Install KDE Plasma on OpenBSD 7.5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video, I go through the installation process of #KDE Plasma on #OpenBSD 7.5. Special thanks to Rafael Sadowski, who ported KDE to OpenBSD and made KDE Plasma possible. Another thanks to Vadim Zhukov whose past work paved the way to bring QT/KDE to OpenBSD.
🔗 Rafael Sadowski post: rsadowski.de/posts/2024-01-09...
🔗 OpenBSD Ports readme: openports.pl/path/meta/kde,-p...
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Thanks a lot, this will be my weekend work ❤
I would definitely switch to OpenBSD if not a few applications I need Linux for.
those applications most likely work on openbsd, you just have to do a bit of patching and compile them yourself(unless they are proprietary. then they might work on freebsd or netbsd with compat_linux enabled)
@@oblivikun I mean, these are Jaylib (a Java library to make games) and some virtualization software. I tried to compile Jaylib on OpenBSD and failed, while no VM software runs here because of the OpenBSD kernel, where they pretty much removed kernel modules because of security.
OpenBSD lacks on VM. The existing VMM has limitations of single CPU core assignment, no graphics and hardware passthrough.
About Jaylib, since it's a binding library, probably one needs start porting Raylib first. I believe it's pretty much doable especially since there's a FreeBSD port for it.
@@TheOpenBSDguy Raylib works on OpenBSD with no problems, Jaylib however doesn't. It's all because of JavaCPP which doesn't seem to work on OpenBSD at all.
dual boot...do it...
this is so cool!
Would this also work with like an VM? Since all my openbsd servers are VMs/dedicated servers...
I recorded the video demoing it on VirtualBox VM. It works but the performance is pretty bad
@@TheOpenBSDguy I know, but my VPS/VM is running on an OpenBSD machine running vmctl... and the machines are located far away from me, the vm being on the other side of the world
nei fetch is dead. screenfetch has been for 5 yrs. Is fastfetch what we should switch to? It's written in C and there is no port of it yet.
I have the first comment.
2nd
The thing I don't understand is why we don't have the official KDE and Gnome versions of OpenBSD. Why do we have to build them on our own? This process can be too much for the end user. The same thing goes for live versions. The official ISO should support live so OS enthusiasts can try it with Ventoy USB and install it whenever they want.
Openbsd is not made for desktop use its made for servers if you want desktop bsd system check out freebsd or ghostbsd
OpenBSD philosophy is based on security first.
I assume auditing a codebase as large as KDE or Gnome requires much more resources.
The community is small. I would even say it is shrinking. So auditing a large DE is not very doable. Therefore, any WM/DE besides CWM is shipped in ports.
If OpenBSD had a community as large as Linux, this issue would have been solved easily by having different OpenBSD flavors (similar to a Linux distro).
We can criticize OpenBSD for not having X and Y. The thing is given its small community, they focus only on what's crucial for them. In the case of live CD, probably the core team didn't see the need to support and the community didn't have enough interest in it.
This could be a good and a bad thing at the same time. It increases the barrier to new users and enthusiasts, yet, on the other hand, encourages end users to be hands-on. The concept of if you want it and doesn't exist, why not get started and make it happen?
Note that one doesn't need to build KDE or Gnome on OpenBSD. They can be installed via package manager easily. Of course, the option of building them from scratch is also there.
@@TheOpenBSDguywhy shrinking?
@@rpx8787 - I think the reason is mainly because Linux gets a lot of attention, especially from big corporations who invest heavily in it. As a result, BSDs tend to struggle with limited funding and support for things like drivers and software. This puts them at a bit of a disadvantage compared to other popular operating systems. Understandably, most folks prefer an OS that's fully equipped and easy to use, rather than one where getting things up and running can be a real challenge.
I assumed it would grow as people get sick of Linux and folks like you help spread the word. Hard to measure, I suppose. [Also twm and fvwm is in base in addition to cwm.]