Comments on: KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer https://linuxiac.com/kde-desktop-environment-comes-to-freebsd-15-0-installer/ All things Linux & Open Source Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://linuxiac.com/kde-desktop-environment-comes-to-freebsd-15-0-installer/#comment-75284 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:07:37 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178832#comment-75284 If I am not mistaken GNOME requires (or at least semi-requires) systemd, which is Linux-only, so I understand choosing KDE among the two heavyweights. I hope that the new fork Xlibre will mature fast enough for the KDE team to reconsider abandoning X.

]]> By: Ricardo https://linuxiac.com/kde-desktop-environment-comes-to-freebsd-15-0-installer/#comment-74057 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:50:03 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178832#comment-74057 It always seemed to me that FreeBSD devs and users tend to gravitate towards KDE/Plasma for a desktop.
There are of course those power users who prefer a minimalist WM tailored to their tastes but for some reason, whenever I read an article about FreeBSD on the desktop it tended to be KDE/Plasma.

I don’t know if cause or consecuence, but surely the late PC-BSD/TrueOS must have has something to do with it, as KDE/Plasma was the desktop of choice at least for a long while.

]]> By: InvisibleInk https://linuxiac.com/kde-desktop-environment-comes-to-freebsd-15-0-installer/#comment-73930 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:14:41 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178832#comment-73930 This is an improvement

But I’ve been using GhostBSD, which offers a polished MATE desktop, on one of my older computers for a few years now. Installing Linux software from ports even comes with a graphical user interface. GhostBSD also has a community XFCE version. It’s very easy to install.

There’s also MidnightBSD with its XFCE desktop.

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