How to Upgrade to FreeBSD 14 from 13

If you are running the earlier FreeBSD 13 series (13.2-P5), here are the steps you may follow to upgrade to the FreeBSD 14 release.
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FreeBSD 14 Release: Best New Features

After a long development and testing phase covering four RC cycles, FreeBSD 14 is now officially available to download and upgrade. FreeBSD 14 brings several noteworthy changes that enhance both functionality and user experience. In this article, we wi…

How to Upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2 From FreeBSD 13.1

If you’re running older FreeBSD versions, you can upgrade to the latest available version. Here’s how to upgrade to FreeBSD 13.2 from FreeBSD 13.1.
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How to upgrade FreeBSD 13.1 to 13.2 release

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is announcing the availability of FreeBSD version 13.2-RELEASE on 11/April/2023. It is the third release of the stable/13 branches. I updated my FreeBSD version 13.1 to 13.2 using the CLI over an ssh-based session. …

helloSystem: A New, Promising Macintosh-like Free Desktop OS

helloSystem is a completely new desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. It is created by the founder of AppImage technology for GNU/Linux, Simon Peter, a software developer from Germany. Its look and feel mostly designed to be like MacOS but ten tim…

GhostBSD: A Simple Unix-Like Desktop OS Based on FreeBSD

GhostBSD is an open-source Unix-like desktop operating system created upon the most recent release version of FreeBSD. Learn more about it here.
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macOS Alternative helloSystem 0.7.0 is Moving Toward Stability

Check out the release highlights of helloSystem 0.7.0 version, based on FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, which brings a more stable system.
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GhostBSD – A Simple Unix-like Desktop OS Based on FreeBSD

The post GhostBSD – A Simple Unix-like Desktop OS Based on FreeBSD first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Brief: This article describes the basic instructions on installing GhostBSD using the graphical installer using DVD / USB me…

How to Use sshpass for Non-Interactive SSH Login in Scripts in Linux, FreeBSD

This guide explains what sshpass is, how to install sshpass in various Linux and FreeBSD systems, how to use sshpass for non-interactive SSH login, and how to perform SSH password automation in shell scripts using sshpass utility in Linux and FreeBSD s…

How to Install FreeBSD 13.1

This step-by-step guide explains how to create a FreeBSD Bootable USB and how to install the latest FreeBSD 13.1 with screenshots.
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FreeBSD 13.1 Update Available to Download

After a year of development, FreeBSD 13.1 is available to download with several key updates. Learn more about the release here.
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A cautionary tale about locking Linux & FreeBSD user accounts

Like every other solo developer and sysadmin, I do stuff using ssh. Some stuff is automated using scripts, and others require ssh login. For example, one of my scripts logs into my Linux and FreeBSD server using public ssh keys and does a particular t…

TrueNAS SCALE 22.02 Is a Game Changer in the Linux NAS Field

TrueNAS SCALE 22.02 is the latest TrueNAS release, based on Debian instead of FreeBSD. Learn more about the release here.
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pfSense 2.6 Released, ZFS Default File System

pfSense 2.6 has been released as a FreeBSD-based operating system for routers and firewalls. Learn more about the release here.
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Install NVIDIA Driver 510.47.03 on Ubuntu / Linux Mint Via PPA

This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to install NVIDIA Driver 510.47.03 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04, and Linux Mint.
Nvidia released a new Production branch version 510.47.03 for the Unix systems which includes FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux …

How to Install and Configure Redis 6 on FreeBSD 13

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Redis 6 on FreeBSD 13. Redis is an in-memory data structure store, used as a distributed, in-memory key-value database, cache, and message broker. Redis supports different kinds of abstract data structures, such as strings, lists, maps, sets, sorted sets, HyperLogLogs, bitmaps, streams, and spatial […]

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8 Dangerous Vulnerabilities Fixed in Samba

Corrective releases package Samba 4.15.2, 4.14.10, and 4.13.14 eliminates eight vulnerabilities, most of which can lead to a complete compromise of the Active Directory domain. It is noteworthy that one of the problems was corrected in 2016, and five – from 2020, though one correction led to the inability to run winbindd in the presence […]

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LXQt 1.0 Graphics Environment Released

After six months of development, the user environment LXQt 1.0 (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment) was released, developed by the joint development team of the LXDE and Razor-qt projects. The LXQt interface continues to follow the classic desktop organization, bringing a modern look and feel to enhance the user experience. LXQt is positioned as a lightweight, […]

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How to Check SHA1 Hash on Linux, FreeBSD and Unix

This quick tutorial explains How to check the SHA1 hash of a file on Linux, FreeBSD, and Unix-like systems using the sha1sum or sha1 command.
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NVIDIA 470.74 Graphics Driver New Release

Good news for NVIDIA users who want to upgrade their distributions to Linux 5.14, as NVIDIA 470.74 is here with a fix for the bug that caused the nvidia-drm.ko kernel module to crash when loading with DRM-KMS enabled (modeset=1) on the Linux 5.14 kernel series. In addition, it improves support for the Mozilla Firefox web […]

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