What is the best FreeBSD-based desktop “distro”?

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Among the news in my RSS aggregator this morning is that there's a new ISO available for GhostBSD 23.06.01[1]. This got me to wondering what the state of FreeBSD desktop distros* are, what is the best, and if there is cross-collaboration between the distros* or if they are working in silos for the most part.*I realize "distro" is not the right tern for variants of FreeBSD but am not sure what the proper term is.[1] https://www.ghostbsd.org/23.06.01_iso_is_now_available

vermaden · Accepted Answer

I use plain FreeBSD daily since almost two decades.
After trying all available FreeBSD based Desktop Distros my conclusion is that GhostBSD is the best of them. Most complete and works out of the box.
I also liked NomadBSD and helloSystem. MidnightBSD also seems to work.

Daeraxa · Answer

I did try out Nomad BSD - https://nomadbsd.org/index.htmlNot sure how active it is TBH and not something I dabbled with more than briefly in a VM.

What is the best FreeBSD-based desktop “distro”?

I use plain FreeBSD daily since almost two decades.After trying all available FreeBSD based Desktop Distros my conclusion is that GhostBSD is the best of them. Most complete and works out of the box.I also liked NomadBSD and helloSystem. MidnightBSD also seems to work.

I did try out Nomad BSD - https://nomadbsd.org/index.htmlNot sure how active it is TBH and not something I dabbled with more than briefly in a VM.

I use plain FreeBSD daily since almost two decades.
After trying all available FreeBSD based Desktop Distros my conclusion is that GhostBSD is the best of them. Most complete and works out of the box.
I also liked NomadBSD and helloSystem. MidnightBSD also seems to work.

I did try out Nomad BSD - https://nomadbsd.org/index.html
Not sure how active it is TBH and not something I dabbled with more than briefly in a VM.