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FreeBSD is a free Unix-based operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.

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Why is FreeBSD deprecating GCC in favor of Clang/LLVM?

So I was surfing the net and stumbled upon this article. It basically states that FreeBSD, starting from Version 10 and above will deprecate GCC in favor of Clang/LLVM. From what I have seen around the net so far, Clang/LLVM is a fairly ambitious…
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Why would someone choose FreeBSD over Linux?

Why would someone choose FreeBSD over Linux? What are the advantages of FreeBSD compared to Linux? (My shared hosting provider uses FreeBSD.)
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Get the chmod numerical value for a file

In FreeBSD and also in Linux, how can I get the numerical chmod value of a file? For example, 644 instead of -rw-r--r--? I need an automatic way for a Bash script.
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Linux LXC vs FreeBSD jail

Are there any notable differences between LXC (Linux containers) and FreeBSD's jails in terms of security, stability & performance? On first look, both approaches look very similar.
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How can I achieve portability with sed -i (in-place editing)?

I'm writing shell scripts for my server, which is a shared hosting running FreeBSD. I also want to be able to test them locally, on my PC running Linux. Hence, I'm trying to write them in a portable way, but with sed I see no way to do that. Part of…
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Where in "/" should extra permanent disks be mounted?

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard extra disks should not be mounted in /mnt/ according to the first link, but doesn't seams so according to the…
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Where does Mac OS X come from?

Discussing with Mac owners, I got several versions of where Mac OS X comes from. It is known to have some root in BSD, but how much, and where? Some say that Mac OS X has a FreeBSD kernel, with all the utilities above that makes it an OS being Mac…
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List connected storage devices in FreeBSD

What's the FreeBSD variant of Linux's lsblk and blkid? I want something that provides the same sort of information as lsblk does in the example below: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT /dev/sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk…
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Why don't shell builtins have proper man pages?

All shell builtins share the same manual page: BUILTIN(1) BSD General Commands Manual BUILTIN(1) NAME builtin, ! etc. Then there is a little text describing what shell builtins are, and then a list that looks…
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How can I use DD to migrate data from an old drive to a new drive?

I am upgrading the internal SATA hard drive on my laptop from a 40G drive to a 160G drive. I have a Linux/Ubuntu desktop which has a SATA card. I would actually like to do the same thing for a couple CentOS & FreeBSD boxes at work, and it seems this…
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How can I avoid the prompts when installing a FreeBSD port?

When I install a port, I am often presented with a menu screen to select configuration options. If I'm going to install a really big package with lots of dependencies, that will be extremely inconvenient. Is there a make flag for accepting the…
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What's the sudo equivalent for FreeBSD?

In pretty much any GNU/Linux distribution you use sudo or su, What's the right choice for FreeBSD 10 ?
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ssh port forward to access my home machine from anywhere

I'm coming from this question: https://superuser.com/questions/359799/how-to-make-freebsd-box-accessible-from-internet I want to understand this whole process of port forwarding. I read so many things, but am failing to understand the very basic…
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FreeBSD: How to fix "ping: sendto: No buffer space available"?

I'm trying to ping a remote host, but I get an error. # ping 192.168.80.1 PING 192.168.80.1 (192.168.80.1): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: No buffer space available ping: sendto: No buffer space available ^C --- 192.168.80.1 ping statistics --- 2…
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How can I change the default gateway?

Currently I'm running a FreeBSD 9.1 and the default gateway is already configured in the rc.conf. rc.conf: defaultrouter = "10.0.0.1" But now I want to change the default gateway without rebooting the system, is this possible?
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