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<p>Secondary: &quot;Tianve&quot; - HP 250 G3 <br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p4 amd64<br>Operating System: GHostBSD 25.02<br>KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2<br>KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0<br>Qt Version: 6.9.3<br>Graphics Platform: Wayland</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa</span><span class="invisible">9b597</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde_plasma/" rel="tag">#kde_plasma</a> <a href="/tags/wayland/" rel="tag">#wayland</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a></p>

<p>New plushie being very supportive at work today :) <a href="/tags/plushtodon/" rel="tag">#plushtodon</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/desk/" rel="tag">#desk</a> <a href="/tags/fedora/" rel="tag">#fedora</a></p>

<p>FreeBSD 15.0 (almost)-RELEASE, using pkgbase, on my Ryzen 9 MiniPC (and compared to openSUSE Tumbleweed):</p><p>- Full disk encryption works beautifully via GELI, as usual.</p><p>- Installing KDE is easy and it works perfectly on Wayland.</p><p>- All my main apps work. Others will run via the Linuxulator or Wine (Linux browsers, WinBox for MikroTik, etc).</p><p>- The fan seems more relaxed.</p><p>- The system generally feels snappier.</p><p>- Native ZFS. I can autosnapshot every 5 minutes. If I try to do this with btrfs - snapshots of the home directory included and quotas enabled - the system hangs while handling them (which is why Tumbleweed doesn’t snapshot home by default).</p><p>- The media keys on my keyboard work, but volume control uses huge steps and 30 percent is already extremely loud. This can be fixed. The monitor brightness setting is also a bit off, but I don&#x27;t care.</p><p>- amdgpu works perfectly.</p><p>- The wifi card works. I haven’t tested the speed because I immediately installed the realtek-re-kmod driver to use the 2.5 Gbit ethernet connection.</p><p>- Suspend doesn’t work. This is a big problem for me. It’s probably more psychological than technical, but I can’t leave the computer powered for hours when I’m not using it. I already have servers running 24/7 here. I even considered putting my Qotom FreeBSD server in a VM. It would probably work, but next summer it might be an issue because temperatures here aren’t low and spinning disks don’t love heat (and I don’t love their noise).</p><p>- It’s stable and reliable. I’ve done almost everything and it just works, as expected.</p><p>- Some small glitches remain, mostly due to missing configuration or packages (I didn’t tune anything. I just installed it and started using it).</p><p>A much smoother experience than a year ago, when I bought it. </p><p>Will I keep using FreeBSD on this minipc? <br>I’m not sure yet, since Tumbleweed works great and the lack of suspend really influences my choice. I&#x27;ll contact Aymeric and try to offer some help to improve this.</p><p>For now, I’ll keep it on an external SSD and switch from time to time, especially when I know I’ll be using the minipc for hours.</p><p><a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#Desktop</a> <a href="/tags/opensuse/" rel="tag">#openSUSE</a></p>

<p>Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA</p><p><a href="https://ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-desktop-market-share-in-usa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/linux-reaches-5-</span><span class="invisible">desktop-market-share-in-usa/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hackernews/" rel="tag">#HackerNews</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#Desktop</a> <a href="/tags/market/" rel="tag">#Market</a> <a href="/tags/share/" rel="tag">#Share</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/growth/" rel="tag">#Growth</a> <a href="/tags/open/" rel="tag">#Open</a> <a href="/tags/source/" rel="tag">#Source</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#Community</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>

<p>&quot;This Week in Plasma&quot; brings the news that System Settings&#x27; pages become &quot;smart&quot; and can mark themselves as &quot;not relevant&quot; if, for example, you do not have the hardware to use them. They can also export actions to the sidebar, allowing you to quickly toggle devices on and off. And Discover can now be opened directly from Install buttons on FlatHub.</p><p>Read about this, and much more in Nate&#x27;s blog post:</p><p><a href="https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/09/this-week-in-plasma-quick-toggles-in-system-settings/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.kde.org/2025/08/09/this-week-in-plasma-quick-toggles-in-system-settings/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.kde.org/2025/08/09/this-</span><span class="invisible">week-in-plasma-quick-toggles-in-system-settings/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/plasma6/" rel="tag">#Plasma6</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a></p><p>@[email protected]</p>

