From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 21 2:47:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D8537B6C0 for ; Sun, 21 May 2000 02:47:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bartequi@neomedia.it) Received: from localhost (ppp2-pa5.neomedia.it [195.103.207.114]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA29194; Sun, 21 May 2000 11:47:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 10:50:01 GMT Message-ID: <20000521.10500100@mis.configured.host> Subject: Re: Graphical Interface for FreeBSD To: "PathFinder Software" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 5/20/00, 4:27:07 PM, "PathFinder Software"=20 wrote regarding Graphical Interface for= =20 FreeBSD: > Does anyone knows of any good GUI (graphical interface) similar > to NetMAX that would work with FreeBSD 4.0? > NetMAX seems to be a good product but at this time will only work > with FreeBSD 3.3 and Linux 5.4. > FreeBSD 3.3 will not work with my SCSI card while FreeBSD 4.0 > will...what a dilemma! > I am in the need to get my system up and running in a short time > to test a development project and I need to shorten the learning > curve at this time. I can always memorize the mountains of > commands later when I have more time available. > Normand J. Charette Dear Normand J. Charette, You can install such a fancy-awesome-super-mega-bloated metaport as=20 Gnome or KDE. There's KDE-2 (Beta version) available, too; actually, I=20 haven't tried it on 3-STABLE yet. =20 Also, you might want to have a look at the webmin port (GUI for System=20 Administration), found in /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin. IMO, you should=20 first read a little material from the docs (e.g. handbook) before=20 using the program. You are NOT supposed to walk blindfold in a Unix=20 system :-) In order to avoid any problems with ports under 3.3, you should=20 install the "upgrade kit" for ports (found in=20 /usr/ports/misc/34upgrade), which works for 3.3. and 3.4 systems. As an aside, I would suggest upgrading to 3-STABLE as soon as you can;=20 better yet, I would suggest using the relatively recent 4-STABLE. It=20 is reported to behave quite well -- N.B. **exceptionally** well for a=20 4.0 line (!)=20 Good luck, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message