Speaking on BSD: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
Larry the BSD Guy is back with another blog, this time speaking on his experiences of hosting a BSD talk. With the many similarities between open source operating systems, he speaks on the obstacles faced when presenting a specific subject to the community. Read his...
RootBSD introduces BSD Developers hosting option
RootBSD, a host provider for various BSD solutions, has introduced new options for BSD Developers. Check out their website for a full catalog of hosting options, with the Lambda being the most popular: https://www.rootbsd.net/ While other hosting providers offer...
BSDNow.TV Episode 131: BSD behind the chalkboard
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude interview Jamie McParland (Newburg Public School District in Oregon). They discuss the usage of BSD in different operations of their educational workplace. Press play below to tune in:...
FreeBSD and ZFS
Check out this post from the FreeBSD Foundation, regarding ZFS. There is also a lengthy discussion on ycombinator regarding the licensing issues surrounding the filesystem. ZFS has been making headlines lately, so it seems like the right time to talk about the...
How-To: Install Qemu on FreeBSD 10
Thanks to user Johnson D, we can get Qemu running on FreeBSD 10. See the link below for the full instructions. QEMU is a hypervisor, that can emulate many number of architectures.Some of the architectures include: i386 x86_64 Alpha Arm MIPS MIPS64 PPC PPC64 Sparc...
FreeBSD 10.3-BETA3 Now Available
The third BETA of FreeBSD 10.3 is available. Notable changes are em(4), igb(4), qlxgbe(4) driver updates, SCTP stack fixes, support for mounting linprocfs(5) and linsysfs(5) file systems, ZFS fixes, and many more. Please see the release notes below for the full list...
PVS-Studio delved into the FreeBSD kernel
User Svyatoslav Razmyslov runs several tests on the PVS-Studio software to analyze the FreeBSD kernel. Full details of the report can be found in the link below. PVS-Studio is a tool used to detect bugs in the source code of programs written in C, C++ and C#....
BSDNow.TV Episode 130: Store all the Things
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore discuss Allan's recent trip to the Storage Summit, located in the Silicon Valley. In addition, they bring the latest ZFS news. Hit play below to tune in:...
Smells Like UNIX Spirit by Andy
Check out these two posts from Andy Mender's blog called Lands of UNIX. Mender talks about certain features such as documentation, directory organization, etc. You can read his full blog below and see the perspective of someone who has dove deep in various UNIX...
How-To: Install KDE, MATE, or GNOME on FreeBSD 10.2 & 11
Thanks to these users for the various guides on setting up different desktop environments on FreeBSD. KDE on FreeBSD 10.2 by sk - http://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-install-kde-in-freebsd-10-2/ KDE on FreeBSD 11 by Johnson D -...
Advantages of FreeBSD over Linux (self.freebsd)
Check out what users of /r/freebsd have to say about the pros and cons of FreeBSD over Linux. This lengthy discussion has this particular post voted to the top: The main advantage for me so far is root/boot on ZFS out of the box without much effort. Data integrity...
How-To: FreeBSD on Raspberry Pi 2
This short tutorial by user garyhall shows us how to get Raspberry Pi 2 running FreeBSD. Follow the link below for the full instructions. Most Raspberry Pi's run some form of Linux (Raspbian, Ubuntu, etc) but you can also run other Unix variants on the Raspberry Pi....
FreeBSD, Variants Not Affected by Recent GNU Bug by Larry
Larry the BSD Guy reports that the recent vulnerability in UNIX systems does not affect the FreeBSD operating system or any of its variants. Follow the link below for the full blog. The glibc security vulnerability that Linux developers have been scrambling to patch...
FreeBSD 10.3-BETA2 Now Available
If you have not seen it already, FreeBSD version 10.-3 BETA2 is available. This update consists of changes to OpenSSH, UEFI ZFS loader, and various bug/security fixes. Follow the link below for the full notes. The second BETA build of the 10.3-RELEASE release cycle is...
BSDNow.TV Episode 129: Synthesize all the Things!
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Kris Moore interview John Marino regarding his work on ports-mgnt utility Synth, and its cross use between DragonFly and FreeBSD. Hit play below to tune in: https://youtu.be/5B8_m4RDLN0 For this weeks round up of BSD...
How-To: OpenCart on FreeBSD 10
Thanks to this tutorial by user Johnson D, we can get OpenCart setup on FreeBSD 10. OpenCart is a free and open source, php based shopping cart system. See the link below for the full instructions. The installation of OpenCart is FreeBSD is pretty straight forward....
How-To: FreeBSD Asterisk test between 2 extensions
Check out how to configure and test Asterisk by user jamal shahverdiev. Asterisk is an open source PBX system used for VoIP protocols and other call related functions. Asterisk — Open source PBX system. Developed by Mark Spencer. Working on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and...
BSD Mag – Open Storage Issue
The latest BSD Magazine, Issue 01/2016 is out. Full the link below to download the PDF or EPUB. Dear Readers, The holiday season is almost over. We have only one “holiday” left this month - Valentine's Day. Do you count it as a holiday? Do you celebrate other holidays...
How-To: LetsEncrypt on FreeBSD
Thanks to this tutorial by user BernardSpil, we can get LetsEncrypt running on FreeBSD. Follow the link below for the full instructions. Started this as I felt that the standard LetsEncrypt client was way too fat and had too many dependencies to be allowed to run as...
How-To: Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on FreeBSD via bhyve hypervisor
Thanks to this tutorial by user James Lodge, we can get Windows Server 2012 R2 running on a FreeBSD bhyve hypervisor. Follow the link below for the full instructions. Before embarking its worth reviewing the requirements as running Windows on Bhyve does require a bit...
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