On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 09:24:24PM +0100, poncenby wrote:
> On 17 Jun 2006, at 11:24, Joachim Schipper wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 10:47:40PM +0100, poncenby wrote:
> >>quick one for you knowledgeable chaps/chapesses...
> >>
> >>If one does not have OpenBSD installed how would one obtain a list of
> >>the dependencies of a certain package, say gnome-desktop for
> >>arguments sake?
> >>
> >>Many thanks
> >>
> >>poncenby
> >>
> >>p.s. this question comes from the need to know the exact packages to
> >>download and burn to CD in order to get a reasonably usable desktop
> >>system running gnome, when said system has no connection to the
> >>interweb
> >
> >All other, quite good, replies aside... you are aware that GNOME
> >is, to
> >put it lightly, not working optimally on OpenBSD?
> >
>
> so what desktop environment is working optimally on OpenBSD 3.9?
This has been covered over and over in the archives, but some
highlights:
fvwm the default, in base: this is not the newest version, as
fvwm switched to GPL. It's quite usable.
ion liked by many people, but very unlike traditional window
managers (also see ratpoison)
kde is pretty usable; it's not perfect, and something like
Ubuntu will give you a 'more complete desktop experience', but it works
There are also tens of lightweight window managers in ports; pick one
you like.
Joachim
