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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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In response to "Jean-Paul Natola" <jnatola@familycareintl.org>:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm replacing some machines and want to setup some stations in the library
> running FreeBSD- 
> 
> What is the easiest for an XP user to get accustomed to and what config do I
> need so that when the machine starts (power / boot)  it will automatically
> launch the desktop gui

Both KDE and Gnome should feel pretty familiar to an XP user.  The
handbook has some useful docs:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html

See the section about the kde display manager for example.

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