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Howtos: FreeBSD install, ZFS, FreeNAS Serviio, FreeBSD Kernel

Gerard — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:27:16 +0000

HOWTO 1: FreeBSD ZFS Madness Some time ago I found a good, reliable way of using and installing FreeBSD and described it in my Modern FreeBSD Install HOWTO. Now, more then a year later I come back with my experiences about that … Continue reading →

FreeBSD Device Drivers: a guide for the intrepid (book)

Gerard — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:22:09 +0000

“Device drivers make it possible for your software to communicate with your hardware, and because every operating system has specific requirements, driver writing is nontrivial. When developing for FreeBSD, you’ve probably had to scour the Internet and dig through the … Continue reading →

HOWTO: Run pfSense nanobsd in VirtualBox

Gerard — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:15:33 +0000

There’s a very useful howto on the pfsense forums showing step-by-step how to run pfSense in virtualbox: Get Oracle VirtualBox from https://www.virtualbox.org/ or from the repo of your distribution. Works in Windows, Linux too. Download a VGA-enabled nanobsd version of pfSense from here. For example … Continue reading →

New GhostBSD project website online

Gerard — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:19 +0000

After some disagreement on the future and the direction of the GhostBSD project, one of the founders, Nahuel Sanchez, left the team. “It hurts to know that GhostBSD began to stop respecting the philosophy of the open source software.” The new team … Continue reading →

FreeBSD and Microsoft Hyper-V Interoperability

Gerard — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:13 +0000

Microsoft and its partnering companies are finalizing a project that will enable FreeBSD interoperability with Windows Server Hyper-V. News about the project, which started in October, was announced last week at the BSDCan 2012 event in Ottawa, Canada. The project … Continue reading →

FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report (January – March 2012)

Gerard — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:26:59 +0000

The FreeBSD project has released its quarterly project update. The latest report covers FreeBSD related projects between January and March 2012, and is the first of the four reports planned for 2012. This quarter was highlighted by releasing the next major version … Continue reading →

PC-BSD 9-STABLE-20120505 Snapshot Available for Testing

Paul — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:11:10 +0000

Kris has announced the availability of the next testing snapshot. If you are using Intel video or would like to upgrade from a previous snapshot, read the Errata section below. The next snapshot in the PC-BSD 9-STABLE branch has just … Continue reading →

FreeNAS 8.0.4-RELEASE-p2 Vulnerability Update

Paul — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:51:26 +0000

The FreeNAS full release notes for 8.0.4-RELEASE-p2: Changes since 8.0.4-RELEASE-p1: Bugfixes OS/Third party Samba has been upgraded to 3.6.5 to address CVE-2012-2011 which is a critical vulnerability. All FreeNAS users who are using CIFS are urged to upgrade. All installation … Continue reading →

Protect Your BSD – BSD Magazine (May 2012)

Paul — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:45:46 +0000

April’s issue of the BSD Magazine is now available: BSD Security – Protect Your BSD (free PDF download). Covering the following topics: - A Fresh Look at the Warden for PC-BSD 9.1 - Intro to DTrace - A Web Application … Continue reading →

Setting up your first VPS FAMP Stack

Gerard — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:12:55 +0000

Diego from RootBSD has put together a handy blog post (Setting Up Your First VPS FAMP Stack) showing how to set up a FAMP stock (FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on a (RootBSD) VPS. Just 5 easy steps and a bit of … Continue reading →