I installed FreeBSD as my daily driver, and it was surprisingly good
… FreeBSD FreeBSD may not be the easiest desktop operating system to set up, but it's surprisingly robust once you iron the initial wrinkles out. See at FreeBSD
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FreeBSD 15 reminded me that boring operating systems are sometimes the whole point
… FreeBSD 15 is not exciting in the usual way, and that might be its strongest argument. FreeBSD Despite its initially simple appearance, FreeBSD is a capable operating system. See at FreeBSD
I stopped dismissing FreeBSD after trying out its modern distros
… I’m just patiently waiting for the day FreeBSD becomes as intuitive for everyday users as Linux. And considering the state of current FreeBSD distros, this dream might just become a reality soon. FreeBSD See at FreeBSD
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
… Sylve works the same way, except it doesn’t have a dedicated ISO yet and needs to be set up on a machine that’s already running FreeBSD. I won’t bore you with the details of how I installed FreeBSD, as it’s as simple as setting up any ol’ OS. …
4 cool operating systems that have nothing to do with Windows, macOS, or Linux
… Based on FreeBSD, TrueNAS Core used to be iXsystems’ main consumer-oriented NAS OS for years, before the company moved over to greener Linux pastures with Scale. …
I switched from pfSense to OPNsense, and I'm happy with the upgrade
… On the VPN side, both FreeBSD flavors support OpenVPN, WireGuard, and IPsec, though pfSense requires the last one to be installed via plugins. …
The best NAS distro is getting better at virtualization, but you shouldn't use it exclusively for that
… Sign in to your XDA account TrueNAS has been my go-to platform for storage servers ever since its Core days, and the Community Edition or Scale, as we used to call it back in the day has been a massive improvement over its FreeBSD predecessor. …
The best NAS distro dropped a public beta for its new update, and it feels more like Proxmox with each release
… Heck, you can even run LXCs based on FreeBSD on TrueNAS, which feels just as insane as it sounds. …
I used my spare PCIe slot for something boring, and it became my favorite PC upgrade
… If anything, I’d planned to use it for a makeshift FreeBSD server and that’s not even the most unhinged part of my home lab , but ended up removing it after running into issues with Marvell AQtion drivers on the OS. …
I recommended this SBC before the Raspberry Pi became impossible to buy – it holds up even better now
… In fact, its Intel I226-V Ethernet controller works better than cheap NICs on FreeBSD-powered setups. …