Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:09:58 +0000 From: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> To: P.U.Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome Message-ID: <1E877A82-F7C8-456C-BAAB-A8B43121E852@redry.net> In-Reply-To: <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> References: <437C961D.9020708@redry.net> <20051117164550.T16292@www.pukruppa.net> <437CAE0A.3020004@redry.net> <20051117204436.T16292@www.pukruppa.net>
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On 17 Nov 2005, at 19:46, P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote: > >> P.U.Kruppa wrote: >>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote: >>>> Hello >>>> Im wondering if anyone can give me some feedback on using gnome. >>>> Ive been using KDE since Ive started using freeBSD and it like >>>> it. But I have recently looked at ubuntus distro, which uses >>>> gnome (their version I assume) and it was very nice. >>>> So, stuff like font rendering etc. Which is, in your experience, >>>> prettier so to speak, to use? Applications and so on. The gnome >>>> project page seems to be lacking version screenshots, or at >>>> least I couldnt find them. >>>> Any feedback greatly appreciated. >>> This is a difficult question to answer since it really is a >>> matter of taste what kind of look you prefer. And don't forget >>> you can change the look and design of your gnome or kde desktop >>> completely to accroding to your needs and wishes. >>> What I really can say - since I am using gnome for everyday's >>> work for some years now - Gnome has greatly improved stability, >>> perfomance and usability since "old times" of 2.6 or 2.8 . >>> 2.12 is a fast and reliable working enviroment. >>> If you can afford the bandwith and the diskspace you should >>> install both and compare yourself. >> >> Thanks for the reply. Ive installed gnome, having some problems >> running it and didnt get a chance to tackle it last night, but I >> will later. I guess I was just wondering whether the guys at >> ubuntu have just done a really nice job with gnome, or is this how >> it "looks". The fonts seemed smoother and window dragging wasnt >> jerky at all, even though it was running from a cd. But I will >> compare and see what its like. >> Eoghan > For technical details/problems you can subscribe to > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > People are very helpful there. > > Regards, > > Uli. Thanks to all, Eoghan
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