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(FreeBSD is less than thirty years old; <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261058#c2>. No need to link to the Handbook from here.)
 
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== What is FreeBSD? ==


[https://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD]® is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms.


== What is FreeBSD? ==
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) originated in 1978. [https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd/timeline/ FreeBSD (derived from BSD) originated in 1993].
 
FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD's code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California, Berkeley. The [https://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD website] has all the information needed (especially the [https://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook handbook]) to install and configure FreeBSD itself.


== KDE on FreeBSD ==
== KDE on FreeBSD ==
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** [[FreeBSD/Contact#MailingList|Mailing List]]
** [[FreeBSD/Contact#MailingList|Mailing List]]
* [[FreeBSD/FAQ|FAQ]]
* [[FreeBSD/FAQ|FAQ]]
* How to build the KDE4 Software Compilation
* [[FreeBSD/HowTo|How To's]] (currently empty)
* How to build KDE Frameworks 5
* [[FreeBSD/Gallery|Gallery of Screenshots]]
* How to build KDE Plasma
* [[FreeBSD/Setup|Installing and starting]]
* How to build KDE Applications
** [[FreeBSD/Setup/Ports|Installing from official ports]] (both KDE4 and KDE Frameworks)
* Quick building with Poudriere
** [[FreeBSD/Setup/Area51|Installing the bleeding edge]] (Area 51)
* Quick install with packages
* [http://wiki.freebsd.org/KDE FreeBSD Wiki page for KDE/FreeBSD] (for quarterly reports and such)
* [http://wiki.freebsd.org/KDE FreeBSD Wiki page for KDE/FreeBSD] (for quarterly reports and such)
== Other Resources ==
There is a [[/FAQ|FAQ page]] regarding KDE/FreeBSD.
You can reach the KDE/FreeBSD team through the [http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-freebsd mailing list] or on [[/FAQ#irc|Freenode IRC]].
The [http://wiki.freebsd.org/KDE FreeBSD wiki KDE/FreeBSD page] is aimed at information for the FreeBSD project, such as quarterly reports.
== Building KDE SC trunk under FreeBSD ==
(The information on the pages linked here is '''obsolete''' in various ways) Please see the page on [[Getting_Started/Build|building KDE SC]] for general instructions. See the page on [[Getting_Started/Build/Distributions/FreeBSD|building KDE SC under FreeBSD]] for specific information for FreeBSD.

Latest revision as of 08:54, 10 April 2022

What is FreeBSD?

FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms.

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) originated in 1978. FreeBSD (derived from BSD) originated in 1993.

KDE on FreeBSD

The KDE/FreeBSD team hopes this site will be a valuable resource for all who are interested in maintaining the high level of compatibility between FreeBSD and KDE Software (through KDE4, and now with Frameworks, Plasma Desktop and Applications) that has been seen to date. The goal is to facilitate the discussion of patches, finding bugs, suggesting features and hopefully becoming a valuable member of both the KDE and FreeBSD communities.

Here on the KDE Community Wiki, we provide technical information on how KDE is built and packaged on FreeBSD and how you can contribute -- for instance by building software from the KDE community yourself.