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The official post your *nix desktop thread.
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| Boulware5 2003-11-17, 10:22 pm |
| Nothing fancy at all here. I got a FreeBSD GNOME wallpaper with the BSD Dameon, icons for Evolution email client and Mozilla, and gaim open. | |
| Tarzanboy 2003-11-18, 2:38 pm |
| I use console, sorry...
Cheers,
TB | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-18, 10:56 pm |
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Originally posted by Boulware5
Nothing fancy at all here. I got a FreeBSD GNOME wallpaper with the BSD Dameon, icons for Evolution email client and Mozilla, and gaim open.
Are you hooked on FreeBSD yet?  | |
| Boulware5 2003-11-18, 11:18 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
Are you hooked on FreeBSD yet?
It is very nice. I love the ports system, cvsup, etc. FreeBSD is easier to use than Linux once you get used to it I think. I am part of the FreeBSD questions mailing list so if I have any questions.... They seem to be real helpful and knowledgeable. | |
| ruscorp 2003-11-18, 11:28 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
Are you hooked on FreeBSD yet?
Yep, here's my BSD desktop. | |
| Boulware5 2003-11-19, 2:49 am |
| How did I know you would do that, ruscorp...  | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-19, 9:26 am |
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Originally posted by Boulware5
It is very nice. I love the ports system, cvsup, etc. FreeBSD is easier to use than Linux once you get used to it I think. I am part of the FreeBSD questions mailing list so if I have any questions.... They seem to be real helpful and knowledgeable.
I think you just listed most of the reasons that I prefer the BSDs :-) Being source centric really makes a lot of tasks more straight forward. Have you tried doing a make world yet? | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-19, 9:28 am |
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Originally posted by ruscorp
Yep, here's my BSD desktop.
VMWare?  | |
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| Boulware5 2003-11-19, 11:40 am |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
I think you just listed most of the reasons that I prefer the BSDs :-) Being source centric really makes a lot of tasks more straight forward. Have you tried doing a make world yet?
Haven't done a make world yet. That's just to update the entire system right? I think I will reinstall because I'm swaping in another mobo and CPU and want to make sure everything is kosher. Do you recommend 4.9 or 5.1? | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-19, 9:22 pm |
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Originally posted by Boulware5
Haven't done a make world yet. That's just to update the entire system right? I think I will reinstall because I'm swaping in another mobo and CPU and want to make sure everything is kosher. Do you recommend 4.9 or 5.1?
make world recompiles the entire base system, minus the kernel. The cool thing about that is if some new vulnerability is discovered, all you have to do is install a single patch, then do a make world to instead of having to track down which applications need to be patched. It's a huge time and bandwidth saver. This is also how you'd update the OS if you're tracking the -current or -stable branch through CVS.
I'm a little torn on which version to recommend for learning the OS. For a production server, I wouldn't hesitate to say 4.9, but for learning, going with 5.1 may be better in the long run. Just keep in mind that 5.x isn't nearly as refined as 4.x at this point. | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-19, 9:30 pm |
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Originally posted by ruscorp
If you'd pick up your phone I could ask you.
I installed a 900MHz access point a few days ago that nuked the cordless phone and haven't gotten around to replacing it yet  | |
| ruscorp 2003-11-19, 9:37 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
I installed a 900MHz access point a few days ago that nuked the cordless phone and haven't gotten around to replacing it yet
That's it, I'm calling the BBB! This is no way to treat a customer! | |
| Boulware5 2003-11-19, 9:53 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
make world recompiles the entire base system, minus the kernel. The cool thing about that is if some new vulnerability is discovered, all you have to do is install a single patch, then do a make world to instead of having to track down which applications need to be patched. It's a huge time and bandwidth saver. This is also how you'd update the OS if you're tracking the -current or -stable branch through CVS.
I'm a little torn on which version to recommend for learning the OS. For a production server, I wouldn't hesitate to say 4.9, but for learning, going with 5.1 may be better in the long run. Just keep in mind that 5.x isn't nearly as refined as 4.x at this point.
