From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 15:24:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8574516A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:24:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 398BF43D46 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:24:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 65E151C000AE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:24:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id B5DE21C000BD for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:24:43 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050224152443745.B5DE21C000BD@mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:24:42 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <18910291972.20050224162442@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200502240337.44986.m.hauber@mchsi.com> References: <1723646570.20050224064608@wanadoo.fr> <200502240337.44986.m.hauber@mchsi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:24:45 -0000 Mike Hauber writes: > Hmmm... I tend to view a wm about the same way I view win.exe > (not in the disrespectful way, of course) in the respect that > it's real purpose is to provide a pretty point and click menu > system (which I'm not knocking). It's very usefull and > palletable to some, usually not a necessity, and downright > apalling to others. I just want a X window system that will give me some experience with UNIX GUIs. I don't actually intend to run one on my production server, but since this machine (the one I'm discussing now) will become a sort of test machine, I can afford to take more chances with it. > I mentioned that blackbox is what I use for administrative logins > because you have to build it from the ground up (not in any > literal sense (ie, not from a wm-developers point of view), but > from the wm-user's view (for instance, I find the default menu > (the purpose of the wm) to be pretty bare for my taste and > therefore needs to be customized (built up). > > Make sense? Hope I wasn't any more confusing. :) I suppose it will make more sense as I gather more experience. I haven't found any comprehensive and succinct documentation on X (the classic problem of documentation in computerland). -- Anthony