BSD Now Episode 253: Silence of the Fans
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling set up a fanless FreeBSD server, show us NetBSD on pinebooks, present another BSDCan trip report, toggle with transparent network audio, display MirBSD's Korn Shell on Plan9, use static site generators on OpenBSD, and...
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[How-To] FreeBSD Desktop Configuration
User vermaden has released a handful of guides for configuring your FreeBSD desktop environment. We've link it directly from his post below. The guides features various apps and contains images, scripts, and configuration settings for the console. Check them out, you...
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[FreeBSD-Announce] New FreeBSD Core Team Elected
Congratulations to all of the new and returning FreeBSD Core Team members! The Core Team are known as the Board of Directors and decide on the long-term and overall vision of the FreeBSD project. Long live FreeBSD! Dear FreeBSD Community, Active committers to the...
read moreTechSNAP Episode 373: FreeBSD Already Does That
TechSNAP hosts Chris and Wes sit down with Allan Jude to discuss FreeBSD in this edition of their weekly podcast. As the title says, they answer the infamous question: "Can you do that on FreeBSD?" Listen to the podcast here:...
read moreRecommendations for a FreeBSD compatible laptop? – r/freebsd
User u/vznio asks on the r/FreeBSD subreddit on what the best choices for using FreeBSD on a laptop are. Several users chime in on their recommendations. If you are looking to use FreeBSD on your notebook, check out this thread. Best possible FreeBSD laptop? ThinkPads...
read moreJupiter Broadcasting: Tech Talk Today 281
Tech Talk Today host Chris sits down with Allan Jude for a FreeBSD birthday special edition episode. They also discuss the privacy win for US mobiles, and show us history and future hopes for Intel's dedicated GPU Larrabee. Also, they bring up that time when Allan's...
read moreBSD Now Episode 252: Goes to 11.2
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling announce the release of FreeBSD 11.2, set up MTA behind Tor, run pfSense on DigitalOcean, recap on one year of C, use OpenBGPD to announce VM networks, remind us what the power to serve is, and report on...
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FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE now available
The developers of FreeBSD have officially made available version 11.2-RELEASE. This release features updates to OpenSSH, OpenSSL, clang, llvm, lldb, libarchive(3), libxo(3), KDE, GNOME, and various device driver, kernel, userland, and library updates. New utilities...
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What users have said during FreeBSD’s 25th year
Users on Hacker News chime in on their experience with FreeBSD for the past few decades. Below are some of the top comments. Congrats on 25 years again to all FreeBSD users around the world! This was about 15 or 16 years ago, I think. That was back when hardware...
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What is your primary use of FreeBSD?
A user on the FreeBSD forums asked the community what they primarily use FreeBSD for. There is a mix of professional, hobby, educational, and research. What do you use it for? Note that this poll only represents a small minority of users on the forum. I have a FreeBSD...
read moreBSD Now Episode 251: Crypto HAMMER
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling discuss DragonflyBSD's hammer1 encrypted master & slave setup, recap on BSDCan part 2, announce NomadBSD 1.1-RC1, talk about OpenBSD adding LDAP client to base, FreeBSD getting pNFS support, Intel FPU...
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[How-To] Add encrypted ZFS pool on FreeBSD
User Vivek Gite of nixCraft shows us how to add an encrypted ZFS pool on your FreeBSD server. He'll show you how to do it with gpart and geli encryption system. You may view the full set of instructions at the link below. I recently added hard disk to my FreeBSD based...
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FreeBSD 11.2-RC3 now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the THIRD release candidate of version 11.2. This version includes a minor update to ocs_fc(4) driver, missing libc++ entires added, eager FPU context switch enabled, and more. You may see the full list of changes at the...
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FreeBSD Day – June 19
Did you know that the FreeBSD name was coined 25 years ago on June 19, 1993? Because of that, the FreeBSD Foundation has officially designated June 19 as FreeBSD Day! Let's celebrate FreeBSD by introducing FreeBSD to someone who hasn't heard of it before, or hosting...
read moreBSD Now Episode 250: BSDCan 2018 Recap
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude announce TrueOS becoming a downstream fork with Project Trident, recap on BSDCan, summarize HardenedBSD Foundation founding efforts, set up VPN with OpenIKED on OpenBSD, showcase FreeBSD on a System76...
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[How-To] FreeBSD install VIM text editor using pkg and ports
User Vivek Gite is at it again with another tutorial, this time showing us how to install VIM text editor on FreeBSD. VIM is a powerful command line text editor available on many open source platforms. You may view the full set of instructions at the link below. How...
read moreFreeBSD gets pNFS support
FreeBSD contributor rmacklem has announced pNFS support for the FreeBSD operating system. pNFS, also known as Parallel Network File System, is a protocol introduced in NFS v4.1 and allows for parallel connectivity access for storage devices. You may see the full...
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[How-To] pfSense in VMware Workstation Introduction
User Colin Westwater walks us through how he set up his pfSense firewall in a VMware virtual environment. pfSense is an open-source firewall based on FreeBSD operating system. You may view the full set of instructions at the link below. My lab is completely nested in...
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FreeBSD 11.2-RC2 is now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the SECOND release candidate of version 11.2. Notable changes are cxgbe(4) driver updates, various SCTP fixes, amd64 hybrid ISO creation reverted, dhclient(8) utility updated, and more. You may download the ISO/image here....
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TrueOS to become a fork of FreeBSD
TrueOS, also originally known as PC-BSD, has been announced by the developers as reinventing itself as a core operating system, based on FreeBSD operating system. TrueOS is the default operating system for Lumina Desktop Environment. You may read the full statement...
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