Gnome Lite

[Nikolas Britton]

Newton wrote:

> Dear Friends : I finally installed my 5.2.1 version, I'm trying to 
> solve some problems and, would like to know if someone could help me. 
> I choose Gnome for my Desktop, but it's a lite version

The FreeBSD ISO's/CD's ship with a "lite" version of the gnome desktop.

> and, would like to know, if there is a way to download a new one to 
> "correct" this ?

Yes, there are 5 primary ports for the gnome2 desktop:
gnome2-lite:   The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for 
FreeBSD releases.
gnome2:   The "meta-port" for the GNOME 2 integrated X11 desktop (This 
is the one your thinking about).
gnome2-fifth-toe:   Additional GNOME 2 applications not included in the 
core desktop (stuff like gaim, bluefish, rhythmbox, etc).
gnome2-power-tools:   "Geektoys" for the GNOME 2 power user.
gnome2-office:   GNOME 2 office applications (abiword, gnumeric, 
evolution, etc).

> And, if possible , is there a way to intall "package by package" ?

I'm not sure what you mean by this because freebsd use a ports system, 
package's in freebsd are prebuilt binaries from ports, for a better 
understanding read this:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html

> I thought in download it , save into a CD and install.

?

> I'm having problems with my network (DHCP) but, slowly I'm better 
> understanding this "new system", for me and, in the near future, I 
> hope that all it OK.

ok?

> Also, I would like to talk with another people that English is not 
> your native language, cause I'm a little surprised after I installed, 
> my Gnome or KDE, without brazilian portuguese support. Is it a problem 
> with the lite versions or a lack of support to another languages ? 
> Thank you, for help me. Sincerely, Newton - Brazil 

I have no clue what to tell you here.
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FreeBSD 5.2.1 Ships with Gnome 2.4
FreeBSD 5.3RC2 Ships with Gnome 2.6 (and can be easily upgraded to 2.8)

I'll leave it up to you to deside what to do, but here is where you can 
download FreeBSD 5.3RC2:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/5.3

And If you want Gnome 2.8 then you have two options: 
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/
Use the marcusmerge script to update your ports tree: 
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html
Wait for Gnome 2.8 to be put into the ports tree (it will happen when  
FreeeBSD 5.3 is offically released) and then update your ports.

Sorry for being so vague but technically we're not supposed to give 
technical advise or help on this mailling list. 
freebsd-questions at freebsd.org is the mailling list to use for technical 
questions, or you could email me directly for more help.