Articles about freebsd

1. Updating python3 to 3.6

   This article document how I updated python3 from version 3.5 to 3.6 on FreeBSD.

2. Replacing openssl with libressl for ports

   Since its inception in 2014, I’ve been following the LibreSSL project.

   The OpenSSL codebase turns out to have severe problems. See the presentation, and especially sheet 7.

   The version in the FreeBSD base system is old, but the version used by the ports I can control. It took a while, but now was the time for me to switch.

3. Updating Python to 3.5

   This article documents the process I followed to update Python 3.4 to 3.5 on my FreeBSD machines.

4. Python bindings for libmagic

   This documents how I installed Python bindings for libmagic.

   There are actually different bindings for libmagic. One set is part of the original distribution. It can be found in /usr/src/contrib/file/python/. But in my opinion it is somewhat cumbersome to use and not very Pythonic.

   The implementation from ahupp/python-magic in Github feels more natural.

5. Updating FreeBSD from source

   Sometimes I need to update my FreeBSD operating system. I prefer to do that from the source code, so that …

6. Switching IPython to Python 3

   More and more, IPython has become my tool of choice as the ultimate calculator and to try out concepts and …

7. Automated local backups

   These days it is commonplace to have hardware or software RAID1, even in common PCs. In previous machines I’ve …

8. Updating multiple systems using a pre-built FreeBSD

   Recently I updated my workstation to FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p1. Since my laptop runs the same OS, I wanted …

9. Should system backups be compressed?

   Every now and then I make backups of my FreeBSD system’s filesystems with the venerable dump program. This is …

10. Updating to FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p1

    There have been some changes in the FreeBSD update process. The csup program has been retired, source code updating is …