Maintaining FreeBSD in a Commercial Product – Why Upstream Contributions Matter
Upstreaming FreeBSD changes helps avoid costly forks, reduce upgrade friction, and keep products aligned with ongoing improvements. For teams building on FreeBSD, it’s a strategic choice that improves maintainability, security, and scalability.
FreeBSD 14 replaces Sendmail with DMA
FreeBSD 14 introduces DMA, the lightweight Mail Transport Agent from DragonFly BSD, as the default replacement for Sendmail. This article outlines the reasons behind the change, highlights the benefits of DMA, and provides a step-by-step guide to configuring it for efficient email handling on minimal systems.
Your Comprehensive Guide to rc(8): FreeBSD Services and Automation
The FreeBSD rc(8) subsystem is a sensible & elastic services management framework which enables extension automation as well as customizable start/stop scripts for your services. It’s also deterministic – which means services always start in the same order every boot, a critically important feature in service critical environments. Take a deep dive into FreeBSD services and automation with this new article!
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