Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:11:48 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= <suseuser04@lajt.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD Message-ID: <2e9bf002.29c01170.5050d064.67ae@lajt.hu> In-Reply-To: <20120911132622.GA2102@tiny.Sisis.de> References: <6cf057a0.48cac116.504f0146.1805c@lajt.hu> <20120911145607.172592eb.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120911132622.GA2102@tiny.Sisis.de>
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2012.=20szeptember=2011.=2015:26=20napon=20Matthias=20Apitz=20<guru@unixa= rea.de>=20=C3=ADrta: >=20El=20d=C3=ADa=20Tuesday,=20September=2011,=202012=20a=20las=2002:56:0= 7PM=20+0200,=20Polytropon=20escribi=C3=B3: >=20 >=20>=20On=20Tue,=2011=20Sep=202012=2011:15:50=20+0200,=20suseuser04@lajt= .hu=20wrote: >=20>=20>=20Hello=20FreeBSD=20users: >=20>=20>=20 >=20>=20>=20I=20am=20new=20to=20FreeBSD.=20I've=20been=20using=20openSUSE= =20for=208=20years=20but=20would >=20>=20>=20like=20to=20try=20something=20different. >=20>=20>=20I=20have=20installed=20FreeBSD=209.0-RELEASE=20from=20DVD=20a= nd=20configured >=20>=20>=20KDE3.=20I=20also=20configured=20DSL=20(pppoe)=20connection=20= that=20automatically >=20>=20>=20connects=20the=20computer=20to=20the=20network. >=20>=20>=20In=20openSUSE=20I=20have=20kinternet=20(and=20its=20alternati= ve=20qinternet),=20an=20application >=20>=20>=20which=20incorporates=20into=20KDE=20system=20tray=20and=20ind= icates=20whether=20network >=20>=20>=20connection=20is=20active=20or=20not.=20It=20can=20also=20be=20= used=20by=20the=20desktop=20user=20to >=20>=20>=20disconnect=20and=20connect=20from/to=20the=20network=20(eg.=20= for=20getting=20new=20dynamic >=20>=20>=20IP=20address=20or=20test=20downloaded=20web=20pages=20offline= ). >=20>=20>=20Is=20there=20a=20similar=20program=20in=20FreeBSD?=20I=20coul= d=20not=20find=20kinternet=20or=20qinternet >=20>=20>=20in=20ports=20database=20or=20by=20googling. >=20>=20 >=20>=20I'm=20not=20aware=20of=20a=20tool=20that=20integrates=20both=20wi= th=20KDE=20=5Fand=5F >=20>=20the=20FreeBSD=20operating=20system.=20KDE=20is=20quite=20Linux-ce= ntric, >=20>=20and=20FreeBSD=20is=20a=20different=20operating=20system.=20... >=20 >=20FreeBSD=20(as=20Linux)=20is=20a=20OS,=20while=20KDE=20is=20just=20a=20= desktop=20which=20works=20fine >=20on=20FreeBSD=20and=20SuSE;=20I'm=20using=20kde-3.5.10=20and=20tested=20= kde-4.x=20(which >=20did=20not=20do=20what=20I=20expected;=20that's=20why=20I=20stay=20wit= h=203.5.10=20which=20is=20now >=20unmaintained,=20but=20still=20compiling=20as=20a=20port; >=20 >=20the=20OP=20did=20not=20say=20in=20which=20KDE=20version=20he=20used=20= 'kinternet',=20=20but=20it >=20seems=20that=20the=20component=20is=20not=20in=20the=20port;=20the=20= best=20way=20would=20be=20to >=20check=20in=20openSUSE=20what=20'kinternet'=20is=20(i.e.=20where=20the= =20sources=20come=20from) >=20and=20check=20in=20the=20FreeBSD=20KDE=20project=20the=20status=20of=20= a=20port; >=20 >=20=09matthias >=20 Matthias,=20Polytropon: Thank=20you=20for=20your=20answers. I=20am=20using=20KDE=203.5.10.=20I=20would=20like=20to=20use=20FreeBSD=20= as=20a=20desktop=20machine for=20replacing=20openSUSE=20if=20it's=20possible=20at=20all. For=20clarity,=20I=20do=20not=20need=20exactly=20kinternet,=20I=20want=20= only=20an=20GUI=20frontend for=20pppdial=20which=20possibly=20resides=20in=20system=20tray=20and=20c= an=20be=20used=20to control=20network=20connections. In=20openSUSE=20kinternet=20is=20a=20frontend=20for=20smpppd=20package,=20= and smpppd=20requires=20ppp.=20I=20will=20try=20to=20look=20into=20it=20wheth= er=20smpppd=20=20can work=20with=20FreeBSD=20ppp. Thanks, Istvan
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