From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 11 18:14:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584D716A401 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pbowen@fastmail.fm) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5606D13C459 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pbowen@fastmail.fm) Received: from out1.internal (unknown [10.202.2.149]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DC71F7465 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by out1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:14:37 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 6OR5RQz2M5CX/Lz3NGKGug0f6v6H4RtiEdeF1ecol967 1173636877 Received: from [10.51.77.87] (unknown [204.110.228.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EAFB2A466 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:14:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:14:04 -0500 From: Patrick Bowen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: polling my FreeBSD compariots... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:14:38 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > ive been a KDE user for as long as i can remember. this week, im off from > work, and want to spend some time trying something new with my laptop. so > far i have it built with 6.2-RELEASE-p2, and xorg up to the minimal desktop. > > id like to try to try something thats not gnome, or basically id like to try > some of the lesser known, but still just as functional desktops. > > can i get some recommendations, as well as what graphical mail reader and web > browser works best with your recommendation? > > thanks, > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Jonathan; Take a look at WindowMaker, or BlackBox if you want to get real minimal. Both are excellent window managers (not desktops) and can be found in ports. Firefox, Thunderbird, and all the rest work just fine. Patrick