desktop for bsd
hi, I was on the freesbie site and it is a live cd version, but i'd like to have a full version, with XFCE, is this already in freebsd? I'd like to have it as the default desktop. I did see a BSD based OS with XFCE as the only desktop, and i'm not sure if it was Freesbie, do you know if this is true? I'm new to linux and so far I like the XFCE desktop look and it's speed, I think because of the Darwin base, it makes since for me to have it, as Mac is second to Windows. I have tried over 30 different linux versions and most are close to each other, and most all use KDE, which is ok, but I perfer something faster. Hope I'm making since! Thanks Marshall Sponsored Link Don't quit your job - take classes online www.Classesusa.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: desktop for bsd
Hi Marshall, just like all the Linux distribution you're free to choose your own desktop. It's not like Windows or Mac OS, where the GUI is actually bound to the Operating System. FreeBSD is the base system which doesn't make any assumption of the GUI you'd like to use. So you can use KDE with FreeBSD, but you can use GNOME or XFCE, too. If you want to use XFCE, you should compile it using the ports system. There is a meta port in /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 that downloads and installs all xfce-packages. The rest depends on your configuration. If you use a Display manager (xdm, gdm), so that you have a graphical login after system startup, you need to configure a session. If you use the startx command you can edit ~/.xinitrc so that xfce is started. The file should contain something like exec xfce4-session HTH Christian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: desktop for bsd
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:28:58AM -0800, Marshall wrote: hi, I was on the freesbie site and it is a live cd version, but i'd like to have a full version, with XFCE, is this already in freebsd? I'd like to have it as the default desktop. I did see a BSD based OS with XFCE as the only desktop, and i'm not sure if it was Freesbie, do you know if this is true? I'm new to linux and so far I like the XFCE desktop look and it's speed, I think because of the Darwin base, it makes since for me to have it, as Mac is second to Windows. I have tried over 30 different linux versions and most are close to each other, and most all use KDE, which is ok, but I perfer something faster. Hope I'm making since! I don't know if you can get xfce while running from a live CD unless whoever made the live CD put it on there. but, it is available for FreeBSD, no problem. Just install the latest FreeBSD on your machine. Then install xfce from the ports (/usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce). You will need to configure it and then set up your xinitrc so it will start xfce when you enter the startx command. Should work just dandy. jerry Thanks Marshall ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: desktop for bsd
On Wednesday 15 November 2006 08:05, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:28:58AM -0800, Marshall wrote: hi, I was on the freesbie site and it is a live cd version, but i'd like to have a full version, with XFCE, is this already in freebsd? I'd like to have it as the default desktop. I did see a BSD based OS with XFCE as the only desktop, and i'm not sure if it was Freesbie, do you know if this is true? I'm new to linux and so far I like the XFCE desktop look and it's speed, I think because of the Darwin base, it makes since for me to have it, as Mac is second to Windows. I have tried over 30 different linux versions and most are close to each other, and most all use KDE, which is ok, but I perfer something faster. Hope I'm making since! I don't know if you can get xfce while running from a live CD unless whoever made the live CD put it on there. but, it is available for FreeBSD, no problem. It just so happens that FreeSBIE boots to xfce by default. Download it and give it a try. Just install the latest FreeBSD on your machine. Then install xfce from the ports (/usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce). You will need to configure it and then set up your xinitrc so it will start xfce when you enter the startx command. Should work just dandy. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: desktop for bsd
В ср, 15/11/2006 в 01:28 -0800, Marshall пишет: I was on the freesbie site and it is a live cd version, but i'd like to have a full version, with XFCE, is this already in freebsd? http://www.truebsd.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
