Easy: -install kvm (or any other vm software, this should be already done since virtualization is the distro hopper's swiss knife) -download the matching freebsd vm image -run it
I took a computer repair class in high school in 2004 or 2005. We had to pair up and build computers from scratch, and then choose a Linux/Unix distro to install. This was my very first time building a computer and installing an OS, and my partner and I went with FreeBSD. It was no where as straightforward as what the other teams had picked, and the teacher warned us he had never had anyone successfully get FreeBSD working. It took a lot of time and was very painful, but we got there, and learned a hell of a lot in the process. FreeBSD will always have a place in my heart.
I installed FreeBSD around the same time, with almost no linux experience, and found it no problem at all. I liked the packages and ports, I liked the ee text editor. Then after using FreeBSD for a few months I tried to install Gentoo and after 2 full days of compiling finished I had a brick and had to start again.
I honestly did not think this would ever come true.. for some reason, it was kind off like LLMs, its kinda like a secret you don't want others to know but you know it'll catch on when more people check it out
I’ve set up FreeBSD local network server out of junk parts to run a PHP 4 script managing warehouse stock (using text files as DB). Recently I found out it still runs. I left that place in 2001.
My favorite OS with the caveat that the user cross-reference FreeBSD with the hardware they intend to use it on. A smaller user base means a smaller developer pool that supports a narrower hardware selection, particularly WiFi. GhostBSD is a user friendly desktop variant aimed at users who want a modern installation experience and working system. After installing, it provides an excellent template for how to configure FreeBSD if a user wants to be more hands on. For those considering sampling it, take time to read the manual, the FreeBSD community is happy to help but resents reinventing the wheel. A prospective user doesn't have to read the whole manual but should pay attention to the intro, installation, storage management, system management, desktop, audio and video chapters. Robonuggie YT channel provides excellent FreeBSD tutorials, demonstrations, and wisdom appropriate for both noobs and seasoned users looking for software suggestions.
1:59 Actually, there's one more unique thing to note. In Linux, most of the configuration files are stored in the `/etc/` directory, regardless of whether they are system or user-related. However, in FreeBSD, there's a distinction: system configuration files are located in `/etc/`, while configurations for user-installed applications are typically stored in `/usr/local/etc/`. This separation helps keep the system's core configurations isolated from those of additional software, which can make managing and troubleshooting easier in certain scenarios.
On NixOS there is just a single configuration, that you can separate yourself however you want that lives in a single directory and could be in a git repo if you want.
Why does that sound so ridiculously useful and logical I mean, _sometimes_ the "user local" configs are in the "~/.config/" directory But it entirely depends on the aplication, to do that or just create another dot directory in the home directory At this point I'm not even sure where the bashrc or bash profile or bash idk file are or what was the difference
0:07 The Switch's operating system is built around a custom microkernel. Only the networking stack was taken from FreeBSD. Nintendo have been developing it since the DSi.
@@redstone0234 I think you're thinking about the drivers which are from Nvidia and based off the work Nvidia did developing drivers for the Nvidia shield. In addition to OpenGL and Vulkan drivers, they also made a custom graphics API for the switch called NVN.
They also use a distinct Display driver for every game you run on the system, so convoluted and is a pain in the ass for them to emulate on the upcoming switch successor
@@joestr_ maybe freeBSD is so fully assed that it doesn't need constant updating and patching like other half-assed products used by the majority on a serious note, I worked at a place where freeBSD crashed once, turned out it ran out of disk space, nobody checked it for years, it just worked...
15 years ago I made some mmo game servers that where pretty profitable with FreeBSD, it was a beast with mysql and php with 128mb ram. I did not understand a single thing of it at that time, now, with this video, I will add it to my CV.
@@achraf6803 Do something cool, show it to people, and get one of them to pay you to do something else that's kind of similar. Congrats, you've learned how to get a job.
BSD is an awesome network platform for servers, but it blows for Desktop. Same with Linux... BSD makes for a rocksolid ipfw/pf firewall and router. I've used BSD for the last 12 years as a DNS server base and ipfw/pf with virtually little to no downtime
@@fjs1111I'm a programmer that has exclusively worked and gamed on Linux since 2018, what are you talking about, it sure might not be for everyone, but there is probably a large part of the world population that would do just fine on Linux, everyone else uses adobe programs or plays games with kernel level anti cheat
I ran sibling OS OpenBSD as my primary firewall around the turn of the century. At one point it ran without a reboot for over 1,200 days. The HP PC it ran on never had a hardware fault, despite accumulated dust, and was 10 years old when I finally switched it off. Robust, reliable, and secure.
