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.
@@peterjansen4826 the bsds have always been interesting to me but with even less support than Linux, it's difficult to justify using it for my purposes.
Looked more like a hot day in the DUNE story to me... or maybe star wars... Or Tremors! Don't move! Oh wait... BSD... Big Sandy Desktop. A reference to all of the Silicon inside. They chose it because 'nomads' were wanderers, and depictions of them often included desert treks. In a desktop far away...
@@retroretiree2086 I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt, in that, some of the difficulties in product opening is due to filming compromises. And if you believe that , I have a few Windows 10 "features" we could discuss.
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.
Except that I wanted it to boot in a split second, like computers did when I started around 1980. (Yes, they actually did, quite literally, because they were ROM based.) I also don't appreciate all that text during boot, or that it is colored in bright colors. To me, that looks pubertal and funky.
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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.
@@goku445 Windows of course. It's the only OS you need. I'm not a big fan of Linux or MacOS. Might work for some people, but not me. They are simply not worth the time to use them. Very inconvenient. Some people are huge fans of Linux for example, and I don't understand why. Linux distros are fun, interesting and unique. But they are not an all in one OS. People talk about security and privacy being better. Sure I can buy that. But some data is collected for a reason. And as long as your not stupid or do shady stuff. Windows does just fine when it comes to privacy and security.
@Vision Thing The most supported OS. The most convenient OS. Windows, most people here are porbably diehard Linux fans. I just don't see why. I wish other OS had the same support and ease of use. But they simple don't, making them not worth using for me.
@@Poifix what exactly do you mean by an "all in one" operating system. And how exactly is Windows "all in one" and Linux not? The BSD presented in this video is not "all in one"? What's missing then? Without explanation your statement isn't even digital, it's mono: 0.
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.
@@ExplainingComputers Thanks Chris, I always like to escape to your TH-cam channel as I feel I can be in a better place as home watching your awesome videos
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!
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!
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. . . . . . 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.
It’s nice to have a bootable usb stick like this so you can have your backup software on it. It comes in handy when you need to perform a restore on the main drive.
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.
@@ExplainingComputers It did indeed. My objective was to have a persistent usb flash drive OS with Tor and and a VPN (Windscribe in this case) for a bullet proof anonymous surfing device.
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 !!!
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!
I really liked this OS. So clean and bloatware free with only necessary software installed not mention it operates smoothly on live usb, I can only imagine how good it will be when installed on ssd or hard drive.
That should be true for everyone, remember you pay $125+ for that nice windows license ( even if it comes with your system ). Free alternatives just to add to the low resources comment in the demo here.
I really enjoy watching your videos. Your productions are so professional and informative. I installed NomadBSD on an old Acer Aspire One with just 1.5 gig ram and atom processor x32bit only and this OS runs like a charm on it. It's brought that Netbook back to life! Thanks for sharing this video please stay healthy and safe. Blessings.
I like this idea to have different operating systems on usb drives thus having a great opportunity to choose any of them you want to use in any particular situation. And to use your hard drive basically for data storage!
What a great presentation as usual. I'm very interested in this OS, and that is only because of you. I haven't heard of this OS until you let me know it is out there. Thank you again for your AWESOMENESS!
i want to see him try rufus and solus method... i think he will be shocked how simple it is and...if done correctly, it remains persistent and can also still be used to install the os, been using it a couple years thanks to a buddy giving me the tip/hint about how good it is... solus bungie is very windows like ;)
Hi, i come from your 2019 cloud computing video, just wanted to show support on your latest video :D you are a great teacher and these topics will be the bread and butter of tomorrow.
Thanks. Glad you watched the 2019 cloud video. A week on Sunday I'm following it up with a video on Amazon Web Services, including some practical demos. :)
YAY A NEW VIDEO!!!! I must say, I think your channel is singlehandedly the best tech channel on TH-cam. Though not as varied topically as some, you give more pertinent information in an easy to understand format. Thanks Christopher, for the years of education and entertainment!
This is really unique operating system It's rare seeing these persistent live usb operating systems or this might even be the first one intended to run like this
Hi Christopher This looks very interesting, a nice Sunday “computer on a stick “ project. 💻 I think I’ll get a good keychain USB3 drive and take this with me wherever I go. It will make a great conversation starter. 👍🏼
@@ExplainingComputers I never have got WiFi to work though, will have to watch your video again to see if you did. wasn't a killer for me a few years ago as I was wedded to ether net but with this live distro it would be important
Love the Stargate reference. I'm obsessed with that show. And I actually just got done watching an episode of it before I watched this video. Edited to add: I'm very impressed with how fast Gimp came up. It's faster on that usb than it is on my old laptop. Seriously impressive.
