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OpenBSD is the BSD that supports Gnome FreeBSD is the BSD that supports KDE or thats how it's been explained to me. So if you want Gnome you should try OpenBS

by gen3 6y ago

OpenBSD is the BSD that supports Gnome FreeBSD is the BSD that supports KDE or thats how it's been explained to me. So if you want Gnome you should try OpenBSD.

nix23 6y ago
>or thats how it's been explained to me FreeBSD supports KDE, Gnome, i3 and and and.... OpenBSD or FreeBSD don't have a preferred DE, next time check for your self and don't believe in 'explanation's' from some douche-bag.
- gen3 6y ago
  I tried to install KDE onto OpenBSD and was greeted with a wildly out of date install; while they might not have a DE specifically sponsored on their website, it’s self evident which DE is preferred by the people that maintain and use the OS. Gnome is updated to 3.36.3.1, while KDE is on the stale 3.5.10 in OpenBSD In FreeBSD Gnome is updated to 3.28.2, while KDE is on 5.19.0.20.04.2 The Gnome on FreeBSD is 2 years stale, and KDE on OpenBSD is about 12.
  - nix23 6y ago
    Yes and? Both are very well maintained, but to be honest, use something more *nix style on all BDS's like xfce4 lxde i3
  - anthk 6y ago
    If any, the best DE for OpenBSD is XFCE, and the most liked WM is CWM and FVWM by inertia.
    - smabie 6y ago
      cwm is really amazing, it's unfortunate it's not more powerful. Does everything a floating WM should do and nothing more.
      - anthk 6y ago
        I miss an "always on top" setting, but, beside of that, it's good.
        smabie 6y ago
        I meant 'popular', not 'powerful'
        anthk 6y ago
        But that feature exists since forever. It's a useful one.
loeg 6y ago
Painting with a very broad brush there.
smabie 6y ago
Supporting Gnome isn't what OpenBSD is about, and supporting KDE isn't what FreeBSD is about..
JdeBP 6y ago
There's a tendency to try to pigeonhole NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD (and sometimes DragonFly BSD and MirOS BSD) into neat little categories. Usually it is along the lines of "the portable one", "the secure one", and "the PC one", but which desktop they notionally support is a similar attempt at classification. Avoid this. It's as superficial and wrong as classifying people into blondes, brunettes, and redheads. It's not how the BSDs differentiate.

by gen3 6y ago

OpenBSD is the BSD that supports Gnome FreeBSD is the BSD that supports KDE or thats how it's been explained to me. So if you want Gnome you should try OpenBSD.

nix23 6y ago

>or thats how it's been explained to me FreeBSD supports KDE, Gnome, i3 and and and.... OpenBSD or FreeBSD don't have a preferred DE, next time check for your self and don't believe in 'explanation's' from some douche-bag.

gen3 6y ago
I tried to install KDE onto OpenBSD and was greeted with a wildly out of date install; while they might not have a DE specifically sponsored on their website, it’s self evident which DE is preferred by the people that maintain and use the OS. Gnome is updated to 3.36.3.1, while KDE is on the stale 3.5.10 in OpenBSD In FreeBSD Gnome is updated to 3.28.2, while KDE is on 5.19.0.20.04.2 The Gnome on FreeBSD is 2 years stale, and KDE on OpenBSD is about 12.
- nix23 6y ago
  Yes and? Both are very well maintained, but to be honest, use something more *nix style on all BDS's like xfce4 lxde i3
- anthk 6y ago
  If any, the best DE for OpenBSD is XFCE, and the most liked WM is CWM and FVWM by inertia.
  - smabie 6y ago
    cwm is really amazing, it's unfortunate it's not more powerful. Does everything a floating WM should do and nothing more.
    - anthk 6y ago
      I miss an "always on top" setting, but, beside of that, it's good.
      - smabie 6y ago
        I meant 'popular', not 'powerful'
        anthk 6y ago
        But that feature exists since forever. It's a useful one.

loeg 6y ago

Painting with a very broad brush there.

smabie 6y ago

Supporting Gnome isn't what OpenBSD is about, and supporting KDE isn't what FreeBSD is about..

JdeBP 6y ago

There's a tendency to try to pigeonhole NetBSD, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD (and sometimes DragonFly BSD and MirOS BSD) into neat little categories. Usually it is along the lines of "the portable one", "the secure one", and "the PC one", but which desktop they notionally support is a similar attempt at classification. Avoid this. It's as superficial and wrong as classifying people into blondes, brunettes, and redheads. It's not how the BSDs differentiate.