From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 19 22:28:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 60F5B16A46B for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:28:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F09913C458 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:28:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from hymn01.u.washington.edu (hymn01.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.55]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5JMSRRH008219 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:27 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hymn01.u.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5JMSRD6004771 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:27 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.55.52.1] by hymn01.u.washington.edu via HTTP; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:27 PDT Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:27 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.19.150851 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3D Desktop (XGL/AIGLX/...) how to start? 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: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:28:28 -0000 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > so are there any alternatives I can choose besides gnome?? just feel that > gnome/kde is bloated, xfce4?? thanks!! > > TFC > > On 6/19/07, Andy Harrison wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Answer: Yes. >> Question: Is top posting bad? >> >> >> On 6/19/07, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: >> > then can I install beryl without gnome?? >> > >> > TFC >> >> Probably, but beryl would not work. metacity and beryl are just >> window managers, they do not provide the rest of the desktop >> environment. >> >> >> >> >> - -- >> Andy Harrison >> public key: 0x67518262 >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org >> >> iD8DBQFGeDJNNTm8fWdRgmIRAmp+AJ9pZbbjv5+3b/fzY0TYUBbOMXAB+QCfVDnl >> Paq4sALeW0Kc8dgjauPCew8= >> =7CKB >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Yes -- there's nothing wrong with using XFCE4.4 -Garrett