From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 31 10:54:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ginger.kf7nn.com (mti-r1-aptis-4-p1986.cybertrails.com [162.42.15.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4AEB14CAA for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 10:52:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@ginger.kf7nn.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by ginger.kf7nn.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA53879; Mon, 31 May 1999 10:41:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from root) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:41:13 -0700 (MST) From: laszlo vagner To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a desktop Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jim Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG a few of the best programs i found are gqview and wxftp great for editing pictures and sending them to your site! also gimp is pretty nifty if i could ever get the download time for the manual its 16 meg. What i am looking for is a doc, rtf, file editor like word. with slow connection i am forced to buy the staroffice cd i guess. On 31-May-99 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Jim wrote: > >> >> This weekend I install FreeBSD at home. Up untill this point I sweared by >> its use as a server platform, I have had great luck with it as a server. >> but this weekend has been a new experience for me. I got X-win up and going >> for the first time, compiled in sound support, and got it working as a natd >> for my home network. Problem is, I cant find much info with running Unix as >> a desktop OS. >> >> If anyone has any suggestions on good books about running Unix as a desktop >> (things like X tweaking, getting a movie player, etc), I would love to hear >> them. Thanks. > > You didn't say how experianced you are with unix... > > I suggest next time you are at a bookstore look for "Unix Secrets" > and thumb through it. It may be what you are looking for. > > It doesn't cover the "modern" apps (GNOME,KDE,etc) but It has > "stupid X tricks" amongst other fun things you can do. > > as far as applications, I would suggest looking into /usr/ports, > many nifty things are lying there waiting: > > movie player: /usr/ports/graphics/xanim/ > full desktop like system: /usr/ports/x11/kde11 > > just look around, do a search on: > > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > > enjoy, > -Alfred > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Vetex C/O L. Vagner 3600 W. Mountain Drive Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Webpage: nadxa.com E-Mail: laszlo vagner Date: 31-May-99 Time: 10:38:28 Windows Exception Error: noun: Meaning- With the exception of a reboot anything you do will fail to recover the system. ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message