Hi,
I have a 6.4-STABLE machine running in command line only for my Apache
webserver.
I'm thinking of installing a Gnome desktop on it for my 5 y/o grandson and
grown daughter to use so they won't be pestering me to use my pc.
The 5 y/o won't need anything except Firefox, some disk-based games
i think it could go fine on this computer, use gnome lite and also add
the needed ports to have a fairly nice system (gnome-backgrounds
etc...). compile from ports with some optimizations (-O2
-fno-strict-aliasing and consider if -pipe could be used or not based on
your ram memory). for
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Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o
i think it could go fine on this computer, use gnome lite and also add
the needed ports to have a fairly nice system (gnome-backgrounds
etc...). compile from ports with some optimizations (-O2
-fno-strict-aliasing and consider if -pipe could be used
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net wrote:
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply.
Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash? Most of the
games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based.
Please don't top post, thanks.
No there is no OOBE w/ flash. To get a
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Hi
2009/12/8 Charles Howse cho...@charter.net
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Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:56 AM
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net
wrote:
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply.
Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash?
Most of the
games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based.
if you install the right ports on a fbsd 8.0 maybe it
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:36 +0100, ocean ocean_i...@yahoo.it wrote:
also for the old computer i would recommend xfce or, since
you say they only need a few programs, you could go with
just Xorg + feh for the background + xfwm or openbox + a
light taskbar and a nice dock-bar (wbar or simdock)
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, ocean wrote:
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net
wrote:
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply.
Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash?
Most of the
games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based.
if you install the
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, ocean wrote:
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net
wrote:
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply.
Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash?
Most
Polytropon wrote:
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:36 +0100, ocean ocean_i...@yahoo.it wrote:
also for the old computer i would recommend xfce or, since
you say they only need a few programs, you could go with
just Xorg + feh for the background + xfwm or openbox + a
light taskbar and a nice dock-bar
Polytropon wrote:
On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:36 +0100, ocean ocean_i...@yahoo.it wrote:
also for the old computer i would recommend xfce or, since
you say they only need a few programs, you could go with
just Xorg + feh for the background + xfwm or openbox + a
light taskbar and a nice dock-bar
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, ocean wrote:
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net
wrote:
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply.
Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash?
Most
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Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o
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