That actually looks really good. I imagine it would be good for a student who maybe hopping from computer to computer. But in effect your computer travels with you. I think as you have proven here, if you are going to do this, then a good Branded USB stick is a must. Not some no name one.
To be able to buy it at my local supermarket you have to be there at 7am and by 7:15 the shelf is empty yet ASDA still has no restrictions on how many packs one can purchase.
I'm pretty sure that NomadBSD includes lpd and/or CUPS, and either will allow you to print all the TP you could possibly need. Printed TP does tend to be kind of low-poly, though.
Another very interesting video Mr B. Thank you for making and sharing. I remember almost two decades ago when Free BSD came out as a software package for converting old 486 computers desktops into servers. It was a way for giving a new life to old computer systems by repurposing them after the advent of the Pentium and more advanced systems.
Started watching your videos whilst waiting for my first Pi Zero and got hooked, you have a great old school Open University 70's style..love it! Btw your intro tune bass sounds awesome through my speakers. Good videos too btw and production if you like constructive compliments
your videos are so perfect, i always hit that Like button, no matter what it's about. wish you continue making these high quality contents for ever. best wishes and thanks, from Iran.
Very nice..! I've tried a persistent MX18 on a flash drive but with limited results. Could be, as you pointed out, because I used an .iso instead of an img. This one though might be just the ticket. As far as BSD is concerned, It's worth it to point out that Mac OSX is of the BSD Unix branch. Anyone who as ever done a verbose login to OSX, is greeted with the BSD acknowledgment. Cheers.
Many thanks, Chris. I first started using computers in the summer of 1971, first year of grad school. I've just spent several dozen hours trying to get to the bottom of UserNotPresentTraceSession and ScreenOnPowerStudyTraceSession on three Windows 10 PCs. Notably, several threads at answers.microsoft.com now say "This thread is locked." "Event Trace Sessions" in perfmon do not show up anywhere in Task Manager, nor in Services. When a user tries to STOP either one, each re-starts when it feels like re-starting. Bottom Line: my disappointment and frustration with MS in general are now at an all-time high. I have succeeded in hacking together several changes to "Permissions". And, I've written a short batch file that deletes any .etl (Event Trace Log) files it finds in the 2 main folders: C:\Windows\System32\SleepStudy and C:\Windows\System32\SleepStudy\ScreenOn . Sadly, contrary to MS published instructions, my custom batch file does not startup automatically, so I need to start it manually with "administrator privileges". Happily, cycling every 5 minutes that batch program is not finding any .etl files, after running that batch program for a full business day lasting about 8 hours. Given the enormous variety of problems that have been documented by Windows 10 users, a BSD OS that runs on a USB thumb drive is a very welcome alternative now. Many thanks, once again, for being so gifted with computers, and for being such a valuable gift to all computer users in the English-speaking world. Keep up the good work, Chris: we LUV you man!
I used to have a persistent live USB like this but with with Kali Linux. Getting it to boot on laptops almost always was a bit of a pain, although desktops were much easier. Now I just prefer to use a small portable SBC and use a mouse, keyboard and screen from where I'm going. It isn't much more to carry with you.
Very interesting! I didn't know about this distribution. This video certainly aroused my interest and I will give it a go. One thing worth mentioning though, is that since this is installed on a memory stick, it might be a good idea to have it encrypted during installation. You wouldn't want your private data to be compromised in case you would lose the drive.
I did not realize persistent Live booting USB OS is such a big deal. I admit that I was overjoyed when my setup worked, but I was sure it's my ignorance to blame for those happy moments. I got it to work with VMWare Player (version 15, if it matters) with USB controller and CD/DVD pre-loaded with OS image that I wanted to install (in my case, trusty CentOS7 iso). Booted the virtual machine from the virtual DVD, plugged in a large USB stick (120GB in my case, but I suppose anything large enough for the OS will do), told VM to attach it to the virtual machine, and ran the CentOS7 installer with destination drive pointed to the stick. Frankly - that's it. In my case I used LUKS to encrypt the home partition, and if you chose that option, I strongly advise to make boot sequence with messages turned on. Sometimes pretty UI asking for password may not show up on every system, and the boot will fail with informative massages never showing up. That USB stick booted my home desktop, work desktop and my 10 year old laptop. I suppose anything with USB boot enabled would manage. The system mounts the USB sticks partitions as the root filesystem, and whatever drives CentOS recognizes can participate. So it definitely is persistent. Regarding speed - it mostly loads into RAM, so as long as things are kept simple, it should be fast enough. I did not test any other OSes with that method, but I assume it should work in similar manner.
It relates to the Windows rooted problem where it 'sees" the drive, but really does not "see" the file system on the drive, and prompts the user to format it as if it were a new stick insertion. I really wish that MS had gotten along with others a couple decades ago. Then, we would not have this crud happening.
