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82FreeNAS 8 Setup Guide - How to Build Your Own NAS
FreeNAS is an open source project that allows you to turn an old computer into a network attached storage system. This hub will walk you through the process of setting up FreeNAS 8.
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77Introduction to pfSense - An Open Source Firewall and Router Platform
PfSense is a free, customized distribution of FreeBSD that can turn an old computer into a full featured router and firewall.
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40How to choose a good web hosting plan
There are numerous web hosting providers and it is important to select good web hosting plan. Based on the type of website, a shared web hosting, dedicated server or a virtual private server can be...
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61How to Build a Computer
Computers are often thought of as being very mysterious and "magical" pieces of equipment that only "smart" people can understand. People think the best option when it comes to getting a new computer is just to buy one altogether from a company like...
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68FreeBSD packages vs ports
Quick Background This post is aimed at bringing a practical understanding into the usage and difference between ports and packages. Sometimes big descriptive definitions make things sound so much more complex....
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80FreeBSD Own bootup script
Quick background When you start working with FreeBSD you find yourself one day getting a brainwave to write a script that you need to load during boot. This is the method I have found most usefull in those...
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72FreeBSD smbclient grep
Quick background This is a follow-up post to the samba and grep article. This post provides and interesting look at how to utilize the application smbclient and grep to help you find whatever you are looking...
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68FreeBSD Handy commands
About So many times I'm looking for something specific and it takes a couple of googles and following mailing lists, and reading blogs and and and... Sometimes it just get too much. So the aim it to keep it as...
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65FreeBSD samba and grep
Quick backgroundSamba Samba is the open-source equivalent of windows network neighbourhood. It allows unix based machines to access windows shared files and devices. grep grep is a native binary to many *nix...
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60Why Pay for Software?
There are so many available open source options, yet 96% of the population (home users) choose to pay for their computer software needs. After experimenting with the various sources, I was impressed with...
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