From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 23 13:35:50 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 CBEA637F13B for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: from mail-il1-x131.google.com (mail-il1-x131.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::131]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BCCyY3zm1z4ZY9 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:35:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: by mail-il1-x131.google.com with SMTP id r12so4310397ilh.4 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 06:35:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=9dLx6HzOn1ufXnrCLBeAKRZQPrm8Mr/DcNExj7NuAUc=; b=AQN1WsTpcrAZgriHEVqvELHNbQzMcfGyTs3kExU+9Z3oJvm4hnBkVze+zgkoFk5QAk uZPxrbAkV3q8oydhtW99kb4+eq3lGR8eFN3OmtZYNZT4oi7kdzBSukQ4dSCRODra/Fwo UnsNhg5dNe6o5GTHRN5AOx1llGEN1xz8d+6+5lbASIkw6/p8ihHnCks+xOoANlddfPzw paK31XrsBNAuCHEaUU4Zfz0jUhIK2j3X1OEkuHzxPpYrUXMEakhA/Z2D0ca8QPaxrWy0 RypLA3FEV1hMyYuI4cdnShltVsXGbqDjQ5SpCMDAVrGKaSav9/QQoZ0YqdBzPXKFJPIf sviQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=9dLx6HzOn1ufXnrCLBeAKRZQPrm8Mr/DcNExj7NuAUc=; b=PXHoQqjGWKcSUzZGKvUcfe5+Mwqw1fqz714CbsnCDYAun34Y8cqxLxFxgkaZJ+wwvu YIobt1X65L+JYNQTF4mngUERCG47N7KsUJdIzY74u2xcXlYKOxInIjxtMIbheXJ7tgHM yP1Hauppybq9SGD+jF8/XZw46SVQKYsLXQpdvrD4RLV/YuXWSPKwgStRwIAYniip+Iz7 bV9SBLTAOc2UoolTIuYZK1IJMuLQNwAmgZpHKM7e0mC2zCwMSlUcw9MVp0ttEbByayPv kPPrgm4Pc+gqii7XtydRrEY/d9fRfd7yqjxGvQdLZYzm72kXKFLcsokOdKmKYXKidU+C WLoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533CEJA+H3vdaPiKiVef/H8h9axC/5o+yphFVIb8fGFS7ZPxNZod u/OLUe6iUmM1cXC4NyRHFaJXJSVGfDGsSteBFbD3Zg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzdXJoPCCnSR9SGzYo/v5ol1ZwJD96Zi1gfHmDMFi6kwfYnc0sOznbNOvvKh3KG4kuHxrksdd67Rej7sGEVWY0= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:1246:: with SMTP id j6mr4884506ilq.216.1595511348040; Thu, 23 Jul 2020 06:35:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1720589882.5509006.1595431360144@mail.yahoo.com> <20200722191856.296d1e2e@archlinux> <20200722204305.ca4991ef.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200722231611.3d782ae7@archlinux> <20200722234839.8e69a027.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200722234839.8e69a027.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Lonnie Cumberland Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:35:37 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: New Updates WAS: [FreeBSD (GhostBSD) Question?] To: Polytropon Cc: Ralf Mardorf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BCCyY3zm1z4ZY9 X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=AQN1WsTp; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=outstep.com (policy=none); spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::131 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of lonnie@outstep.com) smtp.mailfrom=lonnie@outstep.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.16 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.97)[-0.965]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.02)[-1.024]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.03)[0.035]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::131:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; SUBJECT_HAS_QUESTION(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[outstep.com : No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed), none] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 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: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:35:50 -0000 Hi All, NOTE: To shorten the long message stream, I renamed it. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments and suggestions about GhostBSD, FreeBSD and making the transition. Last night, I fired up and installed GhostBSD on a drive and it works well. I really like the nice clean looking interface as a definice Pro, but from what I can see, it also does not use Freshports or the same PKG repository as FreeBSD which is what I have been browsing and learning from which is sort of a Con in this case. Also, it seems that GhostBSD can install the rEFInd boot loaded which runs well too. On the other side of things, I was able to also install the FreeBSD GUI edition (FuryBSD Xfce) which seems to be an exact use of FreeBSD along with the same ports and PKG usage, but with a nice desktop installed on it. I also really like it as well, but had a problem trying to get the bootloader installed and had to manually boot from my bios efi screen since something did not install correctly when it did the auto install. I also tried to manually download and set up the rEFInd bootloader from their site so that I could try to keep the FuryBSD installation,but could not easily figure out what I needed to install and where so I gave up and did another re-installation of the GhostBSD. I may give the FuryBSD a new clean try since I really want to be able to use the standard Freshports and base FreeBSD PKG system as my project is based upon mfsBSD in an effort to setup an ultra-small minimum FreeBSD with some Xserver (xorg-minimal), XFree86, Wayland-based, or some other that is absolutely the smallest of the bunch so that I can just run either a FreeRDP client or VNC client while keeping my mfsBSD as close to the current 30MB size as possible. Later, I will also try to make it even smaller, but right now just to get a very small graphics system on top of the mfsBSD core and add a remote desktop client is the primary goal. Thanks to everyone who has been giving me suggestions and guidance along the way. It's truly appreciated and I am learning a lot so that hopefully soon, I too, can contribute back more to FreeBSD as well. Cheers, Lonnie