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Welcome on @vermaden blog. I share knowledge and experience that I gathered by working 10+ years as sysadmin at IT industry. Countless times various articles or blog posts helped me, so its time to give back. I write about server deployments mostly on UNIX systems like FreeBSD but also on Linux syst

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2026 61

  1. Valuable News – 2026/10/26
  2. Valuable News – 2026/10/19
  3. Valuable News – 2026/10/12
  4. FreeBSD Cope with Signal Fuckup
  5. Valuable News – 2026/10/05
  6. Valuable News – 2026/09/28
  7. Valuable News – 2026/09/21
  8. Valuable News – 2026/09/14
  9. Valuable News – 2026/09/07
  10. AMD Based FreeBSD Desktop Reloaded
  11. Valuable News – 2026/08/31
  12. Lenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM
  13. Valuable News – 2026/08/24
  14. Valuable News – 2026/08/17
  15. Custom FreeBSD UCARP Setup
  16. Move FreeBSD System Between ZFS Disks
  17. Valuable News – 2026/08/10
  18. FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI
  19. Valuable News – 2026/08/03
  20. Valuable News – 2026/07/27
  21. Valuable News – 2026/07/20
  22. Valuable News – 2026/07/13
  23. GitLab on FreeBSD
  24. Valuable News – 2026/07/06
  25. Valuable News – 2026/06/29
  26. Valuable News – 2026/06/22
  27. The freebsd-update(8) Screensaver
  28. Expand GELI Encrypted Bhyve VM ZFS Disk
  29. Valuable News – 2026/06/15
  30. Valuable News – 2026/06/08
  31. Valuable News – 2026/06/01
  32. Valuable News – 2026/05/25
  33. Valuable News – 2026/05/18
  34. Valuable News – 2026/05/11
  35. FreeBSD PKGBASE Minor Upgrades
  36. Valuable News – 2026/05/04
  37. Valuable News – 2026/04/27
  38. Valuable News – 2026/04/20
  39. FreeBSD Image Builder/Installer verimg(8) Tool
  40. Valuable News – 2026/04/13
  41. Valuable News – 2026/04/06
  42. Valuable News – 2026/03/30
  43. Valuable News – 2026/03/23
  44. Valuable News – 2026/03/16
  45. Valuable News – 2026/03/09
  46. Valuable News – 2026/03/02
  47. Uplift Privileges on FreeBSD
  48. Valuable News – 2026/02/23
  49. FreeBSD MIT Kerberos Server
  50. Native FreeBSD Kerberos/LDAP with FreeIPA/IDM
  51. Valuable News – 2026/02/16
  52. Valuable News – 2026/02/09
  53. Valuable News – 2026/02/02
  54. 150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation
  55. Valuable News – 2026/01/26
  56. Valuable News – 2026/01/19
  57. 200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop
  58. Valuable News – 2026/01/12
  59. Add Port to FreeBSD Ports
  60. FreeBSD/Poudriere in High Security Proxy Environments
  61. Valuable News – 2026/01/05

