Let's bring life to this channel: first message is about coming release of 12.0. Today the first release candidate of FreeBSD 12.0 will be available. To be honest, the article "What's new" (https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/relnotes.html) looks empty, there was long road from version 11 to version 12: upgraded many contrib parts (including clang, ZFS, openssl), remove support of old unused platforms, added support of new ARM/MIPS/PowerPC boards, added new tools, improved performance and fixed bugs. Please try FreeBSD 12.0-RC1 on your hardware and enjoy (or send problem report to https://bugs.freebsd.org).
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FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE Release Notes
The release notes for FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 12-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant…
After long discussions and review process, new utility called "trim" has been landed in 13-CURRENT: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=343118 . According to man page and utility name, routine allows to erase specified region of device. Here is links to discussion: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2018-November/053597.html Many thanks to Eugene Grosbein and FreeBSD community!
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Tutorials – 185
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There are good news from embedded developers. Emmanuel Vadot (manu@) has posted screenshot of working DRM driver on Pine64-TLS: https://twitter.com/manuvadot/status/1085484000477626368 Wish manu@ all the best!
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I’ve never been so happy to see twm. This is @thepine64 Pine64-LTS running my DRM driver on #FreeBSD #ARM64 More news to come later #drmiscoming
FreeBSD Foundation
"The FreeBSD community recently lost one of our own with the passing of Kurt Lidl. The 12.1-RELEASE has been dedicated in his memory. Take a minute to learn more about Kurt and his contributions to #FreeBSD"
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/in-memory-of-kurt-lidl/
"The FreeBSD community recently lost one of our own with the passing of Kurt Lidl. The 12.1-RELEASE has been dedicated in his memory. Take a minute to learn more about Kurt and his contributions to #FreeBSD"
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/in-memory-of-kurt-lidl/
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In Memory of Kurt Lidl | FreeBSD Foundation
Kurt Lidl 1968-2019 Kurt Lidl passed away on October 10, 2019 at the age of 51 from aggressive metastatic kidney cancer that had been diagnosed just 95 days
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Managing virtual resources with CBSD (Fosdem 2021)
CBSD team was working hard to bring you not just VM/jail management, but to also make integrating existing cloud software easy. This talk will describe new features of CBSD as well as some of the new projects around it: some are done, and some are in implementation phase.
CBSD can manage bhyve, Xen, VNET and non-VNET jails, setup your network environment and storage, but that's not all. There are numerous projects using CBSD as a base like ClonOS (WEB interface), Reggae for DevOps tasks (with support for all provisioning alternatives out there), Android emulation and Kubernetes management of CBSD/bhyve cluster. As CBSD have support for external modules, extending with custom functionalities and features is easier than ever [...]
For more info on CBSD:
Official website: https://www.bsdstore.ru/en/about.html
Telegram: @cbsdofficial
CBSD team was working hard to bring you not just VM/jail management, but to also make integrating existing cloud software easy. This talk will describe new features of CBSD as well as some of the new projects around it: some are done, and some are in implementation phase.
CBSD can manage bhyve, Xen, VNET and non-VNET jails, setup your network environment and storage, but that's not all. There are numerous projects using CBSD as a base like ClonOS (WEB interface), Reggae for DevOps tasks (with support for all provisioning alternatives out there), Android emulation and Kubernetes management of CBSD/bhyve cluster. As CBSD have support for external modules, extending with custom functionalities and features is easier than ever [...]
For more info on CBSD:
Official website: https://www.bsdstore.ru/en/about.html
Telegram: @cbsdofficial
FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 is now available
A summary of changes since 13.0-RC3 include:
* A fix affecting scripted installations has been addressed.
* Several POWERPC fixes have been included.
* A memory leak in NETMAP_REQ_PORT_INFO_GET has been fixed.
* An issue with local-unbound and some IPv6 deployment has been fixed.
* Historical output range from random(9) has been restored to previous behavior.
* OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1k.
* A fix for validation of RDNSS options has been addressed.
- Here's the brief from the mailing list:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-March/093374.html
- Here are the installer links:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
A summary of changes since 13.0-RC3 include:
* A fix affecting scripted installations has been addressed.
* Several POWERPC fixes have been included.
* A memory leak in NETMAP_REQ_PORT_INFO_GET has been fixed.
