From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 22:39:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7872C16A417 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 484BE13C447 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lBBMdA0e007091; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lBBMd9xI007090; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:09 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <20071211223909.GB6983@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20071211211322.GB76488@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <475EFED2.3090502@gmail.com> <20071211213320.GA77610@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071211213320.GA77610@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Jerry McAllister Subject: Re: looking for ideas: creating a data partition for a dual boot system 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, 11 Dec 2007 22:39:35 -0000 On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:33:20PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 04:19:14PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > >> 2. Share the same Desktop folder (I think if #1 is solved this is > > >> automatic) > > > > > > Maybe, but the Desktop folder would be pretty much useless for > > > FreeBSD. Maybe there is an X window manager that could do something > > > usefull with it, but I doubt it. And the icons and stuff would > > > point to windows programs/drives anyway. > > > > Every x desktop manager calls it ~/Desktop > > What doe you mean by "desktop manager"? If you mean window manager, it > is definitely not true. For instance, fvwm2 uses ~/.fvwm/config. > > If you mean desktop environments, it is also not true. According to > their respective documentations, KDE uses ~/.kde be default, and Gnome > uses ~/.gconf, ~/.gnome2 and ~/.local/share. I think he means his MS-Win desktop - not one in FreeBSD, but some other posters seem to be drifting from that. ////jerry > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)