From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 13 21:32:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FADA16A4CE; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:32:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from prosporo.hedron.org (hedron.org [66.11.182.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91DC343D1D; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:32:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ean@hedron.org) Received: from localhost.hedron.org (localhost.hedron.org [127.0.0.1]) by prosporo.hedron.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB45C102; Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:32:24 -0500 (EST) From: Ean Kingston To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:32:23 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200502131318.32282.zettel@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <200502131318.32282.zettel@acm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502131632.23692.ean@hedron.org> cc: Len Zettel cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended desktop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:32:08 -0000 On February 13, 2005 08:18 am, Len Zettel wrote: > I am looking for a desktop environment to run > with freebsd. I will be the sole user. > > Must-have: > graphical ftp client > spreadsheet package capable of handling .xls files > word processor capable of handling .doc files > ability to handle email > web browser. KDE has all that you want in the full install and is pretty easy to install. I haven't tried it in a long time but I believe that Gnome would also satisfy your needs. As another poster suggested, you may want to add OpenOffice to handle the .xls and .doc files. It is a bit better at handling them than KOffice (which comes with KDE). You may also want to consider installing Firefox or the generic Mozilla browser. Konqueror (the browser supplied with KDE) is a little bit different than the Mozilla group and sometimes a website will not render well in Konqueror but does in Mozilla/Firefox (sometimes it is the other way around too). > > Given the above, the winner will be the one whose > ins and outs are the easiest to master thoroughly - likely a > tradeoff between simplicity of design and implementation > and thoroughness of documentation. > > I have been in the computer biz since 1962 and have > been paid to program in C, BASIC, and Forth, among > others. I have been notorious for reading manuals. > > Suggestions? > -LenZ- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/