On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:29:38PM -0500, Jorge Biquez wrote: > > Hello all. > > In all these years I have been working with FreeBSd under > terminal/shell mode. Since all my needs to solve have been solved > that way I have never tried any graphical interface. > > I was wondering if you can tell suggest me based on yoru experience > on what path to follow? KDE? any other? > > I would like to test what you suggest is the best for you and if > possible that it is not TOO complicated to setup. The idea is to use > it as my desktop plattfor (documents, browser, email, etc) > > Thanks in advance > > Jorge Biquez >
I remember years ago that I first started using Linux in just the console and did so for about 6 months before I set up X. It was such a pleasure to get away from a GUI and to a CLI :) When I did set up X, I used fvwm as my WM for many years, then Blackbox and now Fluxbox. I like the *boxes and fvwm as they have simple text based configuration files and are easy to customise to one's own needs. I still just have a couple of xterms running under fluxbox and tend to launch a lot of programs from them. You might find a simple setup, as I've described above, comfortable for your needs rather than a full-blown desktop environment such as Gnome or KDE. My belief is that people who are comfortable with Gnome/KDE are people who are familiar with working in a GUI such as Windows® and haven't come from the commandline. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