My company has hundreds of FreeBSD machines still in production serving customers all around the world 24/7 365 days a year! It’s a great operating! Very stable, tightly integrated, and remarkably simple. Unfortunately, it’s going the way of the dodo and has been for a long time. The projects maintainers don’t get things patched quickly enough. The patches for specter and meltdown took years to come out which meant we had to disable multithreading on tons of systems. And while I really enjoy FreeBSD unfortunately with people only ever growing older and Linux only growing ever stronger, I’m not sure if there’s much of a future for good old FreeBSD :(
Not to mention the fact that the Linux kernel development community is currently imploding.. as it’s been infiltrated by Rust fanatics who want to cancel everything
one thing to note which is really cool ! is that the ports collection is automagically built and that is where the binary packages come from. So if you contribute a port witgin a few days you can just install the binary, no more building !
@@matei9k Because this way you truly commit to freedom. Copyleft is a disease and a shame for everyone that don't want to be as tyrant as proprietary software in a distorted way.
@@yesh420 Free BSD but even more BaSeD (aka it's harder to use and it's more targeted towards servers so people who can use it as a daily driver are considered higher beings)
The nintendo switch does not use the FreeBSD kernel. It uses parts of its code for the networking stack. The kernel is 3DS-derived which may share lineage with DSi
@@ICallBullTV Ironically, you said "Wrong!" and then asked for proof. The Nintendo Switch uses the microkernel Horizon/NX, which is based on the 3DS. I have better things to do than prove something that is publicly available. There was a nice presentation on the 34c3 about Switch security which I would recommend and switchbrew and 3dbrew are nice resources.
freebsd is really underrated. it is awesome on servers and some desktops. but hardware compatability is bit of an issue while installing to a desktop. this is why i use gentoo btw
its funny since I have been using FreeBSD for nearly a decade, but not because I am some Unix elitist, but my college courses on systems programming and OS was entirely Unix based. Not even the college lab had any actual Unix machines to practice on(I setup the entire lab next year), and I needed something thats 1:1 from the book. Ended up learning a fuck ton about OS, networks, etc just by having FreeBSD. For example, the entire DHCP cycle plays out on the screen when you boot. I'd change the network settings on Virtualbox and see things change! Also learned how many seconds in 24hrs
It has way less devs if you count people making Linux edits and packages/distros as devs, and basically no one uses it in comparison. The fact that it's even usable with such a low popularity count is already a miracle.
He really doesn't get enough appreciation. Between Vi, BSD, the Berkeley/Unix Sockets, and everything he worked on with Sun, basically everyone watching this channel has been effected by his work
Wait a minute, so the fact that I discovered BSD on my own, without any mention from any place or person shows that I have the potential of being the top 1% of programmers!? 🤯
nice. good to hear more people talk about fbsd. i still consider nbsd's pkgsrc as being friendlier than ports, tho. the nice thing about the bsds is that configuration backup literally consists of tarballing your /etc directories, and extracting them for deployment. most output in fbsd is also well-formed..making nearly everything customizable with scripts (even the loader, which has been switched from forth to lua for some reason). upgrades are also pretty seamless (other than that lua transition). essentially, i've been using it to handle all my networking since the 6 or 7.x. series. the default dhcpd kind of sucks tho, with obsd's variation being a little bit friendlier for scripting events (and supporting arbitrary dhcp options).
The Switch Operating System is not based of FreeBSD, it just uses its Network-Stack, and by that definition Windows would be BSD based since Windows NT 3.1
I can imagine the "I am not following the crowd" marginals will adopt this faster than light speed, or even faster than the clipped nails (which is the only known substance that can travel faster than the light).
BSD was super popular as a server OS at one point, yahoo at their peak notoriously ran on it, parts of netflix networking stack used it, and it’s still super common networking gear. It’s not that much less popular than linux in certain domains. You are more likely to encounter someone using it because they have been doing so for 25 years than someone who does it to be hipster, since BSD is way too conservative for that crowd.
Horizon OS on the Switch is a microkernel and is not based FreeBSD and is derived from the work they did developing the 3ds OS. Common misconception. Sony's PlayStation OS is though.
ew, debian? what a noob, guys, check it out, we have a noob here.. doesn't run backtrack on debian, doesn't run arch, isn't even on nix and thinks he can handle FBSD, pufff
Weird that Mac is higher than Windows when it's worse for dev in every single way lol. Maybe if all you do is use VSCode to write JS and watch Netflix in your spare time it's better but otherwise it's just bad.
Freebsd is still a small team operating under the GNU shadow (such as with some ported drivers and environments) and will never have a growing worldwide community like GNU/Linux has due to the Freebsd license. As a result, FreeBSD is significantly behind and will likely remain so due to these factors.
There are millions of machines running Windows with tools like crowdstrike that could have been running FreeBSD. Infotament screens, servers. Pain could have been avoided.
Anything that don't let that clownstrike software to run at kernel level and borked the system or has a failsafe when that happen is better than windows
We all secretly know that at some point if FreeBSD was adopted in many more embedded applications, companies are going to ask or make something like Crowdstrike anyways for FreeBSD I could have sworn that there's a story of someone fighting management on installing an AV on some tubing system labeled as a computer because it was actually computing something.