<p>Plasma 6.5 is out! Look forward to cool interface re-designs (rounded corners! Automatic smooth light-to-dark transitions!), features (smart KRunner searches! Pinned clipboard items!) and tons of usability and accessibility improvements:</p><p><a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kde.org/announcements/plasma/6</span><span class="invisible">/6.5.0/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/plasma6/" rel="tag">#Plasma6</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/release/" rel="tag">#Release</a></p>

<p>Call for testing KDE installer dialogs</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs/-/blob/main/cft.md" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs/-/blob/main/cft.md"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer</span><span class="invisible">-dialogs/-/blob/main/cft.md</span></a>&gt; | &lt;<a href="https://github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kd</span><span class="invisible">e-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md</span></a>&gt; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@alfonsosiciliano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alfonsosiciliano</span></a></span> </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2026-January/007438.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2026-January/007438.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lists.freebsd.org/archives/fre</span><span class="invisible">ebsd-desktop/2026-January/007438.html</span></a>&gt; | &lt;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1qihyal/call_for_testing_kde_installer_dialogs_alfonso/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1qihyal/call_for_testing_kde_installer_dialogs_alfonso/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1qihyal/call_for_testing_kde_installer_dialogs_alfonso/</span></a>&gt;</p><p>Cc <span class="h-card"><a href="https://floss.social/@kde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kde</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kde.social/@kdedude" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kdedude</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FreeBSDFoundation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/cft/" rel="tag">#CFT</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/installer/" rel="tag">#installer</a> <a href="/tags/install/" rel="tag">#install</a> <a href="/tags/bsdinstall/" rel="tag">#bsdinstall</a></p>

<p>Marooned / Verschollen im Weltall</p><p><a href="/tags/moodoftheday/" rel="tag">#moodoftheday</a> <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a><br><a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#Unix</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#Desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#Screenshot</a></p>

<p>Main: &quot;Tionisla&quot; - DELL Latitude e6540 <br>FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p5<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p5 amd64<br>KDE/Plasma 6.5.0</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c6</span><span class="invisible">64559</span></a></p><p>Kudos to the FreeBSD/KDE folks!</p><p> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde_plasma/" rel="tag">#kde_plasma</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a></p>

<p>Secondary: &quot;Tianve&quot; - HP 250 G3 <br>GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p4<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p4 amd64<br>KDE/Plasma 6.4.5/wayland</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa</span><span class="invisible">9b597</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde_plasma/" rel="tag">#kde_plasma</a> <a href="/tags/wayland/" rel="tag">#wayland</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a></p>

<p>Main: &quot;Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540<br>Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64<br>Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p2<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c6</span><span class="invisible">64559</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>

<p>Secondary: &quot;Tianve&quot; - HP-250 G3<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64<br>Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494</span><span class="invisible">a1526</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#ghostbsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>

<p>FreeBSD 15.1 overview – with KDE Plasma and applications, Ly, and SDDM</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rje9xu/freebsd_151_overview_with_kde_plasma_and/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rje9xu/freebsd_151_overview_with_kde_plasma_and/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comme</span><span class="invisible">nts/1rje9xu/freebsd_151_overview_with_kde_plasma_and/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FreeBSDFoundation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/foundation/" rel="tag">#Foundation</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/ly/" rel="tag">#Ly</a> <a href="/tags/sddm/" rel="tag">#SDDM</a></p>

<p>FreeBSD desktop installer script test: quick start</p><p><a href="https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/ff0172d54775e4c15019b6158bc6c7af" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gist.github.com/grahamperrin/ff0172d54775e4c15019b6158bc6c7af"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gist.github.com/grahamperrin/f</span><span class="invisible">f0172d54775e4c15019b6158bc6c7af</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/documentation/" rel="tag">#documentation</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/installer/" rel="tag">#installer</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a></p>

<p>Old: &quot;Zaonce&quot; - Dell Inspiron 1525<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64<br>Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d8ae09" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d8ae09"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d</span><span class="invisible">8ae09</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#ghostbsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>