After you have installed FreeBSD (10.1-RELEASE in my case) these steps will help you set it up for use. I'd recommend going through this guide and executing the sections in the order in which they appear here.
Disclaimer: I'm very new to FreeBSD so these are meant more for my notes than a canonical guide for others. Read the FreeBSD Handbook instead.
I'll assume you'll want to use GnuPG v2.
If you're using Ubuntu install from the repos.
user@host:~$ sudo aptitude install gpgv2
You can also install from Nix package manager. It'll usually have newer versions available than the Ubuntu respos (especially if it's LTS).
user@host:~$ nix-env -i gnupg-2.1.1
WARNING: This is a "living document" and will be updated as I learn from my mistakes.
You'll need a lot of entropy while generating a key pair. I don't know how much it helps but I run the following in a separate terminal window while I generate a key pair.
user@host:~$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/null
While the dd process is running, run the following in a different terminal window to generate your key pair.
user@host:~$ gpg2 --gen-key
You'll be asked for your real name and email address. This constructs an identity for you. Make sure to use your actual information here.
You will also be asked to provide a passphrase. Choose a secure passphrase and do not lose it. It's often recommended to keep a printed copy in a safe place, locked away from prying eyes.
Is it better to follow Debian's default webroot policy or FHS? Should I install my web apps in /srv or /var/www?
As you try to install software from source or a locally built package, where do you install it? Is /usr/local the right path or does /opt make sense?
Read the Kanboard installation guide for updated information. This guide focuses on the FreeBSD, nginx, and Kanboard stack. It's tested on 10.1-RELEASE.
Read Installing Rust for more details and updated information. This guide is customized with some assumptions, primarily that you'll use clang++ to build it and install rustc to /usr/local. I tested this guide on Ubuntu 14.04.
This is an introduction to Twisted using an echo server and client as an example.
When trying to git pull pkgsrc repo from GitHub I saw an SSL error:
user@host:~/opt/pkgsrc$ git pull fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/jsonn/pkgsrc.git/': SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
I tested this guide on Ubuntu 14.04 with Nix package manager.
Note: I was using a git version pulled in from Nix. The git from Ubuntu was working just fine.
This guide is for when you need to install a Python release different from what comes with your distribution in the repos. We'll install it to our home directory. This guide was tested to be working on Ubuntu 14.04.
This is a cookbook containing a list of commands to perform frequent tasks in Nix. Read the Nix Package Manager Guide for detailed information.