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NomadBSD is a great mobile OS that has it's own identity and purpose - and it has had a somewhat big change from OpenBox to XFCE. Does that improve or spoil this great OS? In this video we'll find out...

It's been a while since I last looked at MidnightBSD - and in this video we'll see if it's as good as it was then. * There was an issue with this MidnightBSD release that only came to light after I had completed the recording....and the developer has said he will take a look at the 64-bit release as this is the only version affected and fix it as soon as is possible. --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:13 Download & Install 8:40 The Troubles Begin 12:26 A Quick Look Around 15:17 Software Installation 17:18 Lets Try That Again 28:23 The Score on the Door & Opinion --------------------------------------- Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoboNuggie:0 https://odysee.com/$/invite/@RoboNuggie:0 Rumble: http://rumble.com/user/robonuggie Twitter/X: https://x.com/RoboNuggie BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/7NzOprsirPfZ/ Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/robonuggie --------------------------------------- Music:stage7 = https://soundcloud.com/stage7/8-bit-mentality ----------------------------------------

I recently asked on Twitter/X what people thought was missing from FreeBSD or what things would make FreeBSD better - and, the answers came.... and in this video I will list some, answer others and give some of my own suggestions. It's a long video, but I've time stamped it for convenience :-) --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:07 Wifi 14:42 Better Hardware Support 17:56 Misc 18:02 Wayland Support 18:50 Minecraft Client 119:24 Six of the best 21:59 Commercial Support 22:04 Publicity 23:20 FreeBSD-update 23:54 Kernel 24:17 Laptop manufacturers 24:37 GUI for Gparted 25:32 Better Commercial Support 25:56 Packages with favours 26:06 Missing Perspective/Prospective? 27:05 Screwing the lightbulb 27:58 Game developers 29:35 Guides 32:01 DRM enabled browsers 32:59 Friendly Installer 33:22 LinuxCentrism 35:03 Aggressive Marketing Campaign 35:53 Jail Manager 37:18 The Future of FreeBSD 43:30 Adobe 44:44 My Ideas 56:06 Blooper --------------------------------------- https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/hardware/ https://bsd-hardware.info/ --------------------------------------- Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoboNuggie:0 https://odysee.com/$/invite/@RoboNuggie:0

Terminal averse? A console coward? Well, GhostBSD will let you sample FreeBSD without the need to touch anything that looks like a terminal prompt :-) Well, almost - in this less-than-serious video we will look at what is the friendliest experience you can have for beginners when it comes to BSD :-) --------------------------------------- Discord: https://discord.gg/enUSHnZa Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoboNuggie:0 https://odysee.com/$/invite/@RoboNuggie:0 Rumble: http://rumble.com/user/robonuggie Twitter/X: https://x.com/RoboNuggie BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/7NzOprsirPfZ/ Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/robonuggie --------------------------------------- Music:stage7 = https://soundcloud.com/stage7/8-bit-mentality ---------------------------------------- #RoboNuggie #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #helloBSD #NomadBSD #BSD

There have been many, many myths about FreeBSD over the years, and many of them have been dispelled, but there are some that stubbornly remain. Here are some, and my answer to them :-) --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:33 FreeBSD is difficult to use 2:42 FreeBSD is for servers, not Desktops! 3:45 FreeBSD isn't for gamers 5:51 There isn't any software for FreeBSD 6:44 You have to learn commands 7:40 Summary --------------------------------------- Discord: https://discord.gg/enUSHnZa Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoboNuggie:0 https://odysee.com/$/invite/@RoboNuggie:0 Rumble: http://rumble.com/user/robonuggie Twitter/X: https://x.com/RoboNuggie BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/7NzOprsirPfZ/ Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/robonuggie --------------------------------------- Music:stage7 = https://soundcloud.com/stage7/8-bit-mentality ---------------------------------------- #RoboNuggie #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #helloBSD #NomadBSD #BSD

It's always nice to see what the other BSD's are doing, and in this case NetBSD. In this video we'll have a look at NetBSD 10 RC5, and get a feel on how things are going. Clue: It doesn't disappoint :-)

