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NetBSD 5 as a desktop
I want to use netbsd 5 as a desktop os on my laptop. I want gnome as my desktop. So I have some questions:
1) Is there a meta binary package for gnome which will install the complete gnome set. 2) On linux we have hal and fam which handles auto mount and other stuff in gnome, what all packages do I need to install to get similar functionality on netbsd. 3) I read in netbsd 5 release note that their is now a journalized filesystem, how do i enable that, what all options do i have to select during installation. 4) I have a 160 gd hdd so what should be the ideal partitioning for a desktop setup, I want to dedicate whole disk to NetBSD. 5) I searched on pkgsrc.se and the complete list on pkgsrc.org but i couldn't find gnome full text search app called tracker, doesn't NetBSD support it. I use tracker and 'gnome-do' a lot. Last edited by jaideep_jdof; 11th September 2009 at 07:39 AM. Reason: Forgot something |
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/dev/wd0a / ffs rw,log 1 1 http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosx...0822_2037.html Quote:
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At the end, just want to point you to Desktop NetBSD project, but unfortunatelly it's still at the beggining of development. Cheers
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Thanks s0xxx for the input. I read some docs and found out the netbsd already has softdep so according to you which one is better log or softdep for a desktop system. Also is there a binary meta pkg for gnome.
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The link I gave you will provide everything, just do this: Code:
# pkg_add -v ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0/All/gnome-2.26.2.tgz
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After installation is done, i suggest you read this also:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/curr.../gnome/MESSAGE
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Thank you so much s0xxx.
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