2025 75

  1. Valuable News – 2025/12/29
  2. Scripts Stats
  3. Valuable News – 2025/12/22
  4. Valuable News – 2025/12/15
  5. Valuable News – 2025/12/08
  6. Valuable News – 2025/12/01
  7. Valuable FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Updates
  8. ZFS Boot Environments Explained
  9. Valuable News – 2025/11/24
  10. Valuable News – 2025/11/17
  11. Valuable News – 2025/11/10
  12. Valuable News – 2025/11/03
  13. Valuable News – 2025/10/27
  14. Brave New PKGBASE World
  15. Valuable News – 2025/10/20
  16. New fwget(8) FreeBSD Firmware Tool
  17. Valuable News – 2025/10/13
  18. Valuable News – 2025/10/06
  19. Valuable News – 2025/09/29
  20. RSS on FreeBSD
  21. Valuable News – 2025/09/22
  22. Valuable News – 2025/09/15
  23. Valuable News – 2025/09/08
  24. Valuable News – 2025/09/01
  25. Torrent on FreeBSD
  26. Valuable News – 2025/08/25
  27. Valuable News – 2025/08/18
  28. Valuable News – 2025/08/11
  29. Valuable News – 2025/08/04
  30. Valuable News – 2025/07/28
  31. Valuable News – 2025/07/21
  32. FreeBSD PKGBASE pkgbasify(8) Tool
  33. Valuable News – 2025/07/14
  34. Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit
  35. Valuable News – 2025/07/07
  36. Poudriere Inside FreeBSD VNET Jail
  37. Valuable News – 2025/06/30
  38. FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25
  39. Valuable News – 2025/06/23
  40. FreeBSD Kernel Modules pkg(8) Repositories
  41. More Undervalued Hardware Companions
  42. Valuable News – 2025/06/16
  43. Valuable News – 2025/06/09
  44. Valuable News – 2025/06/02
  45. Failed Backup Server Build
  46. Valuable News – 2025/05/26
  47. Valuable News – 2025/05/19
  48. Valuable News – 2025/05/12
  49. Valuable News – 2025/05/05
  50. Valuable News – 2025/04/28
  51. Valuable News – 2025/04/21
  52. Valuable News – 2025/04/14
  53. FreeBSD Jails Security
  54. Are FreeBSD Jails a Containers?
  55. Valuable News – 2025/04/07
  56. Minecraft Server in FreeBSD Jails Container
  57. Valuable News – 2025/03/31
  58. Valuable News – 2025/03/24
  59. Valuable News – 2025/03/17
  60. Valuable News – 2025/03/10
  61. Manage UPS on FreeBSD
  62. Valuable News – 2025/03/03
  63. Valuable News – 2025/02/24
  64. Valuable News – 2025/02/17
  65. GhostBSD pkg(8) Repository on FreeBSD
  66. Valuable News – 2025/02/10
  67. Valuable News – 2025/02/03
  68. FreeBSD Alongside Windows
  69. Valuable News – 2025/01/27
  70. Valuable News – 2025/01/20
  71. Valuable News – 2025/01/13
  72. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 2.3 – Install FreeBSD 14
  73. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 2.2 – Install FreeBSD 13
  74. FreeBSD Suspend/Resume
  75. Valuable News – 2025/01/06

2024 76

  1. Valuable News – 2024/12/30
  2. 200 000
  3. Perfect Desk
  4. Valuable News – 2024/12/23
  5. Valuable News – 2024/12/16
  6. Valuable News – 2024/12/09
  7. Valuable News – 2024/12/02
  8. Valuable News – 2024/11/25
  9. New jmore(8) FreeBSD Jails List/Manage Tool
  10. Valuable News – 2024/11/18
  11. Scan on FreeBSD
  12. Valuable News – 2024/11/11
  13. Install FreeBSD with One Command
  14. Valuable News – 2024/11/04
  15. Operate Android Device on FreeBSD
  16. Valuable News – 2024/10/28
  17. Valuable News – 2024/10/21
  18. Valuable News – 2024/10/14
  19. Valuable News – 2024/10/07
  20. Valuable News – 2024/09/30
  21. Ghost in the Shell – Part 8 – Use vi(1) Editor
  22. Valuable News – 2024/09/23
  23. Valuable News – 2024/09/16
  24. Valuable News – 2024/09/09
  25. Valuable News – 2024/09/02
  26. Valuable News – 2024/08/26
  27. Valuable News – 2024/08/19
  28. Valuable News – 2024/08/12
  29. Valuable News – 2024/08/05
  30. Perfect NAS Solution
  31. Valuable News – 2024/07/29
  32. Valuable News – 2024/07/22
  33. Valuable News – 2024/07/15
  34. Valuable News – 2024/07/08
  35. Valuable News – 2024/07/01
  36. Valuable News – 2024/06/24
  37. FreeBSD Samba Share with FreeIPA/IDM Auth
  38. FreeBSD Bhyve Companion Tools
  39. Valuable News – 2024/06/17
  40. Valuable News – 2024/06/10
  41. Valuable News – 2024/06/03
  42. ZFS Resilver on SMR Drives
  43. Valuable News – 2024/05/27
  44. Valuable News – 2024/05/20
  45. Valuable News – 2024/05/13
  46. Valuable News – 2024/05/06
  47. Valuable News – 2024/04/29
  48. Valuable News – 2024/04/22
  49. TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE
  50. Fallout Bullshit
  51. Valuable News – 2024/04/15
  52. Valuable News – 2024/04/08
  53. FreeBSD Zero to Desktop Speedrun Challenge
  54. Valuable News – 2024/04/01
  55. Valuable News – 2024/03/25
  56. Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions
  57. Valuable News – 2024/03/18
  58. Sensible Firefox Setup
  59. Perfect Neovim Ansible Setup
  60. Valuable News – 2024/03/11
  61. Keycloak Identity and Access Management on FreeBSD
  62. Connect FreeBSD 14.0-STABLE to FreeIPA/IDM
  63. Valuable News – 2024/03/04
  64. Important efibootmgr(8) Command
  65. Valuable News – 2024/02/26
  66. Valuable News – 2024/02/19
  67. Valuable News – 2024/02/12
  68. Tiny UPS for Tiny NAS Reloaded
  69. Valuable News – 2024/02/05
  70. Valuable News – 2024/01/29
  71. Tiny UPS for Tiny NAS
  72. Valuable News – 2024/01/22
  73. Valuable News – 2024/01/15
  74. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 29 – Configuration – Audio Improvements
  75. Valuable News – 2024/01/08
  76. Valuable News – 2024/01/01

