Posts in category FreeBSD
FreeBSD 12.0-BETA1 Available
The first BETA build for the FreeBSD 12.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv6, armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe and sparc64 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.
In Other BSDs for 2018/10/13
Still playing catchup with links.
FreeBSD and OpenBSD fundraisers from Michael W. Lucas.
One-liners for submitting your dmesg to NYCBUG. There’s other versions in that thread; I linked to the last described.
Configuration of OpenSMTPD to relay mails to outbound smtp server.
Let’s Try on OpenBSD: CrossCode and Stardew Valley Mult [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/10/06
Still catching up on links.
garbage 43. The RSS feed may have changed? I should have seen this directly. (via)
EuroBSDCon 2018 and NetBSD sanitizers. (via)
EuroBSDCon 2018 travel report and obligatory pics. (via)
NetBSD curses ripoffline improvements. (via)
Installing Hugo and publishing Hugo web-pages on OpenBSD server (Read more...)
BSDNow 266: File Type History
BSDNow 266 is up, and while the title is “File Type History”, there’s a number of “this is how I use BSD” stories on there, which I always find interesting.
Running FreeBSD on OSX using xhyve, a...
bhyve is a hypervisor/virtual machine manager developed on FreeBSD.
xhyve is port of bhyve to OS X. It is built on top of Hypervisor.framework in OS X 10.10 Yosemite and higher, runs entirely in userspace, and has no other dependencies.
I usually use MacPorts, but ran into trouble with xhyve, so this morning I tried Homebrew instead.
Installi [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/09/29
EuroBSDCon 2018 unfortunately had no video, but the presentations are showing up online.
FreeBSD bhyve live migration coming soon. (thanks, subbsd)
Removing ROP Gadgets from OpenBSD. (via)
OpenBSD netcat demystified. (via)
OpenBSD and Diving. The SCUBA kind. (via)
Spoiler alert for BSD packet filter profiling.
r/openbsd_gaming’s G [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/09/22
Still running on extra links from previous weeks. Usually it takes a larger convention to cause this sort of backlog.
Exploring NomadBSD – Desktop FreeBSD on a thumb drive. (via)
Mac-like FreeBSD Laptop. Surprisingly similar, visually. (via) Also some comments here.
A FreeBSD 11 Desktop How-to. (via)
“How install a (Read m [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/09/15
Built almost entirely with overflow from more than a week ago.
GSoC 2018 Reports: Configuration files versioning in pkgsrc, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. (via)
NextCloud on OpenBSD. (via)
Anon Games, BSD games available freely through ssh. Or telnet, but don’t do that. (via)
Let’s (Read more...)
In Other BSDs for 2018/09/08
I am having trouble keeping up with BSD news items. This is a good problem to have.
The History of a Security Hole. Cross-BSD. (via)
hard state soft state confusion. A followup on the previous link.
NetBSD 7.2 is out. More than one branch is supported, if you find yourself saying “didn’t 8 just release?”
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In Other BSDs for 2018/09/01
Lots of event notices in here… Watch for what’s near you.
The next KnoxBUG meeting is September 5th, with a Trident demo. I’ll post a reminder.
OpenBSD.Amsterdam. Dedicated OpenBSD/vmd servers, which is a neat idea. Could probably do the same thing with vkernels.
MeetBSD is happening October 19-20 in Santa Clara, CA. (v [...]
BSDNow 261: FreeBSDCon Flashback
No interview this week in BSDNow 261, but links to a recent 1999 convention video, details about TrueOS/Project Trident, and the usual.
In Other BSDs for 2018/08/18
Overflow from two weeks running, cause of travel.
Next SemiBUG meeting is on the 21st. I’ll post a reminder.
Solene’s percent % : Easy encrypted backups on OpenBSD with base tools. (via)
installing Postgresql on NetBSD, need help.
Why do you use (or contribute to) BSD, rather than Linux?
The Battle of the Schedulers: FreeBSD ( [...]
In Other BSDs for 2018/08/11
Overflow that I couldn’t catch up to before last weekend’s In Other BSD’s posting time. I try to always have these by 9 AM Eastern time Saturday. (Same for Lazy Reading on Sunday) I mentally imagine everyone sitting down with a drink and nothing else to do but click links, those mornings. At least, I hope that’s wh [...]