Great video thank you, I am a little disappointed with my result though: a) Installation not recognizing wifi b) Problem with graphic card configuration and c) OS is eating 98% of a 32G USB... I will check the docs, great job with your channel, definitely going to recommend it to friends
One would definitely want to use a USB 3.0 stick with this OS, and hope that the computer you're using to boot it has USB 3.0 also. It ran quite well for you in this video on USB 3.0 -- I can't imagine it would be nearly as responsive on a system with only USB 2.0 ports. In either case, it's definitely something that would be very nice to have with you at all times, just in case a computer won't boot due to a hard-drive failure -- this would get you back up and running in no time. Save some diagnostic tools on there, and really have a great method by which you can fix nearly any problem! Excellent OS, and an excellent video, as well. Well done!
How did you find it?? I gave up after installing the Chrome browser and being told that it was insecure when I tried to login to my Google account. Same with the other two that they listed. I think I'll give this one a miss but the persistence feature worked well. Pity the other Linux OS that support it don't work as well..
This live usb OS bring my Lenovo Yoga 300 back to life especially for TH-cam watching. Thank you so much for your excellent work on keep us informed about IT. Peace :-)
Wow! I haven’t played with FreeBSD in years and your video has got me interested in checking out NomadBSD in the near future. I found the Stargate reference amusing, although Frank Herbert might be disappointed there was no reference to Dune. Is that a sand worm in the distance?
@@shineymcshine filename extensions have no meaning except in Windows. It's just additional bytes in the filename. Only Windows assigns meaning to them. It's a stupid, piss-poor way of "associating" data files with programs. Even worse, it allows users to edit them - so now you have files that appear to be one thing but are actually another. Then on top of that - extensions created so much confusion that Windows started HIDING them by default. Windows is the only operating system of which I am aware, that lies to it's owner about what it contains. An operating system that lies about the content and state of a machine is useless.
Thank you very much for the run-through, Chris. I really enjoyed the look and feel of this OS too and i am downloading it right now to test-drive it and probably be employing it a good deal in the future. Thanks again!
"It shows where computing has gone. How much you can do on low resources these days." Minimal 5GB of storage, 1.2 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM. It shows where computing has gone that we need so much resources to do so little.
I object. What do you mean "so little"? You just saw a MODERN OS running on a flash drive. GIMP, Firefox, Libre office etc mean nothing to you huh? I suppose you use ed to write your documents and lynx to browse the web. Use debian with tty if you want to run something on a toaster.
Only if you use windows, some linux distros use much less resources and you can even get some work done, I used Puppy Linux on a system with 512 MB of RAM and Pentium 4 and it was quite usable for basic text editing and emails.
HO-LY-SMOKES! This is an AMAZING option with endless possibilities! I'm gonna get a 32gb drive and give it a shot as soon as I get some time. Also, AMAZING channel! There's a lot of computer related channels out there, putting up a show instead of talking the real deal like it's done here. You've earned my subscription, like, double like, triple like, sir, what a great channel you've put up together. Best of luck from Uruguay!
ExplainingComputers the paradox is a very good usb flash drive is even more expensive than an ssd (better performance) for the same amount of memory . It is a nonsense to buy an expensive usb flash drive for lower speed compared to ssd m2 .
@@leredempteur3011 This is potentially true, although it depends what we mean by a fast USB 3.0 drive. The SSD speed drives, like those from Corsair, are far more expensive than a cheap SSD and enclosure or SATA/USB adapter -- but something like a Gorilla Drive is cheaper i(if not as fast).
@@ExplainingComputers And really Really REALLY well from an M.2 drive. On that, however, I would install onto a USB stick and THEN "install to hard drive" onto the M.2 and send the persistence setup packing in favor of a dedicated /home partition.
A great option for live USB. Having the ability to add other application to a live USB is great. I'll have to try WINE with this installation to see how some Windows application perform. Delayed watching your presentation, tax time over here. Thanks for the presentation.
Chris, sometimes I come to watch your videos just for the pleasure of watching something made by a person who knows how to explain things. Like others, I sometimes am curios about who this guy Christopher Barnatt, but you leave that out because you can see it interferes with the point of the message. The point of my message comes from me person with 20 years of making media for a college. I've had to do and redo videos that didn't pass the critical eyes of students and teachers. Thank you Chris for doing it right and may you keep on doing this right for a long time.
There is an empty 64Gig USB 3 stick looking at me from the desk. It keeps saying "go on, go on, go on, it's Sunday afternoon ... install Nomad on me, please, pretty please". Oh alright then... Incidentally I thought that the wallpaper has more of a Dune thing going on but that might be my age!
Nice! I'll have to give NomadBSD a try on my 32GB USB drive in my new Acer laptop. I've run several flavors of BSD on bare metal before but never on a persistent USB. Good stuff!
