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Automated FreeBSD Install
(eradman.com)
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Adding Fediverse Comments to Pelican Blog
(blog.hofstede.it)
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8mo ago
What I expected - that if I would want to install Openbox - then Xorg will be forced. I typed: # pkg install xlibre ... and X11 XLibre implementation installed and Openbox installed properly and 'xorg' packages was not fo
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8mo ago
Thank You :) > Do the same for X! I kinda did ... but for RAM usage and not disk space. Details here: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/200-mb-ram-freebsd...
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vermaden
8mo ago
Please read entire article (or at least skim read it) because I also cover that part :)
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8mo ago
GhostBSD is FreeBSD with GUI installer and MATE by default - it also comes with XFCE flavor. Highly recommended.
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8mo ago
I always like to have options - with /rescue you have statically linked bectl(8) and zpool(8) and zfs(8) commands - which help to manage ZFS and ZFS Boot Environments.
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150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation
(vermaden.wordpress.com)
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9mo ago
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9mo ago
More like 3 files. - /boot/loader.conf for kernel settings to be set only at boot - /etc/sysctl.conf for kernel settings to be set anytime - /etc/rc.conf for rest of configuration
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9mo ago
LOL :D 1500+ points for a switch from Windows to Linux :)
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9mo ago
I prefer to do that locally using FreeBSD Jails: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/secure-containeriz...
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9mo ago
Not sure why You got such low transfer speeds so I just tested EXT4 and NTFS read and write performance on FreeBSD. Its about: -> 800+/250+ MB/s for NTFS -> 200+/128+ MB/s for EXT4 ... and its on 8 years old ThinkP
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9mo ago
Title should be corrected from 'FreeBS' to 'FreeBSD'.
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GhostBSD Will Default to XLibre
(github.com)
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9mo ago
How come this one about FreeBSD is [flagged] and this one [1] about SmartOS not? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706947
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FreeBSD
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9mo ago
If you want to stay low on resources you can use Netsurf. I just started it and loading my https://vermaden.wordpress.com/ page used 86 MB of RAM - a lot less then Firefox or Chrome.
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200 MB RAM FreeBSD desktop
(vermaden.wordpress.com)
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9mo ago
Personal UNIX / FreeBSD / Linux blog at - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/ - that also comes with weekly Valuable News series dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly
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Add Port to FreeBSD Ports
(vermaden.wordpress.com)
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FreeBSD and Poudriere in High Security Environments
(vermaden.wordpress.com)
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WebZFS Modern Web Management for ZFS Pools/Datasets/Snapshots/Smart Monitoring
(github.com)
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FreeBSD Driver for Ws2812 RGP LED String
(ketas.si.pri.ee)
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Managing FreeBSD Jails with Ansible with Jailexec Connection Plugin
(blog.hofstede.it)
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10mo ago
I would add these to the list: - https://is.gd/BECTL - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/zfs-boot-environme...
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10mo ago
Great news. Someone just did a great work on security audit and made FreeBSD Jails a lot more secure. This is what security audits are for.
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Scripts Stats
(vermaden.wordpress.com)
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10mo ago
That is because Apple took entire FreeBSD 'userspace' as part of Mac OS X.
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10mo ago
Everything that I need works perfectly on X11. Why would I move to Wayland where at least some things DO NOT WORK?
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11mo ago
How the 'GPL' part worked out to force VMware to send back the things they modified?
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