My actual miniPC is an Acer Veryton N series with a 1.5 GHz processor. NomadBSD run on it very smoothly. NomadBSD's developers done a great job! Thanks a lot.
Thanks so much for this video! I have tried NomadBSD on a USB stick in the past, but did not stick with it because it was hard to see how to install it to an SSD to use as a permanent distro on a laptop. Now it looks as though such an installation is easy to do, but I still have a nagging question. Can NormadBSD be updated on a hard drive while preserving user data? Thanks in advance if you have an answer. Cheers from Wisconsin.
So, you are asking if you have something on the USB stick in your home directory, will that be copied to the HDD? As far as I know, and from what I can remember, yes it does - it simply copies the contents to the HDD and resizes everything to fit the HDD/partition... you can test it yourself and know that any user data on the USB is safe and merely copied, then if it didn't persist, then boot into the HDD, and plug in the USB then copy over the info etc... but I think that it does... a great question and something I will include in the next review of future NomadBSDs.... thank you Andrew!
The Linux distro that NomadBSD used for their linux binary is of course Ubuntu. That of course would come in handy if anyone want to run Steam on NomadBSD.
Yes.... I borrowed the phrase from the younger generation who relax and watch TV but who now call it 'Netflix & Chill' :-) Got to keep with the times I guess :-)
Since they're using FreeBSD, it would be nice if they could give back some of the utilities to the ports system, such as the Linux browser installer. There are no ports for any of them that I can see.
Hmm, I do not remember NomadBSD being able to install to HDD before? I could be wrong though. Is that a new feature? Or was it there from the git go? This really showcases what you can enjoy with FreeBSD when everything actually works(I am talking to YOU Octopkg!!!!). Very nice!
A big issue always is to get the printer working. I gave it a try with OpenBSD and FreeBSD, but was not able to get my Canon MF 4580 even beeing recognised. I`m still hoping for a BSD system that solves this problem.
Watching your 4:3 video on my trusty ol 4:3 ThinkPad. Great video and another great episode RoboNuggie 🥰 P.S On the installer there was a checkbox with apply Lenovo Fix or something like that... Looks like your a Dell enthusiast RN.. 😊 Any viewers here who run ThinkPads have an idea what it’s trying to fix? P.P.S. The more the years go by the more I dislike modern day television. I much prefer “procuring” older tv series and watching them on my 4:3 ThinkPad... Kinda like driving a nice classic car over the weekend 🥰. Thanks again for the videos RN 🥰👍🏼
Hi - Thank you for the great videos you have made! After installing NomadBSD on a flash drive, it worked very nicely. Then installed on 320gb HDD and added XFCE - very nice. Then noticed in Octopkg on the XFCE 320gb HDD installation there were 202 packages that needed to be upgraded and 196 on the flash drive install. After upgrading the packages with Octopkg, the default desktop (window manager?) disappeared - only the right-click menu exists - and the user/share/applications listed in Thunar were only 6. On the HDD with XFCE, the same happened with the default desktop, but somehow XFCE survived unscathed. Made a couple of fresh flash drives and tried it again on a T450s ThinkPad and a T420 Thinkpad - same result - without any other configuration - just upgrading the 196 packages. The previous week I tried FreeBSD, but did not have these issues. There was nothing under "News" in Octopkg, at the NomadBSD or FreeBSD website, or online that I could find. My friend, who is also trying NomadBSD found the same result on his computers. It appears that the repository package upgrade breaks the system. I am a Linux user - Do you know if this is a bug or is NomadBSD not updated the same way, or are we doing something else wrong? Or where to find information about it?
Looks like there are now a couple of posts from other people who are experiencing the same on the website, so there will likely be some news about it soon. I have all Lenovos and was hoping that that was not the issue before setting up an account.
RoBoNuggie is there a way to install the Linux Installer on FreeBSD to install Vivaldi? I do not think there is a way to just install Vivaldi using pkg.
