The Uncle
I'm happy to be here ...
The Uncle
got a journey to start with FreeBSD but first need your guidance, possible ?
The Uncle
I'm currently fetching the VHD to test FreeBSD on VBox or KVM but i'd like to know what ISO is the best for installing on a laptop without worrying too much
The Uncle
the list is long here
Eliab/Andi
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I'm currently fetching the VHD to test FreeBSD on VBox or KVM but i'd like to know what ISO is the best for installing on a laptop without worrying too much
FreeBSD 12.2 RELEASE has a VHD to test. I'd go with that. If your hardware is too new then you can try with the FreeBSD13 CURRENT
Eliab/Andi
The Uncle
FreeBSD 12.2 RELEASE has a VHD to test. I'd go with that. If your hardware is too new then you can try with the FreeBSD13 CURRENT
I own a Lenovo T440p ... not so new PC
The Uncle
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The iso one should be fine
The Uncle
also there is a memstick img and don't fully understand the need of it while there are ISO that (i guess) we can burn on USB drives
The Uncle
okay ! High compression then when I consider the size difference
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But I think it was more suited for older network connections and now with the standard iso is fine. If you go with the compressed version, you need to use xz to decompress the image when downloaded
The Uncle
I'm going for normal .iso
The Uncle
I want to have xmonad installed on it, does Xmonad exist on the FreeBSD repos ?
The Uncle
can you recommend some good tutos that I can watch to understand the FreeBSD concept
The Uncle
???
Sylvain
can you recommend some good tutos that I can watch to understand the FreeBSD concept
https://youtube.com/c/iBSDTV
Eliab/Andi
https://youtube.com/c/RoboNuggie
@TheUncleMez
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can you recommend some good tutos that I can watch to understand the FreeBSD concept
https://t.me/worldwidebsd
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I want to have xmonad installed on it, does Xmonad exist on the FreeBSD repos ?
Yeah.
$ pkg install hs-xmonad
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can you recommend some good tutos that I can watch to understand the FreeBSD concept
A "post install" text guide
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I'm sure after a couple hours messing around with the system you're gonna feel it like home (:
The Uncle
My need are to speed, less crashes, better monitor handling and few other stuffs.
The Uncle
I don't use that much of apps on my Linux box, currently on i3 as my WM (i guess it's present on FreeBSD) and make good use of Telegram ... also expect it to be latest version on FreeBSD
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I don't use that much of apps on my Linux box, currently on i3 as my WM (i guess it's present on FreeBSD) and make good use of Telegram ... also expect it to be latest version on FreeBSD
Both available on FreeBSD yep. Almost at the latest version.
The good part of FreeBSD is that you can opt to build the packages from source tailoring them to your needs in almost no time.
If you want to find available packages in the web:
https://pkgs.org
And source ports:
https://www.freshports.org
Inside the system you can use:
$ pkg search pkg_name
Or for source ports:
$ cd /usr/ports && make search name=port_name
The Uncle
Oh the pkg thing is similar to dnf way to playing around ...
The Uncle
Both available on FreeBSD yep. Almost at the latest version.
The good part of FreeBSD is that you can opt to build the packages from source tailoring them to your needs in almost no time.
If you want to find available packages in the web:
https://pkgs.org
And source ports:
https://www.freshports.org
Inside the system you can use:
$ pkg search pkg_name
Or for source ports:
$ cd /usr/ports && make search name=port_name
I can't find vivaldi from the pkg website ... it's my main browser
Eliab/Andi
Can anybody recommend a good app Woking with Wacom tablet
On win or Linux I use Openboard
The Uncle
Can anybody recommend a good app Woking with Wacom tablet
On win or Linux I use Openboard
On linux and windows i use their driver+app straight
The Uncle
for precise work like drawing ?
Eliab/Andi
For tutoring
Math etc
The Uncle
Oh then I can't help
The Uncle
I'm not into scientific lifestyle
The Uncle
😊
The Uncle
Can we talk about resources usage/consumption on FreeBSD ?
The Uncle
is there a clear difference in terms of resources usage between FreeBSD and Linux ?
siduck
is there a clear difference in terms of resources usage between FreeBSD and Linux ?
there shouldnt be much !
siduck
The Uncle
installed gnome-boxes but can't make my FreeBSD to load and install in VM
The Uncle
now installing KVM Hypervisor to see if it will make it
neb
can you recommend some good tutos that I can watch to understand the FreeBSD concept
Maybe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59w2UMZistg&t=383
neb
And the official FreeBSD channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxLxR_oW-NAmChIcSkAyZGQ
The Uncle
watching now
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Can anybody recommend a good app Woking with Wacom tablet
On win or Linux I use Openboard
Since Openboard seems to be the best of class in what it does, have you tried this approaches to run it under FreeBSD?
1- use brandelf
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=brandelf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE&format=html
2- Linux Binary Compatibility
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html
The Uncle
FreeBSD is like Linux when I first met it but also it seem to me like it is more intelligent from the same starting point
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FreeBSD is like Linux when I first met it but also it seem to me like it is more intelligent from the same starting point
You also have more control over the system since you know, there's no underground jobs managed by systemd and such...
The Uncle
it's great and I can feel that ... like less dependances, much cleaner
The Uncle
also, i don't absolutely need sodu right ?
The Uncle
doas is what we rely on ... am i right on this?
The Uncle
telegram is at v2.4.4
Sylvain
FreeBSD is like Linux when I first met it but also it seem to me like it is more intelligent from the same starting point
Indeed : https://youtu.be/EJEUYUPtNWA
Sylvain
Sylvain
doas is what we rely on ... am i right on this?
I think doas is a simpler implementation (if Iam not mistaken) than sudo. I would compare both manpages
Anonymous
also, i don't absolutely need sodu right ?
nope. you don't need sudo if you have doas ( doas currently ported to *bsd, linux and some solaris based oses)
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I think doas is a simpler implementation (if Iam not mistaken) than sudo. I would compare both manpages
doas come from OpenBSD. It can operate the same way. For a regular user who wants elevated permissions for daily stuff like install pkgs or mount drives both sudo and doas suit the job (:
Sylvain
The Uncle
it seem like FreeBSD repos can be slow when it comes to fetch a big pkg
The Uncle
more than 5min now since i'm trying to fetch a 88MiB pkg
The Uncle
llvm10-10.0.1_4 88MiB
Eliab/Andi
Since Openboard seems to be the best of class in what it does, have you tried this approaches to run it under FreeBSD?
1- use brandelf
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=brandelf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE&format=html
2- Linux Binary Compatibility
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html
I haven't tried ot yet - but I hope that I will do this later this evening or tomorrow ;) thx for sharing your knowledige mate!
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Dbus isn't required for X system. If a package needs it, it will install as a dependency
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