Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:00:23 -0600 From: "Jerason Banes" <jbanes@accelgen.com> To: "'freebsd-doc@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Update to FAQ: section 4 - Q:CDE Message-ID: <01BF61C4.C096DD20.jbanes@accelgen.com>
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Hello! My name is Jerason Banes, a system administrator for Accelerated Genetics out in Baraboo, WI. I am writing in regards to section 4 of the FAQ (Commercial Applications). I've noticed that this was updated recently to reflect the fact that Xi-Graphics no longer sells CDE for FreeBSD. The alternative you list is KDE. Although KDE does have some of CDE's qualities, it really is much more Windows 98ish than CDEish. I would like to point out a window manager that I found in the ports/packages collection. It is called XFCE. The author wrote it because he was tired of how bloated all the window managers were getting. Oddly enough, he choose to implement CDE's style. As a result, XFCE is very close to what CDE is, and makes a fine replacement for it. You can find XFCE listed at the bottom of the page at: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/x11-wm.html The homepage for the project is: http://www.xfce.org I must say, I've used it for about a month now, and found it to not only be true to CDE's design, but also very lightweight, helpful, and useful. I might even go as far as to suggest it as the default WM for FreeBSD. ;-) Thank you for your time, and I hope you find this useful and informative. Jerason Banes Accelerated Genetics jbanes@accelgen.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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