From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 31 0:12:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A180014F0E for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 00:12:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA14786; Mon, 31 May 1999 02:33:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 02:33:47 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Jim Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a desktop In-Reply-To: <19990530223902.A930@elwood.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 30 May 1999, Jim wrote: > > This weekend I install FreeBSD at home. Up untill this point I sweared by > its use as a server platform, I have had great luck with it as a server. > but this weekend has been a new experience for me. I got X-win up and going > for the first time, compiled in sound support, and got it working as a natd > for my home network. Problem is, I cant find much info with running Unix as > a desktop OS. > > If anyone has any suggestions on good books about running Unix as a desktop > (things like X tweaking, getting a movie player, etc), I would love to hear > them. Thanks. You didn't say how experianced you are with unix... I suggest next time you are at a bookstore look for "Unix Secrets" and thumb through it. It may be what you are looking for. It doesn't cover the "modern" apps (GNOME,KDE,etc) but It has "stupid X tricks" amongst other fun things you can do. as far as applications, I would suggest looking into /usr/ports, many nifty things are lying there waiting: movie player: /usr/ports/graphics/xanim/ full desktop like system: /usr/ports/x11/kde11 just look around, do a search on: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html enjoy, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message