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  1. rbranco

    Other HOWTO share labeled swap between FreeBSD & Linux

    The Linux swap partition uses a 4096-byte header that holds the label & UUID. You can see the structure here. FreeBSD doesn't use a header at all. The problem is thus how to prevent FreeBSD from overwriting the header. It turns out there's a neat way to do just that with GEOM using the...
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    Bastille and Ubuntu debootstrap, run with systemd

    Hi, I just trying to run Ubuntu jail via Bastille but need to do it with systemd to use with snap. root@ubuntu:/# systemctl System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Read step by step by this tutorial, except last package install. root@ubuntu:/# apt-get...
  3. bratak

    Solved Java Application: TraderWorkstation on FreeBSD

    Howdy, Step by step I migrate my Pop!OS Linux to FreeBSD. I'm stuck with a Java application, called TraderWorkstation from Interactive Brokers. Link: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/tws-latest-install-instructions-linux-32.php I installed openjdk8-jre-8.282.05.1 Then I followed...
  4. M

    Other Advice on how to structure the storage for dual-boot FreeBSD and Linux and common ZFS home

    With the release 14.0, I plan to switch to FreeBSD as my main OS. Unfortunately, some of the programs I use work only on Linux, so I will still have to boot to Linux from time to time. I am wondering how to structure my storage. In my notebook, I can place 4 disks in total, 3 SSDs (2 NVMe M.2 +...
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    Building on non-FreeBSD Hosts

    I am trying to build for purpose of learning new OS development following the handbook building-on-non-freebsd-hosts after the running the command MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/home/kp/freebsd tools/build/make.py --bootstrap-toolchain TARGET=amd64 TARGET_ARCH=amd64 buildworld i have installed headers for...
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    Solved Getting Unreal Tournament running

    I'm trying to get Unreal Tournament running on my FreeBSD 13.2-p4 system. I have an Nvidia GTX 1050 with an AMD Ryzen 5 3400G. I also have the Linux Nvidia libs installed as well. I've got Linuxulator setup. I'm trying to run version 469d without success, so far. I'm stuck at getting ALAudio...
  7. B

    FreeBSD version of Ventoy

    There is a Linux installation for Ventoy available https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html which I'm trying to get working on FreeBSD. The installation consists of a shell script Ventoy2Disk.sh which I hope can be amended to work on FreeBSD #!/bin/sh OLDDIR=$(pwd) if ! [ -f...
  8. H

    bhyve Linux VM (Debian) stopped working after freebsd-update to 13.2-RELEASE-p2

    I recently upgraded to 13.2-RELEASE-p2 and after rebooting, the debian VM I was running simply stopped working. This is what's in bhyve.log: vm exit[0] reason SVM rip 0x000000001fb54b60 inst_length 2 exitcode 0x7b...
  9. Eric A. Borisch

    RHEL sources no longer (publicly) available

    Red Hat moved today to change / restrict access to RHEL sources. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36420259 Certainly off topic, but perhaps of interest to / point of discussion for FreeBSD users.
  10. draga79

    bhyve Article about moving from Proxmox to FreeBSD

    Hello everyone, I wanted to share an article that I recently wrote about migrating from Proxmox to FreeBSD's bhyve hypervisor. The article covers the process of migrating virtual machines, storage, and networking from Proxmox to bhyve, and includes tips and tricks that I learned along the way...
  11. Voltaire

    Solved Steam does not start correctly

    I installed linux-steam-utils and everything seems to be configured correctly. I'm using a gtx 650 and have the correct drivers and libs installed. Steam won't start and gives the following output. Restarting Steam... [2023-02-26 16:57:21] Startup - updater built Feb 14 2023 00:47:09...
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    What NLP libraries do you reccomend i use on FreeBSD else would you suggest switching to linux due to a lack of libraries?

    A project of mine needs NLP. I used rasa on the linux but while i switched to BSD i could not find alternatives that run natively on BSD.
  13. S

    jails Run firefox within a Linux chroot jail in FreeBSD 13.1

    Hi All, I have managed to install a Ubuntu chroot jail within FreeBSD 13.1. However, I need to run Firefox from it to launch Jupyter Lab from a python virtual environment within the chroot subsystem. I was wondering if I could use the FreeBSD Firefox from the subsystem. Nevertheless, I installed...
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    Shared home between Linux and Freebsd?

    Hello, is it possible to mount a shared network disk as /home between a Linux and a Freebsd computer? I'm not sure what would happen if the two systems try to access the same data in /home. Does anyone know if this is practical or possible without permition problems? Thanks.
  15. baaz

    Linux's NEW 8 year old privilege escalation bug

    https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/134719/security/linux-dirtycred-flaw.html With every one of these Iam more and more happy that lam useing BSDs and more scared of my android phone.
  16. D

    Issue with default Linuxulator: failed to load amdgpu

    I've been running a Linux binary (its from an open-source Godot project but there was no FreeBSD version) using the default Linuxulator. Weirdly enough, this binary worked the other day because it complained about the same error below and I installed graphics/linux-c7-dri and it worked. In the...
  17. H

    install oracle-jdk-17-linux.tar.gz

    - Hi community, happy in Viet Nam - My problem is: i just want setup jdk-17-linux.tar.gz but i want unzip folder & setup path --> run javac . - No install from port, just unzip like in Linux (debian) i unzip and change path to java and run program ok. - in freebsd i don't know how setup like this
  18. Relricey

    general/other How do I install FreeBSD in Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) properly?

    Hi. I recently made a similar poll here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-do-i-install-freebsd-in-gnome-boxes-properly.84670/ I also want to try virt-manager on Debian 11 to have a working version of FreeBSD. Thanks.
  19. Relricey

    general/other How do I install FreeBSD in GNOME Boxes properly?

    Hi. I'm running Debian 11. I have GNOME Boxes installed as a Flatpak. I've tried various guides on installing FreeBSD as a VM (in other VM Managers) but I can never get it to work properly in GNOME Boxes - low resolution & other miscellaneous issues. I have a AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU & a Radeon...
  20. D

    Linux GOG games on FreeBSD

    I use the Linuxulator for Steam, but I've never tried running a Linux game outside of linux-steam-utils. I'm curious, are GOG Linux games as simple as having the Linuxulator enabled and running whatever binary starts it? The only GOG games I've ran have been through WINE, so this is why I'm...
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