Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-16 Thread Bruno Carnazzi
Hi community, I reply to myself : wonderfull. I've setup a full KDE environment in half-a-day. I remember some Gentoo days where I had to wait sometimes for days for the same thing (that crashes because I was so aggressive with gcc optimisation :) I really enjoy to discover that OpenBSD is also

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Craig McCormick
Bruno. I'd been experiencing terrible problems with FreeBSD and Gnome and so I chose to install OpenBSD 3.8 and fluxbox So far, so good and it's all operating very smoothly and reliably. So far, the only application that I haven't brought on board is Evolution which I really need, but I am makin

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Sigfred HÃ¥versen
Ramiro Aceves wrote: [snip] I do not want to start a flame war here, but I would like to know why there is not a native OpenOffice port for OpenBSD. I mean, the technicall resons, I am not a programmer and I would like to know it. Just curious. Much effort has gone into porting OpenOffice, bu

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I do not want to start a flame war here, but I would like > to know why > > > there is not a native OpenOffice port for OpenBSD. I mean, the > > > technicall resons, I am not a programmer and I would like > to know it. > > > > because you haven't ported it yet.. Yo

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Ramiro Aceves
On 2/14/06, dreamwvr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 07:13:47PM +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > > > There was some discussion about this on the list some time ago. > > > Apparently the Linux version works OK in compatability mode. I > > > installed this version on my i386 OpenBS

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Ramiro Aceves
On 2/15/06, Antonios Anastasiadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know it runs via emulation, I was talking about a native port. > I found where it was mentioned: > > http://cvs.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/ > > Interesting the malloc thing! Thank you very much for the information- Ramiro.

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Antonios Anastasiadis
I know it runs via emulation, I was talking about a native port. I found where it was mentioned: http://cvs.openbsd.org/papers/ven05-pvalchev/

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Stefan Wollny
Antonios Anastasiadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 15.02.06 13:56:21: > > I remember there was a (big) effort to patch the oo sources so as to > work natively in openbsd. > I guess the port has stalled a bit since then.But I may be wrong as well. > If anyone knows about it it would be kind of hi

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Antonios Anastasiadis
I remember there was a (big) effort to patch the oo sources so as to work natively in openbsd. I guess the port has stalled a bit since then.But I may be wrong as well. If anyone knows about it it would be kind of him to enlighten us also.

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-15 Thread Andreas Bihlmaier
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 05:11:42PM +, Dennis Davis wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Andreas Bihlmaier wrote: > > > There was some discussion about this on the list some time ago. > Apparently the Linux version works OK in compatability mode. I > installed this version on my i386 OpenBSD machin

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread dreamwvr
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 07:13:47PM +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > > There was some discussion about this on the list some time ago. > > Apparently the Linux version works OK in compatability mode. I > > installed this version on my i386 OpenBSD machine. I haven't used > > it -- other than to verif

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Ramiro Aceves
> There was some discussion about this on the list some time ago. > Apparently the Linux version works OK in compatability mode. I > installed this version on my i386 OpenBSD machine. I haven't used > it -- other than to verify soffice fires up -- so I can't say how > well it works. Yes, that wa

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Bruno Costa
Hello Bruno, my old intel-466 machine is running OBSD for a while. Before I tried the first time, I was afraid about the complexities involved in the task of making OBSD a desktop environment. but when you have time to learn, everything becomes easier. it's now working smoothly for me with fluxbox

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Michael Erdely
On 2/14/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? I'm using amd64 on a Compaq Presario SR1720NX. X -configure worked great to s

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Dennis Davis
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Andreas Bihlmaier wrote: > From: Andreas Bihlmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:14:10 +0100 > Subject: Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ? ... > Only think to remember is the lack of OpenOffice in (native) &

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Obi Okeke
Hi Bruno, I use OpenBSD 3.8 as my work desktop and it is extremely smooth and a terrific experience. I'd used Linux and then FreeBSD for years, but setting up X was the easiest ever and I have not had a single glitch of any sort yet (that wasn't due to my own ignorance). I run Fluxbox on my 3 yr

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Ramiro Aceves
On 2/14/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? Bruno. I think that the best thing you can do is to try and se

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Craig M
I've been looking to do this for a while. The only things holding me back is the lack of nVidia support, but that's just me. I'll be putting OpenBSD onto a laptop soon and seeing how many of my needs can be met without having nVidia display drivers in place. It's just multimedia performance tha

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Thomas Riboulet
On 2/14/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? > > Best regards, > > Bruno. > > hi all, Same here. OpenBSD st

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-13 Thread Chris Kuethe
On 2/13/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? Add me to the list of satisfied desktop users. Both my worksta

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-13 Thread Andreas Bihlmaier
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 12:35:36AM -0500, Bill wrote: > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:16:07 +0400 > Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it har

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-13 Thread Bill
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:16:07 +0400 Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake: > Hi all, > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? > > Best regards, > > Bruno. > If y

Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-13 Thread Greg Thomas
On 2/13/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on > OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? > What's your feedback ? > I use WindowMaker on this OpenBSD laptop and couldn't be happ

OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-13 Thread Bruno Carnazzi
Hi all, I'd like to know if someone tried to build a desktop environment on OpenBSD/i386. I think to rich desktop like Gnome or KDE. Is it hard ? What's your feedback ? Best regards, Bruno.