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FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager (itsfoss.com)
submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/linux@programming.dev
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FreeBSD is a Unix-like operating system that has roots in Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which itself originated from research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1970s.

The OS is known for its advanced networking features, security capabilities, and freedom-focused licensing, finding use in a wide range of hardware ranging from embedded systems to being the backbone of major cloud services.

Unfortunately, it looks like KDE's Plasma Login Manager won't be working on it, as an accepted merge request sees the focus turn to compatibility on Linux systems.

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[–] lnxtx@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Imagine porting systemd to FreeBSD.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

BSD ppl could build a logind replacement.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I know it's not BSD but, gentoo already does similar with elogind to support all init systems with gnome, so maybe they could use something like that too.

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was thinking of this, being not sure whether I should even upvote this post. But then I thought whether it’s possible to design some similar system, interface wise, or would it be just too complex and inferior to what is currently used. I assume the whole systemd thing is a nightmare for FreeBSD architecture and nothing of a kind would be implemented there.