Related Topics https:wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemon If you use HAL, start dbus before hal, even though hal will start dbus and acpid, explicitly add dbus before hal anyway Do not background dbus Do not background anything you need immediately DAEMONS=(syslog-ng gensplash dbus hal network netfs @avahi-daemon @samba @crond @openntpd @cups @mpd) I like @syslog-ng network @netfs dbus @hal @crond kdm The default base install is syslog-ng network netfs crond Installation Guid at http:wiki.archli...

FYI, new install of FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 with docs, src, ports,, (basic standard full install) ended up using 2.5g HD space. The new installer defaults entire drive to / slice, in fact the entire installer is quite different that previous versions, much easier it seems. portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap upgrade (after that just 'portsnap fetch update' to get latest ports) whereis portupgrade cd /usr/ports make quicksearch name=portupgrade cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade; mak...

<p>Beryl (a linux 3D desktop cube application) does not defaultly start with linux KDE or Gnome. These are instructions taken from <a class="urlLink" href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beryl#Method_2_-_Beryl_without_loading_kwin_.28Faster.29" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank'); return false;">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beryl#Method_2_-_Beryl_without_loading_kwin_.28Faster.29</a> on how to autostart beryl in KDE.</p> <blockquote class="blockQuote">Beryl is old and is now known as compiz or compiz/fusion </blockquote>