I installed FreeBSD on a laptop just for fun. I don't mind playing around in a terminal. It takes me back to the old MS-DOS gaming days, playing with batch files.. Haha. I also don't mind RTFM, although to be honest, I would rather not. Which is why this channel is a real help. I'm in the process of solving multiple deficiencies.. I have put several hours into my FreeBSD install, and won't be satisfied until I fix them all. I am stubborn that way. I'm not sure if anyone else refers to the OS as 'FreePTSD,' but I sometimes do.. Haha.. Anyway, onward and upward. Thanks for your help, Mr. RoboNuggie.
I had problems to connect WiFi with FreeBSD. I needed only for the installation of the Ethernet driver... So I used my smartphone. I connected the cable, enabled WiFi and tethering in the smartphone, created the interfaces and connected through DHCP. 😌
One thing I do hope for is a desktop environment that is unique to FreeBSD.. It would be a nice touch to further separate it from Linux. Although I'm sure the maintainers and developers see that as low priority.
Regarding WiFi: No issues "during the installation" setting this up. The WiFi cards I use are the intel AX210 and intel's AX200. They are cheap to buy and easy to install on older hardware. Two Connection types to choose from are available. Great cheap WiFi 6 , bluetooth upgrades for older PC's and Lap Tops.
one thing you have to keep in mind is to never mess around partition the drive especially if you're going to remove data from it to create for swap space. UFS behaves differently than EXT filesystem
Hi Christopher ! Thanks for the video ! FreeBSD is great for the things that make it great! Some things are easier/better done on a Debian linux machine for me, other things like Fileserving and storage there is no equal to ZFS on FreeBSD . I still love FreeBSD for it's structure and stability !
The pragmatic side of me agrees wholeheartedly that something are easier or better done in Debian etc, but the, oh-so stubborn side of me says NO, this is the hill you chosen.... especially when it comes to the desktop side of things.... I think it's old age starting to kick in..... :-)
I more so think that freebsd is an incomplete os that you build and that it is truly yours there is a great reason why sony uses free bsd as software for playstation.İ wish that people keep the FREE of freebsd
Hello all, wishing all are well. I'm new to FreeBSD, approx a week and a half new. I really like it and appreciate what is available greatly, especially for free. So thank you FreeBSD. During this journey, the handbook has been great, however I have not been able to find all solutions I'm curious about regarding the pcmanfm file manager for LXQt on a fresh install? Question: I see a dialog box informing of: "operation not supported" when trying to asses files outside of my home directory and not sure if a better solution is available to what I chose to use? The Gnome virtual file system "gvfs" installation allowed access via the pcmanfm file manager view other system files, which worked ?? I did try other file managers like Yazi and even eaglemode which both work well in the open box environment, however pcmanfm does not, only in LXQt ??
@@RoboNuggie Thank you for the reply. Yes dbus is enabled in rc.conf and my .xinitrc starts LXQt with no issues, (for that I used> % echo 'ck-launch-session /usr/local/bin/startlxqt' > ~/.xinitrc
I installed FreeBSD on a laptop just for fun. I don't mind playing around in a terminal. It takes me back to the old MS-DOS gaming days, playing with batch files.. Haha. I also don't mind RTFM, although to be honest, I would rather not. Which is why this channel is a real help. I'm in the process of solving multiple deficiencies.. I have put several hours into my FreeBSD install, and won't be satisfied until I fix them all. I am stubborn that way. I'm not sure if anyone else refers to the OS as 'FreePTSD,' but I sometimes do.. Haha.. Anyway, onward and upward. Thanks for your help, Mr. RoboNuggie.
I love that "FreePTSD".... excellent!
I had problems to connect WiFi with FreeBSD. I needed only for the installation of the Ethernet driver... So I used my smartphone. I connected the cable, enabled WiFi and tethering in the smartphone, created the interfaces and connected through DHCP. 😌
Nice....there is always a way :-)
One thing I do hope for is a desktop environment that is unique to FreeBSD.. It would be a nice touch to further separate it from Linux. Although I'm sure the maintainers and developers see that as low priority.
Regarding WiFi: No issues "during the installation" setting this up.
The WiFi cards I use are the intel AX210 and intel's AX200. They are cheap to buy and easy to install on older hardware. Two Connection types to choose from are available.
Great cheap WiFi 6 , bluetooth upgrades for older PC's and Lap Tops.
Useful to know...!
one thing you have to keep in mind is to never mess around partition the drive especially if you're going to remove data from it to create for swap space. UFS behaves differently than EXT filesystem
Oh yes, completely agree.....
Hi Christopher ! Thanks for the video ! FreeBSD is great for the things that make it great! Some things are easier/better done on a Debian linux machine for me, other things like Fileserving and storage there is no equal to ZFS on FreeBSD .
I still love FreeBSD for it's structure and stability !
The pragmatic side of me agrees wholeheartedly that something are easier or better done in Debian etc, but the, oh-so stubborn side of me says NO, this is the hill you chosen.... especially when it comes to the desktop side of things....
I think it's old age starting to kick in..... :-)
You are the best (into & around BsD)
Cheers from Greece
Thank you :-)
❤
I more so think that freebsd is an incomplete os that you build and that it is truly yours there is a great reason why sony uses free bsd as software for playstation.İ wish that people keep the FREE of freebsd
Hello all, wishing all are well.
I'm new to FreeBSD, approx a week and a half new. I really like it and appreciate what is available greatly, especially for free. So thank you FreeBSD.
During this journey, the handbook has been great, however I have not been able to find all solutions I'm curious about regarding the pcmanfm file manager for LXQt on a fresh install?
Question: I see a dialog box informing of: "operation not supported" when trying to asses files outside of my home directory and not sure if a better solution is available to what I chose to use? The Gnome virtual file system "gvfs" installation allowed access via the pcmanfm file manager view other system files, which worked ??
I did try other file managers like Yazi and even eaglemode which both work well in the open box environment, however pcmanfm does not, only in LXQt ??
Have you enabled dbus in your /etc.rc,conf?
And in your .xinitrc, what line do you use to start your LXQt?
@@RoboNuggie Thank you for the reply. Yes dbus is enabled in rc.conf and my .xinitrc starts LXQt with no issues, (for that I used> % echo 'ck-launch-session /usr/local/bin/startlxqt' > ~/.xinitrc
I have a Lexmark printer at home and I can use it at home with FreeBSD hassle-free.
Now that's a brand I haven't used for many years.....
I have problems with realtek 2.5gbit network driver
That's very useful.... I've noted that down for suture reference!