NomadBSD | An Amazing OS For USB Drives

[@TylersTechNow]

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[@i18nde]

Yes, NomadBSD is impressive, and it just gets better and better. Thanks for the good review!

[@tyh2989]

Created a NomadBSD usbdrive the other day. I used the xzcat command and it worked fine. I am so glad they included the linux browser installer . I added Vivaldi without a hitch and can now stream Philo . Not being able to stream DRM protected content was the one main reason I haven't used BSD.

[@RoboNuggie]

Great review young sir!

[@penguin2251]

This was just what I needed. Thank you Tyler!

[@blackchristiangeek]

Interesting, and I must admit that I have not touched BSD in any form for about 10 years 😅 Nevertheless, you my friend have peeked my interest once again. Thanks and God bless.

[@donporter8432]

I really like the clarity of your presentation, especially when I slowed it down to .75 to satisfy my aging brain. Your lovely Brit accent is not a hindrance for this old guy from the US, happily. Going to review your videos for subjects still being resisted by my thick skull, like those blasted bootloaders (like Grub) that throw me for a loop every time. First thing I see is a prompt which I can't even figure out how to get out of. Then I need to get the layout of a SD boot. There are partitioning issues I don't understand. Sometimes the SD boots fine, sometimes RasPi Imager won't even write to it. "Capacity" issue? Please help me understand what the H is going on there. Thanks very much Tyler.

[@remigoldbach9608]

I’m really happy with FreeBSD on my laptop !

[@lingux_yt]

Nomad running from a 3.0 flash drive here. works like a charm but I removed Tint2 bar, I hate it 😂 I just put a clock on Plank

[@TylersTechNow]

Runs super quick off my external SSD

[@Gabriel-ix6jl]

awesome video Tyler, thanks

[@jgz6989]

Fully loaded usb os, very impressive........I also like ghostbsd.

[@MyurrDurr]

Sakura terminal, I believe that is also what Peppermint uses :D Been a while since I have seen anything related to that distro.

[@nerdnotawheep5474]

It has a very clean ui

[@NickDyers]

indeed! I end up did use the same scheme (openbox+dmenu-run) on my other 2 linux machines, its been 2 years and and still efficient enough for my workflow :)

[@oslogrigor8320]

Creating a similar setup in standard FreeBSD would take so damn long. Really impressive what they've done with this. The only real concern I have is that it seems if you want to install to a hard drive, you only have the option of using a full disk instead of a dedicated partition. Am I wrong about this? Only asking because I'm ready to install now if it does support partitions and Multi-Boot. And if it does, what boot managers are compatible, and what sort of configuration is needed? Love your videos, have watched every one since your FreeBSD experiment. Very happy to see you're going strong! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@TylersTechNow]

That’s honestly the first time I’ve really tried it with installing to an internal drive so not too sure outside of what I showed in the video. They do have a forum that you might find the answers you’re looking for forum.nomadbsd.org - sorry if that’s not much help dude and thanks for sticking with me (:

[@lingux_yt]

yeah, it uses the entire drive, it's not possible to dual boot or something

[@oslogrigor8320]

Damn! I guess that's all it needs then. Something to nag the developers about! 😁

[@heartlesscaesar4427]

Good video, cool guy too

[@rmcellig]

Excellent video!!!😀

[@FlyboyHelosim]

While it's an interesting thing for anyone who's interested in operating systems, it's hard to find a practical use for this. It's very buggy and slow, such is the nature of BSD on a USB stick. It only worked on 1 of 3 different systems I tried it on, and has a ridiculously long verbose boot sequence. It's actually quicker to boot into a full install of Windows from a hard drive... and is more familiar and functional.

[@micaiahflores1592]

ooooo i've always wanted to run BSD and if i can just have it on a usb that is even better

[@adamwalker1680]

Very very comprehensive, thank you.

[@omegamotivation144]

Nice Video So far(i am still watching) what is your main operating system? Also do you think you can make a video about ubuntu on the raspberry pi 4?

[@TylersTechNow]

I was using Fedora on my desktop but am setting up new daily driver tomorrow. I am in the process of getting an Ubuntu Budgie on Pi video recorded (:

[@omegamotivation144]

@@TylersTechNow Thanks for the quick reply! Hope you’ll make a video on your new daily driver.

