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It looks like I have some difficulties choosing a #FreeBSD #desktop :)
#XFCE4 is kind of light, and has some lovely perks (use scroll wheel to reduce any window to its title bar, and to change virtual desktops). Thunar needs less tuning than Dolphin to match my preferences. And it’s easy to get rid of unwanted buttons in session menus (sleep/restart/shutdown… that I don’t need, for it’s an always on PC).
#Plasma6 is instantly gorgeous and is very appealing, I want to use it. But it looks like many bits are tuned for Linux out of the box and don’t work well / as intended on FreeBSD. For a start, there is a complete and detailed sound control panel that just won’t work, event though my sound is just working. And don’t let me start about the taskbar widgets. Also, it’s "heavier" than XFCE4.
I don’t understand its Keyboard control panel, by the way. I’ve lost a week to that thing trying to configure my KB layout before giving up and moving to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
I feel more at home with XFCE4 but Plasma 6 in wearing a red dress!
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A screenshot of a FreeBSD desktop running XFCE4, mostly dark theme, elegant.
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A screenshot of a FreeBSD desktop running KDE Plasma 6, luminous and colorful theme, eye candy.
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The distracted boyfriend meme:
- boyfriend is tagged "Me"
- girlfriend is tagged "XFCE 4"
- girl in red is tagged "Plasma 6"
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/116376576205179553
How the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project Came Together
#FreeBSD #Foundation <https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/goodkin.pdf> (PDF) | <https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/laptop-desktop/how-the-foundations-laptop-support-usability-project-came-together/> (HTML) @FreeBSDFoundation
＂… The Laptop Support & Usability Project is not just about laptops. It is about making FreeBSD more usable, more approachable, and more practical for the kinds of day-to-day use cases that help bring people into the community and keep them there. …＂
@dgoodkin wow. Thank you. I haven't seen as good an overview of a complex project, and its context, in a long time. Years.
#desktop #laptop #usability #LSU
The Q1 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is here.
This edition focuses on Laptop and Desktop systems, highlighting the work improving usability and performance across FreeBSD. Inside, you’ll find articles like Consolations for Kernel Hackers by Tom Jones, along with an inside look at how the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project came together, written by Deb Goodkin.
Read it here: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/laptop-desktop/
Reminder that the #GUADEC call for proposals deadline is TODAY! 🚨
Submit yours at https://events.gnome.org/event/306/abstracts/#submit-abstract. See https://discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guadec-2026-call-for-participation-is-open/34008 for more info.
#opensource #linux #desktop #GNOME #GUADEC2026
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The call for proposals deadline for #GUADEC, #GNOME's developer and user conference, is tomorrow, March 13!
Submit your proposals at https://events.gnome.org/event/306/abstracts/#submit-abstract. More information at https://discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guadec-2026-call-for-participation-is-open/34008
#opensource #linux #desktop #GUADEC2026
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Hello Community 👋👋! A reminder that #GNOME's developer and user conference, #GUADEC call for proposals deadline is 👉 March 13th, 2026! You can submit your proposals at https://events.gnome.org/event/306/abstracts/#submit-abstract. More information at https://discourse.gnome.org/t/the-guadec-2026-call-for-participation-is-open/34008
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@passthejoe was your use of sysutils/desktop-installer for X.Org, or for Wayland?
<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/desktop-installer/>
<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/auto-admin/>
desktop-installer is not the new desktop installer.
It's a port that was added more than sixteen years ago:
Espero ainda que isso seja apenas a porta de saída da caverna para muitas pessoas. Atualmente, considero que conveniência não deveria ser o principal motivo de adoção de software livre, até mesmo porque, logo, pode ser que a Big Tech incorpore tais funcionalidades que atrairiam a pessoa de volta para a caverna privativa de liberdade. Porém, esse é, de fato, um degrau importante na escalada para maior controle da própria computação.
Lembrei agora isto que escrevi há dois anos sobre Ambiente de trabalho privativo ou de software livre: seria apenas o primeiro suficientemente bom?
🖥️ Ambiente de trabalho privativo ou de software livre: seria apenas o primeiro suficientemente bom?
Explicando sobre o nome do sistema operacional: a questão é que "Linux" propriamente dito é impossível de ser utilizado em qualquer tipo de máquina. É um projeto de desenvolvimento focado no chamado kernel, algo que simplesmente não funciona sozinho. O que a gente usa e recomenda é o sistema operacional GNU, projeto criado em 1983 para desenvolver um sistema operacional completo. Ele passou a ser utilizado com o kernel Linux após este ser lançado — ou, atualmente, melhor ainda com
Linux-libre. Cada projeto tem seu próprio nome, então não precisamos mais confundi-los ao conhecermos o que é o quê.
Linux, aliás, é um kernel que pode ser componente de outros sistemas operacionais além do GNU: Android, por exemplo. Mais? OpenWrt ou, melhor ainda, #LibreCMC. Se não chamamos nenhum desses de "Linux", por que deixamos o GNU ser chamado assim?
Para quem quer lembrar sempre o kernel, que, de fato, é parte elementar para o funcionamento de um sistema operacional e que fez com que o GNU ficasse completo o suficiente para que, enfim, surgissem suas distribuições para uso final, como as que persistem até hoje, ambas em 1993, Slackware e principalmente Debian — esta contando com financiamento inicial da própria FSF — é recomendado o termo "GNU/Linux" para designar o conjunto.
xfce4-terminal, its GUI menu also allows you to set tabs name and even color. 😎Godzilla ataca Tóquio 🙀, digo, Flokinho ataca a escrivaninha! / Godzilla — I mean, Flokinho attacks the desk!
Flokinho, the gray and white kitten, mischievously explores items on the desk, such as cables and other laptop peripherals, playfully nibbling and pawing at them.
Reclamação do dia / Daily Grumble 😹 [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
🔇 Em trabalho remoto, de casa, ainda tenho usado um par de caixas de som simplezinhas na escrivaninha, onde também ligo o laptop a outros periféricos que ficam no local: microfone, teclado, monitor. Por algum problema de Osmar (contato), com menos de um mês de uso, a caixa esquerda já não funcionava mais. Compradas numa lojinha de outra cidade, fica difícil trocar. 🌎️ A Terra chora com o que parece ter sido um desperdício tosco de materiais. 🤷♂️🙉 Working from home, I've still been using a basic pair of #desktop #speakers, where I also plug in the laptop to other peripherals that stay there: mic, keyboard, monitor. Probably due to some sort of contact issue, after less than a month, the left speaker's already kaput. Got them from a small shop in another town, so returning them is a hassle. 🌐 The Earth's probably shedding a tear over this seemingly crude waste of materials.