in FreeBSD we trust
i've been really enjoying learning about the BSD ecosystem and figured I might as well make the switch on my home machine. Honestly, I think I stumbled upon some video online about OpenBSD and the BSD family of operating systems and it led to a month long hyperfixation.
I initially started with the KDE desktop thanks to a super easy tutorial I found on YouTube, but XFCE has always been home for me even when I was on linux so I had to give it a clean re-install. To be clear, KDE worked fantastic, i'm just a sucker for my beloved Thunar and easy XFCE ricing.
getting it all running was super easy thanks to the manual, and I had fun setting up all the system services. the firewall was easy to configure & getting pulse audio to pick up the right sound source was a breeze. genuinely some of the best documentation i've ever had the pleasure of reading. pretty cool learning experience so far, and I look forward to learning a lot more!
curious to see how steam gaming goes, I know Mizuma & Linuxulator are options so once I get some time this weekend i'll give it a go. not expecting it to be a walk in the park & actually kinda excited for a challenge as stupid as that sounds. I DID try Xonotic and my GPU worked flawlessly with the nvidia drivers so we'll see how it goes once I get there.
thank you to everyone who maintains and contributes to FreeBSD! you folks are appreciated more than you know, and that's putting it lightly!