No systemd, only 1 single package format and manager, no arch btw, no grub and supports almost everything that runs on Linux *THIS IS WHAT LINUX IDEOLOGY DREAMS TO BE*
@@alok.01tried looking into it and what I’ve found so far is that the hardware support is not as great as in Linux . That may be a dealbreaker. Probably won’t be daily driving FreeBSD but just use it for fun and learn stuff about it . That should be reason enough.
Never tried bsd, but it always sounded cool. And in a way, whenever I hear people talking about bsd, I have a feeling that this is exactly what people are expecting from Linux, but it's not there. Anyway, since Linux and arch gone mainstream, I think it's time for neck beards to migrate to bsd.
Wow, who knew FreeBSD was connected to so many cool things? 😄 I always thought it was just a nerd's playground. This video makes me wanna explore more! I mean, if Nintendo and Apple are in the mix, there's gotta be something special about it, right? 🎮🍏
I've always admired BSD, but with the kernel lagging behind linux and applications like wayland not being quite there on bsd. I found Void linux fills my hunger for BSD-like operating systems while also having the linux kernel as a bonus.
@@byailen Try to run any modern hardware on BSD and you will know. Besides that, the worst part is probably wifi drivers, and proprietary drivers in general not being readily available on BSD. Not the fault of the BSD team of course, just an unfortunate side effect of being niche of the niche.
(Verse 1) Yo, it's Slim Shady, I'm here to drop some knowledge, 'Bout FreeBSD, yeah, let's acknowledge. Open-source beast, yeah, it's the real deal, Powering systems, from the office to the battlefield. Reliability? Yo, it's off the charts, Stability and security, straight from the hearts. Tech giants love it, they're on the team, FreeBSD's the dream, living the mainstream. (Chorus) FreeBSD, running the show, Open-source flow, let it grow. From the big players to the streets, FreeBSD's beat, can't be beat. (Verse 2) PlayStation 4, yeah, it's got the vibe, Smooth gaming experience, can't describe. Community-driven, that's the key, Evolving and adapting, for you and me. Silent hero, making moves, Invisible force, can't refuse. Like a rap battle, it's got the flow, FreeBSD's in control, don't you know? (Chorus) FreeBSD, running the show, Open-source flow, let it grow. From the big players to the streets, FreeBSD's beat, can't be beat. (Bridge) So next time you boot up, give a salute, To FreeBSD, the real root. Slim Shady signing off, with a rhyme, FreeBSD's the champ, all the time!
I'd like to use FreeBSD once they will support my wifi driver to allow me to use the internet, call me spoiled but I need a working internet on my laptop.
Over a decade ago I used FreeBSD as server and I also tried it for desktop. I remember it as nice, versatile and capable, but today with everything being so focused on Docker and Linux, it just isn't as appealing anymore.
i've used debian for server applications and Ubuntu for desktop. I always assumed BSD was likle Gentoo or Arch, for people who care too much, but it actually looks like it has a use case
I have used Linux since 1999 starting with Slackware and now I use Mint. I love it. However, it doesn't mean that I've never been curious about BSD. I've just never been able to install it. If I can install and use Slackware, I shouldn't have a problem with BSD. Next time I order something from Framework, I'll add an expansion drive and try again.
free BSD he did nothing wrong
Lol
That was corny asf
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@nanonkay5669 Nah it was actually funny, u just wieerd
@@nanonkay5669 It was corny AND hillarious!
I need a "Installing FreeBSD While Parents are Arguing" video
Easy:
-install kvm (or any other vm software, this should be already done since virtualization is the distro hopper's swiss knife)
-download the matching freebsd vm image
-run it
You mean Archguing btw?
the real CS001 class colleges need to offer.
You'll have to specify if month long argument or 30 seconds microaggressions intervals
One of your parents uses Windows and the other Linux? If so, just show them the superiority of FreeBSD. Now there will be no more arguments.
I took a computer repair class in high school in 2004 or 2005. We had to pair up and build computers from scratch, and then choose a Linux/Unix distro to install. This was my very first time building a computer and installing an OS, and my partner and I went with FreeBSD. It was no where as straightforward as what the other teams had picked, and the teacher warned us he had never had anyone successfully get FreeBSD working. It took a lot of time and was very painful, but we got there, and learned a hell of a lot in the process. FreeBSD will always have a place in my heart.
Same. It formed a clot that lodged itself in my left ventricle and has left me in precarious health. Prayers to you ❤
@@grantcivyt Lmao this is Linux
He should've known that BSD isn't Linux
So how did you end up working nights at a bowling alley? You'd think your life was MIT or Stanford or bust...was the girls, drugs, or all the above?
I installed FreeBSD around the same time, with almost no linux experience, and found it no problem at all. I liked the packages and ports, I liked the ee text editor.
