Since I like FreeBSD so much on my server I installed it on my crappy unstable laptop as well. I only use it for browsing, editing notes and video conferencing when working from home, so I need no complex setup.

From top to bottom:

  • Output of fastfetch, an open neovim and my wallpaper switcher. The bar is eww.
  • A second workspace with Firefox and my notes.
  • My “logout window”. Pressing a key combo will show this overlay with the option to close it or pick shutdown/reboot/logout.

Not pictured is fuzzel for running applications.

A few minor things still need to be done but nothing major will change.

  • @KISSmyOSFeddit
    1•8 months ago

    I just tried FreeBSD on my laptop. It was a blast from the past, like Linux 15 years ago.
    I had to disable the fingerprint reader in BIOS to get rid of error messages spamming TTY1 that covered the installer menu, compile a custom kernel to make battery management work, and WiFi speed was capped at 6 MBit.
    Netflix didn’t work, Signal wasn’t available, KDE’s Wayland session hung at login, suspend didn’t work, screen brightness keys and media keys didn’t work.
    Unfortunately I downloaded the wrong branch of SRC to compile the kernel (that way I learned that STABLE is a development branch) and was unable to update the system afterwards.

    All of which are problems that have a fix (often through a Linux compatibility layer or reading a LOT) but Debian is right there, and works out of the box.