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Reader supplied reviews for MidnightBSD
Average rating
2.5 from 6 review(s)
Version: 3.2.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-06-06
Votes: 7
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I installed MidnightBSD 3.2.3 on LENOVO LOQ 83GS. The experience wasn't so bad for me, but I think it would be for beginners. To get GUI to work, I needed to make a 10-scfb.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. Sound works out-of-the-box. I'm currently trying to get mport-manager to work via XFCE4 GUI (but works if launched via terminal).
PROS:
1p - the idea of firstboot configuration is creative
1p - trying to be different: having mport and not pkg
1p - offering to install ravenports and doing most of the work for it
1p - does most of the work for GUI
1p - sound out-of-the-box
1p - mostly easy installation process
1p - I don't see any "XXX-rated"
CONS:
-1p - needs manual work after installing and firstboot configuration despite being "for everyone"
-1p - sometimes the mport PM can be counter-intuitive (like doesnt say something like "package already installed" when trying to install an already-present package (just returns 1 in shell line)
-1p no back-button in installer
REWARDS:
1p - for the dedication of Lucas Holt for maintaining a mostly single-person project
1p - independent from FreeBSD
1p - 2nd package manager
0.5p - cool logo & name
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Version: 3.0.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-13
Votes: 0
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Its maximum contradictory to claim a "OS for everyone", yet have to go through commends and GitHub to get anything done in terms of Download and installation. Why is it for some OS developers so important to make everything artificial complicated, when you have other examples, downloading the dawn ISO and installing it, with extra fancy knowledge or what ever it takes to install an OS. I love to try different Linux derivatives and so far, most of them are user-friendly to begin with, but then there are these “special” kind of distros, showing it right in the first second. This has to get an own “search rubric” on Distrowatch, for people who feel pleasure in complicated and hideous installation variants.
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Version:
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-01-21
Votes: 1
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Similar to FreeBSD but a lot slower.
Offers automatic setup of a desktop environment on first boot.
If you choose to do so a lengthy install follows where the console is spammed with "XXX Rated" so you don't have time to read what is actually happening. When it's finished you can log into an Xfce environment.
Xorg in MidnightBSD doesn't work properly in Virtualbox for me. The cursor is only movable within a limited area och it doesn't match where you are actually pointing.
Tested version is 2.2.6.
The project logo is nice at least.
1 point for being BSD and 1 point for easy installation of Xorg.
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Version: 2.2.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-14
Votes: 0
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Ugh. My my. I went into this expecting something akin to GhostBSD (which STILL can't detect many common network cards and STILL has to have wpa suppliant build from scratch, etc) which has many ongoing problems but at least can give us a GUI right off the live CD/DVD. This Midnight thing is even more immature as a project and not worth the time and effort of any but diehard bog reporters and other BSD enthusiasts with more than an inkling of hope for BSD in general.
FreeBSD is a better bet as the documentation is amazing and a dedicated user can actually build a great BSD working computer OS. Not so with this MidnightBSD mess, unfortunately. I noticed that the main tech reviewers of MidnightBSD say openly that they "don't want to disrespect the developer" by saying how thin, unusable it is.. well.. sometimes that would be helpful as it might get them going on actually finishing the project. Right now, as of June of 2022, the MidnightBSD project is without wheels or even a steering wheel.
No 0 rating available, so 1.
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Version: 2.1.1
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-10-10
Votes: 0
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nope don't work for me.
vm image does not have passwords available.
mport lacking pkgs.
not ready for prime time.
reg freebsd and ghostbsd much better.
i miss frenzybsd.
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Version: 2.1.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-09-25
Votes: 0
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I still miss the purpose and advantages over other BSDs. There is simply no added value and without enough developers it's gonna be a hobby project that will fall behind FreeBSD further and further.
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Latest Reviews
Project: MidnightBSD
Version: 3.2.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-06-06
Votes: 7
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I installed MidnightBSD 3.2.3 on LENOVO LOQ 83GS. The experience wasn't so bad for me, but I think it would be for beginners. To get GUI to work, I needed to make a 10-scfb.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. Sound works out-of-the-box. I'm currently trying to get mport-manager to work via XFCE4 GUI (but works if launched via terminal).
PROS:
1p - the idea of firstboot configuration is creative
1p - trying to be different: having mport and not pkg
1p - offering to install ravenports and doing most of the work for it
1p - does most of the work for GUI
1p - sound out-of-the-box
1p - mostly easy installation process
1p - I don't see any "XXX-rated"
CONS:
-1p - needs manual work after installing and firstboot configuration despite being "for everyone"
-1p - sometimes the mport PM can be counter-intuitive (like doesnt say something like "package already installed" when trying to install an already-present package (just returns 1 in shell line)
-1p no back-button in installer
REWARDS:
1p - for the dedication of Lucas Holt for maintaining a mostly single-person project
1p - independent from FreeBSD
1p - 2nd package manager
0.5p - cool logo & name
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Project: MidnightBSD
Version: 3.0.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-09-13
Votes: 0
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Its maximum contradictory to claim a "OS for everyone", yet have to go through commends and GitHub to get anything done in terms of Download and installation. Why is it for some OS developers so important to make everything artificial complicated, when you have other examples, downloading the dawn ISO and installing it, with extra fancy knowledge or what ever it takes to install an OS. I love to try different Linux derivatives and so far, most of them are user-friendly to begin with, but then there are these “special” kind of distros, showing it right in the first second. This has to get an own “search rubric” on Distrowatch, for people who feel pleasure in complicated and hideous installation variants.
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Project: MidnightBSD
Version:
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-01-21
Votes: 1
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Similar to FreeBSD but a lot slower.
Offers automatic setup of a desktop environment on first boot.
If you choose to do so a lengthy install follows where the console is spammed with "XXX Rated" so you don't have time to read what is actually happening. When it's finished you can log into an Xfce environment.
Xorg in MidnightBSD doesn't work properly in Virtualbox for me. The cursor is only movable within a limited area och it doesn't match where you are actually pointing.
Tested version is 2.2.6.
The project logo is nice at least.
1 point for being BSD and 1 point for easy installation of Xorg.
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Project: MidnightBSD
Version: 2.2.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-06-14
Votes: 0
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Ugh. My my. I went into this expecting something akin to GhostBSD (which STILL can't detect many common network cards and STILL has to have wpa suppliant build from scratch, etc) which has many ongoing problems but at least can give us a GUI right off the live CD/DVD. This Midnight thing is even more immature as a project and not worth the time and effort of any but diehard bog reporters and other BSD enthusiasts with more than an inkling of hope for BSD in general.
FreeBSD is a better bet as the documentation is amazing and a dedicated user can actually build a great BSD working computer OS. Not so with this MidnightBSD mess, unfortunately. I noticed that the main tech reviewers of MidnightBSD say openly that they "don't want to disrespect the developer" by saying how thin, unusable it is.. well.. sometimes that would be helpful as it might get them going on actually finishing the project. Right now, as of June of 2022, the MidnightBSD project is without wheels or even a steering wheel.
No 0 rating available, so 1.
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Project: MidnightBSD
Version: 2.1.1
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-10-10
Votes: 0
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nope don't work for me.
vm image does not have passwords available.
mport lacking pkgs.
not ready for prime time.
reg freebsd and ghostbsd much better.
i miss frenzybsd.
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Project: MidnightBSD
Version: 2.1.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2021-09-25
Votes: 0
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I still miss the purpose and advantages over other BSDs. There is simply no added value and without enough developers it's gonna be a hobby project that will fall behind FreeBSD further and further.
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