FreeBSD running on the Dell 990 SFF by Doovalacky
User Doovalacky tries out FreeBSD with a Dell Optiplex 990 SFF desktop computer. The Dell Optiplex is a small form factor and can be had for low price, ideal for saving space in your work area and for those who want to try out FreeBSD on hardware for the first time....
FreeBSD and NVIDIA Optimus by Alfix
User Alfonso shows us how to get an NVIDIA GeForce GT540M a.k.a. Optimus graphics card working on a FreeBSD laptop. The instructions include kmod, editing xorg.conf, installing the driver and optirun utility. See the link below for the full set of instructions. This...
BSD Now Episode 332: The BSD Hyperbole
In this BSD Now podcast episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss HyperbolaBSD, IPFW in-kernel NAT setup with FreeBSD, Wayland and WebRTC on NetBSD 9/Linux, LLDB Threading mainline support, OpenSSH U2F/FIDO, DragonflyBSD drm/i915, and some others....
BSD Link Roundup 1.13
Here's our first BSD Link roundup of the new decade, featuring security various BSD on the latest Intel hardware, security warnings, real world BSD uses, and discussions of FreeBSD on reddit. Check them out below, and Happy 2020! KDE-FreeBSD in 2019 via KDE-FreeBSD...
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[How-To] Install Hunspell on FreeBSD & macOS by Rubenerd
User Rubenerd shows us how to get Hunspell set up on your FreeBSD or macOS system. Hunspell, originally based on MySpell, is an open-source spell checker used for LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, as well as Adobe InDesign. See the link below for the full set of...
Upcoming FreeBSD 11.4 Release Process
The developers of FreeBSD are gearing up for the upcoming 11.4 release process! It looks like the builds will officially begin in the month of May, starting with BETA then Release Candidates, and the official release slated for June 2020. Stay tuned as we will be...
Bastille Containers on FreeBSD (BastilleBSD.org)
Bastille, created by Christer Edwards, is an open-source container system to automate deployment and manage containerized applications on the FreeBSD open-source operating system. Check out some of his YouTube videos (at the channel below) and the website to learn...
2019 in Review: CI and Testing Advancements by FreeBSD Foundation
The FreeBSD Foundation shared an update regarding the Continuous Integration project in FreeBSD, which they have been sponsoring since 2018. You can find various projects such as jemalloc, zstd, and QEMU being implemented with FreeBSD CI at this link:...
BSD Now Episode 331: Why Computers Suck
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss learning OpenBSD and appreciating computers more, how Unix works, FreeBSD 12.1 and Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, BSDCan Call for Papers, HardenedBSD's Instrastructure Goals, and some others. Press...
A glimpse into 2020 by eerielinux
User eerielinux writes about what lies ahead in the year 2020, discussing his experiences with RISC-V hardware and FreeBSD on SPARC64 architecture, ARM64 (Cavium ThunderX), HardenedBSD, illumos, and others. Check out their blog below to read about what's in store for...
FreeBSD end-of-year recap by adridg
FreeBSD contributor Adriaan de Groot, known for his work on KDE/FreeBSD. discusses his end of the year run for FreeBSD related projects. He outlines the progress made with KDE Frameworks, KDE Plasma, Qt6, as well as his work on getting Calamares working with FreeBSD....
OPNsense 19.7.8 is now available
The developers of OPNsense have made available version 19.7.8. Notable changes are gateway selection fixes, elliptic curve TLS certificate, fix XSS in backup page, referential integrity check, imrpove NetFlow error handling, and many others. See the link below for the...
BSD Now Episode 330: Happy Holidays, All(an)
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss OpenBSD authentication vulnerabilities, NetBSD 9.0-RC1, FreeNAS on DigitalOcean droplet, NomadBSD 1.3, e2k19 nobody hears you scream, and some others. Press play below to tune in:...
KDE/FreeBSD initiative new website
The developers of KDE/FreeBSD have just launched a new website in support of the KDE (Desktop Environment) on FreeBSD open-source operating system. Their latest release, KDE Plasma 5 is available in x11/kde5 metaport. Check out their website below for the latest news...
2019 in Review: Software Development Projects by FreeBSD Foundation
Ed Maste of the FreeBSD Foundation updates us on some of the progress made regarding software development. The Foundation sponsored approximately 17% of FreeBSD commits this year. Notable projects are Alam Somers' FUSE filesystem update, Mateusz Guzik's scalability...
Moving away from Ubuntu: peeking at FreeBSD by Juan Prieto
This blog post by user Juan Prieto discusses his journey in trying out FreeBSD, as a long time Ubuntu user. He writes about the initial installation of FreeBSD, and setting up the SSH server. The goal is to eventually get the LAMP stack set up on FreeBSD. Check out...
BSD Now Episode 329: Lucas’ Arts
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude interview FreeBSD contributor Michael W Lucas regarding his latest book projects, particularly the upcoming SNMP Mastery book. Click play below to tune in: https://youtu.be/iR2mg8bC2dY BSDNow.TV:...
BSD Link Roundup 12.23
December's BSD Link roundup is listed with CVE's, learning resources, software on GitHub, conference artwork, BSD on various hardware, networking, and the usual advantages versus other OSes. Enjoy and have a Happy Holiday! Tricky VPN-busting bug lurks in iOS, Android,...
BSD Now Episode 328: EPYC Netflix Stack
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling discuss LLDB Threading support, IPSec VPN tunnels in FreeBSD, AMD Epyc and Netflix FreeBSD Network Stack, unwind(8) and happy eyeballs, FreeBSD ARM 12 and AWS, OpenSSH U2F/FIDO, and some others. Press...
FreeNAS 11.3-RC1 is now available
The developers of FreeNAS have made available the first release candidate of version 11.3. This version introduces some new features, and stability and usability improvements such as a redesigned replication framework, network interface management, ACME support,...
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