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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.
FreeBSD, I love it that it is an option but that is too adventurous for me, I will stick to Arch for now. :p
Do you find you use it? Genuine question, I found I was happier in command line, then again feel the same with Linux in general so mybe just me.
Well it would not since BSD is a kernel like Linux with gnu tools making up the stack ( OS to everyone else ) ..
@@peterjansen4826 the bsds have always been interesting to me but with even less support than Linux, it's difficult to justify using it for my purposes.
BSD OSs are famously bullet-proof. Linux really can’t compare for some situations, like a bastion host.
Bonus points for the Stargate reference.
O'Neill with two L's.
Kree Jaffa!
@Ron Lewenberg The Ancients used CP/M lol
Looked more like a hot day in the DUNE story to me... or maybe star wars... Or Tremors! Don't move!
Oh wait... BSD... Big Sandy Desktop. A reference to all of the Silicon inside.
They chose it because 'nomads' were wanderers, and depictions of them often included desert treks.
In a desktop far away...
Windows XP Second dition Desktop came to mind, minus the moon the sky...
But yeah, kudos for the the SG mention - reminds me of Abydos.
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.
Chris is also a university professor, isnt he?
So true, CB has taught me a lot...but don't let CB show you how to open boxes and packaging, as I am surprised he still has 10 digits.
@@rjbook51 : If he doesn't keep Stanley and Mr. Scissors under control he'll have to work in Octal!
His tutorials are always next level!!
@@retroretiree2086 I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt, in that, some of the difficulties in product opening is due to filming compromises. And if you believe that , I have a few Windows 10 "features" we could discuss.
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.
What "booting from a stick" should be. Thanks for sharing.
You take a stick from your boot and boot from a stick.
Except that I wanted it to boot in a split second, like computers did when I started around 1980. (Yes, they actually did, quite literally, because they were ROM based.) I also don't appreciate all that text during boot, or that it is colored in bright colors. To me, that looks pubertal and funky.
@lucy fair Almost, 54 years.
@@herrbonk3635 alrighty boomer
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(John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Great channel, no BS music, or cam effects, straight knowledge.
Thanks.
Very good and I always use redhat or fedora and maybe I will try to install this one 🙏🏾👍💪💪
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.
Agreed!
Other OS than what? :)
@@goku445
Windows of course. It's the only OS you need.
I'm not a big fan of Linux or MacOS. Might work for some people, but not me. They are simply not worth the time to use them. Very inconvenient. Some people are huge fans of Linux for example, and I don't understand why. Linux distros are fun, interesting and unique. But they are not an all in one OS. People talk about security and privacy being better. Sure I can buy that. But some data is collected for a reason. And as long as your not stupid or do shady stuff. Windows does just fine when it comes to privacy and security.
@Vision Thing
The most supported OS. The most convenient OS. Windows, most people here are porbably diehard Linux fans. I just don't see why. I wish other OS had the same support and ease of use. But they simple don't, making them not worth using for me.
@@Poifix what exactly do you mean by an "all in one" operating system. And how exactly is Windows "all in one" and Linux not? The BSD presented in this video is not "all in one"? What's missing then? Without explanation your statement isn't even digital, it's mono: 0.
The James May of computing - never fails to be consistently good.
Shake it up is all that you know
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.
Apple is based on BSD
Made my day. Perfect way to get into BSD.
For 16:30 I wasn't thinking about global pandemic. Thank you, Chris. 🙏❤
I plan on keeping this channel a coronaviris free zone. Videos will continue as usual (I hope) as a little anchor to normality.
@@ExplainingComputers Thank you, mate.
@@ExplainingComputers What a fantastic statement, should be pinned!
@@ExplainingComputers Thanks Chris, I always like to escape to your TH-cam channel as I feel I can be in a better place as home watching your awesome videos
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!
Whenever things outside my window are going crazy, I can always watch an ExplainingComputers video to make it all just that little bit better.
And long, I hope, may this continue.
@@ExplainingComputers I like you channel and your content I had questions for you
@@ExplainingComputers , Please consider a test of MX Linux on a USB, which also has persistent storage.
@@sumeriansumer1622 Will so.
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!
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.
Hello Elvira. Glad that you are back -- and clearly having had exciting times! :) Hope the new job goes OK. Will watch out for those ripples . . .
Thank you for mentioning Daniel Jackson from SG-1. 👍
The world needs more Stargate TV
@@jeeenyus4385 Agreed! I've been binge watching it on Prime..
Superb comment! Just watched Season 8 last week.
Indeed. ;)
>Spiral pattern in Gimp
>Closes it down "I can still see it"
LOL so could I. I had a good chuckle there.
This reminds me of all the portable apps I used years ago...
