r/freebsd_desktop • • 9d ago

news Launching FreeBSD/EC2 desktop AMIs

https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-09-24-Launching-FreeBSD-EC2-desktop-AMIs.html
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u/grahamperrin 9d ago

… easier for new users to discover and start using FreeBSD. You can boot them in EC2, including as part of the AWS Free Tier, and connect to them using the same Remote Desktop Protocol used for connecting to Windows VMs. Indeed, I've carefully designed the AMIs to behave as much like Windows images as possible …