Strategic thinking, or what I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant (Leidinger)
FreeBSD contributor Alexander Leidinger jots down thoughts on how to keep the open-source operating system FreeBSD relevant in this day and age. Leidinger discusses companies that use FreeBSD, features such as virtualization (jails, bhyve), the documentation,...
FreeBSD, TrueOS, Linux Benchmarks
Phoronix has done a plethora of benchmarking tests highlighting performance differences between FreeBSD, Linux, TrueOS, DragonflyBSD. The author measures things like ZFS on FreeBSD vs ZFS on Linux and HAMMER2, networking performance, and others. Also, the Phoronix...
BSD Now Episode 283: Graphical Interface-view
In this BSD Now episode, host Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude interview Niclas Zeising of the FreeBSD graphics team. Press play below to tune in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNvRUXYP6U BSDNow.TV weekly content roundup:...
FreeNAS 11.1-U7 is now available
The developers of FreeNAS have made available version 11.1-U7. This version has several bug fixes and feature changes, notably NFS, bhyve, and Samba. See the link below for a detailed list of changes. The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the...
NomadBSD 1.2-RC1 is now available
The developers of NomadBSD have made available the first release candidate of version 1.2. NomadBSD is a based on FreeBSD and is designed to run on live USB thumb drives, or for those who would like to test out a FreeBSD system without going through the install...
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[How-To] Install GNOME on FreeBSD
User Jack Wallen shows us how to get GNOME desktop environment set up on your FreeBSD operating system. GNOME is known for its high quality user experience and easy to use interface. See the link below for the full set of instructions. FreeBSD is an outstanding...
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[How-To] FreeBSD 12 + VNET + ZFS
In this tutorial, user sfxsf from r/FreeBSD shows us how to get a VNET running in a FreeBSD jail. VNET stands for virtual network, with ZFS being an ideal choice for using jails. See the link below for the full set of instructions, with more in the comments section:...
BSD Now Episode 282: Open the Rsync
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling dicuss Project Trident 18.12, Spotifyd app on NetBSD, OPNsense 18.7.10, Sun Ultra 24 Workstation powered by AMD EPYC, OpenRsync, LLD port to NetBSD, and some more. Click play below to tune in:...
Project Trident 18.12-RELEASE is now available
The developers of Project Trident have made available version 18.12-RELEASE. Project Trident is the continuation of TrueOS base system with the graphical user interface / desktop environment Lumina. This version features new packages, such as aeskulap, amarok,...
How I did start using FreeBSD by Banym
User Banym recounts his experience in first discovering FreeBSD, back in 2002 and using version 4.6. He also gives some of his pros and cons of FreeBSD after using it for over a decade, and running it in VMs alongside Linux Gentoo. See the link below for his full...
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[How-To] Install Webmin on FreeBSD 12
In this tutorial, user Josphat Mutai shows us how to get Webmin set up on your FreeBSD 12 operating system. Webmin is an open-source system configuration tool that allows you to manage your server via a web UI. See the link below for the full set of instructions. With...
OPNsense 19.1-RC1 is now available
The developers of OPNsense have made available the First Release Candidate of version 19.1. OPNsense is an open-source firewall based on FreeBSD and is a fork of pfSense and m0n0wall. This version features changes to console port assignment, anti-lockout, 6RD...
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[How-To] Die IPv4, die!
User ungleich writes about getting rid of IPv4 and using IPv6 on your FreeBSD operating system. See the link below for the full set of instructions. Imagine, it is 2019. Easy, ha? Imagine, it is 2019 and you want to turn off IPv4. Like, off off. Really off. Not...
FreeBSD Training @ SCaLE 17x (March 8, 2019)
The FreeBSD Foundation is hosting a FreeBSD Training event at the 17th SoCal Linux Expo on March 8, 2019 (10AM). SCaLE is an open-source Linux convention that will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center. For those looking to learn more about open-source software,...
BSD Now Episode 281: EPYC Server battle
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Benedict Reuschling and Allan Jude discuss vulnerabilities in SCP client, BSD vs Linux benchmark with Tyan EPYC Server, Unix inventors fame, IPv4 Die!, GhostBSD 18.12, Unix in pictures, and some more. Press play below to tune in:...
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[How-To] GlusterFS Cluster on FreeBSD with Ansible and GNU Parallel
User vermaden shows us how to get GlusterFS Cluster set up on your FreeBSD operating system, along with Ansible and GNU Parallel. GlusterFS is a network file system designed for scalable cloud storage. See the link below for the full set of instructions. Here are its...
FreeBSD Journal now freely available
The FreeBSD Foundation has announced that going forward, the latest issues of the FreeBSD Journal will be free to the public. That's right, no more subscription fees will be required to gain a well published collection of information and knowledge about the FreeBSD...
FreeBSD Foundation 12/2018 Development Projects Update
Ed Maste gives us an update on the work that the FreeBSD Foundation has made possible for the FreeBSD operating system. Since last December, they have worked on Capsicum, improving the continuous integration (CI) system, telemetry and metrics regarding CPU...
BSD Now Episode 280: FOSS Clothing
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Allan Jude and Benedict Reuschling talk about FOSS clothing and EULA, LLVM support on NetBSD, their thoughts of FreeBSD 12.0, FreeBSD vs Windows and Linux performance on Xeon, NetBSD and Microsoft, and others. Press play below to tune...
The many ways to launch FreeBSD in EC2
FreeBSD contributor Colin Percival shows us the various ways one can launch FreeBSD in Amazon EC2. EC2 (Elastic Cloud Compute) is a cloud computing service provided by Amazon. His blog discusses SSH, FreeBSD AMI, via rc.conf, and others. Talking to FreeBSD users...
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