Ruben

What's the fuss about FreeBSD? Read about my first impressions here, after playing with it these past three months on my servers (and, since a few weeks, on my laptop):

https://kedara.eu/playing-freebsd/

My special thanks to the awesome and kind #BSDCafe Barista @stefano for writing the posts that introduced me to the BSDs, and for fostering such a positive and welcoming community!

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #ZFS #BlogPost

Mar 28 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadRuben19h ago
If you're interested, I'm keeping track of what works (and what doesn't) on my laptop here: https://kedara.eu/freebsd-thinkpad-t14-gen2-intel/
FreeBSD on a Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 Intel - Kedara.eu

Altocumulus undulatus

Kedara.eu
Show threadDon Tho Mas 👿17h ago

@kedara And also check the FreeBSD wiki:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops

Laptops - FreeBSD Wiki

Show threadRuben17h ago
@ThTh good one, thanks!
Show threadDavid - Forking Mad16h ago
@kedara Interesting.  I did try to install it last week but I got lost!  This Handbook sounds like what I need
Show threadRuben15h ago
@daj I hope the Handbook helps, where did you get stuck before? I'm no expert, but I did manage to install four basic systems so far 😂
Show threadDavid - Forking Mad15h ago
@kedara I got as far as installing the base and then I was not use how to get a GUI on it
Show threadRuben15h ago
@daj ah, yes, I completely understand. It depends on your hardware if you need extra drivers, that's in chapter 5, together with the X server. Then you have to choose what desktop environment you'd like, I chose Xfce in chapter 8.2.3. The TL;DR version is something like `pkg install xorg xfce xfce4-screensaver lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter` but I'd really recommended the Handbook, so you understand better and can make your own choices. I hope this helps, there are more packages and tweaks I've done after that on my laptop page (above).