Peppermint is a relatively new Linux distribution that's lightweight, speedy, and user-friendly. It's based on Ubuntu, but with a minimal set of desktop applications, which makes it perfect for older or lower-end hardware. In this tutorial, we'll be guiding you through the process of installing Peppermint on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we get started, please make sure that you have the following:
Open a terminal window on your FreeBSD Latest installation.
Update your FreeBSD package repositories and system packages to make it up to date:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
sudo pkg install -y dbus-1.xdg-utils gvfs desktop-file-utils
wget https://peppermint.sh/releases/peppermint-10-amd64.iso
sudo mkdir /mnt/peppermint
sudo mount -t cd9660 /path/to/peppermint-10-amd64.iso /mnt/peppermint/
Note: Replace /path/to/peppermint-10-amd64.iso
with the actual path to your Peppermint ISO image file.
bsdinstall
tool. Run the following command:sudo bsdinstall
Follow the installer's instructions to complete the installation process.
That's it! You now have Peppermint installed on your FreeBSD Latest installation. Peppermint's lightweight design should make it a breeze to use on older or lower-end systems, while still being user-friendly. We hope this tutorial makes it easy for you to install Peppermint on FreeBSD Latest.
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