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[How-To] Building the FreeBSD OS from scratch

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VirtualBox_FreeBSD_Desktop_28_04_2016_14_44_37User Siseneg shows us how to get the FreeBSD operating system set up from the bottom up and details each step along the way. See the link below for the full instructions.

We’ll be building FreeBSD from scratch, which starts you off with the base system and a terminal. No flashy graphics, no desktop, no file manager, no web browser, no image manipulator, etc. You start with the base system, a terminal, and build 3rd party apps as you see fit. If you’re not familiar with the CLI, Command Line Interface, it’s where you will be doing a good part of your work from, and all of it till you build a Window Manager, like Fluxbox, or Desktop Environment, like Gnome, as a GUI, or Graphic User Interface, which is what you’re familiar with as a Windows or Linux user. If you’ve got an old PC or laptop laying around that just can’t run the bloat that is Windows, FreeBSD can breathe new life in it and is the perfect solution to it collecting dust.

Full tutorial: http://www.all-nettools.com/forum/showthread.php?34422-Building-the-FreeBSD-OS-from-scratch

GhostBSD 10.3-BETA1 now available

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ghostbsd_1The developers of GhostBSD have releeased first BETA of version 10.3. Download the latest version here.

This first BETA development release is ready for testing and debugging new feature in GhostBSD 10.3, MATE and XFCE is available on SourceForge for the i386, amd64, and amd64-uefi architectures.

What has been fixed.

  • Localtime time has been fixed

  • Installer support for UEFI

  • Fixed boot partition for GPT to supports freebsd-boot, bios-boot and efi

Official announcement – http://ghostbsd.org/10.3_BETA1

DistroWatch – Development Release: GhostBSD 10.3-BETA1

[How-To] Install OpenNTPd on FreeBSD 10.2

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User Vinícius Zavam of DigitalOcean shows us how to get OpenNTPd setup on FreeBSD 10.2. OpenNTPd is an open source alternative implementation of the Nework Time Protocol. See the link below for the full instructions.

Introduction

NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is a standardized protocol providing ways to synchronize time on various operating systems. OpenNTPd is a free and easy-to-use implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), originally developed as part of the OpenBSD project. It provides the ability to sync the local clock from remote NTP servers and can also act as server itself.

This tutorial will show you how to install OpenNTPd on FreeBSD.

Full tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-openntpd-on-freebsd-10-2

[Request] Looking for libvgl users

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Developer Ed Maste is requesting information from those who are users of libvgl. Check his message below and see if you can help out.

Prompted by a recent discussion of the vt(4) console I would like to
send this query to -stable. When posted to -current about 1.5 years
ago it received only one private reply pointing out an example vgl(3)
consumer. Please see the original request and let me know if you use
vgl(3).

On 27 October 2014 at 11:26, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
> vgl(3) is a graphics library for syscons(4) that provides some basic
> graphics operations (e.g. some mode setting, bitmaps, boxes,
> ellipses). Right now it does not support the newer vt(4) console.
>
> In order to help determine the priority of a porting effort to add
> vt(4) support I'd like to better understand where vgl is being used
> now. I'd be interested in hearing about both open source software
> using vgl as well as proprietary or internal applications. So if
> you're using vgl I'd appreciate a follow up (in private is fine) with
> a brief description of your use case.

Original message: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2016-June/084843.html

Related:

FreeBSD VGL provides a library for accessing graphics modes and carrying out basic drawing operations atop its syscons console driver. Not only is basic graphics output on a virtual console supported by libvgl, but mouse input is too handled. However, not many people seem to be using this library.

Phoronix – FreeBSD Is Trying To Figure Out If Anyone Uses Its VGL Graphics Library

Phoronix discussion – FreeBSD Is Trying To Figure Out If Anyone Uses Its VGL Graphics Library

 

 

ubuntuBSD 16.04 to feature a combo of BusyBox and OpenRC, no systemd

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UbuntuBSDFor those interested in the latest developments of ubuntuBSD, the developer mentions that the official release will come bundled with BusyBox and OpenRC, sans systemd. You can try out the BETA version from their website.

In a series of tweets, ubuntuBSD project leader Jon Boden has announced a few of the technical features coming to the soon-to-be-released ubuntuBSD 16.04 operating system.

A week ago, we wrote an exclusive story to tell you that the first and major release of the ubuntuBSD OS is coming soon, based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) distribution, but using the powerful kernel from the BSD-based FreeBSD 10.3 operating system.

Softpedia – http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/ubuntubsd-16-04-will-feature-a-combination-of-busybox-and-openrc-but-no-systemd-505463.shtml

Related – New ubuntuBSD Release Is Coming Soon, Based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and FreeBSD 10.3

BSD Magazine: FreeBSD Based Dual – Controller Storage System Concept

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The most recent BSD Magazine features an article by Mikhail E. Zakharov regarding a FreeBSD based dual-controller concept, benchmark test results between Mac OS X and FreeBSD, an interview with GhostBSD’s developer Eric Turgeon, and more. Download the PDF or EPUB below.

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Dear Readers,

Huge apology for our delay. We have been having some technical problems. But new BSD Mag is finally out!

The beautiful month of May is behind us and we are heading into the holiday period. Where are you going to spend your vacation?

What’s more, in the beginning of July, our American readers will celebrate Independence Day. Wishing all the best for you and your families! We hope you will spend this day in peace, happiness, and joy.