@@jimharris6213 I did, but it doesn't work instantly - the developer of the script already has several of his projects as ports, but not all - it depends on hi,. it depends of whether the port proposal is accepted etc... But this is painless anyway - almost as good as a port :-)
It may have worked, but it gave only those three..... I know you don't like Chrome, but if you only used it for Netflix and nothing else, no harm done :-)
@@RoboNuggie I know;) Is this only for Nomad BSD or could you use this on Ghost BSD too. After all Ghost is more for the desktop yes? Options for the future, because for now I stick with Pop OS.
I couldn't get this to work at anything other than 640x480 which is unusable. Shame as it looks interesting. Couldn't find any useful information on changing scre en resolution. Anybody able to help?
Sorry for the late reply, I'm making a video (it will be out just after Christmas) looking at the latest version of NomadBSD....I'll touch on the subject of screen resolution in that.... There is a forum thread on this subject, it may be of help....forum.nomadbsd.org/t/screen-resolution-1920x1080-is-not-supported/732/2
My actual miniPC is an Acer Veryton N series with a 1.5 GHz processor. NomadBSD run on it very smoothly. NomadBSD's developers done a great job! Thanks a lot.
An Acer Veryton N series? Nice..... :-)
Great introduction to Nomad. Thank you
and thank you for being here bob!
No doubt NomadBSD is by far the best LiveBSD around.
It certainly is a capable little OS.....
Although the USB install is by itself awesome, it is nice you have an option to install it to hdd. Nice review, thank you!
and thank you!
Nice, I like the posiibility for Vivaldi.
Many thanks for the helpful recording.
Have a happy day :)
Thanks, you too!
Thanks so much for this video! I have tried NomadBSD on a USB stick in the past, but did not stick with it because it was hard to see how to install it to an SSD to use as a permanent distro on a laptop. Now it looks as though such an installation is easy to do, but I still have a nagging question. Can NormadBSD be updated on a hard drive while preserving user data? Thanks in advance if you have an answer. Cheers from Wisconsin.
So, you are asking if you have something on the USB stick in your home directory, will that be copied to the HDD?
As far as I know, and from what I can remember, yes it does - it simply copies the contents to the HDD and resizes everything to fit the HDD/partition... you can test it yourself and know that any user data on the USB is safe and merely copied, then if it didn't persist, then boot into the HDD, and plug in the USB then copy over the info etc... but I think that it does... a great question and something I will include in the next review of future NomadBSDs.... thank you Andrew!
The Linux distro that NomadBSD used for their linux binary is of course Ubuntu.
That of course would come in handy if anyone want to run Steam on NomadBSD.
Very true.... a step up in some ways from the Centos base....
Have to admit the title through me a bit but after watching as always i am glad i did great video RoboNuggie thank you .
Yes.... I borrowed the phrase from the younger generation who relax and watch TV but who now call it 'Netflix & Chill' :-)
Got to keep with the times I guess :-)
Have a spare old PC so will have a play with Nomad installed like you did, for the same reasons... Many thanks...
It's the best way :-)
Since they're using FreeBSD, it would be nice if they could give back some of the utilities to the ports system, such as the Linux browser installer. There are no ports for any of them that I can see.
Hmmm..... I'll give them a message and see if they are willing to submit a port :-)
Would be greatly appreciated if you included a short Conky install & config. Really enjoy your tutorials, thanks 🙏
Hmm, I do not remember NomadBSD being able to install to HDD before? I could be wrong though. Is that a new feature? Or was it there from the git go? This really showcases what you can enjoy with FreeBSD when everything actually works(I am talking to YOU Octopkg!!!!). Very nice!
It's been there for a little while now, since version 1.2 or there abouts..... it's a lovely project to be sure....
A big issue always is to get the printer working. I gave it a try with OpenBSD and FreeBSD, but was not able to get my Canon MF 4580 even beeing recognised. I`m still hoping for a BSD system that solves this problem.
what is a tv tuner card you can recommend?
Watching your 4:3 video on my trusty ol 4:3 ThinkPad. Great video and another great episode RoboNuggie 🥰
P.S On the installer there was a checkbox with apply Lenovo Fix or something like that... Looks like your a Dell enthusiast RN.. 😊 Any viewers here who run ThinkPads have an idea what it’s trying to fix?
