Has anyone tried the new FreeBSD Desktop Installer? I've tried to get it to work multiple times but it just doesn't, for me, at least. After completing the install of Xfce, there's no display manager (I've tried both options) and there's no desktop. When I watch a video from the FreeBSD Foundation on the installer, it seems to work flawlessly for them. I think this is supposed to be built-in to 15.2 when released. Maybe I'll have better luck then?
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Chad McCullough
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2026-08-24 00:02:08 UTC
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