From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 13:39:37 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 AC0D716A408 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:39:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A5813C487 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:39:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id q50so895807wrq for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.106.7 with SMTP id i7mr1518673wam.1173706775631; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:39:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 25sm7821663wra.2007.03.12.06.39.34; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:39:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:39:33 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: FreeBSD Question Message-ID: <20070312093933.44447351@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070312141359.L64603@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <200703111301.55172.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45F438DC.8050508@fastmail.fm> <45F46A6A.7070400@hdk5.net> <20070312110943.E43617@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070312062419.64896959@localhost> <20070312132401.T58112@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070312084623.34143e10@localhost> <20070312141359.L64603@chylonia.3miasto.net> Organization: Seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.0 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:39:37 -0000 On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:17:38 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > Check out this URL for starters: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html > > A "desktop environment" can mean anything ranging from a simple > window manager to a complete suite of desktop applications, such as > KDE or GNOME. > > > "can mean" is very far from definition. > > further reading shows that desktop is "where data and applications > can be placed". > > i always though that data and application are on disk. > > still no definition of desktop, but looks like desktop=ability to > display icon symbols of files and programs (which are files too) and > ability to provide "panel" for starting programs and doing some other > maintenance. > > > do i say right? Every time I reply to one of your posts, you reply directly back to me. That is incorrect. You should be directing your reply back to the FreeBSD mail forum. Others might be in a position to assist you if they viewed your post. -- Gerard /) ,-^ ^-. // / \ .-------| |--------------/ __ __ \-------------------.__ |WMWMWMW| |>>>>>>>>>>>>> | />>\ />>\ |>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:> `-------| |--------------| \__/ \__/ |-------------------'^^ \\ \ /|\ / \) \ \_/ / | | |+H+H+H+| \ / ^-----^