Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 04:43:35 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Users <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Graphical Desktop Message-ID: <20140926044335.7949f81f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5424D030.4020505@gmail.com> References: <5424D030.4020505@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:32:16 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > What graphical desktop managers are available for > FreeBSD? All of them. :-) > Are they on the Installation DVD? The installation DVD just contains a few. You can search the installation DVD to see if the ones you're interested in are present. The x11-wm category contains nearly 200 entries, and it would probably take more than one DVD to provide all of them. > If not is there a secure and reliable source to download > and install them from? The ports collection and the package system are the proper means to do this. See the FreeBSD handbook about installing software - this applies to desktop environments, window managers and everything else. There is no need to manually load stuff from arbitrary web pages: FreeBSD offers comfortable and secure means to automatically download, patch, install, and update software using a "centralized" command set. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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