From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 12:46:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4E1E16A403 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A9E13C45D for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so2111253ugh for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:46:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.67.10 with SMTP id p10mr10472418wxa.1173703586369; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i40sm8991424wxd.2007.03.12.05.46.25; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:46:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:46:23 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: FreeBSD Question Message-ID: <20070312084623.34143e10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070312132401.T58112@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> <45F46A6A.7070400@hdk5.net> <20070312110943.E43617@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070312062419.64896959@localhost> <20070312132401.T58112@chylonia.3miasto.net> Organization: Seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.0 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_nEDcVt=LuKubC=FieAnzSOW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: polling my FreeBSD compariots... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:46:29 -0000 --Sig_nEDcVt=LuKubC=FieAnzSOW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:15 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > It is for someone who wants to work in that environment. > > >=20 > exactly, but it would be handy to define what "desktop" is. >=20 > could someone provide me a definition? >=20 > is X server alone a desktop? i think no. > is KDE a desktop? i think yes from what i heard. >=20 > is XFCE a desktop? i think too. >=20 > so is my X server+fvwm2 having no visible icons, windows, frames etc. > (but having a menu under keypress) a desktop or not? >=20 > if yes - then we can define desktop as any software able to run > graphics mode programs on graphics capable machine. like bash or csh > for text mode. >=20 > if no - what part of say KDE make it a desktop? >=20 >=20 >=20 > i'm not trying to start any war, just want to hear a definition of so=20 > commonly used term today. > Wojtek Before you ask so many questions, why don't you invest a little time in RTFM, or perhaps STFW. Check out this URL for starters: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html --=20 Gerard Fortune's current rates: Answers .10 Long answers .25 Answers requiring thought .50 Correct answers $1.00 Dumb looks are still free. --Sig_nEDcVt=LuKubC=FieAnzSOW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF9UufFCqdq4D1ybYRAq+yAKDnNzS6a9UpGJTo6glswQb8Unh87QCeIokt gVeo2fhMLKmsAZTAugiTjpg= =Kzkn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_nEDcVt=LuKubC=FieAnzSOW--