Hi all,
Sorry if the next question is a dumb one but, along the years, my different jobs attached me to Windows systems (no alternatives to the technical software that I use) and I am quite new in BSD or Linux world.
I use Artix as my daily driver (cannot use FreeBSD because some hardware incompatibilities), but the laptop is dying (broken wifi/usb card and USB ports failing every few minutes) and I would like to install FreeBDS in an old laptop. The problem is that I have some important constraints.
The main one is that I need a GUI digital signature client to sing official documents, and that client is only available in .deb and .rpm packages (beside Windows and Mac versions).
I shaw in FreeBSD Handbook that I can use a Debian Base System with debootstrap but, as the client requieres a desktop and interacts with the browsers (the browser calls the signature client), I don't know if installing a desktop environment like Xfce/Plasma in FreeBSD, and Debian through debootstrap, it's enough to install and run Debian GUI applications seamlessly. ¿It is possible?
Not sure if the “foreign” application can be called from the FreeBSD desktop and how it will interact with the window manager or desktop environment.
I can just try, but I’m sure there are a lot of issues/concepts/basics that I’m not taking into account, and I prefer to ask in advance.
Thanks for any comments or guidance.
Sorry if the next question is a dumb one but, along the years, my different jobs attached me to Windows systems (no alternatives to the technical software that I use) and I am quite new in BSD or Linux world.
I use Artix as my daily driver (cannot use FreeBSD because some hardware incompatibilities), but the laptop is dying (broken wifi/usb card and USB ports failing every few minutes) and I would like to install FreeBDS in an old laptop. The problem is that I have some important constraints.
The main one is that I need a GUI digital signature client to sing official documents, and that client is only available in .deb and .rpm packages (beside Windows and Mac versions).
I shaw in FreeBSD Handbook that I can use a Debian Base System with debootstrap but, as the client requieres a desktop and interacts with the browsers (the browser calls the signature client), I don't know if installing a desktop environment like Xfce/Plasma in FreeBSD, and Debian through debootstrap, it's enough to install and run Debian GUI applications seamlessly. ¿It is possible?
Not sure if the “foreign” application can be called from the FreeBSD desktop and how it will interact with the window manager or desktop environment.
I can just try, but I’m sure there are a lot of issues/concepts/basics that I’m not taking into account, and I prefer to ask in advance.
Thanks for any comments or guidance.