Joel Carnat 📽️

2024-07-16 07:34:12

OpenBSD Workstation for the People

This video explains how to install OpenBSD on a ThinkPad laptop and turn it into a graphical desktop that can be used by newcomers.

Table of content:
- 00:01:26 Installation.
- 00:08:20 Configure doas(1).
- 00:10:15 Apply security patches.
- 00:10:33 Configure the wireless interface.
- 00:13:53 Install Xfce.
- 00:25:36 Install Firefox.
- 00:30:56 Install Thunderbird.
- 00:33:18 The OpenBSD.app packages search website.
- 00:34:50 Install additionnal packages.
- 00:45:58 Xfce Desktop customization

Should you prefer to read the whole "adventure", I've written a blog post that covers this exact installation.

OpenBSD Workstation for the People

This is an attempt at building an OpenBSD desktop than could be used by newcomers or by people that don’t care about tinkering with computers and just want a working daily driver for general tasks.

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