Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 00:25:13 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "-=Prankster=-" <p7ank5te7@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can U help me? Message-ID: <012c01c03dc6$39f43ae0$837e03cb@dougy> References: <OE31lT2NqFJ3sl3xbYi000001c1@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmmmmm ...... I guess you mean in a GUI mode :) With any unix the = appearance is exactly what you want it to=20 be. I've yet to see two GUI FreeBSD installations that look even vaguely = similar so I dunno what you mean by "good".=20 My suggestion is to visit sites like http://www.xfce.org, = http://www.gnome.org, http://www.kde.org & have a poke=20 around. There's a heap more sites with window managers & no doubt some = of the other regulars lurking around here=20 will have their favourites .... my preference is definitely XFCE because = it looks & performs similarly to the very=20 professional CDE as used in Solaris / SCO / D-UX etc, also I have VERY = bad memories of lockups etc with KDE=20 when I was still messing around with linux, however XFCE is probably = more suited to the more conservative of us .... boy-wonders may well be prepared to accept less stability if they = can get all the flashing lights / bells & whistles / dancing girls / etc provided with the likes of Enlightenment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: -=3DPrankster=3D-=20 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: Can U help me? I was wondering if u could help me by givin me some snap shots to see = wut it will look like on my computer and my friend want to see wut it = was like cuz he thought if it's good he might get it so plz help me = out... Gary Deeble II A.K.A.Prankster P7ank5te7@hotmail.com ------=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3207.2500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hmmmmm ...... I guess you mean in a GUI = mode :)=20 With any unix the appearance is exactly what you want it to = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>be. I've yet to see two GUI FreeBSD = installations=20 that look </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>even vaguely similar so I = dunno what=20 you mean by "good". </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My suggestion is to visit sites like <A = href=3D"http://www.xfce.org">http://www.xfce.org</A>, </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><A href=3D"http://www.gnome.org">http://www.gnome.org</A>, <A=20 href=3D"http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>; & have a poke = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>around. There's a heap more sites with = window=20 managers </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>& no doubt some of the = other=20 regulars lurking around here </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>will have their favourites .... my = preference is=20 definitely </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>XFCE because it looks = &=20 performs similarly to the very </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>professional CDE as used in Solaris / = SCO / D-UX=20 etc, also </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have VERY bad memories of = lockups etc=20 with KDE </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when I was still messing around with = linux,=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>however XFCE is </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>probably more suited to the more conservative </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>of us</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> .... boy-wonders may = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>well be prepared to </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>accept less=20 stability </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if they can = get </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>all the flashing lights / bells & = whistles</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>/ dancing=20 girls / etc provided with the likes of </FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Enlightenment</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:p7ank5te7@hotmail.com"=20 title=3Dp7ank5te7@hotmail.com>-=3DPrankster=3D-</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 title=3Dfreebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 24, 2000 = 12:21=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Can U help me?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was wondering if u could help = me by givin=20 me some snap shots to see wut it will look like on my computer and my = friend=20 want to see wut it was like cuz he thought if it's good he might get = it so plz=20 help me out...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gary Deeble II = A.K.A.Prankster</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:P7ank5te7@hotmail.com">P7ank5te7@hotmail.com</A></FONT></D= IV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0129_01C03E1A.0ACD6A80-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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