Pete Milne <pete_at_milneweb.com> writes:
> Ok...here goes!
>
> I am totally new to FVWM. I loaded FreeBSD the other day for a first
> time as well. I have hardly any experience with anything but Windows.
>
> I loaded BSD and then loaded Gnome. Had all sorts of problems so looked
> what else I could use as a WM and found FVWM. Got it loaded and the
> default screen consists of:
>
> FVWM Icon Man Box, with a mail box in it and a clock and FVWM Butt. What
> and where does one go from here? Doesn't seem to be any 'first time
> user' info that I can see.
Fvwm doesn't supply as much hand-holding as Windows.
Use Gnome or KDE for that.
If you want something more elaborate than what you see so far,
but not as elaborate as Gnome or KDE, try fvwm-themes:
http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/
If you just want to use Fvwm as is,
the configuration file is in:
$HOME/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc
Look at it with an editor and read about the commands in the
man page.
Fvwm doesn't have a first time user guide.
Fvwm has so many commands that the developers are busy just
keeping the reference material up-to-date.
There are very good reasons to use Fvwm.
Fvwm is extremely configurable and consumes a lot less resources
than Gnome or KDE.
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Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Sat Oct 19 2002 - 21:36:15 BST