Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-21 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> > If you have a system you want to try you can also check out > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html. > > > That is a great resource for laptops, too bad it isn't mentioned in the > Handbook compatibility chapter. Suggestion: send-pr Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Lin

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-21 Thread Robert Huff
Daniel Feenberg writes: > But why order parts? If you want to learn FreeBSD, just take any > old windows box and install FreeBSD over the existing windows > install. It will work fine and won't cost you anything. This was (close to) my gut reaction. If all you want it the learning exp

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-21 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, d...@safeport.com wrote: On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, James D. Parra wrote: I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if there is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware comparability list? I just don't want to order wrong parts.

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-20 Thread Brian W.
The pcbsd project which uses FreeBSD is another option. On Aug 20, 2012 11:31 PM, wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, James D. Parra wrote: > > I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if >> there >> is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware >> comp

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-20 Thread doug
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, James D. Parra wrote: I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if there is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware comparability list? I just don't want to order wrong parts. If don't want to mak

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-20 Thread James D. Parra
I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if there is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware comparability list? I just don't want to order wrong parts. If don't want to make the full commitment to building a desktop, a g

Re: Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-20 Thread Aaron Kaufman
o start. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/hardware.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html > -- > View this message in context: > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Building-a-FreeBSD-desktop-tp5735852.html > Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing

Building a FreeBSD desktop.

2012-08-20 Thread Locksmith
I was looking to build a desktop to learn FreeBSD and was wondering if there is a list of parts to build one or to just look at the hardware comparability list? I just don't want to order wrong parts. -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Building-a-Fr

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-10 Thread mikel king
On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:53 AM, ltsampros wrote: Alexander Best writes: recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. don't know if the firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. If you use the latest version of firefox

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-10 Thread mikel king
On Mar 7, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Alexander Best wrote: recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. don't know if the firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. alex Opera seems to have the best support for HTML5 at this

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-08 Thread ltsampros
Alexander Best writes: > recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and > http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. don't know if the > firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. If you use the latest version of firefox , check this link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-U

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-07 Thread Robert Huff
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri writes: > Good bye adobe lame Flash player which never wanted to support > FreeBSD and *BSD. > > HTML5, welcome abroad :) Unless you know something we don't, don't bet the rent money just yet. Robert Huff __

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-07 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Good bye adobe lame Flash player which never wanted to support FreeBSD and *BSD. HTML5, welcome abroad :) Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-07 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Alexander Best writes: > recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and > http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. Great news, thank you very much!! > don't know if the > firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. > > alex -- 소여물 황병희(黃炳熙) | .. 출항 15분전.. "Do you

Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-07 Thread Alexander Best
recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. don't know if the firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop

2010-03-07 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
Is it possible? I really want to see YouTube Video in FreeBSD Desktop. So HTML5 support of YouTube [1] is good news to me. Currently i'm on FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE ;; Sincerely, [1] http://www.youtube.com/html5/ -- 소여물 황병희(黃炳熙) | .. 출항 15분전.. "Then why do you come to me? How have

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-27 Thread Simon Phoenix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 probsd org said the following on 26.11.2006 22:20: > > Simon Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:41:11PM -0800, probsd org wrote: >>> I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've >>> really

Re: freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread Jona Joachim
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:51:46 -0600 "Donald J. O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:15, probsd org wrote: > > Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" > > > > I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda > > or yadda > > >

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not feed the trolls. The staff and management of the internet provide a rich and varied diet for them based on their needs and natural diet. Feeding them outside of this structured diet creates problems for both nutrition management and proper accounts receivable da

Re: freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Sunday 26 November 2006 13:15, probsd org wrote: > Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" > > I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda or yadda > > when I cvsup ports, update the databse, and install www/firefox and go to > a website I expect

Re: freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread Jona Joachim
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:15:38 -0800 (PST) probsd org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" > > I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda or > yadda > when I cvsup ports, update the databse, and install www/firefo

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-26 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 11/26/06, probsd org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How come when I 'make install clean' in www/firefox (yes my ports are updated correctly) (and just for one example) javascript dosen't work on certain websites but for you it does. Hold it :-) What site are we talking about? Are you sure it's J

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-26 Thread probsd org
Simon Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:41:11PM -0800, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really > wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to instal

Re: freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread
You should really take a look at PC-BSD ( http://pcbsd.org/ ) . I think that might answer your, I don't want to config anything -- just work desire. Not an unreasonable desire, however not really how ports are used, imho. -Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@fr

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-26 Thread Simon Phoenix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:41:11PM -0800, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really > wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD > 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome,

