Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-04 Thread RW
On Friday 02 September 2005 18:19, hal wrote: I am currently installing KDE from source and it is taking forever. #cd /usr/ports/x11/KDE3 # make Some of the packages needed cannot be found by the make file. Google is great but some of the packages are really hard to find. If you

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-03 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, two things that are important: ease of configuration and flexibility. You want those small tweaks to be painless, but you also want the WM to be able to do what you want it to. So far, I've not found anything I wanted that FVWM2 couldn't do.

FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread hal
For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? developer recommended window manager? easiest to install? I am not trying to start a religious war here. I am currently installing KDE from source and it is taking forever. #cd /usr/ports/x11/KDE3 # make Some of the packages

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread Mike Hernandez
I don't think there is a default. But I can tell you that if you want something small, try fluxbox-devel from ports, or one of the other lightweight wm's available there. Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread pete wright
On 9/2/05, hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? FreeBSD does not neccessarially install X windows by default, and hence does not have a default window manager like say RedHat which has developed thier own cross of gnome and kde. When you install

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:19:09 -0600 hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? if you don't install any wm or D.E. then there's probably only the ancient twm I am currently installing KDE from source and it is taking forever. #cd

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 11:19:09 -0600 hal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? developer recommended window manager? easiest to install? I am not trying to start a religious war here. I am currently installing KDE from source and it is

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread Chris
hal wrote: For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? developer recommended window manager? easiest to install? x-11wm/icewm is cool. It's lightweight, seems stable, and looks very attractive (imho). It's also quite easy for windoze people to relate to (not sure if

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 09/02/05 11:19 AM, hal sat at the `puter and typed: For FreeBSD 5.4 what is the: default window manager? developer recommended window manager? easiest to install? I am not trying to start a religious war here. I am currently installing KDE from source and it is taking

Re: FreeBSD vs. window managers

2005-09-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Louis LeBlanc wrote: None of the window managers are difficult to install on FreeBSD, but some may be tricky to configure. Maybe most. If you want a window manager, not a desktop, you don't want KDE. That's a desktop/WM. My personal favorite for more than 6 years