Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:57:15 -0500 From: "Juan C. Valido" <juan@juanyjosefina.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd? Message-ID: <1299812235.64912.3.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> In-Reply-To: <20110311011022.801208c0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4D782C8D.3020102@extracktor.com> <1299728031.72606.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> <4D78804B.4040406@ose.nl> <1299756900.73766.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> <4D78C832.6050301@ose.nl> <20110311011022.801208c0.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Well. I don't really know what I'm doing but you offer some great advice, thanks. For an old man I learn fast, I don't mind doing research and of course RTFM :-) On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 01:10 +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:46:42 +0100, Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> wrote: > > Do you plan to update FreeBSD and installed ports on your servers on a > > regular basis? > > Then I would not recommend installing graphical window ports (applications) > > on these servers, because it can give you a lot of time, work e.g. > > unnecessary hassle when upgrading/updating. > > I would suggest that, too. Allow me to point out a new > perspective of the way of use: GUI forces you to work in a > linear way and pay extra attention. You cannot automate it. > Depending on what your primary intention is, using CLI > tools to get rid of "hands on" work may be a better choice. > This approach of course assumes that you actually KNOW what > you're doing, but that's a main requirement for any > administrator. :-)
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