Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:41:17 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> Cc: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD (GhostBSD) Question? Message-ID: <9490E82B-8047-4F7C-9B5B-7AF536DD4AD3@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <73d46bd1-9cad-3786-2024-fa98a925d43d@nomadlogic.org> References: <CAPmsJLC001JNO==5VQoP6vBLzGT1g7L2fKR_ifd0BUSsxWmdAw@mail.gmail.com> <73d46bd1-9cad-3786-2024-fa98a925d43d@nomadlogic.org>
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> On Jul 21, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote: > > > > On 7/21/20 3:52 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: >> My question to the mailing list is this. Is it accurate to say that >> GhostBSD is just FreeBSD with a graphical environment added? >> >> I ask, because I want to stay with FreeBSD, but just do not want to spend >> the time right now setting up the GUI and fine tuning, so I am taking the >> lazy way for the time being and will come back at a later time to do a >> fresh FreeBSD install from scratch. > I like GhostBSD, I often use it to validate our graphics stack works as expected on new hardware. I also find it refreshing to have an "opinionated" desktop environment, meaning the GhostBSD team put effort in to customize defaults for a great user experience. > > from my experience it seems to also do a good job not deviating too much from a vanilla FreeBSD install as well, so it may be a good choice to get more familiar with howto sysadmin a FreeBSD box while also having a usable graphical desktop with modern applications. > I second what Pete said, I run GhostBSD on my laptop. I run FreeBSD on workstation though, I just like more Mate desktop environment. Valeri > cheers, > -pete > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > @nomadlogicLA > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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