From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 02:42:56 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2356E696 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm36-vm7.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm36-vm7.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65D67A24 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:42:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1411699236; bh=mB2/taWHnfgbGOGYNcSHYm8YaFWXZRO/i3qKVz4uITA=; h=Received:Received:Received:DKIM-Signature:X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Subject; b=jxnuIDgWYft+3IehGQ1KCPOMI1MAAlkRitinS3Kj4/MdkSyFtBtY81rJUNF2xDAQkjZ2qeDxpG3Uyot8eb6LXBVUts3YjhbSLV47XJTpuXkC7sFevIW1vWnlLkMxskVds3VQZ1zIeA34KYByHd+cAJRyzqsMQU2UOTjKmoPt95E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rocketmail.com; b=a7RRrRgLiz6tR662Uy+obI77hAWHR5Z/hWGw9kAA98EzDEkP5fQcSRR+1ESOIdYE6WTy92jxWJP96l9D4CaXI1m72avhPkEkrYvYzIftLU0Hp13ON8Yp79tDe3GfN+7gE8/2rVb7cUhNLe2qcBFW76E3Jmh6jm1ktqjOzFDNgIc=; Received: from [212.82.98.124] by nm36.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2014 02:40:36 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.104] by tm17.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2014 02:40:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp141.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2014 02:40:36 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1411699236; bh=mB2/taWHnfgbGOGYNcSHYm8YaFWXZRO/i3qKVz4uITA=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Nyy+nGASf5VMCUmNGxf1Mtdpk9OPHfUoCz9pEApr0T+4PF0Hl4OX4vvSosIfAEfQN0nu1PkUGHYOpMlV9QxKzVLl8Q8H+0m2vZqfWE4MHFhZshTWquyrml1jYiUEhnaytVprfELCAup5XjpYh9nBp1q+J1jl3m6oQ6MtDeIKSdA= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 890753.53994.bm@smtp141.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: .TTu_EIVM1l35_TYzFlD8bwWPuMf2GQxb9SD0nwQARnsUky oFcku7hg0a1OsZKVxR8CdlmCCRkoTJvPISA9pNa8pXZrCA4D9gjCL.7fj7dZ BNsBlzA5N.A2jy.4vGDSEFjbPyo2N2hPhI_ONb51osyZVB5tpqwe4roRS1MU CSuC6dCqx6CJFpdDLO6FSnq4cPnjDHmqAPyKEt62afIWLnDKIn1y_ye5yPmp oMb9yxgKc8QJJUSyRBlVqjM8B2ctJYqPnuKXtn3i2FHYgNtf4S8ZmpCoETpO o8Y05ojnpYE3xQHRjbz4lpymUfVWgxZRIc5eftWkmUWvOwaYKTS_E706F6Pz iP0d09zI9ISRxwtDJxkvtIeKiZPRFWOJg8JWWOSW5Ce.3KB_OH_NL8tvvtAV BLekGZdh9t79RhmK8wkC5AfFNV1dPzsctqtGouR4mQGM0kQNkUIS9DJk0chF rgDKXC.m3jR_zcWHLrXHxQwQEuJ577ep_zchagOrrgvnhaAxHiA5BGIsKRkr s2.E_z9VSJ_Y6lw2NDcx3VXgn7l4YjeXq X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Message-ID: <1411699236.7277.25.camel@rocketmail.com> Subject: Re: Graphical Desktop From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 04:40:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5424D030.4020505@gmail.com> References: <5424D030.4020505@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:42:56 -0000 On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 20:32 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > What graphical desktop managers are available for > FreeBSD? Are they on the Installation DVD? > If not is there a secure and reliable source to download > and install them from? Compile from ports. I used Xfce for my FreeBSD and Linux installs, but I dropped it and switched to a WM. Anyway, to start and as fallback environment IMO Xfce is a very, very good choice. 2 cents, Ralf