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List:       dragonfly-users
Subject:    Odp: The most supported X desktop for DragonFly
From:       "Krzysztof Langer" <klanger () wp ! pl>
Date:       2010-06-21 21:38:21
Message-ID: 4c1fdb04845a39.02518940 () wp ! pl
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XFCE4 works OK on DFBSD (without composing your RAM should be enough). You need to \
add user to host file (in /etc) and enable dbus&hald in rc.conf for exit/reboot etc.  \
 What I would recommend is WM & not DE for low memory setup.
 
Openbox is very low on RAM, bit tricky with all config files but you can use obmenu \
and obconf (gui for openbox configuration). OB with any panel (tint2 or even \
xfce4-panel) is very good for desktop use. Add an app launcher (grun) and configure \
your keybindings and you will be very happy with it as well as your harbware. With \
xfce4-panel you will also install thunar (file manager, as a dep). OB right-click \
menu is not self-updating (all entries have to be done manually).  
Now there is also i3 (my favorite :D) - a tiling manager (fork of wmii).
I3 with grun (app launcher or dmenu if you like) is very light&fast  (easy to setup \
multimonitor working environment, which works great). You just have to add all your \
software (xfe for file manager - if you don't fancy thunar - works similar but it is \
"lighter". Xine for audio/video and youtube-dl for watching youtube with xine (no \
flash - no adblock needed :D). Feh could be used to setup wallpaper on your desktop + \
it is a picture viewer (simple but quite powerful).  
Had a quick spin with KDE3.5.10 (on DesktopBSD) and I have to say, that it is "fast" \
as well and stable when you compare it to KDE4 (PC-BSD). Had no lack with installing \
KDE3.5.10 from pkgsrc on DFBSD though.  
I don't know if mixing pkg_radd and cd /usr/pksrc is a good idea - but compiling all \
stuff is a pain when you have DFBSD on a netbook. But using pkg_radd form time to \
time is limiting (no apps added as pkg).  
Just try same new stuff ;)
 
KL
 
 
 
 
 
Dnia 21-06-2010 o godz. 21:36 Dennis Melentyev napisa&#x142;(a):
> Hi all,
> 
> Please, let me ask a stupid question: what desktop is most supported on DragonFly?
> 
> Usually, I install XFCE4. On the other hand, last upgrade of pkgsrc cost me 4 days \
> (mainly, dependency of gtk2 on atk 1.30 vs atk 1.28 present in the tree).&Acirc;  \
> Well, I might be wrong with git, everything is installed from sources while I tend \
> to prefer binary packages due to lack of time, but that's another story. Have to \
> understand pkgsrc finally. &Acirc; 
> CPU is not a problem, P4 2.4GHz is quite decent (although only 512Mb of RAM is a \
> problem and I am not willing to invest in DDR1 anymore) 
> So, let me rephrase the question a little: what is the least problematic desktop \
> for DragonFly? Ideally - everything work out of the box, easy upgradeable, feature \
> rich (not sexiest, but lots of convenient widgets and tools). 
> Gnome?&Acirc; 
> KDE?&Acirc; 
> Enlightning?
> ICEwm?
> 
> Can you share your experience with your preferred WM/Desktop?
> Please, do not discuss pros'n'cons of them. I'm looking for something like "I'm \
>                 happy with XYZ except for feature zyx."
> -- Dennis Melentyev


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