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Date:      Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:36:30 -1000
From:      Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net>
To:        yuri@rawbw.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <490CE7FE.807@hdk5.net>
In-Reply-To: <490C955C.2010201@rawbw.com>
References:  <490C0159.3000908@rawbw.com>	<20081101163322.B10508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>	<20081101160415.GB14218@rebelion.Sisis.de>	<20081101174556.L11029@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <490C955C.2010201@rawbw.com>

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Yuri wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>> it's SLOW and resource hungry - giving nothing else than a good look. 
>> that's why i compare it to windoze.
>>
>> and why you need "desktop" (whatever it means) at all?
> 
> You  need desktop for Unix (Linux) to be adopted by simple users.
> Also GUI makes life much easier even for advanced users.
> I don't want to deal command lines/config files for mundane
> things like finding and setting up wireless networks, playing
> CDs/DVDs, etc. GUI integrated with desktop would make this
> much less time consuming.
>>
>> just window manager is enough, try fvwm2 maybe icewm maybe other etc.
>>
> not really enough.
> 
> Unfortunately open source is pretty much a failure when it comes to GUI and
> desktop. Any kind of GUI, look at ddd for example. Untested 
> development-stage
> software (like kde4) is being released to the public for some reason.
> 
> Yuri
> 
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Aloha,

Try XFCE 3 or 4 for an excellent OS window manager.


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