FreeBSD 15 installer to offer minimal KDE desktop

FreeBSD 15 installer to offer minimal KDE desktop

: The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible change

FreeBSD 15.0 Integrates KDE Plasma for Simplified Desktop Setup

In the evolving world of open-source operating systems, FreeBSD is poised to make a significant leap toward user-friendly desktop experiences with its upcoming 15.0 release. Developers are actively working to integrate a KDE Plasma desktop environment directly into the installation process, a move that could broaden the appeal of this robust Unix-like system beyond servers and into everyday computing. The initiative stems from efforts to enhance…

FreeBSD installer to get Lua scripting support; proof-of-concept graphical installer shown off – OSnews

Becoming friendlier to desktop users is one of the goals of the FreeBSD project at the moment, as we recently saw with the new ability to install a full KDE Plasma desktop environment during FreeBSD’s initial installation. This is just one small piece of a larger effort, though, to improve, modernise, and possibly even replace the current FreeBSD installer entirely. As such, Pierre Pronchery, a Security Engineer for the FreeBSD Foundation and me…