On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 06:36:36 -0400 Daniel Anderson <developm...@kd2ycu.com> wrote:
> >> I’ve set up a pair of FreeBSD VMs and got them up and running, one > >> of which is compiled off of main. > >> > >> I’d like to offer to help if there’s anything anyone needs help > >> with. > > > > The real question is, which area would you like to work on. In > > addition to creating VMs, (out of curiosity, what is underlaying > > platform?) do you have any experience with FreeBSD? There are > > numerous areas where you can help FreeBSD community... > > I have two amd64 VMs running, one a webserver running 14.3 and one > running 15-CURRENT with a git pull from a couple days ago. I got > these from a virtual server provider just because it seemed like a > good way to start, but my next plan was to buy something cheapish to > set up at home. I was thinking of purchasing a Raspberry Pi 5 or a > used mac mini to look at the integration / porting to apples new > architecture. How are you accessing those VMs? You need some desktop PC or notebok for this, I think... which OS does it run? You can set there additional FreeBSD, either a VM or in dual boot mode... Using FreeBSD as standard desktop is often not easy for setup (depends on requirements), but helps greatly to understand the OS and various quirks/issues and brings more experiences with it. As for additional non standard hardware, I'd recommend some time for contemplating first, to get the general feeling of system. It's better doing decisions with more knowledge in hand already. > I think the best thing for me would be to pick up small tasks to get > my feet wet. I’m more familiar with Linux than FreeBSD but it’s > interesting to learn, and I think picking up small tasks like bugs is > a good way to get my feet wet. Also I’m happy to update > documentation or test cases... A good way to start would be looking in official documents (project's web site, man pages...) and maybe forums, mailing list archives for some ideas, wiki,freebsd.org could be good resource as well. Regards, Milan