Moving on to this issue, it opens with industry news, as always. Next, you will read “FreeBSD based dual-controller storage system concept” by Mikhail E. Zakharov, This is the second great article out of three, by this author.

We are proud to introduce to you Natalia Portillo. She made a great comparison of MacOS and FreeBSD in her article “BenchmarksMacOSxVSFreeBSD”.

After her article, we have another (after the previous issue), a GhostBSD related article “GhostBSD – easy to use yet powerful” by Kalin Staykov. If you like this BSD, you will enjoy our interview with Eric Turgeon as well.

“Server Automation for NodeJS over SSH with Nodemiral” by Ray Mahangoe, explains what is Nodemiral and how to install it.

iXsystems prepared a series of articles for you as well. Mark von Fange shared with us its first part “FreeNAS Getting Started Guide: Part 1, Planning, and Installation”.

Finally, as always, you can find a great article by Rob Somerville about Barclays bank.

Enjoy the reading and have a beautiful June! “Don’t count the days, make the days count” – Muhammad Ali.

Marta & BSD Team

Download – https://bsdmag.org/download/freebsd-based-dual-controller-storage-system-concept-new-bsd-mag-issue/

BSDNow.TV Episode 146: Music to Beastie’s ears

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In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude recap BSDCan, discuss the newly announced Microsoft support & service-level agreements for FreeBSD, the cons of select(), in addition to an interview with Hans Petter Selasky regarding USB drivers for FreeBSD. Press play below to tune in:

For this week’s round up of BSD related content from BSD Now – http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2016_06_16-music_to_beasties_ears

FreeBSD is available in Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace

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Microsoft has announced that FreeBSD 10.3 is now available as a virtual machine image in the Azure Marketplace. Azure is Microsoft’s cloud computing platform and infrastructure for deploying various applications.

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Today, I’m excited to announce the availability of FreeBSD 10.3 as a ready-made VM image available directly from the Azure Marketplace. This means that not only can you quickly bring-up a FreeBSD VM in Azure, but also that in the event you need technical support, Microsoft support engineers can assist.

Here’s how easy it is to get up and going through the Azure portal. Simply click on the +New on the left pane (or the marketplace tile on your dashboard), type “FreeBSD 10.3” in the search text box, and you’re there.

Original announcement: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/freebsd-now-available-in-azure-marketplace/

Create and Upload a FreeBSD VHD to Azure

This article shows you how to create and upload a virtual hard disk (VHD) that contains the FreeBSD operating system so you can use it as your own image to create a virtual machine (VM) in Azure.

Important:

Azure has two different deployment models for creating and working with resources: Resource Manager and classic. This article covers using the classic deployment model. Microsoft recommends that most new deployments use the Resource Manager model.

Full tutorial: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-classic-freebsd-create-upload-vhd/

Related links:

News Hub – Microsoft unveils FreeBSD build for virtual appliances among Azure updates
The Register – Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image. Repeat. Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image
The VAR Guy – FreeBSD vs. Linux: Which Open Source OS Does Microsoft Now Love More?
Redmond Magazine – Microsoft Releases FreeBSD 10.3 Image in Azure Marketplace
Softpedia – FreeBSD Now Available on Microsoft’s Azure
fossBytes – Microsoft Creates Its Own Distribution Of FreeBSD Operating System
Build Azure – Azure Marketplace: FreeBSD 10.3
Slashdot – Microsoft Has Created Its Own FreeBSD
iTWire – Microsoft announces its own FreeBSD to ensure Azure support
WinBeta – Microsoft creates its own FreeBSD distribution to run on Azure
The Cloud Mouth – Hacking your way to root on FreeBSD in Azure
More from the FreeBSD Foundation on the Project’s Partnership with Microsoft

[How-To] Automated Apache PHP and MySQL for FreeBSD and CentOS7 servers

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This tutorial by user jamal shahverdiev shows us how to get Apache PHP and MySQL automated on FreeBSD and CentOS7 servers. See the link below for full instructions

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This script will automatically check OS type and version. If OS version is CentOS7 script will continue works for CentOS7 or if OS version FreeBSD10 script will continue works for FreeBSD.

We have admin laptop with installed Python2.7 and Python3.4 with needed libraries. And we have two servers for tests. One of servers is CentOS7 and other is FreeBSD10.

First of all we must clone scripts to the local folder and change folder to downloaded. But if git client is not exists you cannot to do this.

For that we ill install git to our machine: …

Full tutorial: http://www.unixmen.com/automated-apache-php-mysql-freebsd-centos7-servers/

[Blog] FreeBSD Committer Allan Jude Discusses the Advantages of FreeBSD and His Role in Keeping Millions of Servers Running

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In this blog by Alexandra Leslie, she writes of Allan Jude’s many contributions to the FreeBSD operating system. They discuss his work as a sysdmin, how it has helped to shape the documentation, the maintenance of the large amount of ports & packages, boot environment contributions, and how ZFS helped his video streaming service (ScaleEngine), and more. See the full article at the link below.

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TL; DR: Powering platforms like Netflix or your favorite gaming system, FreeBSD is a robust, open-source operating system relied on by millions of sites to serve web pages. Even Mac OSX is based, in part, on FreeBSD. With over 400 volunteer devs at its helm, the FreeBSD Project is a dynamic force that puts the control in administrators’ hands. Project Committer Allan Jude has been a fan of the project since 2002. He discusses the system’s internal structure and the feature functionality that drew him in — contributing to its documentation and then to its development — and what he’s working on now, more than a decade later.

Original post: http://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/freebsd-project-under-the-hood/

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