===== FreeBSD Speedruns =====

===== Introduction =====

This article documents %%FreeBSD%% Setup [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun|"speedruns"]] recorded by community members in various categories.

**Note**: %%FreeBSD%% Speedruns are intended to be fun exercises for community members to test their skills, encourage constructive competitive interaction, and to share %%FreeBSD%% with the world, not as //perfectly// accurate or precise competitions.

Having said that, there are some basic rules to reduce //variability// and encourage consistent and reproducible speedruns by others wherever possible, but we prefer people to create speedruns, over not running them due to lack of resources or hardware.

===== Speedrun Categories =====

==== Zero to Desktop ====

The zero-to-desktop freebsd speedrun category records the time taken from the first boot of a %%FreeBSD%% image, through installation, to the display of a desktop environments wallpaper.

Basic rules for this category are:

  * Speedrun MUST be manual and unscripted. No additional or custom tooling may be used to assist the speedrun. (we might create a tool-assisted category later).
  * Speedrun MUST use an unmodified project-provided RELEASE image. (note: we should probably pick a specific image type and version here)
  * Speedrun MUST record the entire process, uncut and unmodified (including pre-boot sequence showing initial boot to installer)
    * PS: Please keep original recordings such that we may host or produce a gallery of speedruns in a single place in future.
  * Speedrun MUST use the official package mirrors (disk/network times are subtracted from total time in posted times)
  * Timers MAY (SHOULD) be used, either physical (a device visible in the recording) or virtual clock overlay (details of which must be provided).
  * Hardware MAY be bare-metal or Virtual
  * Speedrun recordings MUST be hosted and publicly visible (such that we may link to them). Use [[YouTube|YouTube]] or Similar.
  * Speedrun recordings MUST contain the following information to specify the configuration:
    * Note: This should be provided in video metadata (description) rather than overlays in the video.
    * Type: Baremetal or Virtual (if Virtual, the virtualisation setup used.
    * CPU: CPU Brand/Model (Host/Guest), Number of Cores, Frequencies
    * Memory: Type, Amount
    * Storage: Type, Size, Controller/Driver
    * Video: Brand, Model, Type
    * //Desktop Environment// used in the speedrun.

===== Speedrun Results =====

==== Zero-to-Desktop ====

^ Speedrunner ^ Time ^ Desktop ^ Configuration / Spec ^ Notes ^
| %%HelloRoboRobo%% | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2x-rPx4vRg|5:07]] | %%IceWM%% | libvirt: i5-7600k 3.8Ghz, 8Gb (2166Mhz) SC RAM, NVidia 750Ti pass-thru, tplink ath9k, 20Gb QCOW2, %%FreeBSD%% 13.1-RELEASE | [[https://twitter.com/HelloRoboRobo/status/1545730000351072257|Twitter Post]] |
| %%HelloRoboRobo%% | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbA3T8y3iw|6:42]] | %%IceWM%% | libvirt: i5-7600k 3.8Ghz, 8Gb (2166Mhz) SC RAM, NVidia 750Ti pass-thru, tplink ath9k, 20Gb QCOW2, %%FreeBSD%% 13.1-RELEASE | [[https://twitter.com/HelloRoboRobo/status/1545730000351072257|Twitter Post]] |
| %%GaryJHayers%% | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eT1vth7av8|6:55]] | KDE5 | Intel Core i7 7700, 16Gb DDR4 2666Mhz RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX 1060 3Gb, 256Gb SSD | [[https://twitter.com/GaryJHayers/status/1546494067869089792|Twitter Post]] |
| Stefar77 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JMJaLRvQM|7:57]] | KDE5 | bhyve/cbsd: Xeon E5-2699 128Gb RAM (host) - 2 x CPU 16Gb RAM (guest), %%FreeBSD%% 13.1-RELEASE | [[https://twitter.com/Stefar77/status/1545758478274371584|Twitter Post]] |
| %%RoboNuggie%% | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2QA1eE3qk|8:39]] | KDE5 | Dell Optiplex 760 %%FreeBSD%% 13.1-RELEASE | [[https://twitter.com/RoboNuggie/status/1545769068719968256|Twitter Post]], Includes Firefox |

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