Why I run BSD

submited 02 May 2024

There’s multitude of Operating Systems to choose from. You may have been using something like Windows or MacOS and be perfectly happy with it. You can step up and use Linux, Haiku or even Amiga OS. So, why do I think a BSD system may be a great choice?

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25 July 2024
BSD Now 569: The ZFS Pi  

Enhancing FreeBSD Stability With ZFS Pool Checkpoints, Plaintext is not a great format for (system) logs, Initial playlist of 28 BSDCan Videos released, Installing FreeBSD 14 on Raspberry Pi 4B with ZFS root, A practical guide to VPNs, IPv6, routing domains and IPSEC, How to mount ISO or file disk images on OpenBSD, and more.

FreeBSD as a Platform for Your Future Technology  

At the November 2023 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, Sabine Anja, co-founder of Klara Inc., sat down with a panel of industry leaders representing NetApp, Arm, and Juniper to discuss FreeBSD as a platform for future technologies. Participants discussed why their companies chose to use FreeBSD and how that choice benefited them.

23 July 2024
Multiboot Windows and OpenBSD with rEFInd  

If you wanna multiboot Windows and OpenBSD, rEFInd is one of the options. Here's how.

MidnightBSD 3.2 release  

MidnightBSD 3.2 for amd64 and i386 is now available. This release included updates to third-party libraries, bug fixes from the 3.1 release, and security updates.

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22 July 2024
Installing Uptime-Kuma on a FreeBSD Jail  

Uptime-Kuma is a very useful tool. Besides being able to monitor whether services, websites, or ports are responding, it can also send notifications using many different services, even combined, and check the expiration of certificates. Additionally, it can create informative dashboards about the status of services.

Bridging Networks Across VPS With Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD  

This article describes an advanced networking setup that allows you to bridge networks between two VPS instances using Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD. This configuration is particularly useful when you need to distribute services across different providers or when you want to leverage the strengths of multiple hosting environments.

Valuable News – 2024/07/22  

The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems.

FreeBSD Software Picks July 2024  

There is so much software available in the FreeBSD repository that sometimes gems can go unnoticed so this monthly series highlights some of these interesting & useful programs.

19 July 2024
Podcast: Interview with Executive Director at The FreeBSD Foundation  

Ever wondered how the backbone of streaming giants like Netflix or gaming consoles like Sony PlayStation ticks? Dive deep with us in this episode as we unravel the legacy and impact of FreeBSD, one of the unsung heroes of the tech world.

BSDCan 2024 Trip Report – Mark Johnston  

The event spanned four days, with the first two for the developer summit and the second two for the conference proper.

BSDNow 568: regreSSHion  

regreSSHion vulnerability, Improving and debugging FreeBSDs Intel wifi support, FreeBSD adds an implementation of the 9P filesystem, FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge, Why and how to run your own FreeBSD package cache, Game of Trees Hub, Why Does FreeBSD Default to Csh/Tcsh, and more.

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