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Yes because my motherboard is faulty and my processor is really old
So I will just upgrade everything in one turn
Eliab/Andi
FreeBSD or BSD is a great community 😊
Eliab/Andi
I start 1st with my Dell lap and installing FreeBSD :D
./pascal.sh
I will install FreeBSD on my dell workstation today , I hope
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😂
./pascal.sh
I start 1st with my Dell lap and installing FreeBSD :D
Maybe look in my blog if you have any problems installing freebsd on a laptop
Eliab/Andi
Eliab/Andi
U can send me a PM if u want to share your blog?
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Ah I hate google
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Np
Anonymous
Ach, wir können deutsch reden? 😉
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Eig nicht die gruppe hier is English only
Anonymous
ok
Eliab/Andi
Ach, wir können deutsch reden? 😉
sicher ;) But I guess we should respect to chat in English ;)
Eliab/Andi
Do we have FreeBSD Deutsch?=
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Denglish at it's best
tim
Diese Gruppe ist nun Staatseigentum der Bundesrepublik
Anonymous
😁
./pascal.sh
Ancap screaming
Eliab/Andi
Make BSD great again :D Starting now with my spare Dell lap
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Haha
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I will install it on my server later
Anonymous
Nike says: just do it!
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Just sudo it
Anonymous
LOL
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Anonymous
But to be honest: so well written the freebsd-handbook is in most aspects, so terrible it is in adding a desktop to your installation
./pascal.sh
Anonymous
Setting up xorg is a nightmare
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But to be honest: so well written the freebsd-handbook is in most aspects, so terrible it is in adding a desktop to your installation
Hahahahhah
Adding desktop isnt that hard
And yes the handbook is great documented
Anonymous
because the internet seems to be full with installation recipes
Anonymous
which are heavily outdated by now
Anonymous
and the handbook isn't specific about it, either
Anonymous
I'm talking about
Anonymous
the xorg.conf file(s) and their locations
Anonymous
It seems that in the past they resided in /etc/xorg
./pascal.sh
This guide here is not bad
https://cooltrainer.org/a-freebsd-desktop-howto/
Its similar to my own blog
Anonymous
I used that one
Anonymous
and it worked
Anonymous
but after a 2nd install on another machine
Anonymous
I'm pretty convinced that the xorg-programmers changed their strategy and you do NOT need to create an xorg.conf file any longer
Anonymous
this is NOT documented in the handbook
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For Intel and amd graphics you don't need an xorg.conf anymore, well at least on Linux
Anonymous
that holds true for freebsd also, AFAIK
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Ok
Anonymous
they streamline all unices in this respect
Anonymous
but the handbook(s) DO NOT reflect these changes
./pascal.sh
I had to setup an xorg.conf on my old laptop for my skylake graphics to get it smooth
Anonymous
Therefore: RTFM is a somewhat silly advice
Anonymous
So did I with my 1st FreeBSD/KDE-workstation... copying an xorg.conf out of /root
Anonymous
into /home/user
Anonymous
but that's history, as we found out
Anonymous
Exactly here things start to get complicated
Eliab/Andi
I'm starting now the installation of FreeBSD :)
Anonymous
What the enduser needed was some announcement on the freebsd-handbook-pages that there is a planned transition phase of any number of dot-releases or so
Anonymous
The handbook has a revision number of some 50.000
Anonymous
If you change it that often, you could at least expect a word or to about a pardigm change in xorg
Eliab/Andi
The FreeBSD Handbook is now on 3rd ed. I guess, isn't it? I've got the 2nd ed in a print version at home
Anonymous
My current online version of freebsd handbook reads:
Anonymous
Revision: 54263
Anonymous
U can check this on: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/index.html
Anonymous
Basically it is updated several times a day
Anonymous
Hahahahhah
Adding desktop isnt that hard
And yes the handbook is great documented
Did I make my point now? It is (too) confusing. Only if you know what to do it is easy, all of a sudden. Handbook and reality diverge here...