Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:30:05 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> To: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> Cc: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@ftf.net>, chat@freebsd.org, chris@calldei.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD & X Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905310928050.18481-100000@bragg> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990530220047.andrew@cream.org>
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On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andrew Boothman wrote: > Hrm. I must admit I've never tried Gnome (I just thought it looked > cool). But I've grabbed the latest Window Maker 0.53 and it > seems pretty solid on my machine, apart from Wprefs dying once. > > Even if we didn't use Window Maker, it may be possible to 'port' > the theme to another manager like Afterstep. However, I think > it would be a good way to help get FreeBSD onto the desktop > if we could install a branded GUI at installation. And as I'm > not a big fan of twm, I think a new manager is called for. > > How 'bout XDM? Do you think it would be a good idea to install > that as standard if the user chose this new GUI option? Unless I'm mistaken, Jordan changed sysinstall a few weeks ago (prior to 3.2-R) to give the option of choosing between several window managers to be installed. I don't think it does any desktop customization though, so that's still something which could be done. Kris > --- > Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> > http://sour.cream.org/ ----- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." -- Unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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