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• I've never used FreeBSD and have some questions

  Aside from being UNIX based, what similarities does it share with Linux? Both have monolithic kernels. Source based build systems are offered (ports, which are like the portage system on Gentoo) as well as binary build systems (pkg, which is like apt, yum, pacman, etc.) Both offer a lot of free software, though more licenses are compatible with FreeBSD like CDDL, which is not compatible Linux. Both let you... Source: 5 months ago

• FreeBSD turns 30 today!

  There's no mention of a birthday on their site, and its footer says 1995-2023. That must be just the site, because Wikipedia tells me FreeBSD's initial release was indeed, but not quite, 30 years ago, November 1st 1993. Still no birthday. Source: 10 months ago

• Computer

  I'm not the right person to ask this -- I just run it on whatever I happen to have. But I think sleep and wifi (for example) have issues with different hardware, so you'd have to do your homework. The FreeBSD handbook on freebsd.org is always very helpful to me. You can try it out with a live cd / thumbdrive to see how much supported hardware you've got. My Lenovo X1 from a couple years ago works for what I... Source: 11 months ago

• Can SGI’s Enthusiast Community Bring IRIX Back to Life?

  People are still actively working on Illumos. The last change was yesterday morning. * https://illumos.org People are still actively working on MirBSD. There's a CVS commit account that can be followed on the FediVerse. * http://www.mirbsd.org It's DragonFly BSD, not Dragon BSD, and the irony of that is that you missed FreeBSD, which is of course still going. * https://dragonflybsd.org * https://freebsd.org As... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• X220 and beer. A lovely combo, especially with FreeBSD.

  A open source free and stable Unix-like operating system. Read more at http://freebsd.org. Source: 11 months ago

• How to know if my NIC will be recognized ?

  Mmm so the list on freebsd.org doesn't quite reflect reality. Not so helpful. Source: 11 months ago

• Can't get FreeBSD to resolve hostnames. Fresh VM Install for Version 13.2 on VirtualBox | Host Window 11

  Which is basically my router IP and also the DNS server as shown by my Windows 11 Host. I then restarted and VOLA! Everything works now. I can ping www.google.com and other hosts such as freebsd.org. Source: 12 months ago

• Can't get FreeBSD to resolve hostnames. Fresh VM Install for Version 13.2 on VirtualBox | Host Window 11

  I did a FreeBSD VM install on a Windows 11 Host with bridge networking. During the install pinging hostnames such as google.com or freebsd.org was working absolutely fine however when the installation was completed and I booted up the VM without the ISO, my fresh BSD install cannot resolve any hostnames whatsoever. Source: 12 months ago

• Yurt Calculator

  Image Creative Commons (CC) BY-SA-NC 2005-2017, developed, designed and written by René K. Müller Graphics & illustrations made with Inkscape, Tgif, Gimp, PovRay, GD.pm Web-Site powered by FreeBSD & Debian/Linux - 100% Open Source. Source: 12 months ago

• fresh freebsd install cant resolve hostnames

  I put "freebsd.org" in my resolv.conf because I thought it was a "shortcut" for "ping freebsd.org" .-. Source: 12 months ago

• fresh freebsd install cant resolve hostnames

  Why do you put "freebsd.org" as your domain in resolv.conf If this machine is not part of the freebsd.org domain this is not correct. Source: 12 months ago

• I was able to upgrade to 13.2-RELEASE

  I'm not seeing it yet on freebsd.org as something that can be downloaded to upgraded to. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is pkg.freebsd.org down?

  If I do an nslookup on my desktop pc, there's clearly an issue with the freebsd.org domain:. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there somewhere I can check if a pkg package is updated without having to ssh into the server?

  Is there a web page or something where I can check the currect version of pkg packages for a release? Something similar to the ports search but for pkg packages. I am googling away but I can't find anything. I have a vague memory of a freebsd.org page where one could specify release number and then search for package names... Source: over 1 year ago

• Constructive Criticism: I *want* to use FreeBSD

  From sentence #3 on the primary freebsd.org site:. Source: about 2 years ago

• Constructive Criticism: I *want* to use FreeBSD

  I say again: The second sentence on freebsd.org claims advanced networking, yet users of Broadcom (and sometimes even Netgear USB dongles) are out of luck when it comes to "advanced networking." How does "advanced networking" not support common networking hardware? Source: about 2 years ago

• Considering the switch to the dark side...

  If you want to join the dark side, come over to FreeBSD. I mean, look at our mascot. Source: about 2 years ago

• Notes on ZFS metadata special vdevs ... rsync.net Q3 tech notes

  Our tech notes for Q3 have a decent synopsis of building and attaching a ZFS "special" vdev and the results of our Q&A with Allan Jude @ freebsd.org regarding that new vdev class and how it's used:. Source: over 2 years ago

• Request for comments on a ZFS performance testing project

  I normally use SmartOS and would likely stick with that in production for now, but I'm more than happy to take this opportunity to test with FreeBSD and Linux ZFS implementations as well for the sake of completeness. It seems like Ubuntu is going to be the easiest Linux distribution to test ZFS with, but I'm open to alternative suggestions. I would like to be able to perform all tests on each distribution. Source: over 2 years ago

• NetBSD9.1 nginx http2 uhm?!?

  Please shut down netbsd, remove the website redirect the domains to openbsd.org or freebsd.org or even shit.com is better to save others some time. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Painful Lessons Learned in Security and Community

  Kit Macy is also a well known FreeBSD developer, with a freebsd.org email address, part of the FreeBSD organization. Source: about 3 years ago