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[Help] Making the desktop in [BSD 7.0]
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An already-rolled, true freeBSD desktop distro ... http://www.pcbsd.org/, and a good one at that.
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I would look at either PC-BSD or DesktopBSD (personally I prefer DesktopBSD as it stays closer to FreeBSD, but that's just a personal opinion and speculative). It sounds like they are better suited for your needs.
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Sound like you have the xorg window manager running. It is not much to look at. So what exactly did you install? I really doubt that you installed everything on the CDs.
What most people do is choose a window manager/desktop environment, such as Gnome, KDE, XCFE or Fluxbox. Once you do a minimal configuration of those, you get a much more complete, and pleasing, result for a desktop. |
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come on scottro, paste a link or something ....
oh .. then read this http://daemonforums.org/showpost.php?p=953&postcount=4 |
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can you install Fluxbox on DesktopBSD?
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course you can!
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I agree, if (quick and easy is important) PC-BSD or DesktopBSD would be the best place to start. I enjoy PC-BSD because I can save time on downloading several things I need (kde, qt, various langs).
I've never sued DesktopBSD, PC-BSDs 1.0RC1 was based on FreeBSD 6.0-Release while DesktopBSDs release was based on 5.x, and I already had CDs for FreeBSD 6.0-Release which shows my reasoning :-). But I'm sure modern DesktopBSD is a great system. FreeBSD is fully capable as a desktop, but unlike Windows or Mac OSX it is a desktop of your own creation. When I set up a FreeBSD Desktop (with X), I install FreeBSD plus X.Org plus source code (where possible). Get the system prepped and configured so I can get it on the network (I don't use more pkgs from CD2+ then I have to). I've always got a list of software prepared before installation of what needs to be set up. Window Maker, MPlayer, Vim, and so on -- so all I need to do is spend time installing the necessary items, then configuring them once the system is up. Not trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing. In my opinion planning ahead beats making like a blonde without a clue ;-)
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1. portsnap fetch 2. portsnap extract (after this, you only need to use portsnap fetch;portsnap update to update the ports tree.) 3. Xorg -configure 4. Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new (IIRC that's the line to launch Xorg with the auto detected settings. 5. cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf 6. cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2-lite;make install clean (this will "break" a few times, press scroll lock and use arrow keys to move back into the build then make deinstall clean;make install clean to update the "broken" port) 7. cd /usr/ports/x11/gdm;make install clean 8. add gnome_enable to your /etc/rc.conf file. 9. restart and enjoy . |
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That's basically right, but I use "script" to record the session. You can then go back to see the entire history of what went right and wrong. I also usually update the kernel and world before I start all this nonsense. Of course, I recycle a very custom xorg.conf that is probably four years old, and so can skip a few steps. There are a few other things that are personal preference that I won't get into here.
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