P.P.S. The more the years go by the more I dislike modern day television. I much prefer “procuring” older tv series and watching them on my 4:3 ThinkPad... Kinda like driving a nice classic car over the weekend 🥰.
Thanks again for the videos RN 🥰👍🏼
The computers and monitors I use are purely down to money and dear old Ebay :-)
I do prefer the 4:3, it soothes the soul:-)
Hi - Thank you for the great videos you have made!
After installing NomadBSD on a flash drive, it worked very nicely. Then installed on 320gb HDD and added XFCE - very nice. Then noticed in Octopkg on the XFCE 320gb HDD installation there were 202 packages that needed to be upgraded and 196 on the flash drive install.
After upgrading the packages with Octopkg, the default desktop (window manager?) disappeared - only the right-click menu exists - and the user/share/applications listed in Thunar were only 6. On the HDD with XFCE, the same happened with the default desktop, but somehow XFCE survived unscathed.
Made a couple of fresh flash drives and tried it again on a T450s ThinkPad and a T420 Thinkpad - same result - without any other configuration - just upgrading the 196 packages.
The previous week I tried FreeBSD, but did not have these issues.
There was nothing under "News" in Octopkg, at the NomadBSD or FreeBSD website, or online that I could find. My friend, who is also trying NomadBSD found the same result on his computers.
It appears that the repository package upgrade breaks the system.
I am a Linux user - Do you know if this is a bug or is NomadBSD not updated the same way, or are we doing something else wrong? Or where to find information about it?
Looks like there are now a couple of posts from other people who are experiencing the same on the website, so there will likely be some news about it soon. I have all Lenovos and was hoping that that was not the issue before setting up an account.
I've not seen that, you could try
killall -9 tint2
then starting tint2 in the console and see what that does...
I got lost on the Kodi section...
There's an explanation on another video???
Why choose the other packages???
No reason really other than to show that the OS could run them.....
@@RoboNuggie ohh
Ok.. will try those other packages...
Thanks
RoBoNuggie is there a way to install the Linux Installer on FreeBSD to install Vivaldi? I do not think there is a way to just install Vivaldi using pkg.
Does my latest video answer this Jim?
@@RoboNuggie I thought you were going to ask them to "create a port?"
@@jimharris6213 I did, but it doesn't work instantly - the developer of the script already has several of his projects as ports, but not all - it depends on hi,. it depends of whether the port proposal is accepted etc...
But this is painless anyway - almost as good as a port :-)
Nice addition, but Netflix only for those 3 options and not Firefox?
It may have worked, but it gave only those three..... I know you don't like Chrome, but if you only used it for Netflix and nothing else, no harm done :-)
@@RoboNuggie I know;) Is this only for Nomad BSD or could you use this on Ghost BSD too. After all Ghost is more for the desktop yes? Options for the future, because for now I stick with Pop OS.
I couldn't get this to work at anything other than 640x480 which is unusable. Shame as it looks interesting. Couldn't find any useful information on changing scre
en resolution. Anybody able to help?
Sorry for the late reply, I'm making a video (it will be out just after Christmas) looking at the latest version of NomadBSD....I'll touch on the subject of screen resolution in that....
There is a forum thread on this subject, it may be of help....forum.nomadbsd.org/t/screen-resolution-1920x1080-is-not-supported/732/2
@@RoboNuggie - Thank you very much for the reply.
Interesting, but what about chrome sync? This is very important for many people.
I didn't test it of course, but I would imagine that id you logged into your account, then it would work as expected....
@@RoboNuggie ok, i think this problem must be solved in 1-2 years. Thx for answer.
Nice, probably going to the rooftop now watching moon eclipse with live usb NomadBSD, monocular and poor laptop :-)
lol, excellent!
i think we need a destop bsd as easy to use as this one
Interesting
It certainly is....
hey rob, brave is based on the chromium engine and it's fully open source :)
Nice.... I'll know next time :-) Thanks mate...
@@RoboNuggie oh no worries. you could also see the chromium version in the about page ;) good stuff as always!