Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:39:55 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd? Message-ID: <4D78804B.4040406@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <1299728031.72606.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> References: <4D782C8D.3020102@extracktor.com> <1299728031.72606.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com>
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On 03/10/2011 04=3A33 AM=2C Juan C=2E Valido wrote=3A =3E I=27m an old =22foggie=22 also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a l= ot of =3E research and a lot of trial and error until I found Dan=27s blog=2E God= =3E Bless the Man! Without his blog I would not have this server up=2E And= yes =3E it=27s running gnome=2E https=3A//www=2Edan=2Eme=2Euk/blog/category/fre= ebsd/ =3E =3E On Thu=2C 2011-03-10 at 09=3A42 +0800=2C Foo JH wrote=3A =3E=3E Hi guys=2C =3E=3E =3E=3E I know the steps are documented on the Handbook and all=2E I=27ve tr= ied to=20 =3E=3E read=2C follow=2C and re-read the steps=2C but I=27m not still getti= ng any=20 =3E=3E popular window manager up and running on my FreeBSD servers=2E Meanw= hile=20 =3E=3E new hires are seduced by the comes-with-it windows manager via Ubunt= u=20 =3E=3E Desktop =28yes=2C they abstained from the server edition because the= y really=20 =3E=3E wanted the GUI=29=2E Hi Why would you want a window manager on your servers=3F Do you all work directly on the consoles=3F Do you have window managers/desktop environments on the workstations and access your servers remotely=3F It=27s not very hard=2C I would say it=27s easier=2C to configure your serv= ers and services from the commandline with ssh=2E Or if you really want something graphical then webmin would be fine also=2E= This is what I tend to roll-out for other =28graphical oriented=29 administrators and with some custom commands confi= gured this works great for them=2E DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Acce= ss=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E
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