TrueNAS CORE 12.0-BETA1 is now available
The developers of TrueNAS have made available the first BETA of CORE 12.0. Notable improvements in this release include major ZFS upgrade with OpenZFS 2.0, ZFS Async Copy on Write, AMD Ryzen CPU improved hardware support, TrueCommand Cloud Connections, Fusion Pools,...
(Video) The Homura Project – The Ultimate FreeBSD Gaming Tool!
User Linux Lounge utilize Homura to game on the FreeBSD operating system. Homura, inspired by Lutris and based on Wine, is a Windows game launcher for FreeBSD. Check out the Homura Project GitHub below if you want to get started on gaming with FreeBSD....
(Video) FreeBSD Gaming #4: Clone Hero by Alexander88207
User Alexander88207 tries out Clone Hero along with a guitar controller, working on the FreeBSD open-source operating system. Clone Hero is a free rhythm game that is a clone of Guitar Hero. Alex utilizes Homura to get the game working in FreeBSD....
FreeBSD Fridays: A Series of 101 Classes by FreeBSD Foundation
The FreeBSD Foundation announced an upcoming series of FreeBSD classes that will be held on Friday, starting July 17. Topics range from Introduction to FreeBSD, FreeBSD Installfest, OpenZFS, BSD FAST Filesystem, Documentation, and some more. Book it on your calendars,...
BSD Now Episode 356: Dig in Deeper
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss a multi-OS TrueNAS, NetBSD and encrypted ZFS, FreeBSD New Code of Conduct, OpenBSD and gaming, digging a litle deeper, periodic snapshots and Hammer2, and some more. Press play below to tune in:...
Guide to FreeBSD Desktop Distributions by FreeBSD Foundation
The FreeBSD Foundation has listed some notable FreeBSD distributions for the desktop, namely FuryBSD, MidnightBSD, GhostBSD, and NomadBSD. Here they differentiate the particular distro's system attributes, user-end attributes, and notable future plans. If you're...
FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE is now available
The developers of FreeBSD have recently made available version 11.4-RELEASE, the final release in the stable/11 branch. Notable changes in this version are updates to clang, llvm, lldb, OpenSSL, Unbound, pkg(8), KDE, GNOME, userland applications, renaming ZFS...
BSD Now Episode 355: Man Page Origins
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss OpenBSD upgrading, Unix man pages, NetBSD's VAX port, FreeBSD and Dell Latitude 7390, PFS Tool and DragonflyBSD, and some more. Click play below to tune in: https://youtu.be/ggJMApD5qZc...
BSD Link Roundup 6.26
Here's the round up for the month of June BSD and UNIX related articles about performance, security, learning, development, and a number of discussions from users. FreeBSD Day via FreeBSD Foundation https://computingforgeeks.com/best-books-to-learn-and-master-freebsd/...
BSD Now Episode 354: ZFS safekeeps data
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss FreeBSD 11.4-RC2, OpenBSD 6.7 with PineBook Pro 64, Open ZFS Keeps Your Data Safe, FreeBSD to EC2, FreeBSD Community Survey, and some others. Click play below to tune in:...
FreeBSD Community Survey 2020
Calling all FreeBSD users around the world, the FreeBSD Core Team would like for you to participate in the FreeBSD Community Survey for 2020. This survey will collect data regarding use cases, length/frequency of use, architecture, the FreeBSD Project, security, and...
DarkMate 12.1 desktop install script for FreeBSD 12.1 by broozar
User broozar created a dark lightweight, minimalist yet appealing theme for a FreeBSD 12.1 system. The theme is a customization of MATE desktop environment X, and SLiM. Check out their Github on more information on how to install this sweet theme. desktop install...
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[How-To] List of useful FreeBSD Commands
User Tim D curated a list of useful commands for the FreeBSD operating system console / command line interface utility. Some of the commands are checking for weather, a website's development stack, checking mailq, rsync, exporting a mysql database, and much more....
FreeBSD 11.4 RC2 is now available
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the 2nd Release Candidate for version 11.4. FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE is slated for June 16. Notable changes are wpa_supplicant.conf(5) fixed, update to leap-seconds file, mlx5_core, fixes to SCTP, LLVMP config headers,...
BSD Now Episode 353: ZFS on Ironwolf
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss NetBSD scheduling, Ironwolf disks and ZFS vs RAID, Microsoft Surface Go 2 and OpenBSD, Linux sysadmins and FreeBSD, Lenovo Thinkpad T480 and FreeBSD, and some others. Hit play below to tune in:...
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[How-To] FreeBSD 12.1 on a laptop
User Solène shows us how to set up FreeBSD 12.1 operating system on a notebook. They walk us through configuring intel graphics hardware, a desktop environment such as Xfce, MATE, or KDE5, power management, and webcam support. Check out the link below for the full set...
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[How-To] Install Golang in FreeBSD in 5 minutes by Jeremy Morgan
User Jeremy Morgan shows us how to install Golang on your FreeBSD operating system. Golang, originating from Google, is an open source compiled programming language designed to build simple, efficient, and reliable software. See the link for the full set of...
FreeBSD Foundation: Submit Your FreeBSD Project Proposal
The FreeBSD Foundation is encouraging developers around the world to submit a project they have in mind to improve the FreeBSD operating system. In return, the proposals can receive a grant to make the development project a reality. Examples of projects they wish to...
BSD Now Episode 352: Introducing Randomness
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude discuss randomness, netatalk logs, NetBSD core team, qemu guest agent on OpenBSD, WireGuard patchset on OpenBSD, FreeBSD 12.1 on a notebook, and more things. Click play below to tune in:...
My new FreeBSD Laptop: Dell Latitude 7390 by Colin Percival
FreeBSD contributor Colin Percival documents his experience in getting FreeBSD operating system running functionally on a Dell Latitude 7390 notebook.He walks us through initial FreeBSD configuration, setting up drivers, desktop configuration, KDE, and then points out...
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