From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 13:17:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA25861 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 13:17:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA25856 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 13:17:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (atrios-16.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.83.144]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id PAA06348; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:17:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23632; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:17:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804122017.PAA23632@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:17:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Windows managers To: ikaros_net@hotmail.com cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980412181534.15209.qmail@hotmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Apr, Martin Von_Schantz wrote: > Hello, I have been recommended the KDE desktop environment by some > 'Linux users' :) > it doesn't seem that BSD friendly unfourtunately so I wondered > if anyone had a better windows manager to recommend. > > //Martin von Schantz With window managers beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so tru a couple and see which of them suits your needs. KDE is in the ports collection. My personal experience with it has been mixed. I had problems getting the port to build. I ended up getting the source for the parts that wouldn't build from the KDE site and building from those. That completed it works pretty well. The news reader ocasionalyy core dumps on me however. You can also run any of the parts of KDE from other window managers once KDE is insralled. Thats how I use now. Can't say that it is not friendly to FreeBSD. Frank > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message