2023 71

  1. Valuable News – 2023/12/25
  2. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 28 – Configuration – Corner Actions
  3. Valuable News – 2023/12/18
  4. Valuable News – 2023/12/11
  5. Personal FreeBSD PKGBASE Update Server
  6. Valuable News – 2023/12/04
  7. Valuable News – 2023/11/27
  8. Valuable News – 2023/11/20
  9. Valuable FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE Updates
  10. Valuable News – 2023/11/13
  11. Valuable News – 2023/11/06
  12. Valuable News – 2023/10/30
  13. Valuable News – 2023/10/23
  14. Valuable News – 2023/10/16
  15. Fix linux-browser-installer(8) on FreeBSD
  16. Valuable News – 2023/10/09
  17. FreeBSD UNIX Wallpapers
  18. Valuable News – 2023/10/02
  19. Valuable News – 2023/09/25
  20. Valuable News – 2023/09/18
  21. Valuable News – 2023/09/11
  22. Valuable News – 2023/09/04
  23. Valuable News – 2023/08/28
  24. Valuable News – 2023/08/21
  25. Quick DBUS Fix
  26. FreeBSD Bhyve Virtualization
  27. Valuable News – 2023/08/14
  28. FreeBSD on FreeIPA/IDM with Poudriere Repo
  29. Valuable News – 2023/08/07
  30. Valuable News – 2023/07/31
  31. AMD Based FreeBSD Desktop
  32. Valuable News – 2023/07/24
  33. Valuable News – 2023/07/17
  34. Valuable News – 2023/07/10
  35. Valuable News – 2023/07/03
  36. NFSv4 Server Inside FreeBSD VNET Jail
  37. FreeBSD Jails Containers
  38. Valuable News – 2023/06/26
  39. Valuable News – 2023/06/19
  40. Valuable News – 2023/06/12
  41. Valuable News – 2023/06/05
  42. Valuable News – 2023/05/29
  43. Valuable News – 2023/05/22
  44. Valuable News – 2023/05/15
  45. FreeBSD 13.2 on ThinkPad T14 (GEN1)
  46. Valuable News – 2023/05/09
  47. Valuable News – 2023/05/01
  48. Simple FreeBSD Poudriere Harvester Guide
  49. Valuable News – 2023/04/24
  50. Valuable News – 2023/04/18
  51. Valuable News – 2023/04/10
  52. Silent Fanless Dell Wyse 3030 LT FreeBSD Server
  53. Valuable News – 2023/04/03
  54. Connect FreeBSD 13.2 to FreeIPA/IDM
  55. Valuable News – 2023/03/27
  56. Valuable News – 2023/03/21
  57. Valuable News – 2023/03/14
  58. Valuable News – 2023/03/08
  59. FreeBSD Home Audio Studio
  60. Valuable News – 2023/02/27
  61. Valuable News – 2023/02/20
  62. Valuable News – 2023/02/13
  63. Print on FreeBSD
  64. Valuable News – 2023/02/06
  65. Valuable News – 2023/01/30
  66. Valuable News – 2023/01/23
  67. Keep FreeBSD Desktop Updated
  68. Native Urban Terror on FreeBSD
  69. Valuable News – 2023/01/16
  70. Valuable News – 2023/01/09
  71. Valuable News – 2023/01/02

