From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 05:46:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76AFA16A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:46:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB5C43D1D for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:46:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 97BD71C00087 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:46:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 452F81C00086 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:46:08 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050224054608283.452F81C00086@mwinf1106.wanadoo.fr Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:46:08 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1723646570.20050224064608@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200502231635.31538.m.hauber@mchsi.com> References: <1505159320.20050223203426@wanadoo.fr> <200502231635.31538.m.hauber@mchsi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:46:10 -0000 Mike Hauber writes: > Found the thread... Have you tried installing an older version? No, but most of the problems I saw in my research were on 4.x or older versions. This version (5.3) seems to run fine once it's up; the only problem is getting the machine to boot it. Also, I'm getting those weird SCSI disk errors. > Well... There's a lot of options available. Personally, I prefer > something like blackbox for administrative logins. It's _very_ > lightweight and (like all things should be), you pretty much > build it from the ground up. What do you mean by building it from the ground up? What do I get when I type startx by default? It looks extremely simple, whatever it is, just a few simple windows in green borders on a rather irritating gray crosshatched background. -- Anthony