From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 17:48:45 2010 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 DAC761065679 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:48:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714408FC17 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:48:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so2368289wwc.31 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:48:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HWm3lj5208h07F7yBCc45okS0ds9G4e2JlN0D35G5xg=; b=GnAAiDGWgSDBqWbEjzCAY49ql6OWrwTU0XzV33Sc/noGbzPckN7xLhrQnSJAQKP8A/ kJBc2DVQJgG5GqUluLM8I6Lmk4iTmSVauf7P+vFgWjyNfWra2oLTYE0qhruN8YreKZZQ ye8Hhvsdx0Qof1li5/7/8lLLk0zQXF0dHeOa8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nJphGuNHjKjSgNEDlHf1rTitdbhktwIz6tRmGnGXW1PgPK2HuoY/649Seds42wNFTI hsGVAhrO8lEPvzAh1NMSYGgw0zO3CxV3zyCXXInE0s4IqvYls5k2eQzpIFeHelFxJ3Gp 056nTawlRbPZTPMx5cSM5hXVL+RQ+AigGiWF8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.87.84 with SMTP id x62mr5472548wee.48.1285262698062; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.3.136 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:24:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:24:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:48:45 -0000 On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Jorge Biquez on Wednesday, 22 September 2010: >> Hello all. >> >> In all these years I have been working with FreeBSd under >> terminal/shell mode. Since all my needs to solve have been solved >> that way I have never tried any graphical interface. >> >> I was wondering if you can tell suggest me based on yoru experience >> on what path to follow? KDE? any other? >> >> 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) >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Jorge Biquez >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" > > After trying a few different WMs, I settled on xmonad. =A0It's minimalist > -- meaning it stays out of your way. =A0It's also highly configurable, in > Haskell. =A0It's lightweight and fast. =A0It's a developer's WM. > If you like xmonad, check out scrotwm. It's inspired by xmonad, lightweight, written in C by oBSD dev, actively maintained, and vim-like (among other things ;-).