FreeBSD-Tutorials
On this page, you can find my FreeBSD tutorial collection. Here, I explain to you how to install and set up FreeBSD as a desktop system, but also as a server operating system.
Sources of information
Here are the main sources of information:
Install FreeBSD
In this post, I will explain how we can install FreeBSD.
FreeBSD Update and PKG Guide
In this tutorial, I explain to you how we update our FreeBSD to a new version and how we can use the package manager pkg.
First steps after installing FreeBSD
After installing FreeBSD successfully, we will complete the following steps before proceeding with the actual setup.
Set up a basic firewall on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a basic firewall on FreeBSD.
Advanced network configuration under FreeBSD
In this post, I will tell you how to improve your network settings under FreeBSD.
Drivers on FreeBSD
By default, FreeBSD does not load all possible drivers; it must be instructed to load the drivers specific to our hardware.
Use external devices on FreeBSD
With this guide, I will explain to you how we enable our users to use external devices.
Optimizations for FreeBSD
With this tutorial, I will explain to you how we can make our FreeBSD a little faster and optimize it for desktop usage.
Use DMA instead of sendmail
DragonFly Mail Agent (included with FreeBSD 11) allows us to replace sendmail when we only need our server/desktop to send email.
Xorg and video drivers on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, we will install and set up Xorg and the appropriate graphics drivers.
Session Manager for FreeBSD
If we are not using Gnome or KDE, we can use Slim or XDM as the session manager.
Install KDE5 Plasma on FreeBSD
In this blog post I, explain how to install and set up KDE 5 on FreeBSD.
Install GNOME 3 on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to install GNOME3 on FreeBSD.
Install XFCE on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how we can install XFCE on FreeBSD.
Install Mate on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to install Mate on FreeBSD.
Install Openbox on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to install the Openbox window manager on FreeBSD.
Install JWM on FreeBSD
In this tutorial I’ll explain how to install the jwm window manager on FreeBSD.
Install Enlightenment on FreeBSD
In this tutorial I’ll explain how to install the enlightenment window manager on FreeBSD.
Automatic mounting of volumes on FreeBSD
There are several solutions for automatically mounting of volumes. I will introduce you 2 solutions, automount and DSBMD.
Dark themes for GTK and QT5 applications
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install a nice dark theme.
Install Firefox under FreeBSD and set it up with privacy
In this tutorial, I explain how to install the Firefox browser under FreeBSD and also set it up with privacy.
Play Netflix, Disney Plus and other Widevine Content on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I will show you how to play Widevine content on FreeBSD.
Useful Multimedia Programs for FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I will introduce you to some useful audio and video programs.
Install Urxvt on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I explain how we do and edit the URXVT terminal.
Setting up ZSH on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I show you how to install ZSH and how to extend the ZSH shell with ohmyzsh.
Setting up Git on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I explain how to set up Git on FreeBSD and show you some useful Git tools.
Install NGINX on FreeBSD
Here is a brief description of how the Nginx web server installed on FreeBSD.
Poudriere Guide
This blog post describes how to set up and use the Poudriere Build System.
Install PHP on FreeBSD
This is a tutorial on how to use PHP on FreeBSD.
Install MySQL on FreeBSD
In this post I will tell you how to install MySQL on FreeBSD
Install Airsonic on FreeBSD
In this tutorial I’ll explain how to install Airsonic on FreeBSD.
Install Navidrome Music Server on FreeBSD
In this tutorial, I explain how to install the Navidrome music server on FreeBSD.
Install Vaultwarden Password Server on FreeBSD
In this guide, I explain how to install and set up Vaultwarden on FreeBSD.