Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:19:47 -0400 From: Timothy Luoma <freebsd@tntluoma.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Got 4.8-REL installed... Now what? Message-ID: <oprvz669hfnva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> In-Reply-To: <20030924093828.GA82864@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <oprvy30di7nva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> <20030924093828.GA82864@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:38:29 +0100, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > As a desktop user, you will need to install some sort of working > environment, plus any specific applications that you need. > > By "working environment" I mean essentially an X window manager and > any supporting infrastructure that it requires. This can vary from > the minimal (fluxbox, fvwm) to the gargantuan (kde, gnome). See > http://www.xwinman.org/ for the definitive guide to X window managers. > Personally I like WindowMaker, a nice middleweight WM with a very > NeXT-like look'n'feel. As a former NeXT'er myself, that will probably be the one I start with. > However, in order to install any of these software packages, the first > thing you will need is an understanding of the ports system and an > up-to-date ports tree. Read the OnLamp articles by Dru Levign for the > former: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/09/18/FreeBSD_Basics.html thanks! more bed-time reading. (I brought _The Complete FreeBSD handbook_ with me on vacation several years ago, even without a computer with me. Yeah, my wife thinks I'm strange too.) > and a quick perusal of the sample supfiles in > /usr/share/examples/cvsup will pay dividends. Many thanks to you & the others who replied. TjL -- Running 4.8-RELEASE on a Dell Inspiron 7500 Laptop Dual Boot Windows XP using GAG Now in progress: 30 Days to becoming an Opera7 Lover http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7/
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