Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:26:00 -0500 From: Michael Clark <MClark@Nemschoff.com> To: 'Brian ' <Brian@bossbox.com>, 'FreeBSD Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Rid of those Windows Desktops! Message-ID: <A2A28DB6D52E084783ACD6E6C6F5D7900274F8D9@EMAILSERVER2.nemschoff.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:Brian@bossbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:07 AM > To: 'FreeBSD Questions' > Subject: Rid of those Windows Desktops! > > > So > > I've been planning this for sometime and finally have the > time to do it. > > We have various machines in the home no real fruity hardware, > everything > seems to supported by all current versions of FreeBSD > 4.9,4.10 5.2.1 etc > > I've used FreeBSD for a number of years but mostly in the > work place as > Routers/Firewalls Webservers and file servers etc. > > I've never really put a lot of time into turning FreeBSD into > a solid work > station which I'm sure it's more than able to be. > > For the most part all the workstations will be used for the usuall, > web,email, irc and local development. > > Cutting the long story short for people who use FreeBSD as a desktop > currently, what version is recommended at the moment for such a task. Considering 5.3 is going to be stable soon, and the 4.x-5.x upgrade is not recommended, I would install the 5.3 beta. I have a good desktop running on it at the moment and I didn't have to do any thing unusual to set it up. > Most of the boxes have fairly good specs, 1.9GHZ plenty of > hdd space and > lots of RAM. > > Can people recommend some nice window managers, email clients etc ? I Have tried a lot of different gui programs and I seem to like these the most: IceWM, Evolution(thunderbird works well too), Mozilla Firefox, XChat2 or IRSSI > > Or point to some documentation on building a secure stable desktop > enviroment. > > I am doing my own searches too, I just like to hear from > current users. > > Cheers > > Brian > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 05/10/2004 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This electronic transmission, including all attachments, is directed in confidence solely to the person(s) to whom it is addressed, or an authorized recipient, and may not otherwise be distributed, copied or disclosed. The contents of the transmission may also be subject to intellectual property rights and all such rights are expressly claimed and are not waived. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic transmission and then immediately delete this transmission, including all attachments, without copying, distributing or disclosing same.
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