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It is possibly not needed, but, XFCE is not as light a DE as it one was what with all the Gnome dependencies, etc. It does not hurt to be safe. I just like to have all new processes starting up properly at boot-up.
The series of commands above will yield a fully functional XFCE. I am certain of that.
Xfce4 is still fairly lightweight compared to Gnome3 and KDE4. However most BSDs and other UNICES still use KDE4 as their heaviest weight desktop with MATE, Gnome2, Xfce4, and several others as their lighter weight desktops. I personally use Xfce4 as it's verily the most flexible.
Xfce4 is still fairly lightweight compared to Gnome3 and KDE4. However most BSDs and other UNICES still use KDE4 as their heaviest weight desktop with MATE, Gnome2, Xfce4, and several others as their lighter weight desktops. I personally use Xfce4 as it's verily the most flexible.
Agreed. XFCE is definately light weight compared to Gnome 3 and KDE 4. XFCE is my favourite DE for the BSDs and Linux.
I'd advise picking a mirror close to you. HTTP or FTP will work fine. There's plenty of mirrors to choose from: http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
The other thing is that pkg_add in OpenBSD doesn't need the specific version number of the package you want (contrary to FreeBSD). xfce and xfce-extras are sufficent. Be aware though that it will prompt you for an ambiguous dependency, but the first choice is usually fine.
I'd advise picking a mirror close to you. HTTP or FTP will work fine. There's plenty of mirrors to choose from: http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
Yep. I pick a mirror that has proven itself to be reliable. I am more concerned about reliability than one that is closer to me. Picking a close mirror is indeed a good idea.
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The other thing is that pkg_add in OpenBSD doesn't need the specific version number of the package you want (contrary to FreeBSD). xfce and xfce-extras are sufficent. Be aware though that it will prompt you for an ambiguous dependency, but the first choice is usually fine.
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