FreeBSD desktop

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-11-09 11:48, Konstantinos Togias <ktogias at otenet.gr> wrote:
> 8elontas na asxolh8w ligo me FreeBSD katevasa thn 5.3-RELEASE kai
> skeftomai na antikatasthsw me ayth th fedora pou exw sto descktop mou.

`Kalh kinhsh', an kai mono pou to eipa ayto mallon oi misoi edo mesa tha me
kinigane na me lyntsaroyn :-P

Exontas dei to Fedora na kanei diafores ahdies, den tou exo pleon kamia
empistosynh.  Antitheta, sto FreeBSD mporw na exw ena sxetika kalo epipedo
empistosynhs pleon.

> Ayto pou 8a h8ela na rwthsw th lista einai an einai fronimh mia tetoia
> antikatastash, mia kai sto enlogo mhxanhma 8elw na exw:

Epishs kalos tropos skepshs.  Den exei nohma na baleis to FreeBSD epeidh
`einai pio stathero', an den kanei ola osa thes.  As ta paroume ena-ena omws,
kai blepoume...

> (stis paren8eseis einai ta ergaleia pou xrhsimopoiw twra under linux):

> Ellinika se X
> (x.org/xfree,
> truetype ellinikes gramatoseires
> matrox G450 kartoula grafikwn)

Gia na deis kai na grapseis Ellhnika se Xorg xreiazontai kapoies ru8miseis.
Akribws oi idies ru8miseis pou ekanes kai sto Linux sou!

Pio sygkekrimena:

	a. Sto section "InputDevice" tou xorg.conf sou, ekei pou orizetai o
typos tou plhktrologiou sou, xreiazetai na baleis ta ekshs:

          Section "InputDevice"
                  Identifier  "Keyboard0"
                  Driver      "keyboard"
        +         Option "XkbModel"   "pc101"
        +         Option "XkbLayout"  "us,el"
        +         Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
          EndSection

Oi grammes me + mprosta einai oi extra grammes pou prepei na exeis.

	b. Sta locale environment settings sou, prepei na exeis toulaxiston ta
parakato variables, se aytes tis times pou blepeis:

        $ env | egrep LC_ | sort
        LC_COLLATE=el_GR.ISO8859-7
        LC_CTYPE=el_GR.ISO8859-7

Ayta.  Ola tha prepei na douleuoun swsta pleon.  Dokimase na baleis ystera kai
mia ellhnikh grammatoseira stis efarmoges sou, ki eisai etoimos.

To mono kako pou brhka ston tomea tou anti-aliasing/truetype einai pos oi true
type grammatoseires den exo brei akoma pos paizoun sto xterm, alla den mporo
na po oti asxolh8hka ki idiaitera.

> OpenOffice

Yparxei paketo sto official site tou OpenOffice.  De 8umamai ayth th stigmh an
einai mesa sta paketa pou dianemontai sta 2 CD-ROM ths egkatastashs.  Nomizo
pos nai, alla mh se paro kai sto laimo mou.

> Ektypwseis (cupsd se ena canon BJC4300)

An paizei se Linux to CUPS me auton ton ektupoth, fusika paizei to idio kala
kai sto FreeBSD.  To CUPS einai sxetika aneksarthto apo to "eidos" tou UNIX
sto opoio trexei.

> USB Scaner (xsane se ena canonscan lide 20)

Den ksero.  Nomizo pos uparxei support gia USB scanners, alla kalytera na
rothseis se kapoia lista opws h freebsd-questions at freebsd.org gia
leptomereies.

> TVtuner (TVtime me btxxx karta - miro video PCTV)

An exei kapoio apo ta chipsets pou yposthrizontai, logika paizei mia xara.
Ayth th stigmh, o bktr driver yposthrizei ta ekshs chipsets:

	Brooktree bt848/848a/849a/878/879

> Media Player (xmms, mplayer, xine - soundblaster live 4.1)

Ok, kanena problhma edo.

> Ypostirizontai ta parapanw (me enalaktika isws progs apo ayta poy anaferw)
> kai 8a ta exw dia8esima ega8istontas ta 2cds tou 5.3-RELEASE (spiti exw 56k
> PSTN modem, opote to katevasma megalwn extra packetwn shmainei trexa uni,
> ktl..ktl)?  To mhxanima einai enas PIII sta 4500MHz me 380MB ram kai 20GB
> disko.

Ta perissotera programmata pou ksereis apo Linux, mporoun na kanoun build
xoris megales allages kai se FreeBSD.  Pera apo ta paketa pou exei sta 2 CD
pou exeis, yparxoyn kai ta `Ports'.  Ta ports einai ena apo ta pio
endiaferonta xarakthristika tou FreeBSD, afou sou dinei th tynatothta na
sthseis opoiodhpote apo ta 11,000 paketa pou periexei me, praktika, molis
dyo entoles:

	# cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer
	# make install

Ayta.  Telos.  Den exei tipota allo.  Ta `ports' tha katebasoun to source tou
mplayer apo to diktyo, tha to elegksoun gia pithana lathi sto download, tha to
aposympiesoyn, ry8misoyn, metaglwttisoyn kai sto telos tha to sthsoyn kiolas.

Twra tha mou peis `de thelo re file na katebaso tipota'.  Ki ayto ginetai.
An se boleuei na katebazeis paketa apo kapoia allh grammh, mporeis na kaneis
kai to allo to oraio: na katebaseis ola ta programmata pou thes, na ta
petakseis se tarballs mesa sto /usr/ports/distfiles kai na glitoseis to
download apo to 56 Kbit/s modem.

Genika, polla mporei na ginoun.  Mh fobh8eis na rwthseis (p.x. me
prosopiko mail se mena).

Akoma kalytera, mias ki eisai Patra, otan kanoyme to epomeno meet mas oi
BSD fans ths Patras, ela ki esy kai rota oti theleis ki apo konta :P

> Sorry an eimai off topic, alla mia kai arketos kosmos edw asxoleitai me
> freeBSD eipa na rwthsw.

An den se peirazoun ta agglika, mporeis panta na steileis mail kai sth lista
`freebsd-questions at freebsd.org'.

- Giorgos