So if I have 4.9 and 4.10 comes out, a make world would upgrade me to 4.10? And when you say the entire base system, is that all ports? I upgraded my ports with the ports supfile cvs and then I did a portupgrade -ar (which took a LOOOONG time). Now if make world updates the ports system too, whats the difference between that and portupgrade? | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-19, 11:10 pm |
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Originally posted by Boulware5
So if I have 4.9 and 4.10 comes out, a make world would upgrade me to 4.10? And when you say the entire base system, is that all ports? I upgraded my ports with the ports supfile cvs and then I did a portupgrade -ar (which took a LOOOONG time). Now if make world updates the ports system too, whats the difference between that and portupgrade?
Yeah, just cvsup up to 4.10, make world, build a new kernel and reboot
make world doesn't apply to ports, so you'd still need to run portupgrade, or whatever you use to keep the ports up to date. | |
| Boulware5 2003-11-19, 11:28 pm |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
Yeah, just cvsup up to 4.10, make world, build a new kernel and reboot
make world doesn't apply to ports, so you'd still need to run portupgrade, or whatever you use to keep the ports up to date.
Ah I see. Not sure if I will go with 4.9 again or 5.1 when I reinstall. 5.1 has some nice features like devfs for device nodes.
BTW wasn't this supposed to be a post your desktop thread - what happened? | |
| Papiya 2003-11-20, 4:42 pm |
| Here's mine. | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-20, 10:01 pm |
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Originally posted by Boulware5
BTW wasn't this supposed to be a post your desktop thread - what happened?
You should know better then to mention one of the BSDs on the forums that I frequent | |
| ccieToBe 2003-11-20, 10:01 pm |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Here's mine.
That's some weak uptime | |
| Papiya 2003-11-21, 7:38 am |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
That's some weak uptime
Yeah, power cuts suck, don't they? In Kol, we get them all the time, unlike you guys in Florida. :/ | |
| mindmesh 2003-11-21, 9:00 am |
| If you don't use X is there a way to adjust the resolution of your screen. I can't just boot into the CLI because everything is too big. | |
| Papiya 2003-11-21, 9:03 am |
| Change the vga= configuration option in your lilo.conf file. | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-01, 2:07 pm |
| what if I used grub? | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 7:53 am |
| Try looking at some of your boot configuration options in the /boot partition. There are usually some files there that allow you to configure certain options like font size.
Or you could just switch to lilo. | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 8:20 am |
| This is my Redhat box running Gnome. | |
| enforcer 2003-12-08, 9:47 am |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Yeah, power cuts suck, don't they? In Kol, we get them all the time, unlike you guys in Florida. :/
UPS yours | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-08, 9:48 am |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Try looking at some of your boot configuration options in the /boot partition. There are usually some files there that allow you to configure certain options like font size.
Or you could just switch to lilo.
Thanks again. Eventually I'll switch over to lilo but grub is the default and while I'm getting used to it I figured I'd try not to hurt myself... | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 9:49 am |
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Originally posted by enforcer
UPS yours
Don't have the spare cash at the moment for an UPS at my house. Donations welcome. | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 9:50 am |
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Originally posted by mindmesh
Thanks again. Eventually I'll switch over to lilo but grub is the default and while I'm getting used to it I figured I'd try not to hurt myself...
They are both pretty simple, but I am more familiar with lilo. | |
| enforcer 2003-12-08, 9:58 am |
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Originally posted by Papiya
but I am more familiar with lilo.
leave it enforcer | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 10:03 am |
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Originally posted by enforcer
leave it enforcer
Were you going to make one of your tasteless dildo jokes??? | |
| enforcer 2003-12-08, 10:07 am |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Were you going to make one of your tasteless dildo jokes???
NO!
It was going to be one of my tasteless jokes about Lilo Lil from bread.
http://www.carlalane.com/bread.html | |
| Papiya 2003-12-08, 10:19 am |
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Originally posted by enforcer
NO!
It was going to be one of my tasteless jokes about Lilo Lil from bread.
http://www.carlalane.com/bread.html
Bread is good. | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-15, 4:16 pm |
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Originally posted by Papiya
Try looking at some of your boot configuration options in the /boot partition. There are usually some files there that allow you to configure certain options like font size.
Or you could just switch to lilo.
Found what I asked for but It's not what i needed.
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