NomadBSD: Persistent Live USB OS

NomadBSD setup and demo. This FreeBSD OS is designed to run from a live USB drive which is persistent, so that user files, applications and operating system changes can be saved to it. NomadBSD is hence a portable alternative OS that you can move between computers and carry around in your pocket.

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[AnimalFacts]

Bonus points for the Stargate reference.

[gwgux]

It's good that this project exists. The BSDs are responsible for a lot of code that many, many other projects use (both commercial and open source) so it's good to see a good "gatekeeper" to the BSD world out there that makes it more accessible to newcomers to learn about it.

[Poifix]

I'm not that interested in other Operating Systems. But this guy could make anything interesting to watch.
Everything is explained step by step in a good way. Mostly easy to understand, without overexplaining like you are some kind of moron.
Very nice content. Always like learning new things.

[johalun]

It should be noted that while FreeBSD doesn't come with a graphical environment at default install, it can be installed from the official repository of 3rd party packages.

[Tall_Order]

>Spiral pattern in Gimp
>Closes it down "I can still see it"
LOL so could I. I had a good chuckle there.

[stanpotter]

For 16:30 I wasn't thinking about global pandemic. Thank you, Chris. 🙏❤

[PS_Tube]

I've heard of BSD OS's long time ago, but never actually seen one in action. It's even the first time I saw booting from an img instead of iso.
Applause to you for this beautiful informative presentation Chris.

[Npdias]

The James May of computing - never fails to be consistently good.

[foxabilo]

Whenever things outside my window are going crazy, I can always watch an ExplainingComputers video to make it all just that little bit better.

[Dr_MKUltra]

Great channel, no BS music, or cam effects, straight knowledge.

[heedmywarning]

iso vs img, Linux vs FreeBSD and so on. I've learned more in under 17 minutes than they teach in some STEM college classes.

[minepro]

Made my day. Perfect way to get into BSD.

[gpalmerify]

It's nice to see a UNIX distro that has sufficient driver support. The last time I played with open source SOLARIS, it took a lot of time to sniff around for drivers. That became so troublesome, that it wasn't worth dealing with it. As I recall BSD UNIX, it had subtle differences in the shell and command line syntax. I'm going to put Nomad BSD on my todo list. Thank you Chris!

[elviraeloramilosic]

Excellent OS.
Definitely one to have on my USBs. 👌🏻

Hello Chris. 👋🏻
It’s been a while.
New job, new tasks, getting into stuff, new tricks to learn, few trips done... And now back to my machines & learning flow.
And EC videos to catch up.
EC channel excellent as always.
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Actually I recently came back from a trip with Doctor Who. I had to leave the doctor and the TARDIS. The ripples in time & space we did, started to mess with universe. Watching EC videos at Sunday is fixed point in time. Must not be changed.

[johncnorris]

I can see how this would be a great tool for learning the command line differences between mainstream versions of GNU/Linux systems (like Debian and Redhat) and BSD. I've been wanting to get more familiar with BSD so I could be better at installing and operating pfSense and ZFS services and this looks like the right path. Thanks for the video!

[michelfilion]

Follow up. After numerous attempts with nomadbsd, I gave up. First usb stick was giving me a TRIM error so I purchased a Sandisk Ultra 3.0 and got a CAM Status error (ccb request completed with an error). So I turned to antix 19 and amazingly it worked flawlessly, persistence and all. A tad longer to set up but an outstanding array of theme choices, tools and blazingly fast. If you can find the time to try it, I'm sure you'll be impressed. Cheers.

[donporter]

I like it and am going to take it for a "drive" in the morning. Well presented as usual, Mr. Chris!

[stevensteven]

After watching this video I decided to try it out. It took several attempts just to get the Cruzer USB to be burned with NomadBSD, and then I had to completely shut down 3 times before I could interact with the OS. This was via Pure FreeBSD via the SH shell, so I thought that was as good as it gets. Then on the 5th startup I was presented with the NomadBSD desktop exactly as it appears on this video. Some of my problems may be that I have no HD in the laptop Nomad is running on.
The troubles were well worth the effort though, I now have a fast, safe, secure modern OS that does everything I want and more. Next step getting a C compiler to work on this unit.
THANKS for the video !!!

[MichelMorinMontreal]

Greetings! In this age of more or less (more than less?) programmed obsolescence of hardware and software, returning to a digital environment dating back to the 1990s is an happiness that it would be indecent to neglect! And above all, not to appreciate it. (Heavens, to use UNIX like OS again, on a USB drive...!) Very important historical reminder; thank you very much!

[davidfai]

I'm subscriber from Hong Kong. Thanks for sharing this BSD os with graphic interface. simple and straight forward.