Linuxulator

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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