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For FreeBSD Noobs

First step after installation FreeBSD

The first step after installation system is good download security patches for the operating system and download new files for operating system and install.

freebsd-update fetch install
shutdown -r now

Next step is to update ports collection for the operating system.

for updating information for FreeBSD ports developers is /usr/ports/CHANGES

portsnap auto

or

portsnap fetch
portsnap extract

Update ports is east command

portsnap fetch update

Security audit for package and FreeBSD

pkg audit -F

Apply security patches FreeBSD update, upgrade

Apply security patches

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update install

Upgrade FreeBSD

freebsd-update fetch
freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.2-RELEASE or other version
freebsd-update install

Desktop Environments

FreeBSD has several desktop environments - Xfce4, Mate, Gnome3, Cinnamon, KDE, Lumina

How install Mate desktop

pkg install mate-desktop mate xorg slim

Enable components for kernel in etc/rc.conf

You need enable this component:

zfs_enable="YES"  - if you use ZFS file system
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"

if you want to enable crash dump, if don't you write “NO”

dumpdev="AUTO"

Next step is create file .xinitrc in /root/ and /home/user/ with command

exec mate-session

and reboot.

How install Xfce desktop

pkg install xfce4-desktop xfce xorg slim

Enable components for kernel in etc/rc.conf

You need to run desktop

zfs_enable="YES"  - if you use ZFS file system
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"

if you want to enable crash dump, if don't you write “NO”

dumpdev="AUTO"

Next step is create file .xinitrc in /root/ and /home/user/ with command

exec startxfce4

and reboot.

How to set slim theme

# pkg install slim-themes
# cd /usr/local/share/slim/themes
# fetch http://daemon-notes.com/downloads/assets/themes/slim-freebsd.tar.bz2
# tar jxvf slim-freebsd.tar.bz2
# rm slim-freebsd.tar.bz2

Edit and set /usr/local/etc/slim.conf
#current_theme       default
current_theme       freebsd

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For FreeBSD Noobs

FreeBSD is not Windows

FreeBSD Myth (For linux users)

Comparing BSD and Linux

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