Comments on: tinkering with FreeBSD http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damien http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5913 Damien Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:48:15 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5913 Don't forget that Greg 'Groggy' Lehey, a FreeBSD guru, has recently open-sourced his book: "The Complete FreeBSD" http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ This and the standard docs are all you need. Don’t forget that Greg ‘Groggy’ Lehey, a FreeBSD guru, has recently open-sourced his book: “The Complete FreeBSD”

http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/

This and the standard docs are all you need.

]]> By: Jason H http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5892 Jason H Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:47:32 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5892 No Starch Press' Absolute BSD is great. I worked at an ISP for a while and the sys admins preferred FreeBSD over linux for most servers, so I spent some quality time with FreeBSD. I now work on a test team that uses RHEL, but I really enjoyed BSD. To me simplicity provides more power than flexibility (I'm also a Mac fan) and I think in many cases FreeBSD is way better than Linux. I would enjoy seeing FreeBSD related articles here. I haven't really used it much since the 4.x days. No Starch Press’ Absolute BSD is great. I worked at an ISP for a while and the sys admins preferred FreeBSD over linux for most servers, so I spent some quality time with FreeBSD. I now work on a test team that uses RHEL, but I really enjoyed BSD. To me simplicity provides more power than flexibility (I’m also a Mac fan) and I think in many cases FreeBSD is way better than Linux. I would enjoy seeing FreeBSD related articles here. I haven’t really used it much since the 4.x days.

]]> By: John http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5891 John Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:16:55 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5891 Also, check out the book _Building a Server with FreeBSD 7_ by Bryan J. Hong (No Starch Press, 2008). Step-by-step instructions for getting things up and running like Apache, Wordpress, MediaWiki, MySQL, OpenVPN, Postfix, etc. etc. etc. I've been finding this book very useful in furthering my own learning process. Also, check out the book _Building a Server with FreeBSD 7_ by Bryan J. Hong (No Starch Press, 2008). Step-by-step instructions for getting things up and running like Apache, WordPress, MediaWiki, MySQL, OpenVPN, Postfix, etc. etc. etc. I’ve been finding this book very useful in furthering my own learning process.

]]> By: Robert http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5886 Robert Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:22:19 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5886 I know you might have already known this.. but you will find a lot in FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ I know you might have already known this.. but you will find a lot in FreeBSD handbook:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/

]]> By: David Adam http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5885 David Adam Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:11:25 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5885 (Your OpenID functionality appears to be broken) The FreeBSD documentation is fantastic, so always remember to check out the manpages and the handbook before you start trying to do something. Rather than using the ports tree simply with 'cd $port && make install clean', you should investigate portsnap (or csup) to keep your ports up-to-date, and then portmgr or portupgrade for installing and upgrading ports. Also consider using binary packages to save on download and build time: pkg_add -r $portname is a good start. FreeBSD comes with sendmail as part of the base system, so you might want to replace that with postfix or another mailer sooner rather than later (unless you particularly enjoy editing m4 files). Finally, I think the most attractive thing about FreeBSD is the development philosophy of 'POLA' - ensuring that what you learn today is likely to remain more-or-less constant for years to come. (Your OpenID functionality appears to be broken)

The FreeBSD documentation is fantastic, so always remember to check out the manpages and the handbook before you start trying to do something.

Rather than using the ports tree simply with ‘cd $port && make install clean’, you should investigate portsnap (or csup) to keep your ports up-to-date, and then portmgr or portupgrade for installing and upgrading ports.

Also consider using binary packages to save on download and build time: pkg_add -r $portname is a good start.

FreeBSD comes with sendmail as part of the base system, so you might want to replace that with postfix or another mailer sooner rather than later (unless you particularly enjoy editing m4 files).

Finally, I think the most attractive thing about FreeBSD is the development philosophy of ‘POLA’ – ensuring that what you learn today is likely to remain more-or-less constant for years to come.

]]> By: Kedar http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5884 Kedar Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:36:59 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5884 Ahhh, FreeBSD. Brings back (fond) memories. :) I used to have it as my main desktop for a year or so. I had a podcast about it back then as well :) Google FreeBSD podcast, it's the first link. Anyways waiting eagerly to read what are the latest happenings with the BSDs. Ahhh, FreeBSD. Brings back (fond) memories. :)
I used to have it as my main desktop for a year or so. I had a podcast about it back then as well :) Google FreeBSD podcast, it’s the first link. Anyways waiting eagerly to read what are the latest happenings with the BSDs.

]]> By: Noel Nuguid http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5883 Noel Nuguid Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:24:22 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5883 Hi! nice to know someone is trying FreeBSD. I suggest taking a scroll into bsdguides.org. Although a lot of its guides are a bit old they are still relevant due to the nature of the ports three. cheers! Hi! nice to know someone is trying FreeBSD. I suggest taking a scroll into bsdguides.org. Although a lot of its guides are a bit old they are still relevant due to the nature of the ports three.

cheers!

]]> By: Lonnie Olson http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5881 Lonnie Olson Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:38:24 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5881 In my opinion, you should check out the FreeBSD for Linux users articles written by Dru Lavinge. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html and http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html And the ever wonderful Official Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ In my opinion, you should check out the FreeBSD for Linux users articles written by Dru Lavinge.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/11/11/FreeBSD_Basics.html
and
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html

And the ever wonderful Official Handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

]]> By: Jeff Schroeder http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5879 Jeff Schroeder Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:04:34 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/10/17/tinkering-with-freebsd/#comment-5879 Hey Christer, awhile back I stumbled upon a great 'nix sysadmin site by this Indian gent named Vivek. He is obviously a professional blogger but also a professional sysadmin and really keeps up on whats going on. He posts a good deal of FreeBSD tips and you can find them by googling "site:cyberciti.biz +FreeBSD" http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acyberciti.biz+FreeBSD&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a Hey Christer, awhile back I stumbled upon a great ‘nix sysadmin site by this Indian gent named Vivek. He is obviously a professional blogger but also a professional sysadmin and really keeps up on whats going on.

He posts a good deal of FreeBSD tips and you can find them by googling “site:cyberciti.biz +FreeBSD”

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acyberciti.biz+FreeBSD&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

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