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Re: [trinity-users] New topic: TDE in FreeBSD; was Re: [trinity-users] Dual booting Devuan and FreeBSD?

From: Robert Peters <robertpeters9@...>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 09:13:47 -0700
On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 03:17, gregory guy <g-gregory@...> wrote:
>
> > So, the outcome of all that is: I installed FreeBSD on all of a 500G
> > SSD.  With some looking was able to install and use a desktop system
> > (Mate), configure Wifi, the system clock, etc.  But I would really
> > like to be using TDE.
> > There are several posts from years back by people trying to port TDE
> > programs to FreeBSD.  I have some software experience and would be
> > glad to help if possible.
> > Robert
>
> Robert,
>
> Like Dr. Klepp has already told you, TDE -R14.0.X for FreeBSD do exist
> as ports (for a good few), you may see/get them from our Trinity Gitea
> Workingspace here:
>
> https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/explore/repos
>
> Then follow Dr. Klepp instruction's, to my knowledge there's no FreeBSD
> packages, those binaries have to be built on your machine.
>
> If you fell like contributing, please don't send patch in bugzilla,
> instead register to TGW and then ask to be added therein as a contributor.
>
> I wish bugzilla be set to "read-only" because TGW is where the TDE
> development takes place with a 'new Branch - Pull Request' type of
> workflow.


Thanks for the replies and messages.  I can now use Xfce in FreeBSD,
but want to stay with Devuan and TDE for now.
I will look into Git, Gitea, etc. and later get into porting TDE
programs to FreeBSD.
Robert