* An issue with local-unbound and some IPv6 deployment has been fixed.
* Historical output range from random(9) has been restored to previous behavior.
* OpenSSL has been updated to version 1.1.1k.
* A fix for validation of RDNSS options has been addressed.
- Here's the brief from the mailing list:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-March/093374.html
- Here are the installer links:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
Making your main desktop with FreeBSD
FreeBSD can be used as a desktop like all the mainstream Linux distros and commercial OSes out there. Whether you want a full Desktop Environment or a tailored Window Manager desktop, we've got you covered with this two guides:
* Full DE FreeBSD Desktop guide
* Tailored WM FreeBSD Desktop guide
FreeBSD can be used as a desktop like all the mainstream Linux distros and commercial OSes out there. Whether you want a full Desktop Environment or a tailored Window Manager desktop, we've got you covered with this two guides:
* Full DE FreeBSD Desktop guide
* Tailored WM FreeBSD Desktop guide
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FreeBSD 13.0-RC5 is now available
A summary of changes since 13.0-RC4 include:
* COMPAT_FREEBSD32 fill/set dbregs/fpregs has been implemented for aarch64.
* Miscellaneous DTrace updates.
* An issue that could potentially affect some services to properly restart, notably Nginx, has been addressed.
* Miscellaneous networking fixes.
- Here's the brief from the mailing list:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-April/093429.html
- Here are the installer links:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
If you were on FreeBSD 13.0-RC4 simply do:
A summary of changes since 13.0-RC4 include:
* COMPAT_FREEBSD32 fill/set dbregs/fpregs has been implemented for aarch64.
* Miscellaneous DTrace updates.
* An issue that could potentially affect some services to properly restart, notably Nginx, has been addressed.
* Miscellaneous networking fixes.
- Here's the brief from the mailing list:
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2021-April/093429.html
- Here are the installer links:
https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
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How to build a FreeBSD CI/CD environment based on pot container (Fosdem 19)
Use pot containers to implement a CI/CD pipeline on FreeBSD. The presentation highlights the internal structure of the project, showing how jails and ZFS are used to efficiently implement a build pipeline.
More info on the project:
https://github.com/pizzamig/freebsd-ci
Use pot containers to implement a CI/CD pipeline on FreeBSD. The presentation highlights the internal structure of the project, showing how jails and ZFS are used to efficiently implement a build pipeline.
More info on the project:
https://github.com/pizzamig/freebsd-ci
Understanding System calls in Unix (FreeBSD applies here)
In these two videos made by Brian Will, and released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License, we'll get a better understanding of the system calls inside a *nix operating system.
For more info about the author:
https://brianwill.github.io/
#tutorial #unix
In these two videos made by Brian Will, and released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License, we'll get a better understanding of the system calls inside a *nix operating system.
For more info about the author:
https://brianwill.github.io/
#tutorial #unix
Gaming on FreeBSD
Steam is a gaming platform that sells and manages games on Windows and Linux. Since FreeBSD has some pretty good Linux emulation, it is possible – with some footnotes – to run Linux Steam Games on FreeBSD. This was already possible in 2016 but the tooling keeps being updated, so let’s take a look at how things work.
https://euroquis.nl//freebsd/2021/04/06/steam-freebsd
Steam is a gaming platform that sells and manages games on Windows and Linux. Since FreeBSD has some pretty good Linux emulation, it is possible – with some footnotes – to run Linux Steam Games on FreeBSD. This was already possible in 2016 but the tooling keeps being updated, so let’s take a look at how things work.
https://euroquis.nl//freebsd/2021/04/06/steam-freebsd
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Discovering Bastille on FreeBSD
Bastille is an open-source system for automating deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD. This video by RoboNuggie gives an overview on installing and configuring it.
More info on the project:
https://bastillebsd.org/
https://t.me/BastilleBSD
RoboNuggie channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwcmRAmBRzZMNS37dCgmHA
#tutorial #bastille
Bastille is an open-source system for automating deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD. This video by RoboNuggie gives an overview on installing and configuring it.
More info on the project:
https://bastillebsd.org/
https://t.me/BastilleBSD
RoboNuggie channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxwcmRAmBRzZMNS37dCgmHA
#tutorial #bastille