GhostBSD is as good as it gets if you are after an out of the box ready to go FreeBSD for the desktop - it's been around for many years, fully supported and with lots of features.... come with me for a review of this great OS. --------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - What's New 1:39 - A Brief Upgrade 7:51 - Downloading & Installing 14:06 - A Quick Look Around The Live Session Desktop 18:16 - Installing to Harddrive 22:09 - Having a Look Around 36:49 - The Lynis Test 38:45 - Summing Up & Score --------------------------------------- Discord: https://discord.gg/enUSHnZa Odysee: https://odysee.com/@RoboNuggie:0 https://odysee.com/$/invite/@RoboNuggie:0 Rumble: http://rumble.com/user/robonuggie Twitter/X: https://x.com/RoboNuggie BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/7NzOprsirPfZ/ Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/robonuggie --------------------------------------- Music:stage7 = https://soundcloud.com/stage7/8-bit-mentality ---------------------------------------- #RoboNuggie #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #helloBSD #NomadBSD #BSD

For admins & coders, FreeBSD is a great choice, but if you are a content creator, a maker or just someone who enjoys transferring thoughts onto screen or paper, FreeBSD has you covered. Here are ten applications for ten different types of creative people.

FreeBSD is often seen as a server OS only, and whilst it is true it is mainly found fulfilling this role, it can also make for a fantastic Desktop OS. This video will show you from downloading to installing all the through to a fully functioning desktop and all the things associated with that. This video is a compilation of the 4 'Getting started' videos you can find on my channel from 2022. The information is still relevant in 2024.

FreeBSD may not be known as an OS that you can game on, but you can.... there are plenty of great games available in the PKG/Ports tree, so lets have a look at one for this video - "Goonies : 20th Anniversary Edition"

While I was looking around the FreeBSD pkg list, I saw a little utility called CPUlimit - Could be useful, so here is a short video about it :-) I would appreciate if there is a use for this or is there a better way to achieve the same goal?

Sometimes we need a little helper, and this little tool can notify you in the event of some pending storage failure

There is a lack of ready-out-of-the-box FreeBSD based OS's for the Arm64/Raspberry Pi.... so I thought I would have a try. XFCE, Automounting, Cups, Word processor..... let me know if it should be further developed.... or not. :-) I'm not a developer so I'm relying on your help if it does....

It's that time again... too much food, copious drink and watching continuous re-runs of old Christmas specials on TV. It doesn't get better than that :-) A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year - see you again in 2024 :-)

NomadBSD is an excellent FreeBSD based mobile OS designed to be used on a USB stick, enabling a transportable BSD experience with the option to install to HDD. With automatic video driver installation, Linux Browser installer capability and a fast, lean desktop - NomadBSD is an excellent choice for someone who wants FreeBSD on the go!

A Viewer Request: A quick guide on installing and configuring FVWM3 on FreeBSD..... this is on a Raspberry Pi 400, but the process is the same on AMD64. Links: https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3 https://fvwmforums.org/t/config-from-scratch/203 https://datagubbe.se/fvwm/

FreeBSD 14.0 is here, in this video we give it a whirl on the Raspberry Pi 4/400 - is it a yay, or nay?

A new version of GhostBSD dropped on my doorstep (figuratively) and I was compelled to have a look by cosmic forces beyond my comprehension - or rather I couldn't wait to see what was new in this great FreeBSD based OS! Is it Good. Bad or Indifferent? Let's have a look.

For those old enough, BBS surfing was the way we used to get online before the World-Wide-Web was a thing... and here in the UK, the type of BBS you would normally find was a Viewdata system....well, it was until the mid-1980;s when ANSI based BBS took over in popularity.... you can have a glimpse of this with a Viewdata Client that runs well under Wine on FreeBSD...

A viewer recently wondered if you can run Moneydance, a personal financial application on FreeBSD - he had trouble, and this may help him move to FreeBSD. Well, in this video I try to show that it is fairly easy - so hopefully he made the move :-) * Sorry there is a slight audio sync issue at the beginning :-)

Something a little different - Playing 64-bit Windows games under Wine on FreeBSD. It works great, shame about my gameplay...still, I wanted to give you an idea on how things are, and they are looking good for Wine on FreeBSD at least with these games from Pangea Software.

I was asked if I could share my video editing using setup FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 400 - did it work? Yes, it did for me and it can for you - with caveats :-)

FreeBSD is often wrongly credited with having very little software for the desktop, well, perhaps in some areas, but for web browsing, it certainly has it's fair share. We'll have a quick look at what's available!

For most users of FreeBSD, the command line is a normal thing, but for newcomers to FreeBSD or the terminal, here just *some* of the commands available, there are many more, but here is just a taster.... please leave some of your own in the message section if you can think of some more that we all should know :-)