Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:32:34 +0200 From: Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> To: Desktop Mailing List <freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org> Subject: More comments resulting from trial and error during the upgrade to 14.3 Message-ID: <CAO48Bk8-pO%2B2jgt%2BgDKvwXpF7qjwsAiVcfN6nUoYKd1L-6C0HQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--000000000000e479c30637817e9b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi, I hope this may be useful to improve the installation experience in the future. To keep my work as safe as possible, I grabbed another drive and put it in the PC I was upgrading to see how an installation from scratch, using the 14.3 USB image would feel like. In the installation process, I had to struggle to find my WIFI SSID, because my provider uses extremely long SSIDs and the user specific part was not visible. It looks that I have at least 5 neighbours with the same provider and it was a lengthy process until I selected my own SSID. A simple remedy for that would be to have a broader dialog there, which should not be unreasonable even on 80x25 displays... Then I also saw that installing kde and sddm directly installs wayland. Good... except that I haven't found 'tweaking instructions' anywhere and currently the session ends when I close any application I have opened after starting the session. With these two 'quirks' solved, my experience would be reassuring enough to recommend trying FreeBSD to more people. /PA -- Fragen sind nicht da, um beantwortet zu werden, Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden Georg Kreisler Sagen's Paradeiser, write BE! Year 1 of the New Koprocracy --000000000000e479c30637817e9b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this may be usefu= l to improve the installation experience in the future.</div><div>To keep m= y work as safe as possible, I grabbed another drive and put it in the PC I = was upgrading to see how an installation from scratch, using the 14.3 USB i= mage would feel like.</div><div><br></div><div>In the installation process,= I had to struggle to find my WIFI SSID, because my provider uses extremely= long SSIDs and the user specific part was not visible. It looks that I hav= e at least 5 neighbours with the same provider and it was a lengthy process= until I selected my own SSID. A simple remedy for that would be to have a = broader dialog there, which should not be unreasonable even on 80x25 displa= ys...</div><div><br></div><div>Then I also saw that installing kde and sddm= directly installs wayland. Good... except that I haven't found 'tw= eaking instructions' anywhere and currently the session ends when I clo= se any application I have opened after starting the session.=C2=A0</div><di= v><br></div><div>With these two 'quirks' solved, my experience woul= d be reassuring enough to recommend trying FreeBSD to more people.</div><di= v>/PA</div><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span>= <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_sign= ature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Fragen sind nicht d= a, um beantwortet zu werden,<br></div>Fragen sind da um gestellt zu werden<= br></div>Georg Kreisler</div><div><br></div><div>Sagen's Paradeiser, wr= ite BE!</div><div>Year 1 of the New Koprocracy</div><div><br></div></div></= div></div></div> --000000000000e479c30637817e9b--
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