In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude interview Ike, the man behind OPNsense — an open source firewall based on pfSense. Hit play below to tune in:
For this week’s roundup of BSD related content: http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2016_05_11-bsd_likes_ike
Ken Moore, creator of the Lumina Desktop Environment, has made available version 0.9.0. This version adds a new compositing effect, and more improvements are lined up for version 1.0. Lumina is also part of the PC-BSD project. See the link below for the full notes, including a schedule for upcoming features.
First, I would like to thank everyone for their patience as we continue working toward the first non-beta release of the Lumina desktop. We are still planning on version 1.0.0 getting released later this year (aligning with the FreeBSD 11.0 Release Schedule or earlier), but some issues have come to light that required we adjust our feature list for version 1.0.0 a bit.
Official announcement: http://lumina-desktop.org/new-release-schedule-and-lumina-desktop-0-9-0-released/
Kogonuso – PC-BSD’s Lumina Desktop 0.9.0 Environment Launches with Compositing Effects
The FreeNAS Team has released a tutorial for users who want to get Certificates set up on their FreeNAS system. A more in-depth look can be found at the FreeNAS doc: http://doc.freenas.org/9.10/freenas_system.html
For more FreeNAS related tutorials, visit their channel at http://youtube.com/FreeNASTeam
The developers of GhostBSD have made available the first 10.3 ALPHA. This GhostBSD distribution is code-named “Enoch”. Notable changes are added support for ZFS and UDF, as well as the base system being FreeBSD 10.3. See the full list of changes below, and download the ISO or image file here.
Yes we skipped 10.2 for 10.3 since FreeBSD 10.3 was coming, we thought we should wait for 10.3. This is the first ALPHA development release for testing and debugging for GhostBSD 10.3, only as MATE been released yet which is available on SourceForge and for the amd64 and i386 architectures.
What’s new
- GhostBSD now support ZFS and UFS.
- The installer support encryption for ZFS
- GhostBSD Software will be updated Quarterly which will bring more stability to GhostBSD still user will be able to change it to latest to have the latest software update.
What changed
- The installer did have a big refacing plus a new slide
- There is been some important fix to Networkmgr
- There is been some speed improvement with Networkmgr
- Some UI improvement and speed improvement with Update Station
- Mate 1.12
- New Grub theme
What has been fixed
- Language wish GhostBSD is installed should now be fix
- Wifi Problem as been fix with the update of Networkmgr
Official announcement: http://www.ghostbsd.org/10.3_alpha1
Related links:
NEWSUNITED – GHOSTBSD 10.3 TO ADD ZFS AND UDF SUPPORT, WILL BE BASED ON FREEBSD 10.3
Softpedia – GhostBSD 10.3 to Add ZFS and UDF Support, to Be Based on FreeBSD 10.3
Phoronix – GhostBSD 10.3 Alpha Released With ZFS File-System Support, MATE 1.12
DistroWatch – Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-ALPHA1
Michael Larabel of Phoronix recently ran some benchmark tests, comparing FreeBSD & PC-BSD 10.3 with Linux. He tests everything from database benchmarks to the compiler. See the detailed results in the link below.
With FreeBSD 10.3 having been released followed by the desktop-oriented PC-BSD 10.3 release that’s running rather nicely, I decided to run some open-source performance benchmarks atop PC-BSD 10.3 x64 compared to various Linux distributions.
Originally I also aimed to run some PC-BSD vs. Linux gaming tests using the updated Linux binary compatibility layer in FreeBSD 10.3’s kernel, but sadly, that didn’t pan out. As noted in the aforelinked article, I’ve been running into a variety of issues that made my usual test candidates not run on PC-BSD 10.3 with either the x86 or x86_64 Linux binaries. If you want to see my old tests, there is FreeBSD: A Faster Platform For Linux Gaming Than Linux? from a few years ago.
Original post: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pcbsd-103-bench&num=1
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude unbox the all-new FreeNAS Mini XL, as well as share the latest BSD news. Hit play below to tune in:
For this week’s round up of BSD related content: http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2016_04_14-freenas_mini_xl
The developers of pfSense have made available version 2.3-RELEASE! Download the latest version in the link below.
We are happy to announce the release of pfSense® software version 2.3!