Then after using FreeBSD for a few months I tried to install Gentoo and after 2 full days of compiling finished I had a brick and had to start again.
FreeBSD already has .01% desktop market dominance. 2025 will be the year of the FreeBSD desktop!
@@leeminusminus Stop it. Get some help.
Please stop hurting me and my GNU Hurd microkernel
So True(OS)
Stop it. Get some help.
MacOS is Freebsd based
LMAOOOOOO
Amazing! The three users of FreeBSD are extremely happy after watching this video!
I was happy before and I am still happy.
Netflix, NetApp, and Dell must be the 3 you're talking about.
I honestly did not think this would ever come true.. for some reason, it was kind off like LLMs, its kinda like a secret you don't want others to know but you know it'll catch on when more people check it out
I work in a pretty large company and half the VMs are FreeBSD, the others are Linux.
its what i had to use in my operating systems class lol
I’ve set up FreeBSD local network server out of junk parts to run a PHP 4 script managing warehouse stock (using text files as DB). Recently I found out it still runs. I left that place in 2001.
...
why
@@goeland4585 well because it works :).
Thats amazing
The sub will glaze the reliability even more now.
@@goeland4585 there isn't anything as permanent as a temporary solution
2:14 daemons mentioned, freeBSD's logo is a demon, and this is the 666th video.
ok that's a crazy notice
This is actually the 666th video lol
Holy sh*t
Gematria type beat
how did you know this is the 666th video?
As a former NixOS maintainer, seeing it at the second spot of that turbonerd pyramid gave me a hearty chuckle
We all know Gentoo fools are on top
nono that's for *users*, as a maintainer you've ascended far beyond, you're an... *drum roll*... ultra turbo nerd : D
Nixbsd when you want to take the autism to the next level
I would've put NixOS under Arch and put Gentoo above Arch
Can you comment on the recent controversy regarding the "purge"?
My favorite OS with the caveat that the user cross-reference FreeBSD with the hardware they intend to use it on. A smaller user base means a smaller developer pool that supports a narrower hardware selection, particularly WiFi.
GhostBSD is a user friendly desktop variant aimed at users who want a modern installation experience and working system. After installing, it provides an excellent template for how to configure FreeBSD if a user wants to be more hands on.
For those considering sampling it, take time to read the manual, the FreeBSD community is happy to help but resents reinventing the wheel. A prospective user doesn't have to read the whole manual but should pay attention to the intro, installation, storage management, system management, desktop, audio and video chapters.
Robonuggie YT channel provides excellent FreeBSD tutorials, demonstrations, and wisdom appropriate for both noobs and seasoned users looking for software suggestions.
Thank you for this
1:59 Actually, there's one more unique thing to note. In Linux, most of the configuration files are stored in the `/etc/` directory, regardless of whether they are system or user-related. However, in FreeBSD, there's a distinction: system configuration files are located in `/etc/`, while configurations for user-installed applications are typically stored in `/usr/local/etc/`. This separation helps keep the system's core configurations isolated from those of additional software, which can make managing and troubleshooting easier in certain scenarios.
On NixOS there is just a single configuration, that you can separate yourself however you want that lives in a single directory and could be in a git repo if you want.
Why does that sound so ridiculously useful and logical
I mean, _sometimes_ the "user local" configs are in the "~/.config/" directory
But it entirely depends on the aplication, to do that or just create another dot directory in the home directory
At this point I'm not even sure where the bashrc or bash profile or bash idk file are or what was the difference
@@noisetidewhy do nix users always feel the need to mention nix everywhere 😂
@@hoardingapples7083 Yex
@@hoardingapples7083we Linux users base our personalities over our distro of choice.
0:07 The Switch's operating system is built around a custom microkernel. Only the networking stack was taken from FreeBSD. Nintendo have been developing it since the DSi.
and the display server is the one from android
@@redstone0234 that's not true
@@redstone0234 I think you're thinking about the drivers which are from Nvidia and based off the work Nvidia did developing drivers for the Nvidia shield. In addition to OpenGL and Vulkan drivers, they also made a custom graphics API for the switch called NVN.
@@redstone0234 probably some code from nvidia since it runs on nvidia shield hardware
They also use a distinct Display driver for every game you run on the system, so convoluted and is a pain in the ass for them to emulate on the upcoming switch successor
I've gained clinical depression, it was infact, not 100 seconds
It's only 50s on 2x speed
@@adamk.7177ahhhhh, an optimist i see
Akshually it was 208 seconds
@@AleksanderDudek Video ends at 2:31 so total 120+31 seconds or 151 seconds and when you divide it by 1.5 (Playback speed) you get 100seconds!
NO!
BSD was originally made in a very academic exploration kind of project way and its really nice to see how far it has progressed.
I’ve been using BSD since Bill Joy personally sent out the tapes, and FreeBSD keeps the spirit alive!
