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Install PC-BSD on encrypted ZFS |
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| As a desktop distribution built atop FreeBSD, PC-BSD makes available to the desktop user all the cool technologies inside FreeBSD. One of those cool technologies is ZFS, the Zettabyte File System, a file system developed by Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle Corporation) for the Solaris operating system. ZFS has no parallel in the Linux/BSD world. It packs features that no other file system in the Linux kernel has (btrfs is a potential answer for ZFS in the Linux kernel, but it is still a work in progress). read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9987 | -finid, September 1, 2010 |
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PC-BSD 8.1 review |
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| PC-BSD is a FreeBSD-based desktop distribution using the K Desktop Environment by default. An installation of PC-BSD is basically FreeBSD with KDE as the desktop environment. That is not the whole story, but it's close. Being based on FreeBSD, PC-BSD has several features that you will not find on any Linux distribution. This article presents a detailed review of PC-BSD 8.1, the latest edition, which was released a few weeks ago. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9950 | -finid, August 19, 2010 |
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GhostBSD 1.0 |
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An email interview of Eric Turgeon, the founder of the GhostBSD project...
The PC-BSD project brings a user-friendly pre-configured KDE desktop to the FreeBSD community. Which is all well and good, but what if you're more of a GNOME person? Well, it turns out there is a project in the works for you too. The GhostBSD project is in its early stages, but it's paving the way for users who enjoy running GNOME on a FreeBSD base without any configuring or installing extra software read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9835 | -Ray, July 8, 2010 |
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Benchmarks: FreeBSD 8.0 vs. Solaris vs. Linux |
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FreeBSD 8.0 takes on Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10 as well as OpenSolaris 2010.02 b127 in a performance free-for-all..
The hardware we are using for benchmarking this time was a Lenovo ThinkPad T61 notebook with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, 2GB of system memory, a 100GB Hitachi HTS72201 7200RPM SATA HDD, and a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M graphics processor powering a 1680 x 1050 LVDS panel. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9788 | -Ray, December 1, 2009 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD 8 Upgrade |
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| Source-based upgrades from previous versions are well supported and recommend to gain full control of your FreeBSD 8 kernel and base systems. csup is a general-purpose network file updating package. It is extremely fast program. This tutorial describes how to upgrade from FreeBSD v7.2 to latest FreeBSD 8.0. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9628 | -nixcraft, November 27, 2009 |
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Review: DesktopBSD 1.6 Live CD |
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BSD for the desktop will now run from a CD...
One of the first and most noticeable changes in version 1.6 is that it now contains a LiveCD option. While I wouldn't consider this to be a typical livecd, it certainly stacks up well against the large collection of other livecd's out there. Initially you're greeted with the standard Freebsd boot screen and bootup sequence. The first part of the livecd session starts out with a semi-graphical welcome screen that is keyboard driven. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9597 | -Ray, January 25, 2008 |
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FreeBSD 8.0: First Look |
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A look at the newest FreeBSD distribution...
The ZFS file system is included in FreeBSD 8.0 and from previous experience I've found it to work very well. However, my little server didn't really have the resources to properly experiment with it. For systems with enough RAM and disk to justify its use, I highly recommend taking a look at FreeBSD's ZFS implementation - for the snapshots feature, if nothing else. Being able to restore files without reaching for separate backup media can be a wonderful time saver. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9560 | -Ray, December 8, 2009 |
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FreeBSD: Configure Apache PHP with mod_fastcgi Module |
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mod_fastcgi is a cgi-module for Apache web server.
FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.
This article explains how to configure PHP5 - mod_fastcgi under FreeBSD operating system. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9527 | -nixcraft, October 11, 2008 |
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Top BSD distributions |
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Here are the top five BSD's...
As some of you may know, Linux is not the only Unix-like operating system available. There are other UNIX derivatives, and one of the most popular among them is called BSD. If you have been to Distrowatch, you will see different BSD distributions listed in there. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9518 | -Ray, April 5, 2009 |
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Free Operating Systems |
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The big options for free operating systems that aren't Linux...