The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system, including the base system and kernel, being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg. The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, rather than the monolithic updates of the past. The webGUI rewrite brings a new responsive look and feel to pfSense requiring a minimum of resizing or scrolling on a wide range of devices from desktop to mobile phones.
For the highlights, check out the Features and Highlights video. Past blog posts have covered some of the changes, such as the performance improvements from tryforward, and the webGUI update.
The full list of changes is on the 2.3 New Features and Changes page.
To get to a release, we’ve closed 760 total tickets. While the majority of these were related to the Bootstrap conversion, 137 are fixed bugs impacting 2.2.6 and earlier releases.
Downloads to Upgrade Existing Systems – note it’s usually easier to just use the auto-update functionality, in which case you don’t need to download anything from here. Check the Firmware Updates page for details.
Official announcement: https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=2008
Related links:
DistroWatch – BSD Release: pfSense 2.3
Phoronix – pfSense 2.3 Released With New Web UI
Softpedia – pfSense 2.3 BSD-Based Firewall Officially Released with Revamped webGUI, More
[Discussion] /r/FreeBSD – pfSense 2.3 (based on FreeBSD 10.3, now with pkg, not PBI) released
Serverauditor is a mobile SSH client for many UNIX and related interfaces, including FreeBSD. Serverauditor is available for iOS and Android, and as a desktop version Chrome plugin.
Serverauditor is the most popular and innovative mobile SSH client, ever. Easily manage UNIX or Linux servers on the go with Serverauditor on your mobile device. And by now, Serverauditor has hit over a MILLION downloads.
App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id549039908
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.server.auditor.ssh.client
Official website: https://serverauditor.com/
The developers of PC-BSD have made available version 10.3-RELEASE. This update not only utilizes the recently released FreeBSD 10.3 base system, but also adds updates to Life-preserver, Lumina, and various fixes to UEFI, gmirror, and more.
The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of 10.3-RELEASE! This is currently planned to be the last maintenance release in the 10.X series, and we are currently working hard on the upcoming 11.0. A very special thanks to all the developers, QA, translation and documentation teams for helping to make this release possible. PC-BSD 10.3 notable Changes --------------------------------------------- * FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE base system * Using FreeBSD boot-loader for install media, will be used for installed system in 11.0 as well * Updated Qt tool-chain to support Qt 5.5.X * Life-preserver bug-fixes to remote replication * Made GRUB an optional package, in prep for 11.0 * Mount Tray will auto-start playback of CD/DVD's upon insert detection * Numerous bug fixes in the installer for UEFI / GPT setups * Bug-fixes to cleaning up old 'gmirror' installations * Firefox 45.0 * Chromium 48.0.2564.116 * Thunderbird 38.6.0 * Lumina 0.8.8 Updating --------------------------------------------- Users currently running 10.2-RELEASE can now update their system via the updater GUI or "pc-updatemanager" utility to be upgraded to 10.3-RELEASE. Getting media --------------------------------------------- 10.3-RELEASE media (Including VM's and network installers) can be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.pcbsd.org/en/download.html Reporting Bugs --------------------------------------------- Found a bug in 10.3? Please report it (with as much detail as possible) to our bugs database. https://bugs.pcbsd.org
Official announcement: http://lists.pcbsd.org/pipermail/announce/2016-April/000246.html
Related links:
Softpedia – PC-BSD 10.3 Is the Last in the Series, PC-BSD 11.0 Arrives Later This Year
The developers of pfSense have made available the first release candidate for version 2.3.
We are proud to announce pfSense® software version 2.3 Release Candidate is now available!
The most significant changes in this release are a rewrite of the webGUI utilizing Bootstrap, and the underlying system being converted entirely to FreeBSD pkg (including the base system and kernel). The pkg conversion enables us to update pieces of the system individually going forward, rather than the monolithic updates of the past.
For the highlights, check out the Features and Highlights video. Past blog posts have covered some of the changes, such as the performance improvements from tryforward, and the webGUI update.
The full list of changes is on the 2.3 New Features and Changes page.
In the process of getting here, we’ve closed out 742 total tickets, with most of those being items related to the Bootstrap conversion. Of those, 136 bugs have been resolved that affect 2.2.x and prior versions.
Downloads
You can upgrade straight to 2.3 from any previous release. Check the Upgrade Guide for details.
Official announcement: https://blog.pfsense.org/?p=1997
DistroWatch: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=09348