First post!
filed under: geek, netbsd
3 March 2006
...from my new NetBSD machine, running Firefox on X, that is :)
Just a quick note to the geeks out there that I’ve gotten X working on my NetBSD machine, along with:
- Xfce as the window manager, although I tried KDE and Gnome also
- XDM as the machine logon screen
- Firefox as the browser
- Java 1.5 working as a Firefox plugin (which required Linux emulation, via Suse)
- Thunderbird as the email client
- OpenOffice as the office suite
- The BitStream fonts so web pages don’t look ugly
So that’s pretty cool – I was just able to log in graphically, check my email using Thunderbird, open a Word doc attachment and make changes. Then, just for kicks, I played some online java games, to prove that I could :)
But here’s the best part: I did (nearly) all of it using pkgsrc, just by typing “make install” in the right places. (And yes, the linux emulation just happened automagically.) Damn, but I love NetBSD.
Comments
6628 days ago
Amitai Schlair says:
Sweet. Sounds like you’re doing the Linux firefox-bin and not the NetBSD-native firefox? If you care enough about a native browser that runs Java applets, Konqueror (from KDE) will use whatever JVM you provide it. You probably care more about Firefox, though. :-)
qmail yet? Or is that a job for Tuesday evening?
6628 days ago
Nathan Arthur says:
Yes, firefox-bin. I actually started with the native firefox, before I realized that I needed to have made a choice already.
Konqueror is installed, but you’re right that I’d prefer Firefox.
qmail seems like a good idea for Tuesday, yes.
6627 days ago
Matt McElheny says:
So, did you add it to your documentary yet?
6627 days ago
Nathan Arthur says:
No, it’s not in the documentary. But you have prompted me to put it back online, over on the about page.
6627 days ago
Nathan Arthur says:
P.S. – I love your email address :)
5323 days ago
Amitai Schlair says:
Poking around in your “Agile for Managers” TiddlyWiki, I’m thinking that’d be a nice thing to do with your NetBSD Word doc. Or perhaps a more typical wiki. Certainly I will want to steal parts of it down the road, when NetBSD’s wiki/blog/web are all managed in ikiwiki. :-)
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