Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?

[Al Plant]

Yuri wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>> it's SLOW and resource hungry - giving nothing else than a good look. 
>> that's why i compare it to windoze.
>>
>> and why you need "desktop" (whatever it means) at all?
> 
> You  need desktop for Unix (Linux) to be adopted by simple users.
> Also GUI makes life much easier even for advanced users.
> I don't want to deal command lines/config files for mundane
> things like finding and setting up wireless networks, playing
> CDs/DVDs, etc. GUI integrated with desktop would make this
> much less time consuming.
>>
>> just window manager is enough, try fvwm2 maybe icewm maybe other etc.
>>
> not really enough.
> 
> Unfortunately open source is pretty much a failure when it comes to GUI and
> desktop. Any kind of GUI, look at ddd for example. Untested 
> development-stage
> software (like kde4) is being released to the public for some reason.
> 
> Yuri
> 
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Aloha,

Try XFCE 3 or 4 for an excellent OS window manager.


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