Hackernews posts about FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an open-source operating system that provides a free and stable alternative to proprietary Unix-like systems.

1. FreeBSD ate my RAM (crocidb.com)
   198 points by theanonymousone 30 days ago | 80 comments
2. FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code from Its Base System (www.phoronix.com)
   99 points by lr0 18 days ago | 64 comments
3. Moving to FreeBSD from Linux (kuon.ch)
   71 points by speckx 25 days ago | 20 comments
4. "Oopsies " FreeBSD Devs Say There's Still GPL in the Kernel (fossforce.com)
   11 points by richij 3 days ago | 2 comments
5. FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last GPL Code from Its Base System (www.phoronix.com)
   11 points by brandhout 18 days ago | discuss
6. FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the 150MB Linux Copilot binary (www.osnews.com)
   10 points by whalesalad 9 days ago | discuss
7. FreeBSD 16 removes last GPL-licensed software, a first among *BSDs (old.reddit.com)
   8 points by NexRebular 19 days ago | discuss
8. GitLab on FreeBSD (vermaden.wordpress.com)
   8 points by vermaden 24 days ago | discuss
9. FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the 150MB Linux Copilot binary (www.osnews.com)
   7 points by birdculture 8 days ago | discuss
10. FreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving with WiFi, GPU and Audio Driver Work (www.phoronix.com)
    7 points by Bender 18 days ago | discuss
11. FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code from Its Base System (www.phoronix.com)
    7 points by terminalbraid 18 days ago | discuss
12. FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the 150MB Linux Copilot binary (www.osnews.com)
    6 points by iamnothere 9 days ago | discuss
13. BSDun – Linux kernel module to load FreeBSD ELF binaries (gitlab.com)
    6 points by Tiberium 28 days ago | discuss
14. FreeBSD Ports Currently Frozen Due to a Large Commit (www.phoronix.com)
    5 points by ErenayDev 10 days ago | discuss
15. NextBSD project revived: macOS userland tools on FreeBSD kernel (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by lproven 15 days ago | 3 comments
16. Sylve with FreeBSD Instead of Proxmox for Virtualization (gyptazy.com)
    4 points by d4gli 11 days ago | 2 comments
17. FreeBSD Just Removed the Last of Its GPL-Licensed Code (hackaday.com)
    4 points by olalonde 5 days ago | discuss
18. Native Inotify in FreeBSD (klarasystems.com)
    3 points by fanf2 17 days ago | 1 comments
19. FreeBSD Developing New Ntsync Driver for Accelerating Windows NT Sync Primitives (www.phoronix.com)
    3 points by Bender 6 days ago | discuss
20. FreeBSD Status Report Second Quarter 2026 (www.freebsd.org)
    3 points by ptx 6 days ago | discuss
21. FreeBSD: Missing Mac validation in wg(4) packet decryption (www.freebsd.org)
    2 points by dchest 3 days ago | 1 comments
22. I Built a FreeBSD Cloud to Use with FreeBSD (interfacecraft.online)
    2 points by speckx 10 days ago | discuss
23. Vibe Coded X11 Server Written in Rust Adds Xinerama, FreeBSD Support (www.phoronix.com)
    2 points by breve 28 days ago | discuss
24. Show HN: Mojibake – A low-level Unicode library written in C (mojibake.zaerl.com)
    78 points by program 16 days ago | 22 comments
25. Come Friendly SBOMs (freebsdfoundation.org)
    2 points by Tomte 19 days ago | discuss
26. Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act (www.dw.com)
    271 points by robtherobber 19 days ago | 188 comments
27. FreeCAD in the Browser (magik.net)
    51 points by cui 22 days ago | 36 comments
28. ID requirement to halt freedom of information in Germany (www.heise.de)
    34 points by doener 8 days ago | 3 comments
29. Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control (bigthink.com)
    11 points by arrowsmith 21 days ago | 1 comments
30. Internet Freedom is Here: FreeSocks v2 (unredacted.org)
    11 points by lunarthegrey 12 days ago | discuss