BSD Now Episode 353: ZFS on Ironwolf
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss NetBSD scheduling, Ironwolf disks and ZFS vs RAID, Microsoft Surface Go 2 and OpenBSD, Linux sysadmins and FreeBSD, Lenovo Thinkpad T480 and FreeBSD, and some others. Hit play below to tune in:...
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[How-To] FreeBSD 12.1 on a laptop
User Solène shows us how to set up FreeBSD 12.1 operating system on a notebook. They walk us through configuring intel graphics hardware, a desktop environment such as Xfce, MATE, or KDE5, power management, and webcam support. Check out the link below for the full set...
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[How-To] Install Golang in FreeBSD in 5 minutes by Jeremy Morgan
User Jeremy Morgan shows us how to install Golang on your FreeBSD operating system. Golang, originating from Google, is an open source compiled programming language designed to build simple, efficient, and reliable software. See the link for the full set of...
FreeBSD Foundation: Submit Your FreeBSD Project Proposal
The FreeBSD Foundation is encouraging developers around the world to submit a project they have in mind to improve the FreeBSD operating system. In return, the proposals can receive a grant to make the development project a reality. Examples of projects they wish to...
BSD Now Episode 352: Introducing Randomness
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude discuss randomness, netatalk logs, NetBSD core team, qemu guest agent on OpenBSD, WireGuard patchset on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 12.1 on a notebook, and more things. Click play below to tune in:...
My new FreeBSD Laptop: Dell Latitude 7390 by Colin Percival
FreeBSD contributor Colin Percival documents his experience in getting FreeBSD operating system running functionally on a Dell Latitude 7390 notebook.He walks us through initial FreeBSD configuration, setting up drivers, desktop configuration, KDE, and then points out...
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[How-To] Install Attendize on FreeBSD 12
User Blago Eres shows us how to install Attendize on FreeBSD 12 operating system. Attendize is an open-source event management and tickets platform to help you organize successful events. This tutorial will walk you through setting up PHP, MariaDB, Nginx, Composer,...
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[How-To] FreeBSD Dev Environment
User admindev wrote some instructions on setting up their development environment in FreeBSD operating system. The blog consists of setting up bhyve open-source hypervisor, Python3 dev environment, Vundle, etc. See the link below for their full instructions. After...
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[Video] Getting started with Asterisk, part 3: Localisation & Indications Configuration
User Sheridan Computers walks us through using Asterisk IP PBX on the FreeBSD operating system. Asterisk is an VOIP designed for businesses. Sheridan utilizes PuTTy, edits configuration files, and downloads some core files. https://youtu.be/Cio1M0jC29E Third...
BSD Now Episode 35 – Heaven: OpenBSD 6.7
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss NetBSD back up and restore, OpenBSD 6.7, WireGuard Jail with standard tools on FreeBSD, chown and quotas, TrueNAS CORE roadmap, and some others. Press play below to tune in:...
BSD Link Roundup 5.29
Here's another May round up of BSD related posts from performance improvements, security issues, software recommendations, questions and discussions. Enjoy and BSD away! Install Netdata on FreeBSD via Netdata FreeBSD's Network Bridge Code Scores A 500% Performance...
GhostBSD 20.04 is now available
The developers of GhostBSD have made available version 20.04 (1). Notable changes are fixed ZFS forced 4k option on installation, fixed pool cleanup, fixed update manager, improved auto-create partition, fixed ntpd service, and more. For the full list of changes check...
FreeBSD 11.4 BETA2 is now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made the second BETA of version 11.4. Notable changes are updates to llvm, clang, compiler-r, libc++, fixes to loader.lua, stand/i386, security fixes, procsfs(5) deprecated, potential system panics resolved, and more. For the full list...
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[How-To] Install Netdata on FreeBSD
This short guide from Netdata Learn will show you how to set up Netdata, an open-source metrics visualization and system monitoring application. The steps are quick and easy to get it running from the FreeBSD ports repository, but the output is a robust performance...
BSD Now Episode 350: Speedy Bridges
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss 5x_if_bridge performance, UNIX winning, VLAN configuration on FreeBSD, OmniOS and bhyve PCI passthrough, TrueNAS 11.3-U2, and some more. Click play below to tune in: https://youtu.be/uAJGXEWBB0I...
TrueOS has been discontinued
The developers of TrueOS have announced the end of TrueOS as we know it. TrueOS was originally called PC-BSD, and served as a desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. Thank you for the long and great run! For more information, check out the announcement post at the...
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[How-To] WireGuard on FreeBSD Quick Look: Testing VPN in Jail Network
User genneko shows us how to get WireGuard set up on your FreeBSD operating system. WireGuard is an open-source Virtual Private Network application designed to connect to remote acccess VPNs and improve your security. This guide walks you through site-to-site...
BSD Now Episode 349: Entropy Overhaul
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude discuss FreeBSD and Encrypted Crash Dumps, Unix Time, ZVOL sync write performance and taskq, syslog-ng and central log host, overhaul of NetBSD Entropy, NetBSD Kernel Dev Environment, and some others....
FreeBSD Q1 2020 Status Report
The FreeBSD Team released their 1st quarter status report for 2020. This report contains projects and initiatives from the FreeBSD Foundation, FreeBSD Core Team, Release Engineering Team, Cluster Administration Team, Continuous Integration, Ports Collection, and...
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[How-To] Configure Packet Filter (PF) on FreeBSD 12.1 by DigitalOcean
User Justin Noor shows us how to configure Packet Filter (PF) on FreeBSD 12.1 operating system. PF is a firewall application and a packet filtering tool designed to allow administrators to protect their network against cyber attacks. This guide will walk you through...
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