Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 11:00:11 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Sommerhein?= <pms@jancomulti.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & X Message-ID: <19990531110011.A1468@pc16s121r4.jancomulti.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905310928050.18481-100000@bragg>; from Kris Kennaway on Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:30:05AM %2B0930 References: <XFMail.990530220047.andrew@cream.org> <Pine.OSF.4.10.9905310928050.18481-100000@bragg>
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On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:30:05AM +0930, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Andrew Boothman wrote: > > > Hrm. I must admit I've never tried Gnome (I just thought it looked > > cool). But I've grabbed the latest Window Maker 0.53 and it > > seems pretty solid on my machine, apart from Wprefs dying once. > > > > Even if we didn't use Window Maker, it may be possible to 'port' > > the theme to another manager like Afterstep. However, I think > > it would be a good way to help get FreeBSD onto the desktop > > if we could install a branded GUI at installation. And as I'm > > not a big fan of twm, I think a new manager is called for. > > > > How 'bout XDM? Do you think it would be a good idea to install > > that as standard if the user chose this new GUI option? > > Unless I'm mistaken, Jordan changed sysinstall a few weeks ago (prior to > 3.2-R) to give the option of choosing between several window managers to be > installed. Correct, you have 5 choices: KDE The K Desktop Environment. GNOME The GNOME desktop environment. Afterstep The Afterstep Window manager Windowmaker The windowmaker Window manager Enlightenment The E Window manager (24 bit recommended) Paal Sommerhein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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