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FreeBSD 14 released recently.
Linux_Rocks Nov 30, 2023
Here's an article about it and another one talking about the big performance gains over FreeBSD 13.

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I might give it a test drive soon, and apparently the Linux compatibility layer has also improved.

FreeBSD's website and its page on DistroWatch.

Last edited by Linux_Rocks on 4 December 2023 at 1:40 pm UTC
PublicNuisance Dec 6, 2023
I'm a GhostBSD fan myself but as it's based on FreeBSD hopefully some of the improvements trickle down to GhostBSD.
Linux_Rocks Dec 7, 2023
Quoting: PublicNuisanceI'm a GhostBSD fan myself but as it's based on FreeBSD hopefully some of the improvements trickle down to GhostBSD.
Yeah, I like GhostBSD Xfce Edition a lot. 👍
Pengling Dec 7, 2023
Quoting: PublicNuisanceI'm a GhostBSD fan myself but as it's based on FreeBSD hopefully some of the improvements trickle down to GhostBSD.
Quoting: Linux_RocksYeah, I like GhostBSD Xfce Edition a lot. 👍
Is laptop support on GhostBSD as good as it is on Linux, or at least close enough?

I've been wanting to get around to trying some form of BSD for years now, and since my GPD Win Max 2021 has been superseded by my Steam Deck for gaming tasks, I've currently got a machine free to try it out on. This hardware has a few tiny issues that can easily be worked with on Linux (you need to change the display rotation manually when you set it up, and there's no sound out-of-the-box until making a one-line config-file change), and has a recent fix in Mesa to address the Intel Iris Xe graphics not bringing the display back up after wake-from-sleep, but I have no idea about how any other OS would behave with the thing.
Linux_Rocks Dec 7, 2023
Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: PublicNuisanceI'm a GhostBSD fan myself but as it's based on FreeBSD hopefully some of the improvements trickle down to GhostBSD.
Quoting: Linux_RocksYeah, I like GhostBSD Xfce Edition a lot. 👍
Is laptop support on GhostBSD as good as it is on Linux, or at least close enough?

I've been wanting to get around to trying some form of BSD for years now, and since my GPD Win Max 2021 has been superseded by my Steam Deck for gaming tasks, I've currently got a machine free to try it out on. This hardware has a few tiny issues that can easily be worked with on Linux (you need to change the display rotation manually when you set it up, and there's no sound out-of-the-box until making a one-line config-file change), and has a recent fix in Mesa to address the Intel Iris Xe graphics not bringing the display back up after wake-from-sleep, but I have no idea about how any other OS would behave with the thing.
I think it should probably be fine, especially with GhostBSD being a lot easier to install.
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