From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 02:57:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34B11065673 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:57:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from juan@juanyjosefina.com) Received: from smtpauth21.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpauth21.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A455A8FC1D for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 14400 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2011 02:57:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (76.109.190.167) by smtpauth21.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.38) with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2011 02:57:16 -0000 From: "Juan C. Valido" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:57:15 -0500 Message-ID: <1299812235.64912.3.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd? 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: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:57:18 -0000 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 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. :-)