Category: System Administration

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.

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.

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).

Learn, how to quickly install and configure OBS Studio for FreeBSD and use it for recording desktop, streaming and more.

Quick guide on how to set up your laptop with FreeBSD as a router with internet access for your local area network (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.

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.

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.