HyprBSD release candidate provides Wayland desktop for FreeBSD
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Sam Sheridan released HyprBSD, a FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE distribution that uses the Hyprland compositor and supports Steam via the Linux compatibility layer.
Sam Sheridan has released HyprBSD, a new desktop distribution based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE. The project is currently in release candidate form. It uses the Hyprland compositor to provide a Wayland-based desktop experience and includes a graphical installer that can set up a system in about three minutes.
HyprBSD supports AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics. It uses the FreeBSD Linux compatibility layer to run Steam, which has been verified to work with various games including those using BattlEye. XWayland is included to support X11 dependent software. The project includes various fixes to FreeBSD to improve the desktop experience.
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