From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 21:28:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2B30E24 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 21:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.firstyear.id.au (2001-44b8-016a-0004-0000-0000-0000-0001.static.ipv6.internode.on.net [IPv6:2001:44b8:16a:4::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DF5211 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 21:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.133.20.164] (unknown [1.125.24.172]) by mail.firstyear.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A768941C9642; Thu, 8 Jan 2015 07:58:34 +1030 (ACDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way From: William X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12B435) In-Reply-To: <20150107164934.e0f45beb.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 07:58:33 +1030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <242E4555-34DC-4189-BEF9-1A79823B534A@firstyear.id.au> References: <63179.128.135.70.2.1420560731.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20150107153505.GB26903@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20150107164934.e0f45beb.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on lyra.ipa.blackhats.net.au Cc: Ewald Jenisch , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 21:28:40 -0000 > On 8 Jan 2015, at 02:19, Polytropon wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:35:05 +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote: >> Thanks much for the info wrt Gnome3. Taking a look at the screenshots >> for Gnome3 vs. mate the decision was clear for me: Mate. >>=20 >> I did a "pkg install mate" today and after upgrading the rest of my >> packages to latest versions mate is running and from what I've seen so >> far it's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. You were right >> - it's a desktop environment for working not an eye candy ;-) >=20 > I'd like to ask two questions: >=20 > 1. Is automounting working, either with HAL/DBUS or > with automounter from ports? >=20 > 2. Is there support for german language? >=20 > If both can be answered with "yes", it's probably a good > choice to recommend the use of Mate for german users who > want something stable and usable. While I have been "solving" > this problem with a "normal" Gnome 2 installation in the > past, it feels buggy and tends to dissolve over time... :-( Yes there is support but there is currently a bug with changing keyboard lay= outs on login that as a dvorak user, I am trying to solve.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"