Ars Technica article on FreeBSD new user experience

[Alfonso Siciliano]

On Thu, 9 Apr 2020 15:05:32 -0400
Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Jim Salter has an article in Ars Technica discussing his experience
> with FreeBSD 12.1 as a desktop:
> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/not-actually-linux-distro-review-freebsd-12-1-release/
> 
> There are some points in there that might involve misunderstanding,
> but there are also a number of real issues raised about the experience
> a new (or newish) desktop FreeBSD user will have. It will be a good
> idea for us to examine these, and offer advice or corrections if
> appropriate, and otherwise look how we can improve the FreeBSD
> experience for new users.

I think a Debian tasksel-like utility can be a key improvement
(I could work on it)

"Collection Software"

 [ ] FreeBSD desktop environment
 [ ] ... GNOME
 [ ] ... KDE
 [ ] ... XFCE
 [ ] Laptop
 [ ] ... Nvidia Optimus
 [ ] ... Intel drm-kmod
 [ ] Office
   and so on

However, my installation is 2 years old, I don't know the
current features of bsdinstall.

Alfonso

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