From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 03:50:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718AC106566C for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jesse.feinman@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E14E8FC13 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:50:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jesse.feinman@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so339153yxm.13 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:50:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=qSOydu0MhpHbHNEb5fVs/f1xKCfFqpxx6eH+wKyJfBk=; b=Eas0p+a0pvx/gQPd1LSQ+x1hH4DkRHyLH8mUIWsWXRRYiKttjEb/T25Zb951uqjbw2 1H/XmJZ80S0jgvPNqHA2h6vx553Y+Kpv1ebD/+44RMSfdWssNWnuAjEm0YOLoUfzWPSb q2xZS+dnFv+04Uh+qbDauBel0deEyNfoK6fNE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=eVUt/ev516n/1RRlNDUCFBkV7R/ro+TgWY1AODYjCGzzbIabnbK9e7q5l4WxdtIvh5 nVE6cT/f1j4VZtvYJPawoXKiVhHyRlFRuQq1oJMSnHFp/CshpOAD1lyG7R9p1ni7UgZ0 3dS0Yzd/jjZfH0QKagYAV1DJqwxDpOd/+5QII= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.205.15 with SMTP id c15mr195360ang.82.1238037472277; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:17:51 -0400 Message-ID: <2e3ffd230903252017l26cbc450l6d671d43eb0c410a@mail.gmail.com> From: Jesse Feinman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Desktop environments 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: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:50:49 -0000 I am planning on using FreeBSD on a new computer i am building but i would like to know if there is a way that i can install multiple desktop environments and easily switch between them, preferably without restarting. The primary purpose for this is to gain complete functionality over the system utilizing all possible tools and also to evaluate the different environments to determine which one works best for me. Lastly, i am wondering how Compiz-fusion would interact in this case because to my knowledge Compiz is essentially an add on to the KDE and Gnome environments and i am wondering as to how it would function if i were to switch desktops constantly. Thank you for your time, Jesse Feinman