Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 08:45:56 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUI question. Message-ID: <3C7FB044.9A64DABC@mindspring.com> References: <200203010532.AAA17582@alpha.vaxxine.com>
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"Paul C. Boyle" wrote: > I just want to get an idea of what people are using for a desktop GUI. > Myself I prefer KDE. > I have had it since the beta came with SUSE 5.2. > That was also my first crack at #nix's. > > This posting is mainly directed to the OLDIES. I use KDE. I used to use Fvwm95, so that my UI didn't change too much when I had to switch around. Before that, fwvm, before that, something I wrote, and before that DECWindows (Motif), and before that twm, and to start with on X, uwm. I've used OpenLook at work on Sun and UnixWare. A GUI is a GUI. Other than CASE tools, I mostly use it for stacking and moving around xterms, anyway. > There is only a NEWBIE list so I am posting here. > Do you use FreeBSD as a desktop workstation or do you still clean windows. I use Windows because of the Winmodem support, but I usually VNC onto a FreeBSD box from it. > Does FreeBSD do everything you need for a workstation? Everything but support Winmodems. > I see in the news that IBM is supporting LInux and maybe HP is as well. > Why do you suppose they overlooked FreeBSD. Linux has better PR value. It is being used solely for it's PR value. If FreeBSD was better in this department than Linux, they'd be abusing that bandwagon instead. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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