Aaron Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> wrote:
> YANSWBVCG <daf@puf2.localhost.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Actually, it appears that the kde package for 4.3 references packages
>> that are not present in the OpenBSD package archive. I write this
>> because the reason I cannot run kde is that it will not install when
>> I run pkg_add. I am learning a lot about X as a result of not being able
>> to use kde. X is looking quite a bit more attractive at this point, even
>> if using it does seem to enable minor exploits in the OS.
>
> You say that X is looking quite a bit more attractive at this point.
> From this I am tentatively inferring that you think KDE and X are in no
> way related, and that they are separate Graphics frameworks? In
> actuality, KDE runs on top of X, so I am not sure I understand the
> above. What would make X more attractive to you not using KDE, since you
> are using X regardless of whether or not you can run KDE?

The kde desktop is more convenient for me than the stock X fvwm, and
Konqueror is WAY handier than Firefox (mainly because I like to run with
Javascript only selectively enabler for certain websites). However,
yesterday I started getting more familiar with fvwm, and I look forward
to customizing it. I also am beginning to appreciate the simplicity of
OpenBSD vs the complexity of FreeBSD. The difference set me back a bit
the first couple of times I ran 'ps -ax' on FreeBSD and again when
a power outage crashed FreeBSD and it rebooted, fixing things.