FreeBSD for desktop?

[Necuno]

Anyone here running FreeBSD as a desktop?

So far been good on Debian 8 RC2 even linux mint is really good imho if you are a total noob. Going to play around with FreeBSD in a vm... first

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Not really a great choice for a desktop role. Pretty awful in fact.

For a tinkerer I guess it would bring some joy (and tears), for anyone trying to get anything productive done it's just tears.

 

[Necuno]

Not really a great choice for a desktop role. Pretty awful in fact.

For a tinkerer I guess it would bring some joy (and tears), for anyone trying to get anything productive done it's just tears.

I did however find "man" to help me
https://cooltrainer.org/a-freebsd-desktop-howto/

I was surprised how sleak and well mint is looking thinking back to corel linux.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I did however find "man" to help me
https://cooltrainer.org/a-freebsd-desktop-howto/

I was surprised how sleak and well mint is looking thinking back to corel linux.

Wow that looks like a lot of pain

 

[ginggs]

You can always try Debian GNU/kFreeBSD:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD

It's a Debian userland on top of a FreeBSD kernel.

 

[Light]

The article looks good if you want to learn the finer points of setting up everything by hand.

Alternatively you could try PC-BSD. It's based on FreeBSD but comes with all the desktop software already configured.

 

[Arthur]

What for? What application do you have in mind? Running an OS itself is pretty pointless - it's only a means to an application...

I'm running it in a VM for pfSense.

 

[CataclysmZA]

I did however find "man" to help me
https://cooltrainer.org/a-freebsd-desktop-howto/

Dear lord, that is going to be a long install process. Hell, I look at Arch and already think, "I could, but I'm just not that into installing software that way."

 

[Necuno]

What for? What application do you have in mind? Running an OS itself is pretty pointless - it's only a means to an application...

I'm running it in a VM for pfSense.

Why not? Instead of going to klitsgras perhaps I want to **** around with freebsd

The article looks good if you want to learn the finer points of setting up everything by hand.

Alternatively you could try PC-BSD. It's based on FreeBSD but comes with all the desktop software already configured.

Ah thanks a lot will definitely have a look

 

[Arthur]

Why not? Instead of going to klitsgras perhaps I want to **** around with freebsd

Ah, cool. Makes sense. I understand that.

 

[ponder]

Ah thanks a lot will definitely have a look

Some other options,
http://www.ghostbsd.org/
http://www.midnightbsd.org/

While you're at it have a look at the Lumina desktop environment, specifically developed for pc/freebsd, http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Lumina/10.1

 

[Necuno]

Some other options,
http://www.ghostbsd.org/
http://www.midnightbsd.org/

While you're at it have a look at the Lumina desktop environment, specifically developed for pc/freebsd, http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Lumina/10.1

Thanks. I'm also looking at ArchLinux, used it before?

 

[ponder]

I'm also looking at ArchLinux, used it before?

Used Arch for yonks but I'm getting old and impatient wrt to doing the installs so I go with Manjaro (fast easy installs) which is slightly 'heavier' due to their included tools but it feels just like Arch & pacman is simply the best package manager ever.

 

[Necuno]

Skipped midnight and ghostbsd gives strange hal errors in my virtualboxes. PCDBSD + mate seems to do the job for now

Going to play around with Arch over the w/e.