After first install I installed gnome, failed (X not yet installed - dependencies were not pulled in, newbie mistake). For that and disk other reason I fresh re-intalled freeBSD12.2.
I installed X, the nvidia driver, XFCE4, firefox. As close to handbook and advices as I could find.
I was disappointed - immediately there was no mouse. I then loaded twm(1) and mouse was fine. I loaded back up xfce4 again. If I played with interface menus the mouse appeared. I loaded firefox: MOUSE DISAPPEARED AGAIN. I tried a different video driver. Mouse was on and off. So i un-installed xfce4 nothing I could do.
Me - I don't like running things that are highly broken. I'm always happier with twm(1) if nothing is around that isn't broken. If I can't type or click. If my work is interrupted: it's a problem.
Let me say why I installed freeBSD. I've been studying math and run Mathematica (stable on slackware 7.0 btw). On Windows 10, IT'S TOTALLY UN-RELIABLE. I'm continually interrupted with: mouse disappearing problems (yes, in Win10). Microsoft continually hacking (continual updates, shadowing my work shadow drive, admin consoles continually opening seen in task manager). MATHEMTICA continually crashes: more on Apple (i sold my iMac because of it) but still often on Win10.
I had hoped if I took time to install (freeBSD or ubuntu - and I know ubuntu has tech terrorist admins I've dealt with before), that Mathematica would RUN STABLE, no mouse disappearing, no daily forced reboots (win10 has forced reboots and updates browser every time you open your first in the morning: awful plan).
I'm very much getting fed up with the people who are "supposed much higher than me making critical decisions".
They not only are forcing upgrades they are interfering with my ability to work.
I installed X, the nvidia driver, XFCE4, firefox. As close to handbook and advices as I could find.
I was disappointed - immediately there was no mouse. I then loaded twm(1) and mouse was fine. I loaded back up xfce4 again. If I played with interface menus the mouse appeared. I loaded firefox: MOUSE DISAPPEARED AGAIN. I tried a different video driver. Mouse was on and off. So i un-installed xfce4 nothing I could do.
Me - I don't like running things that are highly broken. I'm always happier with twm(1) if nothing is around that isn't broken. If I can't type or click. If my work is interrupted: it's a problem.
Let me say why I installed freeBSD. I've been studying math and run Mathematica (stable on slackware 7.0 btw). On Windows 10, IT'S TOTALLY UN-RELIABLE. I'm continually interrupted with: mouse disappearing problems (yes, in Win10). Microsoft continually hacking (continual updates, shadowing my work shadow drive, admin consoles continually opening seen in task manager). MATHEMTICA continually crashes: more on Apple (i sold my iMac because of it) but still often on Win10.
I had hoped if I took time to install (freeBSD or ubuntu - and I know ubuntu has tech terrorist admins I've dealt with before), that Mathematica would RUN STABLE, no mouse disappearing, no daily forced reboots (win10 has forced reboots and updates browser every time you open your first in the morning: awful plan).
I'm very much getting fed up with the people who are "supposed much higher than me making critical decisions".
They not only are forcing upgrades they are interfering with my ability to work.