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[How-To] FreeBSD Desktop – Part 3 – X11 Window System
User vermaden returns with another FreeBSD how-to, this one focusing on setting up the X11 Window System. You may check out his previous blog entries on how to get FreeBSD setup initially, then continue with his latest entry at the link below. In this article I would...
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FreeBSD 11.2 BETA 2 now available
The second BETA for FreeBSD 11.2 is available for testing. A summary of the changes are shown below. You may download the ISO/image file from here. A summary of changes since 11.2-BETA1 includes: o Various bug fixes to iflib-related code. o Boot-time failure fix for...
read moreBSD Now Episode 246: Properly Coordinated Disclosure
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling talk about the latest Intel docs misinterpretation, look at the mininet SDN emulator, tell us the do's and don'ts for FreeBSD, discuss OpenBSD's community going gold, recommend giving ed mastery a read,...
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FreeBSD 11.2 BETA available for testing
According to FreeBSD.org, the first BETA of FreeBSD 11.2 is now available for testing. You may download the ISO/image files from the link in the description. 19 May: The first BETA build for the FreeBSD 11.2 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64,...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 245: ZFS User Conf 2018
In this BSDNow.TV episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude recap on the ZFS User conference, talk about the first impressions of OmniOS by a BSD user, tell us how to setup Nextcloud 13 on FreeBSD, show a snippet of OpenBSD on a fanless desktop computer,...
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What I Learned During My FreeBSD Internship
Student Mitchell Horne recently wrote about his experience as an intern for the FreeBSD Foundation. He details his journey from learning about how the Foundation works to helping out commits. You may view his full thoughts at the FreeBSD Foundation blog below. Hi, my...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 244: C is a Lie
In this BSDNow.TV episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling discuss Arcan and OpenBSD, run OpenBSD 6.3 on RasberryPi 3, explain why C is not a low-level language, talk about HardenedBSD switching back to OpenSSL, revive an old story about breaking the internet,...
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Is FreeBSD faster than Linux?
An anonymous user from Quora asked the infamous question, is FreeBSD faster than Linux? A user recently responded and backed the statement of FreeBSD having lower latency, and Linux having faster application speeds. You may read his full comment at the link below....
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BSD Magazine Issue 04/2018
This BSD Magazine issue features an article showing you how to get started with Kubernetes and GKE, what Shadowsocks Proxy Server on FreeBSD is, an introduction to MDB (modular debugger), an interview with Sanel Zukan the Founder & CEO of Hedron, and more. You may...
read moreHow to start contributing to FreeBSD? – r/freebsd
A user on the r/freebsd subreddit asks how he can start contributing to the FreeBSD project. Original users chime in and give the new kid on the block some advice. If you're looking to help out, we've highlighted some of the top comments. As a past...
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[How-To] ZFS snapshot on FreeBSD
This tutorial by user Laci shows us how to set up ZFS snapshots on your FreeBSD system. The guide is in two parts and starts with setting up the zpool for snapshots then incremental snapshots. You may view the full set of instructions at the links below. A very nice...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 243: Understanding The Scheduler
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude announce OpenBSD 6.3 and DragonflyBSD 5.2, talk about a bug fix for disappearing files in OpenZFS on Linux (and only Linux), help us understand the FreeBSD CPU schedule, show a snippet of NetBSD on...
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FreeBSD ZFS benchmarks vs DragonFlyBSD & Linux
Michael Larabel of Phoronix has reported some benchmarks from FreeBSD ZFS and TrueOS ZFS along with various open-source distros DragonFlyBSD, Ubuntu, and Clear Linux. In addition, he also provided some charts on the Meltdown Kernel page-table isolation (PTI)...
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[How-To] Distributed Object Storage with Minio on FreeBSD
User vermaden brings us another in-depth guide, this time on how to setup distributed object storage via Minio on FreeBSD. Minio is an open-source distributed object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3. You may view the full set of instructions at the...
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[How-To] Patch Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities on FreeBSD
User Vivek Gite of nixCraft shows us how to patch up your FreeBSD systems from the recent Meltdown & Spectre vulnerabilities. Head on over to the link below to see the full set of instructions. All supported versions of FreeBSD affected by Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754),...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 242: Linux Takes The Fastpath
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude discuss TrueOS stable 18.03 release, take a look at F-stack, dive into the secret to an open source business model, show us an intro to jails and jail networking, provide a FreeBSD Foundation update for...
read moreBSDNow.TV 241: Bowling in the LimeLight
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling show us the second round of ZFS improvements in BSD, talk about a finding from Postgres regarding non-FreeBSD/non-Illumos systems corrupting data, interview Kevin Bowling, talk about BSDCan, and discuss...
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FreeBSD 11.1, 12.0-CURRENT & TrueOS 18.03 Benchmarks [Phoronix]
Michael Larabel of Phoronix runs some benchmark tests for FreeBSD versions 11.1, 12.0-CURRENT, and TrueOS 18.03. The tests were run via the Phoronix Test Suite 8.0 ranging from blogbench to system decompress. You may view the full report at the link below. While...
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NVIDIA ends support for 32 bit drivers (including FreeBSD)
NVIDIA has announced that it will be no longer supporting 32 bit drivers for their graphics cards, this includes Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. For those still on 32 bit hardware, it may be time to upgrade. The move isn't restricted to those running Microsoft's Windows...
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[How-To] Nextcloud 13 on FreeBSD
User vermaden shows us how to set up Nextcloud 13 on FreeBSD with a detailed guide, from setup to post installation. You may view the full set of instructions at the link below. Today I would like to share a setup of Nextcloud 13 running on a FreeBSD system. To make...
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