From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 21:07:38 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1A05CCC for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bl2lp0209.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.209]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52F873279 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df] (2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df) by BY1PR0301MB0840.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.193.146) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1005.10; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:07:28 +0000 Message-ID: <53F1198B.2030105@my.hennepintech.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:07:23 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Wood , Subject: Re: Switching desktops References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df] X-ClientProxiedBy: BY2PR03CA044.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (10.141.249.17) To BY1PR0301MB0840.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.193.146) X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;UriScan:; X-Forefront-PRVS: 0306EE2ED4 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10019005)(6009001)(199003)(189002)(24454002)(21056001)(31966008)(86362001)(33656002)(85852003)(23676002)(106356001)(50466002)(64126003)(15975445006)(83072002)(74662001)(74502001)(89122001)(102836001)(92726001)(59896002)(88552001)(99396002)(107046002)(107886001)(47776003)(101416001)(46102001)(221733001)(20776003)(92566001)(87976001)(77982001)(19273905006)(83322001)(79102001)(95666004)(80316001)(19580395003)(50986999)(80022001)(83506001)(65806001)(65956001)(42186005)(105586002)(15202345003)(77096002)(81542001)(85306004)(76482001)(87266999)(4396001)(64706001)(75432001)(76176999)(54356999)(81342001)(65816999)(89472002)(3826002)(563064011); DIR:OUT; SFP:1102; SCL:1; SRVR:BY1PR0301MB0840; H:[IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df]; FPR:; MLV:nov; PTR:InfoNoRecords; A:0; MX:1; LANG:en; Received-SPF: None (protection.outlook.com: my.HennepinTech.edu does not designate permitted sender hosts) Authentication-Results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=aberg010@my.HennepinTech.edu; X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:07:38 -0000 On 2014.08.17 15:48, Brian Wood wrote: > This is on PCBSD 10. When I login my choices are > KDE and Fluxbox. I'd like to try blackbox or xfce. I've > built blackbox, but am not sure how to try it. Thanks > I recommend using the PC-BSD-specific lists (or IRC channels) and documentation since the PC-BSD utilities are covered much better there. While PC-BSD is indeed FreeBSD at its core, most interaction with it is through the specific desktop utilities they provide, and only a few people on the general FreeBSD lists are really familiar with PC-BSD beyond the very basics. XFCE is a first-class DE on PC-BSD, and switching to it should be a breeze using the Package Manager. A quick look at the docs suggests that blackbox will need to be installed using the "Advanced View" (which is what accesses the bulk of applications available for FreeBSD that are not specifically blessed by PC-BSD - known as the standard binary packages in vanilla FreeBSD land). http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/support http://www.pcbsd.org/en/documentation/ #pcbsd on irc.freenode.net