G
@lproven also:
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/28
― the linked 'KDE with Wayland' document puts KDE in context (with Xfce and others).
It's very likely that issue 28, or the linked document, has been in conversation before … I don't expect things such as these to be imprinted upon people's memories 
Cc @dexter @alfonsosiciliano @grahamperrin@billboard.bsd.cafe
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@alfonsosiciliano/116817819896561087
@lproven thanks again.
I don't intend to test the desktop-installer package with 15.1 on real hardware. A guess: the semi-technical blurb below might partly explain the problem that you encountered.
Numerous fixes and enhancements reached the ports collection (distinct from base) on 1st June – a combination of <https://github.com/outpaddling/auto-admin/releases/tag/0.8.5> plus <https://github.com/outpaddling/desktop-installer/releases/tag/1.2.0>.
Timing: the changes reached latest, but not quarterly. <https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/auto-admin/#packages>, <https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/desktop-installer/#packages>. They'll hit quarterly in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Defocusing from auto-admin and desktop-installer (in ports) and the future desktop with FreeBSD Installer (in base), here's another strand:
FreeBSD "Multi" Installer at BSDCan 2026 – Alfonso Siciliano
"AI slop" … because you used em dashes 
@gumnos for giggles, cc @garyhtech
@prema I'll explain after the poll closes. Please be patient.
If an article, or blog post, suggests use of a non-existent software package:
― should we assume that the entire document was AI-generated?
@peteorrall thanks.
@vermaden at a glance:
rescue(8) is bugged, I'll make a separate post about this.
<https://docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/operating-systems/freebsd-rescue-system/> for rescue is unreachable.
<https://wiki.freebsd.org/Sound> for sound does not exist.
<https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgbase> for pkgbase is outdated and incomplete.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/116801222219959745
Do you have questions about FreeBSD? Join the AMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1uece4o/do_you_have_questions_about_freebsd_join_the_ama/
RE: https://mastodon.social/@rustaceans/116755672316463652
yserver
― a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust.
<https://github.com/joske/yserver>
"… there are multiple projects on GitHub with this name (but none for X11 servers), the name is subject to change. …"
<https://lobste.rs/s/yy8je0/yserver_modern_x11_server_written_from>
<https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-Rust-X11-Server>
"… can currently run a full MATE, Xfce, or Cinnamon X11 desktop. The prominent X11 extensions from RandR to DRI3, GLX, MIT-SHM, Composite, and others are supported. And, yes, with working Compiz goodness too:
… open-source under an MIT license. …"
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531394>
<https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u31shc/comment/or1re0p/>
NextBSD in Oracle VirtualBox on Kubuntu 26.04.
1501000 kernel.
1501000 userland, 15.1-RELEASE.
NextBSD-amd64-20260621-043806.iso
― booted from the ISO, without installing to a virtual disk.
Firefox 150.0,2 and TWM installed from FreeBSD's latest repo for 15 on AMD64.
Trying FreeBSD as a Linux user – Kenvexity – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdUwCQttWKM&t=25s
I enjoyed this video. Very down-to-earth.
Some key points at <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ubn8mp/trying_freebsd_as_a_linux_user_kenvexity/>.
#FreeBSD #KDE #Plasma #Xorg #TWM #graphics #hardware #Firefox #Linuxulator #Steam
@alfonsosiciliano FYI a comment from a user of the desktop script with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1u9lm5u/comment/oswi2wj/?context=3> (maybe easier to read in old Reddit, <https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1u9lm5u/finally_managed_to_install_freebsd_on_my_laptop/oswi2wj/?context=3>).
Supported by x11/nvidia-driver-470, I believe.
I imagine that auto-configuration based on GPU detection can be difficult in NVIDIA cases such as this.
@stefano thanks!
Not yet listed at <https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vserver-images> | <https://www.netcup.com/de/server/vserver-images> and I guess that when they update the pages, they'll remove end-of-life FreeBSD 13.
@NebulaTide free space. Remember to occasionally clear the package cache.
Long ago (much more than a year) I learnt the hard way with poudriere jails. I probably never reported the issue, but (at a glance) it might have been what was reported last month:
pkgbase pkg cache lacks cleaning · Issue #1343 · freebsd/poudriere — <https://github.com/freebsd/poudriere/issues/1343>
about:support#media
Does the codec support information help? What's there for you?
Here (with Kubuntu on very different hardware):
Did anyone attend OSFS last month?
https://05f5.com/ – Open Source Founders Summit
― The conference about building financially successful and sustainable open source companies.
Via <https://www.forkable.io/p/the-open-source-founders-summit-is>
@stefano fix confirmed (at a glance). Thanks!
@stefano thanks. At your leisure, it's the weekend
@stefano hi, indexing might need a prod.
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/search?q=mastodon&type=statuses finds nothing, and so on.
