FreeBSD Raspberry Pi NAS setup guide
https://discoverbsd.com/p/5c2805ea39
FreeBSD Raspberry Pi NAS setup guide
This guide demonstrates how to build a network-attached storage (NAS) system using FreeBSD 15.0 on a Raspberry Pi 4, leveraging ZFS for storage management and Samba for file sharing. The process involv...
OpenBSD Errata: March 19, 2026 (calendar)
https://discoverbsd.com/p/b687f1b620
OpenBSD Errata: March 19, 2026 (calendar)
OpenBSD has issued errata patches for the *calendar* utility affecting versions 7.7 and 7.8, addressing unspecified issues in the software. Binary updates are available for amd64, arm64, and i386 archi...
Jailrun — cross-platform orchestration for FreeBSD jails
https://discoverbsd.com/p/bf99d7c604
Jailrun — cross-platform orchestration for FreeBSD jails
Jailrun is an orchestration layer for FreeBSD jails. Define your stack in declarative UCL, run `jrun up`, and get jails wired together with port forwarding, process supervision, provisioning via Ansibl...
Running Generative AI with Linuxulator and eGPU on FreeBSD
https://discoverbsd.com/p/3c16e83257
Running Generative AI with Linuxulator and eGPU on FreeBSD
This guide details how to run generative AI workloads on FreeBSD using Linux binary compatibility (Linuxulator) and an external NVIDIA GPU (eGPU). The author initially faced dependency and Python compi...
Valuable News – 2026/03/16
The *Valuable News* weekly series curates a summary of news, articles, and resources primarily related to UNIX, BSD, and Linux systems. This edition highlights key developments such as the release of F...
FreeBSD's enduring appeal through a sysadmin's 20-year journey
https://discoverbsd.com/p/c43fd9c70d
FreeBSD's enduring appeal through a sysadmin's 20-year journey
A long-time sysadmin recounts discovering FreeBSD in 2002 after years with Linux, highlighting its superior documentation, stability, and performance on limited hardware. The FreeBSD Handbook became a ...
Podman on FreeBSD enables home-lab containerization
https://discoverbsd.com/p/b18a547a5a
Podman on FreeBSD enables home-lab containerization
Podman is now functional on FreeBSD, allowing users to run containerized applications like Immich without requiring Linux-based virtualization workarounds. The [daemonless.io](https://daemonless.io) pr...
OpenBSD/amd64 introduces delayed hibernation
https://discoverbsd.com/p/5fbedfc1bb
OpenBSD/amd64 introduces delayed hibernation
OpenBSD/amd64 laptops now support delayed hibernation via the new `machdep.hibernatedelay` sysctl, allowing users to configure a time delay before the system automatically transitions from suspend to h...
OpenBSD Errata: March 15, 2026 (recvfd)
https://discoverbsd.com/p/f6ae6f68fb
OpenBSD Errata: March 15, 2026 (recvfd)
OpenBSD released errata patches addressing a vulnerability in the `pledge` system call related to `recvfd` for versions 7.7 and 7.8. The issue affects the handling of file descriptor reception, which c...
Is OpenBSD exotic
An interview with Vyacheslav Voroncov, an active OpenBSD community member, explores the operating system's unique characteristics and its position in the broader BSD ecosystem. Unlike GNU/Linux, OpenBS...
