Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:06:31 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com> Cc: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>, Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com, mwvw@adelphia.net, FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: What do we need in a FreeBSD desktop? (was: Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze [support groups]) Message-ID: <20020805073631.GC83171@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020730021610.25982.qmail@web20701.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020729215629.435b4356.jud@myrealbox.com> <20020730021610.25982.qmail@web20701.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Monday, 29 July 2002 at 19:16:10 -0700, Ed Yu wrote: > --- Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:00:16 +0930 >> Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: >> >> [snip] >>> The real >>> problem I have is knowing which of the over 7,000 >> ports you want >>> to install to get "basic" desktop functionality. >> Some time ago >>> I created the "instant-workstation" port, but >> didn't make much >>> noise about it. instant-workstation basically >> installs a number >>> of dependent ports (see below for a list) and then >> does some >>> minor configuration. Over the past couple of days >> I've been >>> installing a brand new machine (laptop) for a >> friend, and I've >>> been looking at the rough edges. Here's what I've >> found: >> (much more similar mutilation removed) > > I have used mutt and I liked it but I think for > instant-workstation, evolution would be more > appropriate. Is that what you used to write this message? It causes massive mutilation of the mail messages. You should either fix it or move. > I have noticed also that new users seems to prefer galeon a lot as > well. I'm not looking so much at what new users prefer as what I think is good for them :-) Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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