Procedure for creating a custom launcher icon, that runs your script or application, in GNOME on FreeBSD.
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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.
Continue reading “Install and run Signal desktop application on FreeBSD.”Procedure for installing the Ubuntu base system into FreeBSD’s built-in Linux Binary Compatibility, so Ubuntu and Debian based desktop applications, such as Signal, Spotify and Netflix, can run directly on FreeBSD. Tested with Ubuntu 20.04 on FreeBSD 13.0 for 64-bit amd64 architecture.
Continue reading “Install Ubuntu base system into FreeBSD’s Linux Binary Compatibility.”Learn, how to configure your Apache HTTP web server virtual host or .htaccess file to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and domain (example.com) to subdomain (www.example.com).
Continue reading “Configure Apache HTTP web server to redirect HTTP to HTTPS.”Learn, how to quickly install and configure OBS Studio for FreeBSD and use it for recording desktop, streaming and more.
Continue reading “Record desktop on FreeBSD with OBS Studio.”Quick guide on how to set up your laptop with FreeBSD as a router with internet access for your local area network (LAN).
Continue reading “Laptop with FreeBSD as a router with internet access for LAN.”This is the procedure for mounting the exFAT file system on FreeBSD. exFAT are used on SD memory cards, such as SDSC, SDHC and SDXC. Updated 2024-05-25.
Continue reading “How to mount exFAT formatted SD memory card on FreeBSD.”How to install and configure Shutter screenshot tool, so you can use a keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot of the current window or screen.
Continue reading “How to setup Shutter screenshot tool in FreeBSD.”This is how you use the built-in rc utility, that controls the automatic boot process, to run a script at boot time in FreeBSD.
Continue reading “How to run a script at boot time in FreeBSD.”This is the procedure for upgrading to a minor or major version of the PHP scripting language and its PHP extensions and Apache module on a FreeBSD web server.
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