I am a long time Linux User, KDE user. I want to try out BSD, but I am having a hard time getting it installed.
I tried the latest version of FreeBSD but it seems to come without X or Wayland (Or any of the other graphical bits) and I can’t seem to get the graphical part working.
Nothing yet has been done with the machine, so, if anyone can recommend an easy-to-install - that works out of the box in full graphics where I don’t have to mess with modelines like 2001. I would love to try an OS where there are not too many cooks in the kitchen.
I will be installing it on a Lenovo Ideapad.
The handbook has a guide on how to install X; it is not installed by default with FreeBSD: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/
If you want a FreeBSD based distro which does install a desktop environment by default then GhostBSD is pretty straight forward: https://ghostbsd.org/download It has a default MATE image or a community XFCE spin, but also other DEs available like KDE and Gnome, and is based on FreeBSD
I followed that, but it never did work. I don’t remember the error the Xorg threw when I attempted to initialize it. I will probably try OpenBSD next.
I installed OpenBSD on a Lenovo Thinkpad T530, and it automatically configured X, WiFi, etc. It all runs just fine. Mind you, the installer is spartan, but very simple to understand and use. You may want to try installing it on a VM first to get acquainted with it.