From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 23:37:04 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 21CCB16A4D0 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:37:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk (smtphost.cis.strath.ac.uk [130.159.196.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F22243D5A for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:37:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (chrishodgins.force9.co.uk [84.92.20.141]) j1RNar4A007776; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:36:53 GMT Message-ID: <42225ACE.30808@cis.strath.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:42:06 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: racerx@makeworld.com References: <422250B8.1090504@makeworld.com> <422253B7.9060803@cis.strath.ac.uk> <42225455.8020908@makeworld.com> <42225788.8080303@cis.strath.ac.uk> <42225892.1060706@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <42225892.1060706@makeworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CIS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@cis.strath.ac.uk for more information X-CIS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CIS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0, required 6) X-CIS-MailScanner-From: chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: Re: How would you install all Gnome ports? 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, 27 Feb 2005 23:37:04 -0000 Chris wrote: > Chris Hodgins wrote: > >> Chris wrote: >> >>> Chris Hodgins wrote: >>> >>>> Chris wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there an all inclusive command to install all Gnome ports from >>>>> within the ports tree? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not everything but enough to get you started: >>>> >>>> /usr/ports/x11/gnome2$ cat pkg-descr >>>> GNU Network Object Model Environment >>>> >>>> This metaport installs the entire GNOME 2 desktop, including >>>> the the most common user applications. Other popular GNOME >>>> applications can be installed from the other GNOME 2 metaports: >>>> >>>> * x11/gnome2-fifth-toe >>>> * x11/gnome2-power-tools >>>> * editors/gnome2-office >>>> * devel/gnome2-hacker-tools >>>> >>>> WWW: http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Perfect - this is exactly what I wanted. I'm a KDE munkie myself, but >>> I wanted to dabble w/Gnome. >>> >>> Thank you Chris H. >>> >> >> I would also highly recommend Xfce4.2. :) >> >> Chris >> >> > > I would - but I'm not into intense modification to my wm. A few teaks > here and there ore fine, but if I need to "learn" to setup a decent wm, > then it sorta defeats the purpose. > > I love BSD under a wm, but I don't have the luxury of spending hours to > days makeing a "kick-ass" looking environment. That's just me tho - I > have seen what other can do - I lack the creative-eye to do that fancy > stuff. > I am exactly the same. The only things I have tweaked with Xfce are the general settings to get things the way I like them. These are all in the gui based settings manager. Xfce just seems to work. Even the wife uses and likes it. :) Chris