FreeBSD in 2024 and more.

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BSD Now 558: Deploying pNFS file sharing with FreeBSD, What To Use Instead of PGP, The slow evaporation of the FOSS surplus, I feel that NAT is inevitable even with IPv6, Spell checking in Vim, Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 years old, and more.

Your Impact on FreeBSD: 2024 Milestones and What’s Next: The FreeBSD Foundation is proud to support the FreeBSD Project—an enterprise-class open source operating system trusted by millions. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, they are committed to ensuring FreeBSD remains secure, high-performance, and adaptable for users everywhere. In 2024, the Foundation reached new milestones in its support of FreeBSD.

Tutorials

Expanding a mirrored zpool in place: Dave covers how to expand your mirrored zpool in place.

A Brief Introduction to Open Containers on FreeBSD: FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE comes with the first officially generated open container format images. This post gives a brief tour of the tools, and gets from you downloading the official containers, to running one yourself. More will follow in future.

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