FreeBSD 2for1: Basic XFCE & Openbox install

Following a couple of user requests on how to install XFCE and Openbox, here is a two for one, on a fresh FreeBSD install....
Note: I didn't set up any graphics drivers for Nvidia or AMD etc, I'll assume you'll do that later...this is a stock install, and a basic config.
Commands used:
pkg update
pkg install xorg
pkg install xfce
pkg install xfce4-goodies
pkg install dbus

dbus_enable="YES"
slim_enable-"YES"

edit .xinitrc
exec xfce4-session

pkg install openbox
pkg install obconf
pkg install kickshaw
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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:13 Quickly Installing FreeBSD 13.1
0:51 Installing Xorg & XFCE
4:38 Installing Openbox
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[RoboNuggie]

Please note:
The .xinitrc file is always located in the users home directory...
and to start XFCE, you can use:
exec startxfce
exec xfce4-session
or
startxfce4 --with-ck-launch

I always use exec startxfce but as they say, YMMV 🙂

[grahambailey]

I love it when slim gets switched off midway through a presentation.

It’s like enjoying an ice-cream from the Lyons Maid lady; the intermission separating Ben Hur is my favourite memory.

And most importantly, my wife thinks that I’m a nerd because I can type startx without looking.

[learningbird]

And we lost the opportunity to see what top would say both in xfce4 and openbox. :)
Thanks for another great video.

[lingux_yt]

6:08
I'll never forget the first time I installed openbox. three minutes staring at a grey screen waiting for it to load after the login. and it was already loaded 😆

[GiorgioBeltrammi]

Fantastic! I'm on NomadBSD, that use openbox by default. Also on Linux Mint 20.3 and on LMDE 5 i installed openbox that is my favourite window manager. Furthermore i installed Endeavour Openbox Community edition. So thanks a lot for this video.

[elioheber]

Amo las miniaturas de tus videos, son muy nostálgicas

[AutosugestionPositiva]

Great contribution. Thanks for sharing. I'm planning to migrate from Arch Linux (Arcolinux distro) to BSD. I love XFCE!

[joesalyers]

Very nice!!! I love openbox, I just hate setting it up to be usable it takes forever to make it functional and look good and I'm impatient LOL. That is why I choose XFCE 90% of the time if it is an option because it runs well on everything. Cheers!!!

[ngtube]

thanks for the nice instruction :-) Cheers, Norbert

[rmcellig]

Excellent I never heard of kickshaw and I never tried freebsd. Only Linux.

[plip]

Ive started making my own list of what to type/install on google keep, is there a list of what you have typed in on a website somwhere? or Discord channel that you could create to help us all Freebsd fans chat more freely on as it were?

[cosmicvoid]

Isn't Slim deprecated? Lightdm had a greeter if I remember correctly.

[RoboticsNeuralLabs]

Thanks master you tutorial it need for conf my desk in freebsd Thanks master

[conciencia]

I would like to be able to read ext4 partitions in Linux with freebsd.

[aantriono]

Sir, I followed this guide to install freeBSD on a virtual machine and it installed successfully. But when it is installed directly on the hard disk it doesn't work, the slim login manager display doesn't appear. What's the solution?

[tthenrie]

Hmmm. Getting an .Xauthority error. Slim won't execute login command. Can't get xfce or openbox to start. The startx command from the command prompt starts xterm. This is a fresh install of FBSD13.1-RELEASE (nothing else on it) on an older Toshiba laptop. Graphics and wifi are supported. I noticed you did the pkg install under root on /, but then switched to your user under /usr/local when you created the .xintirc file. I didn't see that mentioned in your video and I don't see anything about that in the FBSD documentation for the xfce install. Was there a reason for that? I have tried that as well, with no change in the above.

[pochleb]

I dont like slim. xfce4-goodies is nice

[Артем-щшу]

Slim allows you to choose GUI. Requires to have "exec $1" in your .xinitrc. F1 to select.

[grizzlythegarliceater]

it's been a while now using XFCE, my .xinitrc just exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 and for slim like xdm ways add line on /etc/ttys ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/slim" xterm on insecure, Great video btw :-)