How to Install FreeBSD 11 XFCE Desktop and Review on VMware Tutorial

FreeBSD 11 Xfce Desktop Installation and Review

This tutorial shows how to install FreeBSD 11 with XFCE Desktop and review on VMware Workstation or VMware Player step by step. We'll install applications such as Nano text editor, GIMP image editor, Firefox web browser, VLC media player and gedit text editor on FreeBSD 11. We'll also install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) on FreeBSD 11 for better performance and usability (Fit Guest Now and Drag-Drop File features and Mouse Integration). This tutorial also helps for installing FreeBSD 11 XFCE on physical computer or bare-metal server.

FreeBSD XFCE Desktop Installation Steps:

1. Download FreeBSD 11 ISO
2. Create VM on VMware Workstation/Player
3. Start Installation
4. Install Xorg, Xfce4 and Slim Login Manager
5. Install Applications such as Firefox, Nano, GIMP, VLC and gedit
6. Install and Configure VMware Tools (Open VM Tools)
7. FreeBSD 11 Xfce Review

Installing FreeBSD 11 Xfce Desktop and Review on VMware

What is FreeBSD?

FreeBSD is an operating system for a variety of platforms which focuses on features, speed, and stability. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. The first version of FreeBSD was released in 1993, and today FreeBSD is the most widely used open-source BSD distribution. FreeBSD offers advanced networking, performance, security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems, even some of the best commercial ones. FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM, DVD, or directly over the network using FTP or NFS.
FreeBSD Website: https://www.freebsd.org/

FreeBSD 11 New Features and Improvements

1. Overall system and architectural changes
2. New Hardware Support
3. Networking improvements
4. ARM improvements
5. Virtualization Improvements: bhyve, Xen, Hyper-V and AWS EC2
6. Wireless Improvements
7. Storage Subsystem Improvements and Upgraded Version of OpenZFS
8. Security Improvements
9. Many security updates

What is Xfce Desktop Environment?

Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. It includes a window manager, a file manager, desktop and panel.
Xfce Desktop Website: https://www.xfce.org/

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