Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:13:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu> To: grog@lemis.com Cc: kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, andrewcool@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: screenshot Message-ID: <0ERI00NIKCNGDP@rfd1.oit.umass.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980416182814.Q1090@freebie.lemis.com>
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On 16 Apr, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thu, 16 April 1998 at 9:50:00 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote: >>> Andrew wrote: >>> >>> I would like to know if there is a screenshot for this OS. I am >>> considering downloading this OS but am concerned about the look of it. I >>> have never >>> used a unix based operating syystem so I don't know what to expect. If >>> there is one I would appreciate it if you could tell me where to see it, >>> but >>> if there isn't one may I ask if you could make one, in it isn't too much >>> trouble. >> >> I don't beleive there are many screenshots of a unix operating system... >> Depending on what your running - there may not be much to show... >> >> You shouldn't really judge things on how they look (how true of life as >> well? ;-) >> >> Unix can look very pretty when running X-Windows etc., but on the other hand >> it can look very confusing and bleak when running some weird command-line >> utlities (a bit like the help menu from PKZip 2.4g under dos! :-) >> >> You might do better looking round the www.freebsd.org site for more details >> & information, and talking to other people in this list about whether unix >> is right for you - rather than looking at the pictures... > > The real problem is that UNIX is more flexible than Microsoft, so you > can't talk of a specific "look". You get to choose what your screen > looks like. You can even get a pretty good Microsoft lookalike, but > not many people choose that one. There are a number of screen shots > of various window layouts available; take a look at > http://www.kde.org/screenshots/desktop.gif for one. There's also a > site somewhere with a comparison of a whole lot of window managers, > but I've lost the URL. Can anybody help? > > Greg > -- http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/ is the fvwm site and gives an idea of what one can do with fvwm. I'm pretty sure it also has a link to a site that surveys various window managers. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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