LOVE LOVE LOVE FreeBSD as a server OS. Way less BS to deal with and it's rock solid. I wish it was more widely adopted.
I used FreeBSD for a long time rock solid, had machines running for years without an unscheduled reboot or a single crash.
so no updates for years?
@@joestr_good question
"updates are for the fainthearted"
- Jobless Sysadmin
@@joestr_ without "unscheduled" reboots
@@joestr_ maybe freeBSD is so fully assed that it doesn't need constant updating and patching like other half-assed products used by the majority
on a serious note, I worked at a place where freeBSD crashed once, turned out it ran out of disk space, nobody checked it for years, it just worked...
15 years ago I made some mmo game servers that where pretty profitable with FreeBSD, it was a beast with mysql and php with 128mb ram. I did not understand a single thing of it at that time, now, with this video, I will add it to my CV.
make me wonder what do you do now? Spaceships?
@@ExTorvo saas ai business and light show game rooms 😂😂
@@OproDarius any tips on where to start to make money?
@@achraf6803 Do something cool, show it to people, and get one of them to pay you to do something else that's kind of similar. Congrats, you've learned how to get a job.
@@achraf6803 first step is getting a job
I personally use FreeBSD with jails for my Git server and it gave me more happiness than anything else ever has
so FreeBSD did not increase your happiness?
@@averestless I can't be happier max happiness
So it will solve all problems?
if you jail freeBSD it will become just BSD
@@utkarsh5667 that's fkn funny, I'll steal that and make it my default ssh banner for my jails.
YEAR OF THE FREEBSD DESKTOP!
This year is the year!
FREEBSD USAGE UP BY 0.0001%
BSD is an awesome network platform for servers, but it blows for Desktop. Same with Linux... BSD makes for a rocksolid ipfw/pf firewall and router. I've used BSD for the last 12 years as a DNS server base and ipfw/pf with virtually little to no downtime
@@fjs1111I'm a programmer that has exclusively worked and gamed on Linux since 2018, what are you talking about, it sure might not be for everyone, but there is probably a large part of the world population that would do just fine on Linux, everyone else uses adobe programs or plays games with kernel level anti cheat
@@fjs1111 i've been told the audio stack was quite good on freebsd, not sure how it compares with pipewire/jack tho
I ran sibling OS OpenBSD as my primary firewall around the turn of the century. At one point it ran without a reboot for over 1,200 days. The HP PC it ran on never had a hardware fault, despite accumulated dust, and was 10 years old when I finally switched it off. Robust, reliable, and secure.
My company has hundreds of FreeBSD machines still in production serving customers all around the world 24/7 365 days a year! It’s a great operating! Very stable, tightly integrated, and remarkably simple.
Unfortunately, it’s going the way of the dodo and has been for a long time. The projects maintainers don’t get things patched quickly enough. The patches for specter and meltdown took years to come out which meant we had to disable multithreading on tons of systems. And while I really enjoy FreeBSD unfortunately with people only ever growing older and Linux only growing ever stronger, I’m not sure if there’s much of a future for good old FreeBSD :(
That is not true. Spectre and Meltdown got patches the next week.
What about openbsd? Why not switch to that
Not to mention the fact that the Linux kernel development community is currently imploding.. as it’s been infiltrated by Rust fanatics who want to cancel everything
one thing to note which is really cool ! is that the ports collection is automagically built and that is where the binary packages come from. So if you contribute a port witgin a few days you can just
install the binary, no more building !
My favorite unix based OS
It's just based OS. It's in the name BSD = Based 😂
@@matei9k anyone can use it, there's place for non profit too, the community keeps it alive
@@matei9k
Because this way you truly commit to freedom. Copyleft is a disease and a shame for everyone that don't want to be as tyrant as proprietary software in a distorted way.
@@matei9k and who said that the GPL is the universal truth?
Nintendo Switch's HorizonOS uses FreeBSD components but the kernel is actually, technically, custom.
As an OpenBSD user, I celebrate that the BSDs are being talked about now.
Do you know the other 2 users?
@@Jacob-bm6wbYou're confusing the user count with GhostBSD. OpenBSD has way more users, almost 10!
What are the differences with FreeBSD now
Do OpenBSD next or puffy will personally come to your house at 2 am and do terrible things that will haunt you for the rest of your life
did you mean openbased?
whats the difference?
meanwhile openbsd people are too high up to even be mentioned
@@yesh420 Free BSD but even more BaSeD (aka it's harder to use and it's more targeted towards servers so people who can use it as a daily driver are considered higher beings)
I saw the Pepe Puffy so much I've started thinking it's the normal one, that makes this comment funnier
The nintendo switch does not use the FreeBSD kernel. It uses parts of its code for the networking stack. The kernel is 3DS-derived which may share lineage with DSi
Wrong!
@@ICallBullTV Nope, pretty accurate.
