Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:22:16 +0800 From: "jan gestre" <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> To: "Joshua Lewis" <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. Message-ID: <a25afc300607261222l22295ea1vbd3418c08cf3c073@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net>
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On 7/26/06, Joshua Lewis <joshua.lewis@familyfunzone.net> wrote: > > > I have a hard question to ask and I realize that there are a thousand > answers to this question. > > > > I am replacing my XP system with a FreeBSD 6.1 system. I finished > installing it last night and cvsuped. Now I need to choose a window > manager. > > > > There are what seems like hundreds of different WM in the ports > collection and there is no way I will be able to find the time to read > them all and get any kind of good idea on what each one does. > > > > I am hoping a few people form the list could e-mail me what they like > and for what reason. > > > > I want something lean and fast but I want to have my cake and eat it > to because I do want something that is not strait up ugly and is > functional. > > > > KDE seems like it is bloated so I was considering Gnome. I have also > been reading about enlightenment and it sounds interesting. I have > looked into Fluxbox and it also seems like it would do the trick. > > > > 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? > > > > gnome and kde are both bloated, why not xfce or fluxbox, they are both > lean and fast. >
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