On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:50 AM, James Griffin <j...@kontrol.kode5.net>wrote:
> * James Griffin <j...@kontrol.kode5.net> [2013-09-23 10:32:20 +0100]: > > > * Roelof Wobben <rwob...@hotmail.com> [2013-09-22 12:03:10 +0000]: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Before I try OpenBSd I have two questions. > > > > > > 1) The manual says that I can use pkg -upgrade > > > But how do I know which packages can be updated or which > > > security patches there are avaible. > > > > > > 2) Is a new version of Cinnamon avaible for OpenBSD and if so, > > > how can I install it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Roelof Wobben > > With regard to Cinnamon, you might be interested in the ede Desktop > Environment. It's quite similar to Cinnamon, I believe, although i've not > used it. I recall someone else on ports@ liked it a lot. > > % pkg_info -Q ede > % sudo pkg_add -i ede[...] > > I use ede daily. Fairly lightweight and simple, and so far not many crashes that I can recall. To the original poster: Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME3. Antoine & Jasper already spend a lot of time on porting GNOME3, this is just added work. Unless somebody steps up and tries to port it, I don't think it will be available in OpenBSD.