2022 68

  1. Valuable News – 2022/12/27
  2. Valuable News – 2022/12/19
  3. Valuable News – 2022/12/12
  4. Valuable News – 2022/12/03
  5. Valuable News – 2022/11/28
  6. Valuable News – 2022/11/21
  7. SAP Copy Paste with Mouse Buttons
  8. Connect FreeBSD to FreeIPA/Red Hat Identity Management
  9. Valuable News – 2022/11/14
  10. Valuable News – 2022/11/08
  11. Valuable News – 2022/11/01
  12. Valuable News – 2022/10/24
  13. Valuable News – 2022/10/18
  14. Valuable News – 2022/10/10
  15. Valuable News – 2022/10/03
  16. Valuable News – 2022/09/26
  17. Valuable News – 2022/09/19
  18. FreeBSD Cope with WiFi Fuckup
  19. Valuable News – 2022/09/12
  20. Valuable News – 2022/09/05
  21. Valuable News – 2022/08/29
  22. Valuable News – 2022/08/22
  23. Valuable News – 2022/08/15
  24. Valuable News – 2022/08/08
  25. Valuable News – 2022/08/01
  26. Valuable News – 2022/07/25
  27. Valuable News – 2022/07/18
  28. Desktop Environments Resource Usage Comparison
  29. Valuable News – 2022/07/11
  30. Valuable News – 2022/07/04
  31. Valuable News – 2022/06/27
  32. Split Audio Files into Parts
  33. Valuable News – 2022/06/20
  34. Is FreeBSD a Real UNIX?
  35. Valuable News – 2022/06/13
  36. Valuable News – 2022/06/06
  37. Valuable News – 2022/05/30
  38. Valuable News – 2022/05/23
  39. NFS Server Inside FreeBSD VNET Jail
  40. Valuable News – 2022/05/16
  41. Valuable News – 2022/05/10
  42. ZFS on SMR Drives
  43. Valuable News – 2022/05/02
  44. Valuable News – 2022/04/25
  45. Valuable News – 2022/04/19
  46. FreeBSD 13.1 on ThinkPad W520
  47. Valuable News – 2022/04/11
  48. Automated Kickstart Install of RHEL/Clones
  49. Valuable News – 2022/04/04
  50. Valuable News – 2022/03/28
  51. ZFS Compatibility
  52. Valuable News – 2022/03/21
  53. Valuable News – 2022/03/14
  54. ZFS Boot Environments Revolutions
  55. Valuable News – 2022/03/08
  56. Valuable News – 2022/02/28
  57. Valuable News – 2022/02/21
  58. Sensors Information on FreeBSD
  59. Valuable News – 2022/02/14
  60. XFCE Cupertino Way
  61. Valuable News – 2022/02/07
  62. Epitaph to Laptops
  63. Books About FreeBSD
  64. Valuable News – 2022/01/31
  65. Valuable News – 2022/01/24
  66. Valuable News – 2022/01/17
  67. Valuable News – 2022/01/10
  68. Valuable News – 2022/01/03

