Hello Bruno, my old intel-466 machine is running OBSD for a while. Before I tried the first time, I was afraid about the complexities involved in the task of making OBSD a desktop environment. but when you have time to learn, everything becomes easier. it's now working smoothly for me with fluxbox, abiword, firefox and plone/zope/python... it's just the beginning. More time i have, more i'll work on that task. I have just a problem when i logout X, my video gets black and i need to reboot it. I read a comment pointing out this problem is related to the driver. btw, anyone know what is it, my card is a GeForce 2 MX400? when i get home i send my dmesg. But for now, does anyone know?
thanks <006/2/14, Obi Okeke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Bruno, > I use OpenBSD 3.8 as my work desktop and it is > extremely smooth and a terrific experience. I'd used > Linux and then FreeBSD for years, but setting up X was > the easiest ever and I have not had a single glitch of > any sort yet (that wasn't due to my own ignorance). I > run Fluxbox on my 3 yr old Dell, and use Ogle to watch > dvds, opera w/ flash or firefox w/ java to browse the > web. I also use Kate/Koffice to do word processing, > Perl for development, etc. I also use a wireless nic, > burn cd's, and even configured my laptop to be a > (rarely used) print and file server for other > Windows/Linux boxes using OpenBSD. Unfortunately, I > have to occassionaly use a custom Windows app, Lotus > Notes and support another sys admin who uses Linux and > so I've set up a separate Linux machine running > CrossOver Office and I just connect to that Linux box > using Xwindows forwarded over SSH or straight SSH when > I have to. I also strongly believe using OpenBSD all > of the time now has made me a better Sys Admin > (although I am still learning) and is making the use > and administration of OpenBSD second-nature. > > --- Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop > > environment on > > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or > > KDE. Is it hard ? > > What's your feedback ? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Bruno. > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Bruno Costa
