Freebsd

Redundant DHCP server and DNS Resolver using OpenBSD and FreeBSD

       742 words, 4 minutes

Some time ago, I set up Redundant DHCP server and DNS Resolver using OpenBSD . Time has past and one of the Raspberry Pi board I own is now running FreeBSD while the ODROID HC4 is running OpenBSD . I secured both my DHCP server and DNS resolver services running on those boards so that I can perform maintenance on one machine without turning down the whole services set.

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FreeBSD 14.4 on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W

       698 words, 4 minutes

Not convinced lately with OpenBSD on this board , I went searching for another BSD OS to run on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. According to the documentation, FreeBSD should do fine. Let’s have a look.

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*BSD discovery on the PINE64 ROCKPro64

       3220 words, 16 minutes

I’ve been lurking on the PINE64 ROCKPro64 for a long time but its price compared to other options has always kept me from buying one. But being very happy with my ODROID HC4, I went hunting for a ROCKPro64 and found one. I have (a small) ZFS NAS plans for it. But before I get all the hardware, let’s take a quick look at it running various BSD systems.

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Generative AI using Linuxulator and eGPU on FreeBSD

       3369 words, 16 minutes

Not so long ago, I experimented on so-called Generative AI using an external eGPU and Slackware Linux . Because I’m a BSD fanboy, I started looking at doing the same on FreeBSD. But I faced a lot of missing dependencies issues and Python compilation errors. As a non fluent Python person, I couldn’t solve all the errors I encountered and decided to see if the FreeBSD Linux Binary Compatibility feature would be able to achieve the goal; after all, there are people using it to watch DRM stuff from the Clouds. Spoiler alert: it does work given an organized small amount of command line spells.

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Exploring Docker containers on FreeBSD

       1835 words, 9 minutes

When it comes to running (Linux) Docker containers on BSD hosts, I usually end up popping an Alpine or Debian virtual machine with the Docker engine. But I read that podman was available on FreeBSD and able to run Docker containers. Here’s what I learned, so far.

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