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So you’ve installed FreeBSD. Now what? Here is how to get a basic Gnome desktop going.

Install gnome2 and xorg as shown below. This can take some time to download and install all of the required packages.

# pkg_add -r gnome2

# pkg_add -r xorg

# vi /etc/fstab


proc	/proc	procfs	rw	0	0

And finally, add the following to your /etc/rc.conf:

# vi /etc/rc.conf

gdm_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

Cool!