by Cao | Aug 30, 2019 | FreeBSD vs Linux
Deb Goodkin, Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, recently gave a talk about working together with the open source operating system Linux. The Unix-like OS traces its history back to Unix days similar to the FreeBSD operating system. View her talk with...
by Cao | Aug 30, 2019 | FreeBSD status reports
The FreeBSD Team has written their quarterly status report for Q2 2019. This is a summary of all the initiatives and projects in action, including reports from the Continuous Integration Team, FreeBSD Core Team, FreeBSD Foundation, FreeBSD Graphics, IRC, Ports...
![[How-To] Change Hostname On FreeBSD](https://www.freebsdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/hostname.png)
by Cao | Aug 23, 2019 | Tutorial
Codesposts shows us how to change the hostname on your FreeBSD operating system. The command used is hostname, and you will also learn how to verify that it’s changed. See the link below for the full set of instructions. A computer hostname represents a unique...
![[How-To] Using FreeBSD with Ports (1/2): Classic way with tools](https://www.freebsdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/eerie541.png)
by Cao | Aug 23, 2019 | Tutorial
User eerielinux is back with a blog regarding using FreeBSD with Ports. In this one he shows us how to install packages in the original BSD way using various tools such as portsnap and portmaster. See the link below for the full documentation. Installing software on...
by Cao | Aug 23, 2019 | bsdnow.tv
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss NetBSD 9.0 release process, xargs, a two spellcheckers tale, NetBSD and adapting TriforceAFL, no-name freebsd kernel vulnerability exploit, and some more. Click play below to tune in: BSDNow.TV...
![[How-To] FreeBSD Display Information About The System Hardware](https://www.freebsdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/FreeBSD-Display-Information-Hardware-Using-command-line.png)
by Cao | Aug 23, 2019 | Tutorial
User Vivek Gite of nixCraft shows us how to display system hardware information on your FreeBSD operating system. He will show you how to use various commands for outputting information, such as uname, getconf, freebsd-version, dmesg, and others. Check out the link...
