Desktop Metaphor

[Holm Tiffe]

Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:16 PM Richard Loken via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > I am replying to this email on a FreeBSD 10.3 box and Motif.  I don't
> > know what FreeBSD runs out of the box because I immediately delete it
> > and install Motif.
> 
> FreeBSD doesn't run *any* graphical user interface out of the box.
> What you end up with after install of the FreeBSD OS is a console with
> a login prompt.
> As any _real_ operating system should be, IMNSHO.
> 
> After you have logged in, you can (of course) install Xorg and your
> selection of desktop environments (or a wm + extras if you prefer
> that) via the package system (or ports, if you prefer to wait for
> compiling from source).
> 
> > FreeBSD may not have the installed base of Linux but it has a its fans.
> 
> Yes, this workstation runs FreeBSD 10.4 and Xfce.
> -- 
> Regards,
> Torfinn Ingolfsen

FreeBSD 11.2-stable and Mate Desktop here.

Regards,

Holm

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