Re: GhostBSD and FreeBSD-sources

From: Clay Daniels <clay.daniels.jr_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 15:49:21 -0500
GhostBSD is downstream to FreeBSD. Take a look at DistroWatch:

https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=BSD&category=All&origin=All&basedon=FreeBSD&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simple

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:28 PM Miranda van den Breukelingen <
mms.vanbreukelingen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear specialists,
>
> I've been the one who didn't let Xorg -configure happen successfully on
> current. I tried a lot on freeBSD/TrueOS based distributions and beeing
> kept at GhostBSD. There the sfcb-driver works and with mode=3 I can get
> full 1920x1080 now - but Xrender means no desktop cube, lines and less
> openGL making great lines into the desktop. OpenGL 20/31 does for 20
> mins, then kwin_x11 let shine all windows with black entry, so you have
> to restart. Other WM produce didn't work. So, after Alt+F2 'kstart5
> plasmashell' desktop is fully compatible - so never give up on X
> matters, AMDGPU and radeon don't work as a firmware bug and coulnd't be
> initialized - not on FreeBSD nor on GhostBSD or whatever. But
> modesetting is a way to have at least base grafical function.
>
> Now to the question: the latest development release of GhostBSD is 12.1;
> I svn up'd the freeBSD sources as the kernel boots quickly and is 100%
> freeBSD IMO - until openRC starts. We have a networkmgr, btw? Wow! And
> the Software Center grafically without the Arch octopi-clone? Wow again!
> Let's see what Solaris means after 2010 to me and there's a
> hackintosh-project, that runs clearly from virtualization but has
> physical boot-up-problems. But to BSD: the sources '/base/head' should
> be compatible but is there a+++meta package with kernel build tools and
> a makeworld that is bootable? What do I need? clang, gcc, cc, sed and
> what else? There'd to be a meta-package for kernel development!
>
> Please don't fool me because of a non-distro question but it matters
> freeBSD on the base, too.  And if I just can improve the running 12.1.
> to CURRENT GENERIC it would be a superb effect for many of us! Thx for
> answers in advance.
>
>
> Miranda
>
> PS: my ubt0 makes progress, although not beeing able to connect; but at
> least the whole stuff doesn't kill itself anymore.
>
>
>
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