Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on the desktop status

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  1. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on the desktop status
    1. GNOME
      1. Wheezy GNOME
      2. Squeeze GNOME
    2. KDE
      1. Wheezy KDE
      2. Squeeze KDE
    3. XFCE
      1. Wheezy XFCE
      2. Squeeze XFCE
    4. LXDE
      1. Wheezy LXDE
      2. Squeeze LXDE
    5. GNOME on FreeBSD
    6. KDE on FreeBSD
    7. XFCE on FreeBSD
    8. LXDE on FreeBSD

GNOME

This covers the state of the uncustomised GNOME desktop in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD at time of writing, focusing on the bugs. The GNOME desktop is the default Debian desktop and is the desktop installed if a "Graphical desktop environment" is selected during install.

Wheezy GNOME

xserver-xorg will not currently install because of a hal issue, see 624398. fixed

There is also 634991. fixed

Cannot be installed until task-gnome-desktop is fixed, 704748

There is a remaining issue related to pulseaudio 705435:

Workaround: before starting gdm3, from a local terminal or ssh session run:

Then both gdm3 and the GNOME fallback desktop work normally as shown in these screenshots:

GNOME desktop on Debian Wheezy GNU/kFreeBSD (1 of 2) GNOME desktop on Debian Wheezy GNU/kFreeBSD (2 of 2)

Squeeze GNOME

See MichaelDorrington/kFreeBSD_Desktop.

KDE

This covers the state of the uncustomised KDE desktop in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD at time of writing, focusing on the bugs. The KDE desktop can be installed manually or using the kde installer, if available.

Wheezy KDE

xserver-xorg will not currently install because of a hal issue, see 624398. fixed

There is also 634991. fixed

Squeeze KDE

See MichaelDorrington/kFreeBSD_Desktop.

XFCE

This covers the state of the uncustomised XFCE desktop in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD at time of writing, focusing on the bugs. The XFCE desktop can be installed manually or using the xfce+lxde installer, if available.

Wheezy XFCE

xserver-xorg will not currently install because of a hal issue, see 624398.

There is also 634991.

XFCE is the default desktop for new kfreebsd installs.

Squeeze XFCE

LXDE

This covers the state of the uncustomised LXDE desktop in Debian GNU/kFreeBSD at time of writing, focusing on the bugs. The LXDE desktop can be installed manually or using the xfce+lxde installer, if available.

Wheezy LXDE

xserver-xorg will not currently install because of a hal issue, see 624398. There is also 634991.

Squeeze LXDE

GNOME on FreeBSD

KDE on FreeBSD

XFCE on FreeBSD

LXDE on FreeBSD

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