@@lesdotcx show me the proof
@@ICallBullTV Ironically, you said "Wrong!" and then asked for proof. The Nintendo Switch uses the microkernel Horizon/NX, which is based on the 3DS. I have better things to do than prove something that is publicly available. There was a nice presentation on the 34c3 about Switch security which I would recommend and switchbrew and 3dbrew are nice resources.
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freebsd is really underrated. it is awesome on servers and some desktops. but hardware compatability is bit of an issue while installing to a desktop. this is why i use gentoo btw
🤣 You know an OS has limited uses when the alternative is Gentoo.
@@aaronfleisher4694 no i just prefer gentoo, you could use debian. Its a really good all purpose distro
I've had pictures of the BSD daemon on my computer since childhood and only now found out what it was. I guess it just looked cute.
I'm an architect, I don't understand sh!t of what you say. yet your YT is one of my favorites.
😂
That's such an architect thing to say.
True🥲it makes me feel stupid
1:28 "Thumb drive."
Perfect.
If there is a thumb drive then there is a nail drive. Which is just an sd card lol. Really why sd cards are not called nail drive???
@@noisetide I'd buy that card reader just for the sight gag. USB stick shaped like a thumb, and the SD card goes where the nail is.
1:41 - sh is a default, but not the only shell. Alternatives in the OS (without using the ports collection) comprise csh and tcsh.
its funny since I have been using FreeBSD for nearly a decade, but not because I am some Unix elitist, but my college courses on systems programming and OS was entirely Unix based. Not even the college lab had any actual Unix machines to practice on(I setup the entire lab next year), and I needed something thats 1:1 from the book. Ended up learning a fuck ton about OS, networks, etc just by having FreeBSD.
For example, the entire DHCP cycle plays out on the screen when you boot. I'd change the network settings on Virtualbox and see things change! Also learned how many seconds in 24hrs
86400 for anyone who doesn't want to do a simple google search.
FreeBSD isn't as ready for daily driving as Linux is, but it's so nice. Where it's there, it's just beautiful.
Try GhostBSD ;-)
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It has way less devs if you count people making Linux edits and packages/distros as devs, and basically no one uses it in comparison. The fact that it's even usable with such a low popularity count is already a miracle.
Never forget that temple OS is floating above the OS hierarchy
it is ascended
Oh man. This is a throw back and a half. I haven't used FreeBSD since 1996. LOL.
I think this is the best summary explanation I've seen so far.
Only BSD I ever used, was Nomad OS, the only really persistent portable OS, that actually works.
I wasn't aware, that it is still widely used.
I used FreeBSD a my daily driver for 2 years. I regret nothing and everything at the same time.
Same here! But I'll be damned if I didn't learn an insane amount getting it setup to run on my funky laptop.
it was a fun and games until shit wasn't working
Bill joy is the most f*cking badass programmer
He really doesn't get enough appreciation. Between Vi, BSD, the Berkeley/Unix Sockets, and everything he worked on with Sun, basically everyone watching this channel has been effected by his work
Wait a minute, so the fact that I discovered BSD on my own, without any mention from any place or person shows that I have the potential of being the top 1% of programmers!? 🤯
yes
No
That's not why you have potential, your latent potential comes from your own skill and knowledge. Your hand is what blankets a shadow over success.
And why do you think you heard about bsd and became curious about it, other than trying to find the one tech to Beat The Average ?
0.01%. since you got the number wrong, it conclusively proves that you're not one of the elite programmers. I use Ubuntu BTW
0:22 that "forgetting" about DrangonFly BSD
nice. good to hear more people talk about fbsd. i still consider nbsd's pkgsrc as being friendlier than ports, tho. the nice thing about the bsds is that configuration backup literally consists of tarballing your /etc directories, and extracting them for deployment. most output in fbsd is also well-formed..making nearly everything customizable with scripts (even the loader, which has been switched from forth to lua for some reason). upgrades are also pretty seamless (other than that lua transition).
essentially, i've been using it to handle all my networking since the 6 or 7.x. series. the default dhcpd kind of sucks tho, with obsd's variation being a little bit friendlier for scripting events (and supporting arbitrary dhcp options).
Now I can add 5 years+ of BSD experience in my resume
Awesome, thanks! Will keep FreeBSD in mind next time I start an early-stage FAANG!
Fun fact: the title says "FreeBSD in 100 Seconds"
Actually it must be: "FreeBSD in 208 Seconds"
I use FreeBSD, btw! Thanks for bringing awareness to it!
The Switch Operating System is not based of FreeBSD, it just uses its Network-Stack, and by that definition Windows would be BSD based since Windows NT 3.1
Exactly this the switch uses its own custom micro kernel known as Horizon which was also used on the 3DS
My first job was a firmware engineer for an embedded computer with MIPS processor running FreeBSD. Had a Tundra chip to plug-in to a VME bus.