It’s nice to have a bootable usb stick like this so you can have your backup software on it. It comes in handy when you need to perform a restore on the main drive.
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.
Glad it worked for you in the end.
@@ExplainingComputers It did indeed. My objective was to have a persistent usb flash drive OS with Tor and and a VPN (Windscribe in this case) for a bullet proof anonymous surfing device.
@@michelfilion5482 I will indeed take a look.
I used to take this to school, ah had so much fun with it
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 !!!
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!
I really liked this OS. So clean and bloatware free with only necessary software installed not mention it operates smoothly on live usb, I can only imagine how good it will be when installed on ssd or hard drive.
Sometimes I'm in a, 'Anything but Microsoft', mood.. always nice to see alternative choices!
Well, when are you changing then?
That should be true for everyone, remember you pay $125+ for that nice windows license ( even if it comes with your system ). Free alternatives just to add to the low resources comment in the demo here.
Dude I’m on openindiana. I’m even avoiding Linux at this point!
@@AutumnWind92 Why avoid Linux?
@@esuil People have preferences. LOL
Thank you for the vid! A crown jewel - since its BSD - would be showing its networking capabillities, a usb-based vpn or routing setup
I really enjoy watching your videos. Your productions are so professional and informative. I installed NomadBSD on an old Acer Aspire One with just 1.5 gig ram and atom processor x32bit only and this OS runs like a charm on it. It's brought that Netbook back to life! Thanks for sharing this video please stay healthy and safe. Blessings.
This is great to hear -- TH-cam in action reviving old hardware. :)
I like this idea to have different operating systems on usb drives thus having a great opportunity to choose any of them you want to use in any particular situation. And to use your hard drive basically for data storage!
I like it and am going to take it for a "drive" in the morning. Well presented as usual, Mr. Chris!
Greetings Don. :)
I'm subscriber from Hong Kong. Thanks for sharing this BSD os with graphic interface. simple and straight forward.
What a great presentation as usual. I'm very interested in this OS, and that is only because of you. I haven't heard of this OS until you let me know it is out there. Thank you again for your AWESOMENESS!
Take a look at OpenBSD also, it really is most likely the most secure OS on the planet.
The look and feel are great straight out of the box and nicely featured too. It's very impressive. Thank you Christopher.
very interesting indeed, Chris. In doing so, you have practically transformed a simple USB stick into a sort of IT swiss army knife😉
I love the openbox config. Very neat and with a dock. Always struggled to set it up and never achieved such eye pleasing setup.
Excellent! Downloaded, extracted, etched, booted and "It Just Works!" as that guy was prone to saying!
i want to see him try rufus and solus method... i think he will be shocked how simple it is and...if done correctly, it remains persistent and can also still be used to install the os, been using it a couple years thanks to a buddy giving me the tip/hint about how good it is... solus bungie is very windows like ;)
I was looking for a persistent USB distro and finally i got it. Only I need to know a little bit more about BSD environment. Thank you very much.
Just want to thank Chris for these awesome videos! Keep up the great work!
"I don't want to waste the bandwidth". That's like returning your cart at the grocery store, no one would complain but you did it anyway. Good on ya.
Hi, i come from your 2019 cloud computing video, just wanted to show support on your latest video :D you are a great teacher and these topics will be the bread and butter of tomorrow.
Thanks. Glad you watched the 2019 cloud video. A week on Sunday I'm following it up with a video on Amazon Web Services, including some practical demos. :)
Wow. I never knew that difference between image files and iso files. Thanks for even more knowledge.
YAY A NEW VIDEO!!!! I must say, I think your channel is singlehandedly the best tech channel on TH-cam. Though not as varied topically as some, you give more pertinent information in an easy to understand format. Thanks Christopher, for the years of education and entertainment!
I like this, the perfect solution for an old laptop over here without HDD. I'm gonna use for sure.
Perfect for the person who travels light. Got my toothbrush, my NomadBSD persistent USB drive, and I'm ready to go.
I love FreeBSD, my first experience was over twenty ears ago. Time to look at it again as my Windows replacement.
Oh, I didn't know about that distinction of .img versus .iso files. Thanks 👍
This is really unique operating system
It's rare seeing these persistent live usb operating systems or this might even be the first one intended to run like this
Hi Christopher
This looks very interesting, a nice Sunday “computer on a stick “ project. 💻
I think I’ll get a good keychain USB3 drive and take this with me wherever I go.
It will make a great conversation starter. 👍🏼
Yes, a sort of "what are you running there?" conversation!
@@ExplainingComputers I never have got WiFi to work though, will have to watch your video again to see if you did. wasn't a killer for me a few years ago as I was wedded to ether net but with this live distro it would be important
@@twmbarlwmstar ah. It’s always the WiFi drivers. Me too.
