I use FreeBSD when developing non-mobile work (which is mostly java backends + JavaScript react).
My environment is
- Hyper-V on windows laptop
- FreeBSD 12.1 as guest (zfs)
- FreeBSD packages I use for devel (installed simply with its standard 'pkg add') are: InteliJC, vscode, openjdk11, postgres12-server, node12, tmux
- Desktop env is: xrdp (to allow remote desktop into the VM), wmaker (window manager and wmakerconf to config it), qterminal or lilyterm
So I just use Remote Desktop from windows host, into FreeBSD VM using XRDP and just run like that.
I connect using 24 or 32 bit depth (via RDP protocol) and tend to run Darkish/pastel colors themes in Visual Code and IntelliJ.
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I know this is not an ideal setup, but lack of support for mobile dev (android at least) prevents me from using FreeBSD directly on hardware...
When Running on native hardware, without VM, I tend to use Pop! Linux because of how beautiful it looks, on HiDPI or regular screens, and it is relatively easy for me to use, as somehow that window manager setup does not get in my way
I also usually install emacs 27 or 28, but those require a binary package download from
My environment is
- Hyper-V on windows laptop
- FreeBSD 12.1 as guest (zfs)
- FreeBSD packages I use for devel (installed simply with its standard 'pkg add') are: InteliJC, vscode, openjdk11, postgres12-server, node12, tmux
- Desktop env is: xrdp (to allow remote desktop into the VM), wmaker (window manager and wmakerconf to config it), qterminal or lilyterm
So I just use Remote Desktop from windows host, into FreeBSD VM using XRDP and just run like that.
I connect using 24 or 32 bit depth (via RDP protocol) and tend to run Darkish/pastel colors themes in Visual Code and IntelliJ.
---
I know this is not an ideal setup, but lack of support for mobile dev (android at least) prevents me from using FreeBSD directly on hardware...
When Running on native hardware, without VM, I tend to use Pop! Linux because of how beautiful it looks, on HiDPI or regular screens, and it is relatively easy for me to use, as somehow that window manager setup does not get in my way
I also usually install emacs 27 or 28, but those require a binary package download from
https://freebsd.pkgs.org/12/freebsd-ports-latest-i386/ghub-e...
Use Emacs rarely these days, because of its lackluster support for JavaScript+Flow tooling.
I would much rather use Emacs for everything.. but right now I just use it to write status reports (org mode)…