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Keeping FreeBSD Up to Date with freebsd-update
How to patch the FreeBSD base system with freebsd-update, why it's separate from pkg upgrades, and how to automate security patch checks with cron.
17 January 2025 4 min read
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What is FreeBSD, and how is it different from Linux?
FreeBSD isn't a Linux distribution - it's a separate Unix operating system with its own kernel and base system. Here's what that actually means…
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