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  1. taz

    Synth: Introducing new custom package repository builder for FreeBSD and DragonFly

    I want to use synth, instead of portmaster, in my automated script that bootstraps a fresh system. So I installed the 10.3 release VM switched pkg to use latest and updated the ports tree with portsnap fetch extract. Ran pkg to bootstrap pkg. At this point pkg is the only thing installed...
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    I suggest FreeBSD porting hardware drivers from Linux Kernel 4.5

    https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Getting started with kernel projects#Targets https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2016-January/017109.html
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    Solved Entering Virtual Console from X Environment

    https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
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    What would you like to see in FreeBSD

    There is an interview with Adrian on www.bsdnow.tv regarding the Reddit discussion he started. Quite interesting actually. Here is the link for anyone interested:
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    Change keyboard layout?

    x11/setxkbmap setxkbmap xkb_layout
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    FreeBSD for desktop use?

    It's not FreeBSD you need to worry about but rather the DE you use and the applications. For an eeepc I would go with LXDE, Xfce or MATE as a DE but still FireFox and Chrome for example are memory hungry applications. Also it depends on which eeepc are we talking about and how much power dose...
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    [video] FreeBSD: The Next 10 Years

    So stumbled upon this video last night and I find it quite interesting. If you missed it "take a look at the future" :)
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    Looking for a convenient way to share files...

    With net/samba41 you will be able to share your files over LAN with FreeBSD, Mac, Windows and Linux clients.
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    No Skype?

    Aahhhh ICQ...those where the days. Back then I was really into ICQ but most people I knew where on MSN. Btw. do you know ICQ stands for? Say "I seek you" fast -> ICQ :) And yes net-im/pidgin has support for ICQ and so do other messenger for example net-im/licq.
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    Wayland

    Heh :) I'm not in CLI as in no Xorg at all...but I try to keep my system as much CLI based as possible (so no gtk or qt is the goal). I don't run any DE. I need to have a browser so I'm watching it from a browser but I do not use linux emualtion to enable Flash, only HTML5 videos. But it's...
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    Wayland

    Also for anyone interested in the FreeBSD graphics stack here is a nice video:
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    Wayland

    I don't think that separate funding would make much of a difference since I keep track of what is the Foundation doing and I think that they are investing the money wisely. It's just that probably there is not that much money to invest in all areas (server, desktop, embedded). For example the...
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    Wayland

    Ok, yes KDE and GNOME are known widely but what I'm trying to say that when PC-BSD started if they started with "Lumina" back then today it would not be "WTF is Lumina" it would have been "Lumina is PC-BSDs DE" and and it would have been "our brand" just like KDE and GNOME are "Linux brands" so...
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    Wayland

    Se my post edit for PC-BSD.
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    Wayland

    I agree with you. FreeBSD's problem no.1 is lack of resources. I know that, for example, basically one guy coded and maintains the Atheros drivers and HAL. Which is crazy and I give my thanks to Adrian Chadd. Anyhow no wonder we are so "behind" since basically every project is seriously under...
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    Wayland

    This is how I see Wayland: It's written by Linux people for Linux and not by UNIX people for UNIX. And even if Wayland gets ported, and it will eventually, it's going to be a bunch of hacks and glue code to make it work. :mad: Anyway IMHO if FreeBSD would want to compete with the Windows and...
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    Minimal Xorg's dependencies

    Use ports-mgmt/portmaster with option to to use packages for build only dependencies and to delete build only dependencies.
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    Great FreeBSD / UNIX books

    If you are into programming or might become: FreeBSD Device Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid
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    Best working desktop on FreeBSD

    Have you taken a look at PC-BSD?
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    Opera is dropping FreeBSD, it's (almost) official.

    Yes it has some basic JavaScript support but it's still far from complete. Thanks for pointing out that Ebay and Amazon work. Yeah this is a nice trick.
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