FreeBSD RC, GhostBSD release and more.
Releases
GhostBSD 24.07.1 Is Now Available: This release, though a bit delayed, brings a significant change. They have transitioned from building our OS packages from their OS ports to building them from FreeBSD PKGBSD. This change, while involving extensive testing, promises improved performance and stability. If you have not updated to 24.04.2, a backup and reinstallation with 24.07.1 is recommended. Please note that the change to PKGBSD and the OS update to 24.07.1 could cause issues, as the update manager was only set to upgrade GhostBSD to PKGBSD from a minor version.
FreeBSD 13.4-RC2: The second Release Candidate build for the FreeBSD 13.4 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites.
BSDSec
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News
BSD Now 574: Antithesis: Pioneering Deterministic Hypervisors with FreeBSD and Bhyve, Our slowly growing Unix monoculture, The six dumbest ideas in computer security (2005), Video Edition notes on OpenBSD, Full-featured email server running OpenBSD, ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix?, and more.
Why You Should Use FreeBSD: FreeBSD is a robust and dependable open source operating system that has a long history of powering some of the world’s most critical infrastructure. Renowned for its stability, security, and exceptional performance, FreeBSD caters to a wide range of users, from seasoned system administrators seeking a reliable foundation for large-scale deployments to those new to open source software who value a well-documented and community-driven environment.
Tutorials
Make Your Own CDN with NetBSD: Discover how to create a distributed caching system using NetBSD with Varnish and nginx.
Make Your Own CDN with OpenBSD: Discover how to create a distributed caching system using OpenBSD base and just 2 packages.
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