Category: FreeBSD

FreeDOS is a free and open source operating system variant of the classic MSDOS from the 90’s, just like DRDOS and PCDOS from the time. FreeDOS can be used to run legacy business software and classic games for MSDOS. In this example, FreeDOS 1.3 is installed as a guest in VirtualBox 6.1 on a FreeBSD 13.2 desktop computer.

In this example, the VirtualBox kernel module 6.1.36_1 for VirtualBox 6.1.36_1 on FreeBSD 13.2 is installed from ports to a fix version mismatch.

This is the procedure, with examples in FreeBSD, for how to create a virtual host in Apache HTTP server, including, how to create a seperate system user account, create the document root directory, setting permissions and constructing the virtual host configuration in Apache.

This is the procedure for how to install WordPress from the command line on a FreeBSD or similar UNIX- or Linux based web server.

Open dconf-editor and go to org, gnome, control-center and last-panel. Set the value to default. This worked for me. Thanks to bpurgar for the solution in FreeBSD Bugs. See more at Bug 259007.

Configure FileZilla to access and use an SFTP server in order to upload and download files. Tested with FileZilla 3.3.1 on FreeBSD 13.1 on 2022-11-04.

This is the procedure for finding large files and sorting files by size on a FreeBSD, UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X based file system by using the default find, du, sort and tail utilities. Written 2022-08-08. Updated 2022-08-11.

This is how a number of PDF files can be concatenated, which is also known as merge, join or combine PDF files, with pdftk on the command line.

This is the procedure for restoring (undeleting) accidentally deleted or modified files from a snapshot of a file system on ZFS.

This is the procedure for updating (patching) the FreeBSD system by downloading (fetching) and installing the binary patches from a FreeBSD mirror.

This is the procedure for setting up ImageMagick to take screenshots in GNOME on FreeBSD. The filename will be named in the ISO 8601 format.

This is guide for setting up headset and audio for a Jitsi Meet video meeting in FreeBSD and GNOME. This guide also answers, why Jitsi Meet is better than Zoom and Teams.

This is the procedure for creating a simple mail list on FreeBSD with Sendmail, that is installed by default. The purpose of a mail list is to create an email address or mail list alias, that distributes the message to each member of a list.

This is the procedure for installing and running the Spotify desktop client in GNOME on the FreeBSD operating system by using FreeBSD’s built-in Linux Binary Compatibility. This procedure has been tested on Spotify (2021) through 1:1.1.84 (2022) on FreeBSD 13.0.

This is the procedure for mounting a FAT32 formatted SD memory card on FreeBSD. FAT32, or 32 bit FAT, is often used by digital cameras, camcorders, action cameras and video surveillance cameras. Examples are Canon EOS digital cameras and GoPro action cameras.

If you just upgraded to FreeBSD 12 or 13, then you might experience, that the font in the virtual terminal system console has become too small.

If you upgraded to FreeBSD 12 or 13, you might experience, that the boot menu has a broken layout with special characters and the console resolution is incorrect. Fix it with the new UEFI kernel loader.

Procedure for creating a custom launcher icon, that runs your script or application, in GNOME on FreeBSD.

Procedure for installing and running the Signal desktop application on a FreeBSD by using FreeBSD’s built-in Linux Binary Compatibility. This procedure has been tested with Signal 5.26 through 5.50 (2022) on FreeBSD 13.0.