Love the Stargate reference. I'm obsessed with that show. And I actually just got done watching an episode of it before I watched this video. Edited to add: I'm very impressed with how fast Gimp came up. It's faster on that usb than it is on my old laptop. Seriously impressive.
That actually looks really good. I imagine it would be good for a student who maybe hopping from computer to computer. But in effect your computer travels with you. I think as you have proven here, if you are going to do this, then a good Branded USB stick is a must. Not some no name one.
Thank you lad! This NomadBSD is better than I expected!
This did not address my concerns about the difficulty of finding toilet paper for sale.
To be able to buy it at my local supermarket you have to be there at 7am and by 7:15 the shelf is empty yet ASDA still has no restrictions on how many packs one can purchase.
Lol Same here in Germany :-P
@@AndrewAHayes Toilet paper is probably the secret weapon against corona virus.
Install a shattaf and clean it with water. It will be fresh as a baby's bottom :)
I'm pretty sure that NomadBSD includes lpd and/or CUPS, and either will allow you to print all the TP you could possibly need. Printed TP does tend to be kind of low-poly, though.
Another very interesting video Mr B. Thank you for making and sharing. I remember almost two decades ago when Free BSD came out as a software package for converting old 486 computers desktops into servers. It was a way for giving a new life to old computer systems by repurposing them after the advent of the Pentium and more advanced systems.
I love the name NomadBSD so much. I have something similar going on with MX Linux and it is awesome
MX is an excellent OS. So easy and really fast!
same here
Another MX fan. I actually installed it on my laptop SSD after being impressed with it as USB stick OS. It suffices for all my humble needs, anyways.
Thank you for the suggestion, EC. I'll give it a try.
Started watching your videos whilst waiting for my first Pi Zero and got hooked, you have a great old school Open University 70's style..love it! Btw your intro tune bass sounds awesome through my speakers. Good videos too btw and production if you like constructive compliments
Thanks for this feedback, appreciated. :)
I used this OS for recovering files from my corrupted hard drive. This video helped me a lot. Thank you, Sir.
Glad to hear that! TH-cam is working for us. :)
your videos are so perfect, i always hit that Like button, no matter what it's about.
wish you continue making these high quality contents for ever.
best wishes and thanks, from Iran.
Greetings from the UK.
Very nice..! I've tried a persistent MX18 on a flash drive but with limited results. Could be, as you pointed out, because I used an .iso instead of an img. This one though might be just the ticket. As far as BSD is concerned, It's worth it to point out that Mac OSX is of the BSD Unix branch. Anyone who as ever done a verbose login to OSX, is greeted with the BSD acknowledgment. Cheers.
I was cracking up on the spiral! Thanks!
amazing! excellent idia for someone who travels a lot and doesn't want to have a laptop with him.
Looks like a superb OS, will be giving it a try soon for sure. Like you said, very responsive, much more so than I expected.
Many thanks, Chris. I first started using computers in the summer of 1971, first year of grad school. I've just spent several dozen hours trying to get to the bottom of UserNotPresentTraceSession and ScreenOnPowerStudyTraceSession on three Windows 10 PCs. Notably, several threads at answers.microsoft.com now say "This thread is locked." "Event Trace Sessions" in perfmon do not show up anywhere in Task Manager, nor in Services. When a user tries to STOP either one, each re-starts when it feels like re-starting. Bottom Line: my disappointment and frustration with MS in general are now at an all-time high. I have succeeded in hacking together several changes to "Permissions". And, I've written a short batch file that deletes any .etl (Event Trace Log) files it finds in the 2 main folders: C:\Windows\System32\SleepStudy and C:\Windows\System32\SleepStudy\ScreenOn . Sadly, contrary to MS published instructions, my custom batch file does not startup automatically, so I need to start it manually with "administrator privileges". Happily, cycling every 5 minutes that batch program is not finding any .etl files, after running that batch program for a full business day lasting about 8 hours. Given the enormous variety of problems that have been documented by Windows 10 users, a BSD OS that runs on a USB thumb drive is a very welcome alternative now. Many thanks, once again, for being so gifted with computers, and for being such a valuable gift to all computer users in the English-speaking world. Keep up the good work, Chris: we LUV you man!
One can never get bored with this TH-cam channel! Thanks for another excellent video. This is 2 cool.
I used to have a persistent live USB like this but with with Kali Linux. Getting it to boot on laptops almost always was a bit of a pain, although desktops were much easier. Now I just prefer to use a small portable SBC and use a mouse, keyboard and screen from where I'm going. It isn't much more to carry with you.