2021 68

  1. Valuable News – 2021/12/27
  2. Valuable News – 2021/12/20
  3. Secure Containerized Browser
  4. Valuable News – 2021/12/13
  5. Valuable News – 2021/12/06
  6. Valuable News – 2021/11/29
  7. Valuable News – 2021/11/22
  8. Valuable News – 2021/11/15
  9. UNIX Mouse Shootout
  10. Valuable News – 2021/11/08
  11. Valuable News – 2021/11/01
  12. Valuable News – 2021/10/25
  13. Other FreeBSD Version in ZFS Boot Environment
  14. Valuable News – 2021/10/19
  15. Valuable News – 2021/10/11
  16. Valuable News – 2021/10/04
  17. Valuable News – 2021/09/27
  18. Valuable News – 2021/09/20
  19. Ghost in the Shell – Part 7 – ZSH Setup
  20. Valuable News – 2021/09/13
  21. Ghost in the Shell – Part 6 – Learn Shell Scripting
  22. Valuable News – 2021/09/06
  23. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 27 – Configuration – Netflix Signal Telegram
  24. Valuable News – 2021/08/30
  25. Valuable News – 2021/08/23
  26. Valuable News – 2021/08/16
  27. Valuable News – 2021/08/09
  28. Valuable News – 2021/08/03
  29. Valuable News – 2021/07/26
  30. Valuable News – 2021/07/19
  31. Valuable News – 2021/07/12
  32. Valuable News – 2021/07/05
  33. Valuable News – 2021/06/29
  34. Valuable News – 2021/06/21
  35. Valuable News – 2021/06/14
  36. Valuable News – 2021/06/07
  37. Valuable News – 2021/05/31
  38. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 26 – Configuration – Conferencing and Meetings
  39. Valuable News – 2021/05/24
  40. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 25 – Configuration – Random Terminal Theme
  41. Valuable News – 2021/05/17
  42. Valuable News – 2021/05/10
  43. Valuable News – 2021/05/03
  44. Ghost in the Shell – Part 5
  45. Valuable News – 2021/04/26
  46. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 24 – Configuration – Universal File Opener
  47. Valuable News – 2021/04/19
  48. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 23 – Configuration – Herbe Notifications
  49. Valuable News – 2021/04/11
  50. UFS Boot Environments for ARM
  51. Valuable News – 2021/04/05
  52. UFS Boot Environments
  53. Valuable News – 2021/03/29
  54. Valuable News – 2021/03/22
  55. Valuable News – 2021/03/15
  56. GlusterFS 8 on FreeBSD 13
  57. Valuable News – 2021/03/08
  58. Valuable News – 2021/03/01
  59. Upgrade FreeBSD with ZFS Boot Environments
  60. Valuable News – 2021/02/22
  61. Valuable News – 2021/02/15
  62. Valuable News – 2021/02/08
  63. Valuable News – 2021/02/01
  64. Valuable News – 2021/01/25
  65. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 22 – Configuration – Aero Snap Extended
  66. Valuable News – 2021/01/18
  67. Valuable News – 2021/01/11
  68. Valuable News – 2021/01/04

