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Not so much a tutorial, but a pointer to setting up Tribblix with a Bhyve VM running FreeBSD to act as a wifi bridge for laptops with unsupported 802.11xx chips.

Hardening RHEL 10 and compatible

by int16h on 2025-09-22 12:34:00
A quick guide to hardening RHEL 10-based Linux distros
How to install Debian 13 with encrypted root on a Hetzner server

OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop

by int16h on 2022-10-16 06:00:22
A short guide to a minimalist cwm(1) X environment on OpenBSD.
Emulating an AlphaServer ES40 for running Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha.

*BSD Misconceptions

by izder456 on 2025-09-27 17:38:51
Clearing up some common confusion regarding the *BSDs
How to get a BCM3224 chip running under the bwn(4) driver on FreeBSD 14.3

OpenVMS 7.3 w/ SIMH VAX on OpenBSD

by int16h on 2025-10-16 16:15:58
Today I am revisiting a guide I originally wrote c. 2009 on installing and using OpenVMS 7.3 on a SIMH VAX. As well as updating some dead links and going through the processes in the article there's also the twist of using OpenBSD as the host, which in turn is running as a Proxmox VE Qemu/KVM guest.
The "Cold turkey hacker method"

Why OpenBSD?

by izder456 on 2025-09-27 17:26:57
A small opinion piece on why I personally like to daily drive OpenBSD

The *BSDs are hard(?)

by izder456 on 2025-09-27 17:37:00
Dismantling some misconceptions
A somewhat comprehensive overview of the various popular options of open source operating systems

So, you are new to OpenBSD

by izder456 on 2025-09-28 17:01:33
I am far from an expert in OpenBSD, but I hope this general reference will get you in the right place with using OpenBSD