Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:11:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> To: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome & FreeBSD Message-ID: <858112.76105.qm@web88303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070820055238.J14030@small>
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Thank you all for the suggestions. I am going to take into consideration everything everyone wrote. Michael --- "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Michael S wrote: > > > Good day all, > > > > I decided to add GUI to my GUI-less FreeBSD > machine. I > > am considering installing Gnome, which I haven't > used > > for long while and the last time was on Linux > anyway. > > The reason is that most of my favorite > applications > > use gtk libraries, like Firefox, GAIM (can't get > used > > to the new name),wxPython and others. In short I > > wanted to avoid 2 huge sets of libraries (gtk and > qt) > > by not installing KDE. > > I wanted to know how Gnome feels on FreeBSD, is it > > polished enough? Are there crashes? Any caveats at > > all? > There is a minimal gnome installation in > /usr/ports/x11/gnome2-lite > you can start with that and - if you like it - add > all the the > other stuff. > One caveat: > First install /usr/ports/x11/xorg (i.e. xorg-7.2) > and check if > your monitor and graphics card are set up correctly. > > Greetings, > > Uli. > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > Peter Ulrich Kruppa > Wuppertal > Germany > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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