FreeBSD

Updating

Update base system:

freebsd-update fetch

freebsd-update install

Update packages:

pkg update

pkg upgrade

Cleanup old package versions:

pkg clean

Change the shell to bash:

chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash noah

Install doas

pkg install doas

Configure doas by creating a file at /usr/local/etc/doas.conf

permit persist keepenv :wheel

Optional: add an alias to sudo in the user's .bashrc

alias sudo="doas"

Install xorg

pkg install xorg xdm

Enable XDM by editing the /etc/ttys and changing the off to on under ttyv8

Add to /etc/rc.conf

xdm_enable="YES"

Start the XDM service:

service xdm start

Install XFCE4 desktop env:

pkg install xfce

Enable Dbus on boot by adding this line to /etc/rc.conf

dbus_enable="YES

Start xfce4 on login:

exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4

Install firefox:

sudo pkg install firefox

Install thunderbird:

sudo pkg install thunderbird

sudo pkg install vim tmux htop

dig command can be installed with bind-tools

sudo pkg install bind-tools

Add dev and admin tools:

sudo pkg install gnupg git