Re: freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread Joe Holden
probsd org wrote: > Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" > > I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda or yadda > > when I cvsup ports, update the databse, and install www/firefox and go to a > website I expect firefox's javascript or w

freebsd desktop

2006-11-26 Thread probsd org
Regarding my earlier email "Do not install FreeBSD as a desktop" I don't care how long I have been using FreeBSD, or yadda yadda or yadda when I cvsup ports, update the databse, and install www/firefox and go to a website I expect firefox's javascript or whatever to work. Perhaps

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-25 Thread Lane
your desktop then maybe you don't know how to start. Try this: send a question to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If this is what you feel you've done with the subject line "freebsd desktop | mozilla" then ... maybe you could rephrase the question. Somethin

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-25 Thread doug
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, RW wrote: On Friday 24 November 2006 23:41, probsd org wrote: I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Kinsey
probsd org wrote: I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. For anyone reading this, who wants the same thing.

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-25 Thread John Smith
On 11/25/06, probsd org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. For anyone reading this

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-24 Thread RW
On Friday 24 November 2006 23:41, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've > really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the > FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. > > For anyone readin

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-24 Thread ajm
to give it a whirl. > > For anyone reading this, who wants the same thing. > > DO NOT DO IT. Nothing works. java is borked, mozilla and firefox are > borked, gnome is ify ugh. > > Just dont do it. As a server, I highly recommend it... but it isn't ready >

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-24 Thread Karol Kwiatkowski
[resending to list] On 25/11/2006 00:41, probsd org wrote: > I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really > wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD > 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. > > For

freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-24 Thread probsd org
I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. For anyone reading this, who wants the same thing. DO NOT DO IT.

Re: FreeBSD desktop newcomer (Enemy Territory players read) - need minor help

2004-06-29 Thread klr
> Andreas Davour wrote: > >>On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi list, >>> >>> >> >> >> >>>1. I've added a 'paw' menu to access the main menu, but I'd like the >>>win-key to open this menu. possible? >>> >>> >> >>Almost anything is possible, if you work hard enough. Please t

Re: FreeBSD desktop newcomer (Enemy Territory players read) - need minor help

2004-06-28 Thread Jorn Argelo
Andreas Davour wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, 1. I've added a 'paw' menu to access the main menu, but I'd like the win-key to open this menu. possible? Almost anything is possible, if you work hard enough. Please tell us more about what your environment

Re: FreeBSD desktop newcomer (Enemy Territory players read) - need minor help

2004-06-28 Thread Andreas Davour
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi list, > 1. I've added a 'paw' menu to access the main menu, but I'd like the > win-key to open this menu. possible? Almost anything is possible, if you work hard enough. Please tell us more about what your environment is before you expect any mea

FreeBSD desktop newcomer (Enemy Territory players read) - need minor help

2004-06-28 Thread klr
Hi list, After sucessfully playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory on FreeBSD 5.2.1, I decided to switch my workstation to freebsd. I have large experience on the server side but kinda new to the desktop. Here are some minor annoyances i'm not being able to solve: 1. I've added a

Re: Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Michael Vondung wrote: > Hello! Howdy, Michael. > My apologies for the length of this post. Summary: 4.x or 5.x for a > desktop machine, disk partitioning for a workstation, miscellaneous > installation questions. > > Okay, the details! Now that I have my local FreeBSD server (mail/news, > rou

Re: Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Michael Vondung wrote: > Partitions > > If anything brings out the perfectionist in me, it is figuring out how to > partition a disk. What I have in mind for the 80GB FreeBSD disk for the > workstation is this: > > / = 512MB (too spacey, but that should be plenty for future rel

Re: Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Andy Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- ~ On 05-Sep-2003, Michael Vondung wrote message "Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions." ~ > 4.8 or 5.1? > I have 4.

Re: Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Jud
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:01:41 +0200, "Michael Vondung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello! > > My apologies for the length of this post. Summary: 4.x or 5.x for a > desktop > machine, disk partitioning for a workstation, miscellaneous installation > questions. Replying to selected bits - [snip] > 4.

Re: Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Friday 05 September 2003 10:01 am, Michael Vondung wrote: > Hello! > > My apologies for the length of this post. Summary: 4.x or 5.x for a desktop > machine, disk partitioning for a workstation, miscellaneous installation > questions. > > Okay, the details! Now that I have my local FreeBSD serve

Planning a FreeBSD desktop, basic questions.

2003-09-05 Thread Michael Vondung
Hello! My apologies for the length of this post. Summary: 4.x or 5.x for a desktop machine, disk partitioning for a workstation, miscellaneous installation questions. Okay, the details! Now that I have my local FreeBSD server (mail/news, router, firewall) successfully running, I'm ready to tackle