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Date:      Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:30:01 +0200
From:      "Jordi Carrillo" <jordilin@gmail.com>
To:        "Shane Ambler" <Shane@007marketing.com>
Cc:        justin@pcmedicsite.com, FreeBSD Mailing Lists <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Gnome 2 - Fuzziness
Message-ID:  <94ff3700609050930r79e7379at8222ad3c0b7e1aa4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <C123CC31.4C6F2%Shane@007Marketing.com>
References:  <000001c6d0ef$1fec0340$6b08a8c0@pcmoperations> <C123CC31.4C6F2%Shane@007Marketing.com>

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You can run kde apps within gnome as well. I have Gnome and I can run
perfectly k3b. As for fuzziness in the gdm login screen, it is most probably
due to the screen resolution. Set your default in the xorg.conf file.


2006/9/5, Shane Ambler <Shane@007marketing.com>:
>
> On 5/9/2006 22:58, "Justin" <justin@pcmedicsite.com> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Installed FreeBSD 6.1R on a clean system over the weekend, and installed
> the
> > gnome2 port from the ports tree (after cvsup'ing).  Everything installed
> > great, no errors.  Ran the xorg configure from the handbook, went over
> good,
> > background and cursor came up sharp.  So, I enabled gdm, and
> rebooted.  Once
> > rebooted, X started, which the cursor was crisp, but when the Gnome
> login
> > window appeared, it was very fuzzy.  I could barely make out the window.
> >
> > Is there some configuration step I missed in gnome or X?  Where would be
> a
> > good start to read up on Gnome?  And finally, is there a better full "X
> > desktop" to use?
>
> Personally I have always preferred KDE. The full KDE package also includes
> KOffice and a large range of apps.
>
> One good thing I like is KDE will run the gnome apps but gnome won't run
> KDE
> apps.
> So you don't loose out on any choices with KDE.
>
> It is in ports at /usr/ports/x11/kde3, but you may want to get hold of the
> pre-built package and install from that.
>
>
> --
>
> Shane Ambler
> Shane@007Marketing.com
>
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