Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:07:23 -0500 From: Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> To: Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Switching desktops Message-ID: <53F1198B.2030105@my.hennepintech.edu> In-Reply-To: <CABWFOjuW32_FBE8uXheSYjTwRMMzrisduE2GkDoBLcf8vegofg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABWFOjuW32_FBE8uXheSYjTwRMMzrisduE2GkDoBLcf8vegofg@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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