Graphical Desktop

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:32:16 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> What graphical desktop managers are available for
> FreeBSD?

All of them. :-)



> Are they on the Installation DVD?

The installation DVD just contains a few. You can
search the installation DVD to see if the ones you're
interested in are present.

The x11-wm category contains nearly 200 entries, and
it would probably take more than one DVD to provide
all of them.



> If not is there a secure and reliable source to download
> and install them from?

The ports collection and the package system are the proper
means to do this. See the FreeBSD handbook about installing
software - this applies to desktop environments, window managers
and everything else. There is no need to manually load stuff
from arbitrary web pages: FreeBSD offers comfortable and secure
means to automatically download, patch, install, and update
software using a "centralized" command set.



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Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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