From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 29 9:34:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de (moutvdom00.kundenserver.de [195.20.224.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57DB37B719 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:34:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from [195.20.224.220] (helo=mrvdom04.kundenserver.de) by moutvdom00.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 14igJn-0005CZ-00; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:34:43 +0200 Received: from pd950c7a2.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.80.199.162]) by mrvdom04.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 14igJg-0006UO-00; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:34:37 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:26:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa To: Mike Meyer Cc: "Gerald T. Freymann" , Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE desktop? In-Reply-To: <15043.27620.73685.303693@guru.mired.org> 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 Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Gerald T. Freymann types: > > I've heard and read lots about the GNome desktop, and a bit about the KDE > > desktop... > > > > Is there a preference out there? can I install both and flip back and forth > > between them? > > You can also install neither, and just run a window manager. If you're > used to a command line, you might prefer an environment that's not > cluttered by lots icons that need to be explained, or needing to learn > a new language to configure the thing. > > There are number of small, fast window managers in the x11-wm ports > tree. I personally chose lwm, but that may not be for you. > >