2020 64

  1. Valuable News – 2020/12/28
  2. Valuable News – 2020/12/21
  3. Valuable News – 2020/12/14
  4. Valuable News – 2020/12/07
  5. Valuable News – 2020/11/30
  6. Valuable News – 2020/11/23
  7. Unbound DNS Blacklist
  8. Valuable News – 2020/11/16
  9. Valuable News – 2020/11/09
  10. Valuable News – 2020/11/02
  11. Realtek RTL8188CUS – USB 802.11n WiFi Review
  12. Valuable News – 2020/10/26
  13. Valuable News – 2020/10/19
  14. FreeBSD GNOME 3 Fast Track
  15. Oldschool Gaming on FreeBSD
  16. Valuable News – 2020/10/12
  17. Valuable News – 2020/10/05
  18. Valuable News – 2020/09/28
  19. Valuable News – 2020/09/21
  20. Valuable News – 2020/09/14
  21. Valuable News – 2020/09/07
  22. Quare FreeBSD?
  23. FreeBSD Cluster with Pacemaker and Corosync
  24. Valuable News – 2020/08/31
  25. Valuable News – 2020/08/24
  26. Valuable News – 2020/08/17
  27. Valuable News – 2020/08/10
  28. Valuable News – 2020/08/03
  29. Valuable News – 2020/07/27
  30. Valuable News – 2020/07/20
  31. Valuable News – 2020/07/13
  32. Valuable News – 2020/07/06
  33. Classic ThinkPad Thermal Paste Change
  34. Valuable News – 2020/06/29
  35. Valuable News – 2020/06/22
  36. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 21 – Configuration – Compton
  37. Valuable News – 2020/06/15
  38. Valuable News – 2020/06/08
  39. Valuable News – 2020/06/01
  40. Valuable News – 2020/05/25
  41. Valuable News – 2020/05/18
  42. Valuable News – 2020/05/11
  43. Valuable News – 2020/05/04
  44. Valuable News – 2020/04/27
  45. Valuable News – 2020/04/20
  46. Valuable News – 2020/04/13
  47. Valuable News – 2020/04/06
  48. Valuable News – 2020/03/30
  49. Valuable News – 2020/03/23
  50. Valuable News – 2020/03/16
  51. Valuable News – 2020/03/09
  52. Valuable News – 2020/03/02
  53. Valuable News – 2020/02/24
  54. Valuable News – 2020/02/17
  55. FreeBSD Enterprise Storage at PBUG
  56. Valuable News – 2020/02/10
  57. Valuable News – 2020/02/03
  58. Valuable News – 2020/01/27
  59. Valuable News – 2020/01/20
  60. Valuable News – 2020/01/13
  61. Run broot on FreeBSD
  62. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 20 – Configuration – Unlock Your Laptop with Phone
  63. Valuable News – 2020/01/06
  64. Nextcloud 17 on FreeBSD 12.1

2019 46

  1. Valuable News – 2019/12/30
  2. Valuable News – 2019/12/23
  3. Valuable News – 2019/12/16
  4. Manage Contacts the UNIX Way
  5. FreeBSD Desktop – Part 19 – Configuration – Plank – Skippy-XD
  6. Valuable News – 2019/12/09
  7. Valuable News – 2019/12/02
  8. Valuable News – 2019/11/25
  9. Valuable News – 2019/11/18
  10. Valuable News – 2019/11/12
  11. Valuable News – 2019/11/04
  12. Valuable News – 2019/10/28
  13. Valuable News – 2019/10/18
  14. Valuable News – 2019/10/14
  15. Valuable News – 2019/10/07
  16. Valuable News – 2019/10/01
  17. List Block Devices on FreeBSD lsblk(8) Style
  18. Valuable News – 2019/09/23
  19. Valuable News – 2019/09/16
  20. Valuable News – 2019/09/09
  21. Valuable News – 2019/09/02
  22. Valuable News – 2019/08/26
  23. Valuable News – 2019/08/19
  24. Valuable News – 2019/08/14
  25. Valuable News – 2019/08/05
  26. Valuable News – 2019/07/29
  27. Valuable News – 2019/07/22
  28. Valuable News – 2019/07/15
  29. Valuable News – 2019/07/08
  30. Valuable News – 2019/07/01
  31. Valuable News – 2019/06/24
  32. FreeBSD Enterprise 1 PB Storage
  33. Valuable News – 2019/06/17
  34. Manage Photography the UNIX Way
  35. Valuable News – 2019/06/10
  36. RabbitMQ Cluster on FreeBSD Containers
  37. Valuable News – 2019/06/03
  38. Valuable News – 2019/05/27
  39. Valuable News – 2019/05/20
  40. Valuable News – 2019/05/09
  41. Valuable News – 2019/05/06
  42. Valuable News – 2019/04/29
  43. Valuable News – 2019/04/22
  44. Valuable News – 2019/04/15
  45. Valuable News – 2019/04/08
  46. Silent Fanless FreeBSD Server – Redundant Backup