Beginning on July 17, we hope you’ll join us for an expanded #FreeBSDFridays series of 101 classes. We’re building on our FreeBSD Day content to offer 1 hour live sessions every Friday, designed to get you started with FreeBSD. The program kicks off with Deb Goodkin’s Intro to FreeBSD class, followed by a two-part Installfest led by Roller Angel. The sessions will take place at 10am PDT at https://live.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/freebsdfriday/
Other classes include, Introduction to OpenZFS by Dan Langille, A Brief History of the BSD Fast Filesystem by Kirk McKusick, and more.
The FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation invite you to participate in the 2025 Community Survey. This survey aims to gather quantitative data from the public to help guide the project's priorities and efforts. Your input is valuable, and the survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Prompt participation is encouraged as the survey will remain open for a limited time. Your feedback will help shape the future of the FreeBSD community.
As you may know, GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop BSD operating system built with FreeBSD. Its mission is to deliver a simple, stable, and accessible desktop experience for users who want FreeBSD’s power without the complexity of manual setup. This article isn’t meant to be technical. Instead, it offers a high-level view of what happened through the years with GhostBSD, where the project stands today, and where we want to take it next.
FreeCAD does many amazing things, allows us to create all kinds of geometries and assemblies, but we can also use FreeCAD for analysis of the things we make. One fascinating approach is Computational Fluid Dynamics or CFD, (essentially a tool to show how fluids interact with objects).
Why choose BSD in 2025? Author believes there are several compelling reasons:
Someone recently complained that there wasn't a KDE version of GhostBSD - well, no there isn't, but it is very easy to install it on GhostBSD, so here is a quick guide.
The blog post describes the process of hosting a blog on a Nintendo Wii using NetBSD. The author details the steps taken to set up the Wii, install NetBSD, and configure it to serve a static website using the lighttpd web server. Challenges such as performance constraints and resource management are addressed, including optimizing TLS encryption and monitoring system status. The author concludes that the experiment was successful and cost-effective, highlighting the unique and educational aspects of the project.
This tutorial guides you through creating a personal blog using NetBSD and a €1 VPS. NetBSD is highlighted for its stability, efficiency, and reliability, making it ideal for low-cost, high-performance setups. The guide covers the installation of NetBSD, configuring a minimalistic blog with BSSG, and deploying it using different web servers like bozohttpd, nginx, and Caddy. Performance benchmarks demonstrate the efficiency of NetBSD and nginx, achieving up to 1400-1500 requests per second. This setup offers full control, security, and a cost-effective solution for hosting a personal blog.
The NetBSD Foundation will host its 2025 Annual General Meeting on May 17 at 21:00 UTC in the #netbsd-agm channel on irc.libera.chat. The event includes presentations on NetBSD's technical direction, project servers, publicity, and a Q&A session. Attendees can join via their preferred IRC client or directly through the provided link. A full transcript will be available for those unable to attend. Time zone details are provided for global participation.
A quick video which is about time on how to adjust your timezone and system time POST install.
The "Valuable News" weekly series provides a curated summary of news, articles, and insights primarily focused on UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. This edition highlights key updates such as FreeBSD 15.0 release details, new tools for system administrators, and discussions on hardware and open-source projects.
Alexander Bluhm has proposed a patch to enhance parallel TCP input efficiency in OpenBSD by optimizing socket locking mechanisms. The patch introduces a TCP input queue to reduce lock contention, resulting in a 5% increase in single-stream throughput and a 160% boost in multi-stream performance. Bluhm's tests demonstrate the benefits of batch processing locked sockets, with detailed performance graphs available for review. Feedback from testers is welcome to further validate these improvements.
This episode of BSD Now covers essential topics for BSD users, including improving libzfs, effective storage performance benchmarks, and debugging pf firewall rules on FreeBSD. It also discusses OpenBSD's Thunderbolt issue on ThinkPad T480s, signing Git commits with SSH keys, and the rising popularity of LibreOffice. Additional insights include tools like pgrep and community feedback on bhyve and NVME. A must-listen for BSD enthusiasts and developers.