latest install DVD

[Dale Scott]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jd1008
> Sent: June 25, 2015 3:20 PM
> To: FreeBSD Users
> Subject: latest install DVD
> 
> A friend asks if the latest fbsd installation DVD will also install
multiple
> Destops (like Gnome, Mate, lxde, ...etc) for him to try out, along with
the gui
> apps like thunderbird, firefox, smplayer , .... etc.

Your friend might want to consider the PC-BSD "distribution" of FreeBSD. The
PC-BSD gang concentrate on a solid desktop experience, and the apps in their
app store generally just work (but make sure your system hardware is
supported by FreeBSD though, especially laptops). An potential chicken&egg
issue is that you may have to install PC-BSD first in order to browse the
available apps (in the PC-BSD "AppCafe(R)").

Good luck!
Dale