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I began using FreeBSD upon starting employment at CipherTrust (later Secure Computing and now ~~McAfeee~~). Coming from ~8 years of [[Linux]] background, FreeBSD represented all of unpleasant surprises, interesting new solutions, and my first real new exploration through the UNIX/POSIXverse.

I began using FreeBSD upon starting employment at CipherTrust (later Secure Computing and now McAfee). Coming from ~8 years of [[Linux]] background, FreeBSD represented all of unpleasant surprises, interesting new solutions, and my first real new exploration through the UNIX/POSIXverse.

*[[Updating FreeBSD]]

*[[FreeBSD APIs]]

==Useful things to do==

* Edit <tt>/boot/loader.conf</tt> and add the line <tt>kern.vty=sc</tt>. Reboot. You can now manipulate your VGA console with <tt>vidcontrol</tt>.

==Building Ports as a User==

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No updates needed.

[zaebros](0) $ </pre>

==Getting <tt>sudo</tt>==

Install <tt>security/sudo</tt> from the Ports Collection. Your sudoers file lives in <tt>/usr/local/etc/sudoers</tt>.

To add a user to the <tt>wheel</tt> group, use <tt>pw group mod wheel -m USER</tt>

==See also==

* "[https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-tcp-performance-system-controls/ FreeBSD TCP Performance System Controls]"

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-I began using FreeBSD upon starting employment at CipherTrust (later Secure Computing and now McAfeee). Coming from ~8 years of [[Linux]] background, FreeBSD represented all of unpleasant surprises, interesting new solutions, and my first real new exploration through the UNIX/POSIXverse.
+I began using FreeBSD upon starting employment at CipherTrust (later Secure Computing and now McAfee). Coming from ~8 years of [[Linux]] background, FreeBSD represented all of unpleasant surprises, interesting new solutions, and my first real new exploration through the UNIX/POSIXverse.
 *[[Updating FreeBSD]]
 *[[FreeBSD APIs]]
+==Useful things to do==
+* Edit <tt>/boot/loader.conf</tt> and add the line <tt>kern.vty=sc</tt>. Reboot. You can now manipulate your VGA console with <tt>vidcontrol</tt>.
 ==Building Ports as a User==
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 No updates needed.
 [zaebros](0) $ </pre>
+==Getting <tt>sudo</tt>==
+Install <tt>security/sudo</tt> from the Ports Collection. Your sudoers file lives in <tt>/usr/local/etc/sudoers</tt>.
+To add a user to the <tt>wheel</tt> group, use <tt>pw group mod wheel -m USER</tt>
+==See also==
+* "[https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-tcp-performance-system-controls/ FreeBSD TCP Performance System Controls]"