So scrapped FreeBSD on my secondary computer. I figured I don’t need to play with yet another source-based OS. I was a bit confused by the odd mixture of packages I had to compile myself, and packages I could install in binary form. There were also a large number of tools that […]

I have an extra computer here, so I decided to install FreeBSD today. I’ve never used FreeBSD before. Never touched it. So to make this fun, I decided to try the install without reading any directions. What better way to tesout t an installer? It’s also arguably a stupid way […]