NomadBSD VS linux-browser-installer

try with NomadBSD - it's based on Free and has automount feature.

Yes. You can check https://nomadbsd.org/ It allow You to install in an external device with persistence. Best regards.

I know this is about unbuntu, but I use a BSD distro made to run permanently from a USB. It's called Nomad BSD https://nomadbsd.org/ it's pretty fun. It comes with the XFCE desktop and can run Linux apps.

nomadbsd.org HelloSystem Mignightbsd.orgAll Good desktops on FreeBSD O/S, Freedom of Choice is good.

Testing NomadBSD for the upcoming Release · Issue #128 · nomadbsd/NomadBSD

Rebase on FreeBSD 13.1 · Issue #114 · nomadbsd/NomadBSD – "We're almost ready for a RC1. Please be patient for another few days."

I see one can install a custom LibreWolf. May I submit a request for Brave? At the moment many are using a script that depends on /compat/ubuntu, so, it would not be possible to install AppJail (which uses /compat/linux) at the same time, as one can't run both Ubuntu and CentOS environments at the same time?

sudo touch /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ubuntu && chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ubuntu # Make it have this content: #!/bin/sh # # PROVIDE: ubuntu # REQUIRE: archdep mountlate # KEYWORD: nojail # # This is a modified version of /etc/rc.d/linux # Based on the script by mrclksr: # https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer/blob/main/rc.d/ubuntu.in # . /etc/rc.subr name="ubuntu" desc="Enable Ubuntu chroot, and Linux ABI" rcvar="ubuntu_enable" start_cmd="${name}_start" stop_cmd=":" unmounted() { [ `stat -f "%d" "$1"` == `stat -f "%d" "$1/.."` -a \ `stat -f "%i" "$1"` != `stat -f "%i" "$1/.."` ] } ubuntu_start() { local _emul_path _tmpdir load_kld -e 'linux(aout|elf)' linux case `sysctl -n hw.machine_arch` in amd64) load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64 ;; esac if [ -x /compat/ubuntu/sbin/ldconfigDisabled ]; then _tmpdir=`mktemp -d -t linux-ldconfig` /compat/ubuntu/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache /compat/ubuntu/etc/ld.so.cache; then cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > /compat/ubuntu/etc/ld.so.cache fi rm -rf ${_tmpdir} fi # Linux uses the pre-pts(4) tty naming scheme. load_kld pty # Handle unbranded ELF executables by defaulting to ELFOSABI_LINUX. if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf64.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then sysctl kern.elf64.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null fi if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf32.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then sysctl kern.elf32.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null fi sysctl compat.linux.emul_path=/compat/ubuntu _emul_path="/compat/ubuntu" unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev" && (mount -o nocover -t devfs devfs "${_emul_path}/dev" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev/fd" && (mount -o nocover,linrdlnk -t fdescfs fdescfs "${_emul_path}/dev/fd" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev/shm" && (mount -o nocover,mode=1777 -t tmpfs tmpfs "${_emul_path}/dev/shm" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/home" && (mount -t nullfs /home "${_emul_path}/home" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/proc" && (mount -o nocover -t linprocfs linprocfs "${_emul_path}/proc" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/sys" && (mount -o nocover -t linsysfs linsysfs "${_emul_path}/sys" || exit 1) unmounted "${_emul_path}/tmp" && (mount -t nullfs /tmp "${_emul_path}/tmp" || exit 1) unmounted /dev/fd && (mount -o nocover -t fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd || exit 1) unmounted /proc && (mount -o nocover -t procfs procfs /proc || exit 1) true } load_rc_config $name run_rc_command "$1" sysrc ubuntu_enable=YES # Create necessary mount points for a working Linuxulator: mkdir -p {/compat/ubuntu/dev/fd,/compat/ubuntu/dev/shm,/compat/ubuntu/home,/compat/ubuntu/tmp,/compat/ubuntu/proc,/compat/ubuntu/sys} # Start Ubuntu service: service ubuntu start # Install needed packages: pkg install debootstrap pulseaudio build-essential # Install Ubuntu 20.04 into /compat/ubuntu: debootstrap --arch=amd64 --no-check-gpg focal /compat/ubuntu # Restart Ubuntu service to make sure everything is properly mounted: service ubuntu restart # Fix broken symlink: cd /compat/ubuntu/lib64/ && rm ./ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ; ln -s ../lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.31.so ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 # Chroot into your Linux environment: chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash # Set correct timezone inside your chroot: printf "%b\n" "0.0 0 0.0\n0\nUTC" > /etc/adjtime sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata # For some reason sudo is necessary here, otherwise it fails. # Fix APT package manager: printf "APT::Cache-Start 251658240;" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00aptitude # Enable more repositories: printf "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse" > /etc/apt/sources.list # Install required programs: apt update ; apt install -y apt-transport-https curl fonts-symbola gnupg pulseaudio

Clone this repo and install the browser of your choice from options https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer. It uses compat Ubuntu to install browser with drm support

Where's the difficulty? https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer

You can also install and use Google Chrome on FreeBSD pretty easy with this:

- https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer

It will just use FreeBSD Linux Binary Compatibility layer (not emulation). FreeBSD supports most Linux syscalls with it so it can run unmodified Linux binaries 'just like that'.

More here:

- https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/linuxemu/

Regards.

Widevine won't work natively, so no Netflix. However, I've had good results with linux-browser-installer . It installs the browser in a Linux chroot I believe.

On FreeBSD you can give this a try. It gives you a Linux browser with Widevine support. I have used Brave for some udemy courses in the past that required it and it worked well.