lumina
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:33 pm
pc-bsd running the lumina desktop. ivan mentioned this one here.
Lumina is OK, but seems to me like a solution in search of a problem. I don't see what it does better than any of the existing DEs like LXDE, Xfce, or MATE. But I have not used it for long or done much research.
pc-bsd is easy to install (from a 4G iso!) -- it allows you to install several DEs and WMs (including spectrwm and ratpoison) right from the beginning. It also has an application installer and updater called "AppCafe" -- kind of like the Software Center. It did not like the older intel graphics in this machine, so I had to use a newer amd card I have. It's much more polished and designed for end-users than any other BSD I have tried.
Once again, however, I am reminded why I never stick with a BSD for long -- I am just to lazy to learn all the different ways to do things from the cli. But I will probably try some of the other BSDs on this machine just to try them.
Lumina is OK, but seems to me like a solution in search of a problem. I don't see what it does better than any of the existing DEs like LXDE, Xfce, or MATE. But I have not used it for long or done much research.
pc-bsd is easy to install (from a 4G iso!) -- it allows you to install several DEs and WMs (including spectrwm and ratpoison) right from the beginning. It also has an application installer and updater called "AppCafe" -- kind of like the Software Center. It did not like the older intel graphics in this machine, so I had to use a newer amd card I have. It's much more polished and designed for end-users than any other BSD I have tried.
Once again, however, I am reminded why I never stick with a BSD for long -- I am just to lazy to learn all the different ways to do things from the cli. But I will probably try some of the other BSDs on this machine just to try them.