#30daybsdchallenge — Public Fediverse posts
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It’s official. The Triple Boot is dead. Linux is no more. I am now a FreeBSD user.
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@FreeBSDFoundation my first experience with installing and using FreeBSD on hardware I own was 14.3. October 2025 I setup FreeBSD on my Raspberry Pi.
Now I’m doing a Linus Tech Tips inspired #30DayBSDChallenge myself and using it on my desktop. And based on how things are going I think I’m going to be using it full time!
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> I am installing Debian, inside FreeBSD, to then install wine and run Windows compatibility layers inside my Linux compatibility layers.
Yo dawg
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I downloaded the drivers from fresh ports or pkgs.org on a computer that has internet, copy to fat32 formatted flash drive. After install I picked that I wanted to switch to a shell before rebooting.
I was able to install, get internet working, then reboot with working network and accurate time.
Base install was like 2 GB which is probably one of the smallest modern OSes I have ever used.
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Steps I had to take to get my Realtek Ethernet networking working.
goem disk list
mount -t msdos /dev/drive /mnt # select correct drive and partition
pkg -N
cd /mnt
pkg add Realtek-
# add the following 2 lines to /boot/loader.conf
if_re_load=“YES”
if_re_name=“/boot/modules/if_re.ko
sysrc ifconfig_re0=“DHCP”
sysrc ifconfig_re0_ipv6=“inet6 accept_rtadv”
sysrc ntpd_enable=“YES”Reboot, networking should be working now!
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One thing that drives me a bit batty is that GRUB is not able to see the FreeBSD EFI boot partition.
But allegedly Windows’ BCD can?!?
Am I going to have to make Windows the primary boot device just to easily access FreeBSD vs jumping through the UEFI boot menu?
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First week of the #30DayBSDChallenge means the first challenge.
I have successfully installed FreeBSD 15 on my desktop. 4 500 GB SSDs I saved from the trash in a ZFS1 pool. Can’t believe a full XFCE desktop and a small handful of apps only uses like 6 GB. The fresh install was like 2 GB!
My challenge this week is to customize my desktop and apps. Thinking of being a basic bitch and going with Chicago95. I need KeepassXC, a browser, and a text editor too.