My goodness, I have not looked as BSD for many many years. However, I did not know about NomadBSD. Very interesting! Thank you
next video: Librebooting a modern laptop
Very interesting! I didn't know about this distribution. This video certainly aroused my interest and I will give it a go. One thing worth mentioning though, is that since this is installed on a memory stick, it might be a good idea to have it encrypted during installation. You wouldn't want your private data to be compromised in case you would lose the drive.
Thank you!
Woah, this is cool! I've had Haiku on a USB stick for a while now, but this is more like what I've been looking for! Glad to know this exists.
Greetings from India sir. it's gui looks neat and snappy.very informative video.
Greetings from the UK. :)
I did not realize persistent Live booting USB OS is such a big deal. I admit that I was overjoyed when my setup worked, but I was sure it's my ignorance to blame for those happy moments.
I got it to work with VMWare Player (version 15, if it matters) with USB controller and CD/DVD pre-loaded with OS image that I wanted to install (in my case, trusty CentOS7 iso). Booted the virtual machine from the virtual DVD, plugged in a large USB stick (120GB in my case, but I suppose anything large enough for the OS will do), told VM to attach it to the virtual machine, and ran the CentOS7 installer with destination drive pointed to the stick. Frankly - that's it.
In my case I used LUKS to encrypt the home partition, and if you chose that option, I strongly advise to make boot sequence with messages turned on. Sometimes pretty UI asking for password may not show up on every system, and the boot will fail with informative massages never showing up.
That USB stick booted my home desktop, work desktop and my 10 year old laptop. I suppose anything with USB boot enabled would manage. The system mounts the USB sticks partitions as the root filesystem, and whatever drives CentOS recognizes can participate. So it definitely is persistent.
Regarding speed - it mostly loads into RAM, so as long as things are kept simple, it should be fast enough.
I did not test any other OSes with that method, but I assume it should work in similar manner.
"whatever you do don't reformat the drive"
Reminds me of the early days of RedHat where it was so easy to hit that reformat button!
It relates to the Windows rooted problem where it 'sees" the drive, but really does not "see" the file system on the drive, and prompts the user to format it as if it were a new stick insertion. I really wish that MS had gotten along with others a couple decades ago. Then, we would not have this crud happening.
Been there. Done that.
Great video thank you, I am a little disappointed with my result though: a) Installation not recognizing wifi b) Problem with graphic card configuration and c) OS is eating 98% of a 32G USB... I will check the docs, great job with your channel, definitely going to recommend it to friends
your password is "very" .. you said it! Very - nice password. hehe
Hello fellow farang. Wang Nam Yen (Sa Kaeo) here...
I was convinced that it was 'nice'.
I guess it’s ‘very-nice‘ by the length.
One would definitely want to use a USB 3.0 stick with this OS, and hope that the computer you're using to boot it has USB 3.0 also. It ran quite well for you in this video on USB 3.0 -- I can't imagine it would be nearly as responsive on a system with only USB 2.0 ports.
In either case, it's definitely something that would be very nice to have with you at all times, just in case a computer won't boot due to a hard-drive failure -- this would get you back up and running in no time. Save some diagnostic tools on there, and really have a great method by which you can fix nearly any problem!
Excellent OS, and an excellent video, as well. Well done!
Great video. I've been interested in finding a good persistent Usb os. Some of the Linux ones have been disappointing. I'll give this one a go.
How did you find it?? I gave up after installing the Chrome browser and being told that it was insecure when I tried to login to my Google account. Same with the other two that they listed. I think I'll give this one a miss but the persistence feature worked well. Pity the other Linux OS that support it don't work as well..
Thanks for the great video! I didnt know NomadBSD and I had trouble with using BSD before. But now its running perfectly on my old netbook.
Great to hear. :)
English/UK, English/US. Where it converts tea time to coffee break. I'll install this just for the programming templates.
But ... BUT ... you'll need to request prior permission from Buckingham Palace for that one conversion.
This live usb OS bring my Lenovo Yoga 300 back to life especially for TH-cam watching. Thank you so much for your excellent work on keep us informed about IT. Peace :-)
Wow! I haven’t played with FreeBSD in years and your video has got me interested in checking out NomadBSD in the near future. I found the Stargate reference amusing, although Frank Herbert might be disappointed there was no reference to Dune. Is that a sand worm in the distance?
very nice! thanks for the little tutorial on the compressed files in the beginning.
I so wanted that icon to be a pac-man resurected. Fun apart, a great little system. Now looking for an empty USB3 stick.
You could install pacmanarena (pacmanarena.sourceforge.net/) with Octopkg ;-)
I've been getting more into BSD. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Wow, first time encountering an LZMA file.
i had to google it. turns out it's just the compression algorithm used in .7z files... i think
@@shineymcshine filename extensions have no meaning except in Windows. It's just additional bytes in the filename. Only Windows assigns meaning to them. It's a stupid, piss-poor way of "associating" data files with programs. Even worse, it allows users to edit them - so now you have files that appear to be one thing but are actually another. Then on top of that - extensions created so much confusion that Windows started HIDING them by default. Windows is the only operating system of which I am aware, that lies to it's owner about what it contains. An operating system that lies about the content and state of a machine is useless.