Funny that this showed up while I was setting up a FreeBSD system
You could literally make a video called 100 seconds of freeBS and i would literally sit there just shaking my head as if i understand
FreeBSD is actually Goated tbh
I gotta say I love Tux but I kinda prefer the demon for FreeBSD as a mascot. He's cute and also devious.
I've gained cynical depression, it was in fact, not 100 seconds
Its just clickbait for the brain rot generation
@@computeroid6162 what
@@idkwhattoget 100 secs long on thumbnail: 208 secs in reality
@@computeroid6162 158 without sponsor
@@computeroid6162 Damn
My First Choice When it's come to NAS, FreeNAS, TrueNAS.
I can imagine the "I am not following the crowd" marginals will adopt this faster than light speed, or even faster than the clipped nails (which is the only known substance that can travel faster than the light).
BSD was super popular as a server OS at one point, yahoo at their peak notoriously ran on it, parts of netflix networking stack used it, and it’s still super common networking gear. It’s not that much less popular than linux in certain domains. You are more likely to encounter someone using it because they have been doing so for 25 years than someone who does it to be hipster, since BSD is way too conservative for that crowd.
NGL, this made me interested in trying this as a daily driver. I always kinda knew about it but never treid it.
GhostBSD is better as a daily driver.
Same kernel but more tweaked to be a daily driver instead of a server.
@@igorthelight I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Apple be like, LockedDownBSD
So out of the 208 second video, 44 seconds was just an add
That is 21.15% of the video was just add. Brilliant !
Are you convincing me to use SponsorBlock? ;-)
Horizon OS on the Switch is a microkernel and is not based FreeBSD and is derived from the work they did developing the 3ds OS. Common misconception. Sony's PlayStation OS is though.
I use OPNSense on an old pc and it works as a wonderful router solution!!!
I'm intrigued. Should I switch from Debian to FreeBSD? I always wanted to be a smart-ass, I don't want to feel left behind
ew, debian? what a noob, guys, check it out, we have a noob here.. doesn't run backtrack on debian, doesn't run arch, isn't even on nix and thinks he can handle FBSD, pufff
;-)
love to see nix user are only second to freebsd in the hierarchy
makes me very happy to see that as a nixos user
nix mentioned
Weird that Mac is higher than Windows when it's worse for dev in every single way lol. Maybe if all you do is use VSCode to write JS and watch Netflix in your spare time it's better but otherwise it's just bad.
i use nixOS btw
He forgot nixbsd
Finally FreeBSD gets some attention ❤
Freebsd is still a small team operating under the GNU shadow (such as with some ported drivers and environments) and will never have a growing worldwide community like GNU/Linux has due to the Freebsd license.
As a result, FreeBSD is significantly behind and will likely remain so due to these factors.
There are millions of machines running Windows with tools like crowdstrike that could have been running FreeBSD. Infotament screens, servers. Pain could have been avoided.
One could argue that Linux is also an appropriate alternative since it has failsafes designed specifically for dealing with issues like Crowdstrike
Anything that don't let that clownstrike software to run at kernel level and borked the system or has a failsafe when that happen is better than windows
We all secretly know that at some point if FreeBSD was adopted in many more embedded applications, companies are going to ask or make something like Crowdstrike anyways for FreeBSD
I could have sworn that there's a story of someone fighting management on installing an AV on some tubing system labeled as a computer because it was actually computing something.
I’d actually enjoy a more in-depth video about this or Linux vs Unix in general because I find this topic very interesting.
No systemd, only 1 single package format and manager, no arch btw, no grub and supports almost everything that runs on Linux
*THIS IS WHAT LINUX IDEOLOGY DREAMS TO BE*
Man I never knew all this. Holy crap. I just might start daily driving FreeBSD.
So all mainstream Linux apps are supported?
@@alok.01tried looking into it and what I’ve found so far is that the hardware support is not as great as in Linux . That may be a dealbreaker. Probably won’t be daily driving FreeBSD but just use it for fun and learn stuff about it . That should be reason enough.
Never tried bsd, but it always sounded cool.
And in a way, whenever I hear people talking about bsd, I have a feeling that this is exactly what people are expecting from Linux, but it's not there.
Anyway, since Linux and arch gone mainstream, I think it's time for neck beards to migrate to bsd.
systemd is amazing, shell scripts suck major ass (and aren't portable!)
The shhhhh terminal killed me lmao
Reminds me of how you pronounce that "docker ps" command on the docker video
No one use ports anymore. And the shell can be switched to improved shells such as zsh or csh.
True, however it's recommended to _not_ use zsh (or other shells from the ports collection) as the default for the root user.
@@grahamperrin Great advice
Really good OS for a NAS in my experience, ZFS does have some good upsides.
