BSD ​

FreeBSD and OpenBSD are interesting.

I am interested in BSDs as macOS's Darwin kernel is derived from BSD and I want to understand it more as its my main OS.

Links ​

• FreeBSD Handbook
• Awesome BSD
• FreeBSD Source
• What are the differences between OpenBSD and Linux? (2019) (HN)
• HardenedBSD - Security-focused and hardened FreeBSD derivative.
• What I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant (2019) (HN)
• FreeBSD is an amazing operating system (2020) (HN)
• Tale of OpenBSD secure memory allocator internals - malloc(3)
• Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020) (Lobsters) (HN)
• My new FreeBSD Laptop: Dell Latitude 7390 (2020)
• tilde.institute - Public-access OpenBSD system.
• Guide to FreeBSD Desktop Distributions
• HN: FreeBSD 11.4 (2020)
• NetBSD - Free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system.
• NetBSD Internals (HN)
• NetBSD resources
• Tutorial sites treating FreeBSD like a Linux distro (2020) (HN)
• The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System (1989)
• BSDCan 2020
• An Introduction to OpenBSD (2020) (Lobsters) (HN)
• A reimplementation of NetBSD based on a microkernel - Andy Tanenbaum (2019) (Lobsters)
• Modernizing the OpenBSD console (2020)
• NetBSD Tips and Tricks
• Compilers in OpenBSD (2013)
• FreeBSD Case Study – Netflix (Lobsters)
• FreeBSD Fridays: Introduction to Jails (2020)
• Why OpenBSD rocks - Website that helps showing people why OpenBSD rocks. (Code)
• defaulter - Default OpenBSD Web Server.
• OpenBSD Kernel Internals - The Hitchhiker's Guide (2009)
• Upgrade FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 2 (2020)
• OpenBSD Router Guide (HN)
• Let’s make a FreeBSD for “mere mortals” (2020)
• Why I use OpenBSD (2020)
• FreeBSD – A Lesson in Poor Defaults
• macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS (2020) (HN)
• Starting with FreeBSD jails (2020) (Lobsters)
• Exploring Swap on FreeBSD (2021)
• Klara - Next Generation in FreeBSD Development.
• Creating Comfy FreeBSD Jails Using Standard Tools (2021) (HN)
• FreeBSD Journal 2020/11-12 – Workflows/CI
• FreeBSD Foundation
• Run GitHub CI in FreeBSD
• OpenBSD relayd - Secure and open source web engine.
• Refactoring the FreeBSD Kernel with Checked C (HN)
• Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD (2020) (HN)
• How to run FreeBSD 13 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac (HN)
• HelloSystem - FreeBSD-based OS designed to resemble Mac. (HN) (GitHub) (HN)
• A Trip into FreeBSD (2021) (Lobsters)
• FreeBSD and I2C (2021)
• Runj - Experimental, proof-of-concept OCI-compatible runtime for FreeBSD jails.
• FreeBSD 13.0 – Full Desktop Experience (2021) (HN)
• Buffer overruns, license violations, and bad code: FreeBSD 13’s close call (2021) (HN)
• OpenBSD Code
• As a longtime BSD user, I have my doubts about our future. (2021) (HN)
• OrGY: My Personal Technology Stack (2021)
• Poudriere Guide (2021)
• FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective (2021) (Lobsters)
• My Fanless OpenBSD Desktop (2021) (Lobsters) (HN)
• MyBee — FreeBSD OS and hypervisor bhyve as private cloud (2021)
• OpenBSD Router Guide (2020) (HN)
• The Design of the NetBSD I/O Subsystems (2002)
• OpenBSD on the Framework Laptop (2021)
• VoidLinux in FreeBSD Jail; with init (2021) (Lobsters)
• NetBSD Explained: The Unix System That Can Run on Anything (2021) (HN)
• EuroBSDCon 2021 (HN)
• FreeBSD Technology Roadmap (2021)
• The DragonFlyBSD Operating System (2004) (Lobsters)
• Serving Netflix Video at 400Gb/s (2021) (HN)
• OpenBSD Webzine - Stay informed about OpenBSD in a cool, fun and instructive way, like reading a regularly issued magazine.
• What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD (2021) (Lobsters)
• FreeBSD Audio (2021) (HN)
• OpenBSD 7.0 (2021) (HN)
• How BSD Authentication Works (2021)
• OpenBSD: How it all started (HN)
• OpenBSD: That packet filter explained (2021)
• NanoPi R4S - ARM64- FreeBSD (2021)
• FreeBSD jails for fun and profit
• FreeBSD 13.0 Base Jails With ZFS and VNET (2022)
• BCHS - OpenBSD, C, httpd and SQLite web stack. (HN) (Web Code)
• We're migrating many of our servers from Linux to FreeBSD (2022) (HN) (Lobsters)
• Books About FreeBSD (2022) (Lobsters)
• quBSD - FreeBSD jails and bhyve wrapper; which emulates a Qubes-like containerization schema.
• The FreeBSD Boot Process
• From macOS to FreeBSD (2022) (HN)
• OpenBSD/arm64 on Apple M1 systems (HN)
• Writing a NetBSD kernel module (2017) (Lobsters) (HN)
• NSH - CLI intended for OpenBSD-based network appliances. (Code)
• OpenBSD 7.1 (2022) (HN)
• Customizing NetBSD boot banners (2022)
• How I would sell OpenBSD as a salesperson (2022) (HN)
• Porting OpenBSD pledge() to Linux (2022) (Lobsters) (HN)
• Things to Do After Installing FreeBSD (2022) (HN)
• ravynOS - Finesse of macOS. Freedom of FreeBSD. (HN)
• FreeBSD - a lesson in poor defaults (2022) (Lobsters)
• Writing FreeBSD Kernel Modules in Rust (2022)
• How BSD Authentication Works (2021)
• Few of My Favorite Things About The OpenBSD Packet Filter Tools (2022) (HN)
• OpenBSD.app - Quick full-text searching of OpenBSD packages for -stable and -current.
• Fun with FreeBSD: Your First Linux Guest (2022)
• OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop (2022) (HN)
• FreeBSD/Firecracker platform (2022) (HN)
• OpenBSD 7.2 (2022) (HN)
• A few of my favourite things about the OpenBSD Packet Filter tools (2022)
• FreeBSD optimizations used by Netflix to serve video at 800Gb/s from a single server (2022) (Lobsters)
• OpenBSD for Linux Users (HN)
• FreeBSD Presentations and Papers (Code)
• FreeBSD on the Raspberry Pi (HN)
• Run Your Own Instant Messaging Service on FreeBSD
• A Decade of HardenedBSD (2023)
• I feel for the NetBSD community (2023) (HN)
• LSF: Linux Subsystem for FreeBSD
• Nextcloud + OpenBSD = ❤️ (2023)
• Privilege drop, privilege separation, and restricted-service operating mode in OpenBSD (2023)
• OpenBSD 7.3 (HN)
• Jails on FreeBSD (HN)
• Creating a memory-safe workstation with CheriBSD (2023)
• What I learned from porting my projects to FreeBSD
• OpenBSD Innovations (HN)
• FreeBSD containers on macOS (Lobsters)