Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 02/19/2007 - [ freebsd ]

This guide explains how to mount a floppy image and/or a CD-Rom ISO using mdconfig.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 02/19/2007 - [ freebsd ]

This guide describes the steps for both enabling and disabling anonymous FTP.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 03/24/2007 - [ freebsd ]

FreeBSD allows for the configuration of a splash screen to replace the text displayed while booting. Often an image is preferred over plain text. Adding a splash screen will not eliminate the text that would have been displayed while booting. This text is always available by running dmesg.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 08/13/2005 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will walk a user through updating his source to follow FreeBSD's stable branch. Please make a full backup of the current system before following this guide.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 12/18/2006 - [ freebsd ]

This guide demonstrates the ease of installing Xorg and KDE on FreeBSD 5.x.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 07/15/2005 - [ freebsd ]

KDE can place icons for specific devices such as CD-Roms, DVD-Roms, Cameras, etc. The idea is to click on this icon and the device will automatically be mounted and Konqueror will open showing the contents of the mounted device. By default only the root user, or superuser, has the ability to mount filesystems. Regular users need to be given the ability to mount if they are going to use the KDE Device Icons.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 04/20/2007 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will help you install Firefox and Thunderbird. This guide will also explain how to configure Thunderbird to open http, https, and ftp links in Firefox and how to configure Firefox to open mailto links in Thunderbird.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 07/15/2005 - [ freebsd ]

FreeBSD doesn't enable the sound by default. However it is simple to detect and enable your sound card.