BSDNow.TV Episode 231: Unix Architecture Evolution
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Alan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss Unix Architecture Evolution, report on vBSDcon, teach an old Unix about backspace, discuss new NUMA support in FreeBSD, and stack pointer checking in OpenBSD. Press play below to tune in:...
Google Summer of Code: Call for Project Ideas
The FreeBSD Foundation is looking for project ideas for students at Google Summer of Code 2018. You can submit your ideas at their page below. The FreeBSD Project has again applied to be a part of the Google Summer of Code (GSOC) and we’re looking for additional...
[How-To] FreeBSD Install, Dual Boot with Windows 10
User basicbsd shows us how to set up FreeBSD to dual boot with Windows 10. In their setup, Windows 10 is already on the laptop, and the drive was partitioned to include FreeBSD. See the link below for the full set of instructions. If you’re going to install FreeBSD, I...
Is it worth learning BSD for a computer engineering student? r/BSD
A computer engineering student asks the r/BSD community if it's worth learning BSD. Several users chime in and drop some knowledge for the student. Here are some of the top comments regarding FreeBSD: If you want bells and whistles, know what dtrace and ZFS are and...
BSDNow.TV Episode 230: Your questions, Part III
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Alan Jude update us on Spectre & Meltdown from various BSD projects, review TrueOS from Linux, show us how to set up FreeBSD on ThinkPad X240, and other beastie bits. Click play below to tune in:...
OPNsense 18.1 Groovy Gecko released
The developers of OPNsense have made available version 18.1 - Groovy Gecko. This version includes FreeBSD 11.1 base operating system, PHP 7.1 and jQuery 3 updates, more driver support, OpenVPN multi-remote support for clients, plugin-capable firewall NAT rules, and...
BSDNow.TV Episode 299: The Meltdown of Spectre
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude discuss responses from various BSD projects on Meltdown & Spectre, show us how to run CentOS on bhyve, announce GhostBSD 11.1, and look at the case against the fork syscall. Click play below to...
Qt 5.9 on FreeBSD
Qt 5.9 is now on FreeBSD according to developers Tobias and Raphael. Qt is an open-source application framework for developing application software. You may download it from the FreeBSD ports tree. With Qt 5.9, the Elisa music player works, for instance (where it has...
Should I use BSD? r/BSD
A user at r/BSD asks the community if they should use BSD, coming from a Linux background. A lengthy discussion follows. Here are some of the top comments: For starting I would recommend TrueOS, you can check a FreeBSD base quick and with good defaults. Then if you...
Finally Moving Away From Windows
User Nicholas Manios tells us about his journey from Windows 10 to FreeBSD 11.1. He makes sure to successfully migrate any needed apps through a VM on bhyve, and imports configurations for cross-platform apps like Firefox. Those looking to make the switch, see if...
LinuxAndUbuntu Review Of TrueOS A Unix Based OS
LinuxAndUbuntu gives us an in-depth review of TrueOS, a FreeBSD based operating system. They walk us through from installation, control panel, applications, to developer tools. See the link below for the detailed report. Trust me, the name TrueOS takes me back to...
BSDNow.TV Episode 228: The Spectre of Meltdown
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling discuss the Spectre & Meltdown situation, look at NetBSD memory sanitizer progress, Postgres on ZFS, and show us a bit about NomadBSD. Press play below to tune in:...
Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability
The FreeBSD Security Team have issued a notice regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability, known to affect many Intel systems around the world. A fix is in progress and will be announced soon.You may view the report from various websites below. By now, we're...
GhostBSD 11.1 Review
Jesse Smith of DistroWatch gives us an in depth review of the latest GhostBSD version 11.1, from installing, to package management, to applications. Check out the link below for the detailed report. Most of my time with GhostBSD, I was impressed and happy with the...
BSD Magazine’s 100th Issue!
BSD Mag is celebrating their One Hundredth issue, this one featuring an article about Bitcoin full node on FreeBSD, OpenLDAP Directory Services in FreeBSD part II, a user documenting his switch to OpenBSD, page checksum protection in PostgreSQL, and more....
BSD Now 227: The long core dump
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling & Allan Jude walk us through dumping a PS4 kernel in 6 days, discuss NetBSD 7.11, show us how to run FreeBSD on Thinkpad T470, and update us on the OpenBSD's pledge progress. Click play below to tune in:...
Are All BSDs Created Equally?
This presentation by Ilja van Sprundel discusses how the major BSDs handle their security kernel bug advisories -- FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. In this presentation I start off asking the question "How come there are only a handful of BSD security kernel bugs...
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[How-To] Using VirtualBox to build FreeBSD VM on Debian
This guide by Linux Commando will show you how to test out FreeBSD on a virtual machine in Debian. For Linux users interested in trying out FreeBSD, check out this guide to get started. Using VirtualBox to build FreeBSD VM on Debian Many virtualization software (aka...
BSDNow.TV Episode 226 – SSL: Santa’s Syscall List
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude & Benedict Reuschling give us a summary on the FreeBSD Q3 status report, explore good and bad syscalls, list GOG games for OpenBSD, and show us the capabilities of devmatch. Click play below to tune in:...
FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report – Third Quarter 2017
The developers of FreeBSD have made available the 3rd quarter status report for 2017. You will find reports from the Release Engineering Team, Ports Collection, FreeBSD Core Team, and FreeBSD Foundation. Some of the things mentioned are FreeBSD CI, Intel iWarp...
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