Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on the desktop status
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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
gdm3: fails to start, and shows the 'fail whale'
If GNOME is started from lightdm or startx, a fallback session begins to starts up, then the 'fail whale' modal dialog appears.
A functional desktop can be started manually by running 'xinit' as non-privileged user and then:
gnome-settings-daemon & x-window-manager & gnome-panel &
The following screenshot was taken after the above procedure, with a few more applications launched from the panel menus:
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. There is also 634991.
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.
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
FreeBSD Ports: Gnome Large page
KDE on FreeBSD
XFCE on FreeBSD
LXDE on FreeBSD
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