In the case of BSD and OpenSolaris, they're already in production deployments all around the world, so there's little to argue with there. HaikuOS, ReactOS, Darwin, and Singularity are entirely another story: they range from being minimally useful on the desktop to only useful as programming research projects. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9500 | -Ray, July 14, 2009 |
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In search of the perfect Linux and BSD desktop distribution |
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| Is there such a thing as a perfect Linux or BSD desktop distribution? If so, what features and functionalities would such a distro have for it to have attained that high state - of perfection (on the desktop)? And perfect for what group of users? Geeks or non-geeks? In order to answer these questions, we set out here the most important features we expect a modern Linux or BSD desktop distribution to have. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9499 | -finid, March 27, 2009 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD Jail Upgrade |
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| The FreeBSD jail mechanism is an implementation of operating system-level virtualization that allows administrators to partition a FreeBSD-based computer system into several independent mini-systems called jails. FreeBSD jails offer security, ease of delegation and os level virtualization. This article explains how to upgrade FreeBSD jails using 'make world'. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9497 | -nixcraft, November 18, 2008 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD Setup IPFW Firewall |
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Ipfirewall (ipfw) is a FreeBSD IP packet filter and traffic accounting facility.IPFW is included in the basic FreeBSD install as a separate run time loadable module.
This small howto covers building and installing a custom kernel with IPFW. It also provide a small example on how to setting up the rules for a typical FreeBSD based Apache Web server. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9496 | -nixcraft, July 4, 2007 |
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Tip: Create a ip in Freebsd |
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You can add an ip to an interface after boot using ifconfig. example: ifconfig rl0 192.168.1.1
But this ip wont last for the next boot. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9484 | -Dipin Krishna, December 19, 2009 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD 7.2 Upgrade |
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| FreeBSD is just plain old good UNIX with rock solid networking stack. A new version of the FreeBSD 7.2 has been released. Systems running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, 7.1-RELEASE, 7.2-BETA1, 7.2-RC1, 7.2RC2 can upgrade using this tutorial. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9460 | -nixcraft, May 4, 2009 |
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Tutorial: Freebsd 7.0 Upgrade |
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| FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is now available for the 64 and 32 bit computer architectures. FreeBSD 6.3 allows upgrade of existing installation to FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. How do I upgrade FreeBSD version 6.3-pX 64 bit to latest 7.0 64 bit system? read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9452 | -nixcraft, March 16, 2008 |
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FreeBSD remote install over Linux via SSH |
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From the not-intended-for-mass-usage dept., the depenguinator will let you turn your Linux box into a FreeBSD box remotely. Imagine the possibilities for insecure Linux systems turning into FreeBSD systems overnight, much to the surprise of the (original) owners...
Many computer systems around the world have been possessed by penguins; some have even been possessed by dead rats. In light of this, it is desireable to exorcize these evil spirits, and replace them with a nice, friendly daemon.
I've put together some code for building a FreeBSD disk image which will boot into memory, configure the network, set a root password, and enable SSH. This can be used to "depenguinate" a Linux box, without requiring any access beyond a network connection. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9418 | -Ray, January 2, 2004 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD Networking IP Aliasing |
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IP aliasing is the process of adding more than one IP address to a network interface. This is useful for virtual hosting of Web or ftp servers.
This tuorial explains how to assign two more IP address to a single network interface under FreeBSD operating system. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9411 | -nixcraft, November 3, 2008 |
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Tutorial: Set up Apache, PHP, MySQL on OpenBSD 3.8 |
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| This document aims to be a tutorial for easily getting and OpenBSD 3.8 installation up and running with Apache+PHP+MySQL. It is a collection of various information I've found on the internet (see References) and my own personal experiences. I will be covering installation and initial setup of the MySQL and PHP packages along with several PHP extensions. I also briefly touch on a few security topics and then how to get OpenBSD to start Apache and MySQL at boot. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9265 | -freesol, November 5, 2005 |
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Tutorial: FreeBSD iSCSI Initiator Installation and Configuration |
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The FreeBSD iscsi_initiator implements the kernel side of the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) network protocol standard, the user land companion is iscontrol and permits access to remote virtual SCSI devices via cam.
FreeBSD 7.x has full support for iSCSI. Older version such as FreeBSD 6.3 requires backport for iSCSI. Following instruction are known to work under FreeBSD 7.0 only. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9213 | -nixcraft, March 13, 2008 |
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