Questions tagged [trueos]
A Unix-like, desktop-oriented operating system built upon FreeBSD. Formerly known as PC‑BSD. Aims to be easy-to-install and ready-to-use.
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Checksum error during installation of TrueNas Core in a new machine but FreeBSD installs fine
I'm trying to install TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U6.3 on a machine and cannot get past checksum error on base-os....tgz. Machine Spec: TRIGKEY G4 Mini PC 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake-N N95 Processor,up to ...
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Why applications on FreeBSD run slower than on Linux?
Update They don't! At least, not for me. See my answer. Original question According to last year's Phoronix benchmarks, applications on FreeBSD mostly run slower than on Debian (including ...
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Corrupt display observed via VNC with TrueOS on QEMU
I am trying to run TrueOS v17.12x64 on QEMU but got corrupted display immediately after booting to GUI: I am just going with the ordinary graphics setup. Here's my domain file: <graphics type='...
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New TrueOS install; keyboard doesn't work right
I installed a new instance of TrueOS (a FreeBSD variant) yesterday, and had a USB keyboard plugged in (Logitech G510). It worked fine in the install env, during the first-boot setup, and up until the ...
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Missing /etc/machine-id on FreeBSD/TrueOS/DragonFly BSD et al
Inspired by "FeeBSD KDE. Could not start d-bus. can you call qdbus?": I am using FreeBSD/TrueOS/DragonFly BSD and have some software from Ports that when run complains about a missing /etc/machine-id ...
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TrueOS: Keyboard layout
The keyboard layout was set to us during installation. setxkbmap -query displays layout as us. How to change it to uk?
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How to install virtualbox guest additions in TrueOS?
I have installed TrueOS in Virtualbox. Everything is working perfectly. But after I insert virtualbox guest additions, I am unable to find any way to install it. How can I do so? I am using Ubuntu ...
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CUPS on FreeBSD: suitable paths for manual placement of individual PPD files
Background I downloaded a handful of PPD files for Linux, with an expectation that they will work on TrueOS Desktop, which is currently based on FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT. I know that with the web ...
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