>
> ..on the desktop.
>
> I tried installing FreeBSD 4.3 on my box because I couldn't find my RH7.1
> installation media and I had broken my RPMDB with the %^*%(#@% KDE2.2
> RPM's which in addition to being slow, break a lot of RH7.1 packages.
>
i still have to see a fast kde no matter what version/release number they
have.
that's why i stick with blackbox as my wm and gnome for my desktop.
> Well, the ancient XFree86 3.3.6 on FreeBSD doesn't support my video card
> (ATI Radeon). So I downloaded XFree86 4.1.0 and installed it. After 45
> minutes of cursing I was staring at the famous "three xterms and an
> xclock" on a moire-inducing gray background, with the minimalist
> interface of twm.
>
> tried to install Netscape but while I was un-tarring the tarball, the
> system locked hard. Couldn't Ctrl-Alt-Backspace it. I'm sure this ain't
> hardware 'cause Linux is rock-solid on this box.
>
that's why there are HCL's for both *nixes as one hardware config may run
flawless with linux it doesn't mean it should run flawless also with freebsd
or another *nix.
freebsd, like debian, doesn't go for the latest or bleeding-edge. they like
the tried and tested approach.
> Anyway, whatever it is, making FreeBSD into a decent desktop is a lot like
> extracting a tooth without anesthesia. It hurts, and afterwards there's a
> big hole. =(
>
never had a problem making FreeBSD as my desktop. then again i know what's
inside my box and they're compat with both *nix.
> So here I am using Tera Term on Windoze to write this. I have no UNIX OS
> on this box. Grr.
>
ouch. that hurts. :-)
>
> --
> Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mosaic Communications, Inc.
>
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