Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:36:30 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: yuri@rawbw.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <490CE7FE.807@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <490C955C.2010201@rawbw.com> References: <490C0159.3000908@rawbw.com> <20081101163322.B10508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081101160415.GB14218@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20081101174556.L11029@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <490C955C.2010201@rawbw.com>
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Yuri wrote: > Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> it's SLOW and resource hungry - giving nothing else than a good look. >> that's why i compare it to windoze. >> >> and why you need "desktop" (whatever it means) at all? > > You need desktop for Unix (Linux) to be adopted by simple users. > Also GUI makes life much easier even for advanced users. > I don't want to deal command lines/config files for mundane > things like finding and setting up wireless networks, playing > CDs/DVDs, etc. GUI integrated with desktop would make this > much less time consuming. >> >> just window manager is enough, try fvwm2 maybe icewm maybe other etc. >> > not really enough. > > Unfortunately open source is pretty much a failure when it comes to GUI and > desktop. Any kind of GUI, look at ddd for example. Untested > development-stage > software (like kde4) is being released to the public for some reason. > > Yuri > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ################### Aloha, Try XFCE 3 or 4 for an excellent OS window manager. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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