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Anyone uses FreeBSD on laptop? How is your impressions?

• crest 7y ago
  It takes some effort but works well.
• cperciva 7y ago
  Much better than it used to be. The biggest challenge historically has been video drivers, but with the recent Linux kernel compatibility bits everything has running very smoothly.
  • hs86 7y ago
    Do you know if there are any plans to add some desktop option into the installer? Something simple like tasksel [0] that just adds some curated (and minimal?) selection of packages after the base installation and starts the appropriate display manager right after the first boot. I think that this alone would help a lot to increase FreeBSD's desktop usage and the perceived scope of the project. [0] https://wiki.debian.org/tasksel https://wiki.debian.org/tasksel
    • zafiro17 7y ago
      For about a decade now, the easiest way to get FreeBSD on your desktop is to install TrueOS (formerly called PC-BSD) - http://www.trueos.com http://www.trueos.com. TrueOS is FreeBSD, and the last time I installed it, you were given an option of simply installing a base FreeBSD system with a minimal package selection, exactly what you are looking for. TrueOS is run by iXsystems, the same folks who do FreeNAS.
      • lliamander 7y ago
        The TrueOS folks have shifted their focus toward more server-oriented stuff, and work on a graphical development has shifted to project Trident[0]. [0]https://project-trident.org/ https://project-trident.org/
    • cperciva 7y ago
      We should probably revive the "instant desktop" package.