From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 22 00:41:26 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309B036CD6E for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:41:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BBGqT3450z4Syn for ; Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:41:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [192.168.43.231] (unknown [172.58.139.40]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 906E74E663; Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:41:19 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.1\)) Subject: Re: FreeBSD (GhostBSD) Question? From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <73d46bd1-9cad-3786-2024-fa98a925d43d@nomadlogic.org> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 19:41:17 -0500 Cc: Lonnie Cumberland , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9490E82B-8047-4F7C-9B5B-7AF536DD4AD3@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <73d46bd1-9cad-3786-2024-fa98a925d43d@nomadlogic.org> To: Pete Wright X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.1) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BBGqT3450z4Syn X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.06 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.51)[-0.513]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.139.40:received]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.40)[-0.399]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.62)[-0.624]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:41:26 -0000 > On Jul 21, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Pete Wright wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 7/21/20 3:52 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: >> My question to the mailing list is this. Is it accurate to say that >> GhostBSD is just FreeBSD with a graphical environment added? >>=20 >> I ask, because I want to stay with FreeBSD, but just do not want to = spend >> the time right now setting up the GUI and fine tuning, so I am taking = the >> lazy way for the time being and will come back at a later time to do = a >> fresh FreeBSD install from scratch. > I like GhostBSD, I often use it to validate our graphics stack works = as expected on new hardware. I also find it refreshing to have an = "opinionated" desktop environment, meaning the GhostBSD team put effort = in to customize defaults for a great user experience. >=20 > from my experience it seems to also do a good job not deviating too = much from a vanilla FreeBSD install as well, so it may be a good choice = to get more familiar with howto sysadmin a FreeBSD box while also having = a usable graphical desktop with modern applications. >=20 I second what Pete said, I run GhostBSD on my laptop. I run FreeBSD on = workstation though, I just like more Mate desktop environment. Valeri > cheers, > -pete >=20 > --=20 > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > @nomadlogicLA >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"