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title: FreeBSD
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date: 2024-08-31T08:35:46+02:00
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lastmod: 2024-09-28T23:48:06+0000
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- freebsd
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- git
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---
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Some basic and random information about FreeBSD.
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## What I miss on FreeBSD
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Currently, I run <kbd>stable/14</kbd> on my X1 Carbon Gen7 laptop.
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I do not run this as a daily driver but I insert the BSD disk from time to time
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to see if things work better or not.
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- stable wifi drivers (I use wifibox for now but I'd love to ditch the
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virtual linux network card)
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- ranger quits whenever a key is pressed (haven't found an alternative to ranger
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combined with ueberzug as a command line file explorer (that can preview images))
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- generally speaking, the boot time and overall responsiveness is a bit slower than
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on a linux based os
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- I never got the scrolling in Neomutt working within Alacritty
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- Any sound on the internal speaker sounds like crap. The headphone jack plays fine
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sounds and music, just the internal speaker is a pain to set up and I never found
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a good solution that actually plays nice audio.
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## Tracking FreeBSD STABLE
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A quick checklist. Read along [on the FreeBSD website][1] for further information.
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[1]: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#stable
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As for my understanding only source updates are possible on the STABLE branch,
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but I still use pkg to install pre-compiled packages -- I will find out if that
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breaks things.
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1. Update sources
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```console
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$ doas git -C /usr/src pull
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```
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2. Check `/usr/src/UPDATING`
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3. Go to `/usr/src`
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```console
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$ cd /usr/src
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```
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4. Compile world
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```console
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$ doas make -j8 buildworld
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```
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5. Compile and install kernel
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```console
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$ doas make -j8 kernel
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```
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This is equivalent to `make -j8 buildkernel installkernel`.
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6. Reboot
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```console
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$ shutdown -r now
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```
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7. Update config files
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```console
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$ doas etcupdate -p
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```
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`-p` short explained:
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> Enable “pre-world” mode. Only merge changes to files that
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> are necessary to successfully run ‘make installworld’ or
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> ‘make installkernel’.
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8. Again, go to `/usr/src`
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```console
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$ cd /usr/src
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```
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9. Install world
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```console
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$ doas make installworld
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```
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10. Update config files (after world installation)
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```console
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$ doas etcupdate -B
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```
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`-B` explained:
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> Do not build generated files in a private object tree.
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> Instead, reuse the generated files from a previously built
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> object tree that matches the source tree. This can be
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> useful to avoid gratuitous conflicts in sendmail(8)
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> configuration files when bootstrapping. It can also be
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> useful for building a tarball that matches a specific
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> world build.
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11. Another one, reboot
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```console
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$ shutdown -r now
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```
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System is up to date, following the branch <kbd>[stable/14][2]</kbd> (for now).
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[2]: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/?h=stable/14
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