I am assured about the quality whenever I see any of your video..
I watched this video and actually forgot about the Corona virus for a while!
That is good.
Thank you very much for the run-through, Chris. I really enjoyed the look and feel of this OS too and i am downloading it right now to test-drive it and probably be employing it a good deal in the future. Thanks again!
"It shows where computing has gone. How much you can do on low resources these days."
Minimal 5GB of storage, 1.2 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM. It shows where computing has gone that we need so much resources to do so little.
What you say it so true. I stand corrected.
Kinda reminds me of installing windows...
@@adventureoflinkmk2 I just run windows 7 on a virtual machine. Windows 10 makes my low powered computer so slow it's unusable.
I object. What do you mean "so little"? You just saw a MODERN OS running on a flash drive. GIMP, Firefox, Libre office etc mean nothing to you huh? I suppose you use ed to write your documents and lynx to browse the web. Use debian with tty if you want to run something on a toaster.
Only if you use windows, some linux distros use much less resources and you can even get some work done, I used Puppy Linux on a system with 512 MB of RAM and Pentium 4 and it was quite usable for basic text editing and emails.
HO-LY-SMOKES! This is an AMAZING option with endless possibilities! I'm gonna get a 32gb drive and give it a shot as soon as I get some time.
Also, AMAZING channel! There's a lot of computer related channels out there, putting up a show instead of talking the real deal like it's done here.
You've earned my subscription, like, double like, triple like, sir, what a great channel you've put up together. Best of luck from Uruguay!
Thanks for this -- and welcome aboard. :)
I think the desert wallpaper kind of resembles the default winXP wallpaper🙄
I'll probably stick to booting Linux Mint Live 19.3 from a thumb drive, but it's nice to see there are other O/Ses to tinker with. Thanks, Chris.
I highly recommend ssd enclosure to usb3 or m2 ssd to usb3 for better performance and reactivity
Yes, this is good advice. Runs well from a fast USB 3.0 drive, and really, really well from an external SSD.
ExplainingComputers the paradox is a very good usb flash drive is even more expensive than an ssd (better performance) for the same amount of memory . It is a nonsense to buy an expensive usb flash drive for lower speed compared to ssd m2 .
@@leredempteur3011 This is potentially true, although it depends what we mean by a fast USB 3.0 drive. The SSD speed drives, like those from Corsair, are far more expensive than a cheap SSD and enclosure or SATA/USB adapter -- but something like a Gorilla Drive is cheaper i(if not as fast).
ExplainingComputers crucial ssd s are very good even entry level ones and cheap , there’s no need to buy high end ssds for such purpose I guess
@@ExplainingComputers And really Really REALLY well from an M.2 drive. On that, however, I would install onto a USB stick and THEN "install to hard drive" onto the M.2 and send the persistence setup packing in favor of a dedicated /home partition.
A great option for live USB. Having the ability to add other application to a live USB is great. I'll have to try WINE with this installation to see how some Windows application perform. Delayed watching your presentation, tax time over here. Thanks for the presentation.
8:38 a sand version of windows xp
Chris, sometimes I come to watch your videos just for the pleasure of watching something made by a person who knows how to explain things. Like others, I sometimes am curios about who this guy Christopher Barnatt, but you leave that out because you can see it interferes with the point of the message. The point of my message comes from me person with 20 years of making media for a college. I've had to do and redo videos that didn't pass the critical eyes of students and teachers. Thank you Chris for doing it right and may you keep on doing this right for a long time.
Thanks for your kind feedback. I plan to continue as long as possible.
The Stargate network runs BSD. Realiable since the Ancients inhabited Atlantis.
Best reply ever...
Indeed
Thanks for another great video Chris. I hadn't heard about this OS, so I'm glad you've explained what it's all about.
There is an empty 64Gig USB 3 stick looking at me from the desk. It keeps saying "go on, go on, go on, it's Sunday afternoon ... install Nomad on me, please, pretty please". Oh alright then...
Incidentally I thought that the wallpaper has more of a Dune thing going on but that might be my age!
Success! Here I am in Nomad BSD!
Cool, one more step to freedom.
Now stop paying for BBC TV licence
Tremors! Six degrees of sandy nation! What will we do when they switch to Germanium!!!??? Desktop wallpaper will be GERMS!
Nice! I'll have to give NomadBSD a try on my 32GB USB drive in my new Acer laptop. I've run several flavors of BSD on bare metal before but never on a persistent USB. Good stuff!
Well, it surely looks better than puppy linux!