From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 14:47:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 0052916A4DA for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:47:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D99243D58 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:47:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k71ElSYw009516; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:47:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id k71ElSm5009515; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:47:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200608011447.k71ElSm5009515@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tech.junk@verizon.net Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:47:28 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <44C9324D.5000807@verizon.net> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Joshua Lewis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:47:34 -0000 > > Joshua Lewis wrote: > > > > Would I be better off just going with Gnome or KDE? I realize once I > > start installing apps that I will probably wind up installing > > something that uses Gnome or KDE libraries so I am going to wind up > > bloating my system any ways right? > > > > Look at them both and make a choice if you like either. > I tried both in the past, but found they were not for me for various > reasons, so I went looking, also tried Xfce as has been mentioned, but > I decided I wanted to try something really different from things that > seemed Windows like. > > Tried WindowMaker and have been using it now for a long time. Here is > the url www.windowmaker.info if you are interested. > As you requested lean and fast, little slow getting started, only > because it is very different in the approach of say Gnome, KDE, or Xfce, > but once you get used to it, works great. I also like dock apps, which > you can get more info at http://dockapps.org/ Gee, I just use AfterStep. Of course, that isn't really an MS-Win environment replacement. It doesn't even attempt to be. But then I really do not want to have the look and feel of MS-Win. I want something more straight-forward and less icky. ////jerry > Good Luck, > Sean > _______________________________________________ > 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"