[@TylersTechNow]

If me setting up my daily driver is something people would be interested in I could definitely do that (:

[@mr.anirbangoswami]

@@TylersTechNow I'd love to see an Ubuntu Budgie on Pi video. I don't have a ton of internet so I can't download iso's freely. So I'd be really glad to see how it all works out.

[@heartlesscaesar4427]

@@TylersTechNow it'd be great, I'm sure it'll be very educational for new users to veterans alike.

[@-indeed8285]

1:25 what bs parameter does in dd?? I always putted bs=4M without knowing it. please describe it's pros and cons.

[@parsingerror]

bs stands for block size. It's used to specify the number of bytes that are read, written, or converted at a time. Block size affects the performance of copying, as doing lots of small reads/writes is often slower than doing fewer large ones.

[@kenzieduckmoo]

BSD always reminds me of the old Linux distros i used back in the 90s, like Mandrake, Red Hat (before they transitioned to RHEL) and Knoppix. its a shame theyre still so outdated, really

[@AnzanHoshinRoshi]

Thank you, Tyler.

[@leorangel775]

Nice video like ever!!

[@DiegoLinde]

What's the difference between dragonfly, ghost and this net BSD?

[@obengkuning3260]

Which better between linux distro & bsd for programming?

[@xzywx]

Is there any reason to choose BSD over Linux on a desktop?

[@DCM777.]

Nope.

[@francescovolpini]

@@DCM777. reasoning for that?

[@David-uq2uk]

No unless you want a portable OS you can take with you and has all docs and pics on .but with cloud and Dropbox Google photos all these server based apps . It's getting easy now just to have a ipad or tablet or even a phone to view and do everything .

[@francescovolpini]

@@David-uq2uk meh. you can definitely do that on linux as well. the point of using bsd is a more elitist and more minimalistic approach, with a cleaner userland and many times, a lot more documentation than what you can find on linux

[@DCM777.]

@@francescovolpini lol

[@braelinmichelus]

I assume it would be simple to install and use XFCE instead of OpenBox. Asking cause I'm interested in trying this OS, but not familiar with OpenBox at all.

[@bertvantol9669]

I try to make a bootable MBR USB but every USB-writer makes EFI, which I can't start on an old computer. Please help !!

[@David-uq2uk]

Rufus or etcher will make a mbr just check when flashing I used it on USB stick with a 2014 laptop dell latitude both those apps flashed as mbr also make sure secure boot is disabled in bios .

[@source8093]

I like to know, why BSD? What is the benefits over Linux? Over Windows? Over MacOS. Just curious.

[@riseabove3082]

There is none. Me personally BSD is and will always be stuck in the early 90's. I'm not talking about the DE.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

BSD is supposedly more secure but it's literally security through obscurity because hardly anyone uses it. It's very much like Linux under the hood and in operation, while being much of the backend for MacOS.

[@thomasmcguire2227]

Small screen on my device, so I tried to listen carefully.

[@toby3084]

i love nomadbsd, all my usb ports are 2.0 so its too slow to be practical

[@thebigm4]

Are there any alternatives to Rufus and 7zip I am asking because I have linux mint 20 and I do not have windows.

[@toby3084]

@@thebigm4 7zip is on Linux

[@thebigm4]

@@toby3084 it is actually p7 zip and I installed it the full version on my linux mint 20 but could not find it on my operating system. S could I somehow use terminal to extract it.

[@schreibhecht]

My English is bad. I am a German. I boot, but i see no Menü. Is see only boot: What Hardware Name ist USB Memory for booting?

[@woom3]

Brave is great no adds at all in KZbin

[@riseabove3082]

Just so you know, installing UBlock Origiin does the same thing and can be installed on any web browser. Works flawlessly so you don't HAVE to run to Brave just to be brave.

[@woom3]

@@riseabove3082 Thanks, never seen that one before.Just put it on Edge

[@MyurrDurr]

232GB USB stick?! danng

[@TylersTechNow]

Hah it’s not a USB stick it’s an external SSD (:

[@MyurrDurr]

@@TylersTechNow ah, that makes sense!

[@gbncondor88]

so difficult to install.....for beginners--

[@harigovindr2003]

just a friendly request, please stop starting every video with "okeeeyyyy" .It's getting really annoying...

[@MinuteManGameReviews]

Ok