From afccb53a7c7855ec920e68286f9e866095d12faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cullum Smith Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:27:31 -0500 Subject: freebsd on the desktop: updates --- src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md b/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md index 2a6a13a..b016538 100644 --- a/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md +++ b/src/blog/freebsd-14-on-the-desktop/index.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: FreeBSD 14 on the Desktop date: November 20, 2024 -description: KDE 5 on a real Unix! +description: KDE 5 on your laptop, using a real Unix! --- After [much deliberation](../reevaluating-rhel/), I finally decided to migrate my entire @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ ensnared by the YAML tarpit, is not **yet** at our gates (*sic transit gloria mu Anyway, let's build a FreeBSD desktop system with KDE. This guide will assume you're using Intel graphics with X11 (don't @ me about Wayland 🤡). +On my 5-year-old ThinkPad X1 Carbon, I'm getting about 6-7 hours of battery life +with FreeBSD. Not too bad! + ![](kde5.jpg "KDE Plasma 5 on FreeBSD"){.center} ## Installation -- cgit v1.2.3