Yeah it is, there's also ZFS for Linux which I use for my distros
In the 2020s the BSDs are what Linux Distros were during the 90s and 2000s.
based
You are right… and these days Linux is what Windows was during the 90s and 2000s xD
1:45 most accurate pronunciation of the sh terminal
Facts
BSD also underpins Juniper Routing Devices 😎
As well as pfSense and OPNSense.
Wow, who knew FreeBSD was connected to so many cool things? 😄 I always thought it was just a nerd's playground. This video makes me wanna explore more! I mean, if Nintendo and Apple are in the mix, there's gotta be something special about it, right? 🎮🍏
True!
So many big companies use it because they could do ANYTHING with it! a very permissive license.
FreeBSD since 2001. Great system. My current server at 601 days uptime running 20 or so sites with dbs. Just love it and donate every year I can!
whats the specs of ur machine?
Thanks man, love your videos 🙏
I've always admired BSD, but with the kernel lagging behind linux and applications like wayland not being quite there on bsd. I found Void linux fills my hunger for BSD-like operating systems while also having the linux kernel as a bonus.
Chimera Linux is a Linux distro with FreeBSD userland, without GNU. That's also a interesting project.
what do you mean by kernel lagging?
@@byailen Try to run any modern hardware on BSD and you will know. Besides that, the worst part is probably wifi drivers, and proprietary drivers in general not being readily available on BSD. Not the fault of the BSD team of course, just an unfortunate side effect of being niche of the niche.
...the terminal is NOT the shell, they are different appliances still, great video!
If only freebsd had the software and driver support than linux did... (and if only linux had the software support that windows does!)
The batman (2022) reference 1:27
Didn’t mention Netflix, one of the larger users of FreeBSD.
What they've done with FreeBSD for content delivery is insane!
As well as it is used in network firewalls - OPNSense and pfSense.
thanks for the video! I'm not a sound engineer but maybe look into getting a de-esser?
(Verse 1)
Yo, it's Slim Shady, I'm here to drop some knowledge,
'Bout FreeBSD, yeah, let's acknowledge.
Open-source beast, yeah, it's the real deal,
Powering systems, from the office to the battlefield.
Reliability? Yo, it's off the charts,
Stability and security, straight from the hearts.
Tech giants love it, they're on the team,
FreeBSD's the dream, living the mainstream.
(Chorus)
FreeBSD, running the show,
Open-source flow, let it grow.
From the big players to the streets,
FreeBSD's beat, can't be beat.
(Verse 2)
PlayStation 4, yeah, it's got the vibe,
Smooth gaming experience, can't describe.
Community-driven, that's the key,
Evolving and adapting, for you and me.
Silent hero, making moves,
Invisible force, can't refuse.
Like a rap battle, it's got the flow,
FreeBSD's in control, don't you know?
(Chorus)
FreeBSD, running the show,
Open-source flow, let it grow.
From the big players to the streets,
FreeBSD's beat, can't be beat.
(Bridge)
So next time you boot up, give a salute,
To FreeBSD, the real root.
Slim Shady signing off, with a rhyme,
FreeBSD's the champ, all the time!
woah
Fun fact: Risc-V had started development in berkley
I'd like to use FreeBSD once they will support my wifi driver to allow me to use the internet, call me spoiled but I need a working internet on my laptop.
lol
it happens the reverse for me, my wifi works but the ethernet doesn't (just need to download the driver)
I’ve been waiting for this one!
2:50 Thinking about it
now i'm really tempted to try it as a main OS for development
You failed to put TempleOS at the top of the pyramid. Don't worry, god'll forgive you, but let not that mistake happen again
No, it's accurate, TempleOS users ascend above the pyramid
Yeah, they are an eye hovering above the pyramid
Came here looking for this comment. Am not disappointed.
TempleOS is the pyramid.
thanks for the amazing information you provide man
1:13 what's that under Free BSD, Snow OS?
It's Nix OS.
😂 Snow OS
I mean, Nix means Snow in Latin, you're not wrong lol
adding FreeBSD experience to my CV
Django in 100 seconds
Hopefully.
Over a decade ago I used FreeBSD as server and I also tried it for desktop. I remember it as nice, versatile and capable, but today with everything being so focused on Docker and Linux, it just isn't as appealing anymore.
i've used debian for server applications and Ubuntu for desktop. I always assumed BSD was likle Gentoo or Arch, for people who care too much, but it actually looks like it has a use case
I have used Linux since 1999 starting with Slackware and now I use Mint. I love it. However, it doesn't mean that I've never been curious about BSD. I've just never been able to install it. If I can install and use Slackware, I shouldn't have a problem with BSD. Next time I order something from Framework, I'll add an expansion drive and try again.
freebsd should've been the well known "smart people os" instead of linux
Prime example how short time you really need to explain what a thing is and its place in bigger context.
Love the fact this is the 666th video, and it's FreeBSD
Now I can add Free BSD on my resume, but why would I, I don't have enough space on my resume