Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 01:35:45 +0100 From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Notes on improving the installer Message-ID: <CAFYkXjk%2BwBvUpoy%2BngD03_Xr=g-%2BrQCWUmLpPQ77_jYynnwcDA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkNAmiX0J_Gb6LK%2BGR9Kn43R4VWvUqzuUT7uXjjuVgyaQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <8634byieib.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca> <CAFYkXjmAUZh_SRmBeP7%2BXuZqdTc=k7DMmAZ8m8sC_TEewUGkmw@mail.gmail.com> <86zfe6qko2.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca> <CAFYkXjnrEQDCg-jCBOuo3Q1b1u0=BKswHEghg1ZeWH5rL7g_nw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjkNAmiX0J_Gb6LK%2BGR9Kn43R4VWvUqzuUT7uXjjuVgyaQ@mail.gmail.com>
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I have added idea for "Migrate to FreeBSD" to the wiki :-) As people with decent computers cannot upgrade to Win11 there is a very strong push in looking for alternatives. For sure Linux is the first choice but it may be leveraged to migrate to FreeBSD and bring new crowd of users :-) https://wiki.freebsd.org/ImproveInstaller === Migrate to FreeBSD === * Because of Win11 not running on decent but older machines people look for alternatives. This can be leveraged to bring whole new crowd of users to the FreeBSD community desktop (LDWG). * Minimal installer path for non computer users with all complex setup questions hidden by default but possible to select when needed. * Resize existing partitions so that FreeBSD can be installed on the same disk. * Copy existing user data from old system partitions (i.e. user downloads documents music videos, maybe other places to select, maybe some backups of application settings, etc). * Ask if dual boot is desired to keep old system "just in case" or remove old system and resize FreeBSD partitions to fill in the free space. If old system is kept then provide easy way to remove it after some time when user is ready. * Provide set of packages to install (i.e. KDE, LXQT, XFCE, desktop environments, productivity packages such as LibreOffice, Firefox, Chromium, VLC, OBS, education, science, math, music, etc). From my experience non computer people feel best in KDE. -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.infohelp
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