From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 21:55:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA29510 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:55:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29503 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:55:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul9.u.washington.edu (root@saul9.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.7]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id VAA26006; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:55:30 -0800 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul9.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id VAA24110; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:55:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:55:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: "Thomas C. Lam" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Windows In-Reply-To: <000201be182e$03b7ec20$0f01a8c0@game-machine> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Thomas C. Lam wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD and was wondering how come I don't see anythings >in X Windows (like applications or Config panel etc...) You know those >could be found in RehHat X windows by clicking on either the LF or RT >button. That is because you are using the default window manager called twm. Allow me to explain. X Windows does not handle the windows. X only gives you the ability to draw a bitmapped display. The Config panels you speak of in Redhat are a function of the window manager and not a function of X. You need a window manager to handle the windows to provide functionality like mouse menus and such. Many window managers are completely user configurable by editing text files. I recommend trying fvwm2. It is stable and powerful. The default config is pretty dull. I recommend going to http://www.themes.org/ to see how one can really spruce up a desktop. There are some very luscious desktops out there. If you want good coolness with minimum effort try the "K Desktop Environment". http://www.kde.org/ Both fvwm2 and kde are FreeBSD ports/packages and very easy to install. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message