PC-BSD is now TrueOS
The developers of PC-BSD have decided to change the prominent FreeBSD based desktop operating system's name to TrueOS. The decision was made by lead developer Kris Moore, who founded the project back in 2006. TrueOS will continue to be bundled with Lumina, a...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 156: The Fresh BSD experience
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore interview Drew Gurkowski regarding writing tutorials for FreeBSD. In addition, Allan talks about his recent trip to a developer summit held in the UK. Hit play below to tune in:...
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FreeBSD 11.0-RC2 now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the second release candidate of version 11.0. Other changes for 11.0, as noted by Phoronix, are updated KMS drivers, Linux binary compatibility layer improvements, UEFI, bhyve, networking, and much more. Download FreeBSD...
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FreeBSD 11.0 vs. DragonFlyBSD 4.6 vs. Linux Distributions Benchmarks
Michael Larabel of Phoronix documents his recent benchmarks between early versions of FreeBSD 11.0, DragonFlyBSD, and various Linux distributions. See the link below for the full report -- ranging from SQLite tests, PostMark, GraphicsMagick, to LAME MP3 encoding....
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[How-To] Installing FreeBSD for Raspberry Pi
This tutorial from the FreeBSD Foundation will show you how to get FreeBSD set up on a Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is known for its tiny size and affordable cost, for any computer enthusiast looking to test a project or install an operating system onto. See the...
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BSD Magazine – Best of David Carlier & MINIX 3
The latest special edition of BSD Magazine features a compilation of articles from David Carlier, known for his involvement with HardenedBSD and FreeBSD. Also, explore a variety of articles from Minix 3, a free open source and lightweight operating system, to Docker,...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 155: Cabling up FreeBSD
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore interview Myke Geiger regarding FreeBSD in the ISP environment, and much more. Click play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eok4s2jziuw For this week's roundup of BSD related content from BSD Now...
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Steam on FreeBSD
Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on the latest developments of Steam on FreeBSD. Check out SteamOnFreeBSD at Github here if you would like to try it out. With a new script, it's possible to get Valve's Steam Linux game client running relatively well on FreeBSD. On...
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When BSD and Ubuntu meet by Jack Wallen
In this article, user Jack Wallen installs UbuntuBSD for the first time and documents his thoughts and offers solutions on the hybrid distribution. Considering that BSD is far closer to UNIX than is Linux, why would anyone go out of their way to merge it with Ubuntu?...
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FreeBSD 11.0-RC1 now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the first release candidate of version 11.0. You can download the ISO or update files here. The full release notes are in the link below. A summary of changes since BETA4 includes: o A NULL pointer dereference in IPSEC has...
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Lumina Desktop Environment Version 1.0.0 Released
Lumina Desktop Environment, from the same folks who bring you PC-BSD, has finally hit its version 1.0.0 mark. Notable features of this version are a completely customizable interface, simple application shortcuts, multiple monitor support, single configuration of...
read moreBSDNow.TV Episode 154: Myths, Pi’s & Features, oh my!
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore show us how to run our very own RPi web server, setup GhostBSD, and run Steam Linux on FreeBSD. Click play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOgy8WLUh_E For this week's roundup of BSD related...
read more[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Core statement on recent freebsd-update and related vulnerabilities
The FreeBSD Core & Security teams have made a recent announcement concerning freebsd-update and portsnap vulnerabilities. See the full the message from the mailing list which should address any concerns among the community. Dear FreeBSD Community: The FreeBSD Core...
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GhostBSD 10.3 RC1 is ready for testing
The developers of GhostBSD have made available the first release candidate for version 10.3. ZFS filesystem disk encryption was pushed back to GhostBSD 11.0. Download the ISO/update files here. This first RC release is ready for testing new feature in GhostBSD 10.3,...
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FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 Now Available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the FOURTH BETA for version 11.0. Additional changes as noted by Phoronix are improvements to NUMA, networking, ARM support, Bhyve virtualization, and LLVM Clang 3.8 as default compiler. Download the ISO/update file here....
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[How-To] Install FreeBSD 10.3
This tutorial by user NguyenViet Duy shows us how to setup a new installation of FreeBSD 10.3. Duy shows you step by step with graphics on what to do, making it very easy for beginners. See the link below for the full instructions. Download file iso for installation (...
read moreFreeBSD on a tiny system; what’s missing by Adrian Chadd
Adrian Chadd, known for his extensive work on WiFi on FreeBSD, discusses the shortcomings of FreeBSD's userland services and addresses future solutions. In addition, he discusses the importance of cross compiling in a separate blog. Now that I'm trying to use more...
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[How-To] OpenVPN On FreeBSD 10.3
User John Ramsden shows us how to get OpenVPN set up on FreeBSD 10.3. OpenVPN is an open source implementation of a virtual private network utilizing TLS/SSL connections. See the link below for the full instructions While trying to setup OpenVPN, I noticed there was...
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[Blog] Why FreeBSD? by Hamza Sheikh
This article by Hamza Sheikh details his journey of moving from Linux to FreeBSD. He discusses everything from the ports offered, BSD licensing, choosing from the various BSD distributions, to ZFS. See the link below for the full story. Before going into why FreeBSD...
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RootBSD Opens Data Center In Toronto
RootBSD, recently announced a data center opening in Toronto, along with dedicated servers in Hong Kong. This adds on to their expansion to datacenters in San Jose, CA and Dallas, TX. The most popular plan is the Lambda plan, for those who are looking to start hosting...
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