Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:33:51 -0400 From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? Message-ID: <1285241631.23503.1396491155@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009222147140.74466@wonkity.com> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009222147140.74466@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:57 -0600, "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Jorge Biquez wrote: > > > I was wondering if you can tell suggest me based on yoru experience on what > > path to follow? KDE? any other? > > The Handbook covers setting up the three major desktop environments in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html. > > You don't have to choose one of those, there are lots of varied window > managers, and advocates for each. There's an overview here on fd.o: > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Desktops. Many of those are in ports. > > > I would like to test what you suggest is the best for you and if possible > > that it is not TOO complicated to setup. The idea is to use it as my desktop > > plattfor (documents, browser, email, etc) > > Personally, I currently use xfce as "lighter" than the other members of > the big three, while still offering the features I want. But it really > is very subjective. For various purposes, I've used GNOME, KDE, icewm, > fluxbox, blackbox, and others. Ports make these all pretty easy to > install. +1 for xfce as not requiring quite so much stuff to be installed as GNOME and KDE, but still having what I need. I also like the xfce Terminal. (Have used GNOME, seems fine to me; haven't tried KDE.) If you want to go really lightweight, fluxbox and blackbox, which I've used and liked, have already been mentioned. I haven't had any problem running GNOME on not-the-latest hardware (Athlon XP CPU, Nvidia 7600 AGP GPU), so if yours is equivalent or newer, I don't know that performance will be a concern for any of the desktops. At that point it's just what feels most natural - what makes your most frequently-used apps and utilities quickly available to you, what interface seems easiest to work with, etc. Jud -- "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
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