Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:46:42 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd? Message-ID: <4D78C832.6050301@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <1299756900.73766.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> References: <4D782C8D.3020102@extracktor.com> <1299728031.72606.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com> <4D78804B.4040406@ose.nl> <1299756900.73766.5.camel@server-3.juanyjosefina.com>
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On 03/10/2011 12=3A35 PM=2C Juan C=2E Valido wrote=3A =3E A GUI on a server is just a matter of preference=2C I go back to before= =3E Dos 1=2E0 and when Windows came out=2C I fell in love=2E Now I=27ve got= to have =3E a GUI on everything=2C besides as you get older the command line become= s =3E harder =28memory loss=29=2E=2E=2E Do you plan to update FreeBSD and installed ports on your servers on a regular basis=3F Then I would not recommend installing graphical window ports =28application= s=29 on these servers=2C because it can give you a lot of time=2C work e=2Eg=2E= unnecessary hassle when upgrading/updating=2E Webmin is a good GUI progam =28from client perspective=29 for administerin= g your servers=2C it just runs in your clients webbrowser and you can adminis= ter almost every aspect of your servers with it=2E Also you might want to take a look at=3A http=3A//www=2Efreebsdforums=2Eorg/plesk-cpanel-dedicated-servers/ =3E On Thu=2C 2011-03-10 at 08=3A39 +0100=2C Bas Smeelen wrote=3A =3E=3E On 03/10/2011 04=3A33 AM=2C Juan C=2E Valido wrote=3A =3E=3E=3E I=27m an old =22foggie=22 also and a lifetime Windows guy and I d= id a lot of =3E=3E=3E research and a lot of trial and error until I found Dan=27s blog= =2E God =3E=3E=3E Bless the Man! Without his blog I would not have this server up= =2E And yes =3E=3E=3E it=27s running gnome=2E https=3A//www=2Edan=2Eme=2Euk/blog/catego= ry/freebsd/ =3E=3E=3E =3E=3E=3E On Thu=2C 2011-03-10 at 09=3A42 +0800=2C Foo JH wrote=3A =3E=3E=3E=3E Hi guys=2C =3E=3E=3E=3E =3E=3E=3E=3E I know the steps are documented on the Handbook and all=2E I= =27ve tried to=20 =3E=3E=3E=3E read=2C follow=2C and re-read the steps=2C but I=27m not still= getting any=20 =3E=3E=3E=3E popular window manager up and running on my FreeBSD servers=2E= Meanwhile=20 =3E=3E=3E=3E new hires are seduced by the comes-with-it windows manager via= Ubuntu=20 =3E=3E=3E=3E Desktop =28yes=2C they abstained from the server edition becau= se they really=20 =3E=3E=3E=3E wanted the GUI=29=2E =3E=3E Hi =3E=3E Why would you want a window manager on your servers=3F =3E=3E Do you all work directly on the consoles=3F =3E=3E Do you have window managers/desktop environments on the workstations= and =3E=3E access your servers remotely=3F =3E=3E It=27s not very hard=2C I would say it=27s easier=2C to configure yo= ur servers and =3E=3E services from the commandline with ssh=2E =3E=3E Or if you really want something graphical then webmin would be fine= also=2E =3E=3E This is what I tend to roll-out for other =3E=3E =28graphical oriented=29 administrators and with some custom command= s configured =3E=3E this works great for them=2E DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Acce= ss=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E
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