gnome

[eoghan]

On 17 Nov 2005, at 19:46, P.U.Kruppa wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote:
>
>> P.U.Kruppa wrote:
>>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, eoghan wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>> Im wondering if anyone can give me some feedback on using gnome.  
>>>> Ive been using KDE since Ive started using freeBSD and it like  
>>>> it. But I have recently looked at ubuntus distro, which uses  
>>>> gnome (their version I assume) and it was very nice.
>>>> So, stuff like font rendering etc. Which is, in your experience,  
>>>> prettier so to speak, to use? Applications and so on. The gnome  
>>>> project page seems to be lacking version screenshots, or at  
>>>> least I couldnt find them.
>>>> Any feedback greatly appreciated.
>>> This is a difficult question to answer since it really is a  
>>> matter of taste what kind of look you prefer. And don't forget  
>>> you can change the look and design of your gnome or kde desktop  
>>> completely to accroding to your needs and wishes.
>>> What I really can say - since I am using gnome for everyday's  
>>> work for some years now - Gnome has greatly improved stability,  
>>> perfomance and usability since "old times" of 2.6 or 2.8 .
>>> 2.12 is a fast and reliable working enviroment.
>>> If you can afford the bandwith and the diskspace you should  
>>> install both and compare yourself.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. Ive installed gnome, having some problems  
>> running it and didnt get a chance to tackle it last night, but I  
>> will later. I guess I was just wondering whether the guys at  
>> ubuntu have just done a really nice job with gnome, or is this how  
>> it "looks". The fonts seemed smoother and window dragging wasnt  
>> jerky at all, even though it was running from a cd. But I will  
>> compare and see what its like.
>> Eoghan
> For technical details/problems you can subscribe to
> 	freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> People are very helpful there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Uli.

Thanks to all,
Eoghan