use > >> all of my hardware without issues; webcam, printers, it's great. > >> > >> So thanks to the people working on this. A really fantastic job I think. > >> > >> Cheers, Jamie > > > Nice to hear that. Never been a KDE user myself though. I am curious > about > > your hardware, could you elaborate more about that? Is it a laptop or a > > desktop? What kind of webcam? How is network management in KDE+FreeBSD > > without NetworkManager? (not that I like NetworkManager particularly, but > > are there specific KDE tools for network management on FreeBSD?) > > I use a desktop. It's a Lenovo Think Centre, bought it about 3 years > ago. Very standard machine: Dual-Core Pentium processor, Intel Chipset, > Logitech webcam, canon iP4700 printer (cups+gutenprint driver). > > I haven't needed to do anything with the network configuration. It was > configured automatically and has been fine. A brief look at what's > installed shows no particular network management tools to speak off, > although there may well be other pkg's one can install for that. > > As you would expect I had to set up devd but that is simple and fast to > do. > Thanks for your response. May I ask what devd setup you had to do?
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