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[How-To] Install BSD’s Lumina On Linux
This tutorial by user Derrik Diener will show you how to install the lightweight Lumina Desktop Environment on Linux distributions. Lumina is a new desktop environment developed by Ken Moore for the TrueOS project. Move over KDE and Gnome, there’s a new desktop...
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FreeBSD Foundation 2017 Project Proposal Solicitation
The FreeBSD Foundation is offering grants and requesting project proposals in areas such as: improving security of FreeBSD and its applications, testing infrastructure and quality insurance, tools for supporting development within the community, improving FreeBSD's...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 198: BSDNorth or You can’t handle the libtruth
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict and Allan give us a recap on BSDCan 2017, as well as give us tips on speaking at a conference. Press play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcZoD97pdo BSD Now weekly content roundup:...
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TrueOS: Another Small Stable (and Unstable) Update + Lumina 1.3.0
The developers of TrueOS have released a stable/unstable update fixing several bugs, experimenting with FreeBSD ino64, and a patch for Intel Wireless 8265 patch. Download the latest update here. We’ve pushed several fixes to the UNSTABLE and STABLE branches over the...
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[How-To] Installing FreeBSD 11
User developerslogblog shows us how to install a fresh FreeBSD 11 server and explains each step of the installation process. See the link below on how to get started on this open source operating system. Having played for a while with TrueOS, a desktop oriented...
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[HOWTO] FreeNAS 11, RancherOS, & Portainer
In this tutorial, user SaskiFX shows us how to get RancherOS set up on FreeNAS 11 via Docker, along with Portainer. RancherOS is a Linux is distribution designed for containers. See the link below for the full set of instructions. So when FreeNAS 11 came, I updated...
read more[How-To] Speeding up builds on FreeBSD
User xmj shows us how to speed up your builds on FreeBSD. Head over to their Github for the full set of instructions. If you’re repeatedly building components of the FreeBSD operating system - kernel, base or userland - you will be interested in optimizing the build...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 197: Relaying the good news
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan and Benedict interview Michael W. Lucas regarding you guessed it: good BSD news! Click play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQC5TmaK_X8 BSD Now weekly content roundup:...
read moreThe FreeNAS Development Team releases FreeNAS v 11.0!
The wait is over! The FreeNAS Development Team is proud to present FreeNAS version 11.0! The new version brings a myriad of updates and features that we hope the community will enjoy. This version brings new virtualization and object storage features to the World’s...
read more/r/FreeBSD: Switching to FreeBSD from Linux as Desktop OS
User /r/MindCrunch is contemplating making the switch from Linux to a FreeBSD desktop environment. The /r/freebsd community provides feedback on compatibility and how to make the switch....
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FreeBSD 11.1-BETA1 now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available version 11.1-BETA-1. This is a minor update as noted by Phoronix. Download the latest ISO/IMG here. Official announcement: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2017-June/087242.html FreeBSD 11.1 is this...
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FreeBSD Development Projects Update (May 2017)
For May 2017 (Summer), the FreeBSD Foundation began hiring co-op students from the University of Waterloo. The University of Waterloo is a pioneer and leader of co-op education. They chose CS students Siva Mahadevan and Guangyuan (Charlie) Yang for the summer project...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 196: PostgreZFS
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict and Allan go over EuroBSDcon's schedule, explore Docker on OpenBSD, and show us how to run PostgreSQL on ZFS, and more. Click play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEMTfjzzP0s BSD Now weekly content roundup:...
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National FreeBSD Day is June 19
The FreeBSD Foundation has designated June 19 as National FreeBSD Day! On June 19, 1993, FreeBSD was chosen to be the name for this open-source operating system that is now widely used across the world. Read their post on how we can celebrate and promote FreeBSD....
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[How-To] Running Nextcloud in a jail on FreeBSD
This tutorial by user John Ramsden shows us how to get Nextcloud set up in a FreeBSD jail. Nextcloud is an open-source file syncing platform designed to set up a cloud on your own network. See the link below for the full set of instructions. I recently setup...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 195: I don’t WannaCry
In this BSD now episode, hosts Allan and Benedict discuss OpenBSD, combating ransomware with OpenZFS, and using pfSense to maximize your non-gigabit internet connection. Click play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRGBsRrRExo BSD Now weekly content...
read moreFreeBSD as Main PC OS OR NOT?
Check out these discussion posts of various users' experience in using FreeBSD as a desktop and in the home lab. https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/66ydeb/freebsd_as_main_pc_os_or_not/ https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/6d574b/centos_7_vs_freebsd/ This...
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[How-To] Sharing Files with macOS from FreeBSD with SMB and mDNS Service Discovery
This tutorial by user cmcenroe shows us how to share your files from FreeBSD to macOS with the SMB protocol. See the link below for the full set of instructions. This is an explanation of one way of sharing files with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan from FreeBSD 11.0. It...
read more[How-To] Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore
This tutorial by user BRANDON.LEE shows us how to get FreeNAS 9.10 and NFS set up with a datastore VMware ESXi. See the link below for the full set of instructions. Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments. NFS has a lot of...
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FreeBSD Q1 Status Report
If you haven't seen it already, the developers of FreeBSD have released their first quarter status report. Phoronix notes that the ports collection is reaching 30,000, and significant progress is being made for the Linux compatibility layer. Check out the links below...
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