FreeBSD has a reputation as a great server OS, but also as a difficult-to-install desktop. I decided to put that theory to the test with a modern version of FreeBSD in 2025.

People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating ...

Running freebsd-update fetch and freebsd-update install will get you updated, and only pester for a reboot if a new kernel is part of it. Report comment. Reply. abb says: ...

I'm a relatively neophyte when it comes to *NIX. I've tried Red Hat and Mandrake, which AFAIK are the easiest distros to install and get up and running. However, since I bought an iBook, I've ...

okay i have installed apache2 from source onto my freebsd setup.<BR><BR>i have ZERO problems with running the startup script, as root, from my /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ dir, but when i reboot it will ...

FreeBSD doesn't include a GUI desktop, but there is a way to install GNOME and give a user sudo privileges. FreeBSD is an outstanding platform. It’s about as reliable an operating system as you ...

The PS4, which is scheduled to be released in November at the delightful price of $400, appears to run an operating system called Orbis OS, which is a modified version of FreeBSD 9.0. FreeBSD is a ...

Microsoft has released FreeBSD 10.3 as a "ready made" VM image on the Azure marketplace. The release will make it easier for customers to spin-up a FreeBSD VM in Azure and it means that customers ...

User and Root Setup. Set up user accounts and passwords. Finish Installation & Reboot. Once installed, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD can be used similarly to Debian GNU/Linux but with FreeBSD's kernel at its ...