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@mwl@io.mwl.io · 2d ago

One of the few #sysadmin things that worries me any more is updating boot code after a zpool upgrade. #FreeBSD I'm sure it'll be fine, but if I disappear forever you know what happened.

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Michael Dexter

@dexter@bsd.network · 3d ago

🥲 smart(8) made it to #FreeBSD Base! Thank you @ctuffli@mastodon.online ! https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/contrib/smart?id=68e5b71517e947b4e3f349c970af362b47b45f27 ❤️❤️❤️ Edit: fixed capitalization. This was an excited post from a doctor’s office with my kiddo.

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Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺

@tubsta@social.bsdlab.au · Apr 28, 2026

@BastilleBSD@fosstodon.org I think the #FreeBSD project/core team need to look at improving how the ports team interact with the community and be on top of the portfolio more, especially in light of the influx of Linux users escaping the hellscape occurring over there. I don't buy the whole, "we have limited resources" as I have seen gate-keeping at its finest. Personally I have proposed and provided patches the correct documented way that sat in the bug tracker for almost 2.5 years, with no way to escalate or get them committed, so I had to carry them myself until someone with some clout was able to get something done. This should not happen. My experience with #OpenBSD is polar opposite, propose a patch, post it in ports@, gets reviewed and it is in the tree in a couple of days. If the maintainer doesn't respond, someone else does it. No ifs, no buts, stuff happens and things move forward. I'd like to point out that the above case with FreeBSD ports is not a reflection on the rest of the project. The team that work on base, kernel and security/errata are very receptive, are easy to communicate with don't leave users out to dry when issues arise. cc: @dch@bsd.network

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R.L. Dane

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social · May 08, 2026

Various #FOSS OS communities' reactions to joining them: #Linux: "Hey, welcome to the fam! Here's a stack of CDs I burned, see which one boots for you." #FreeBSD: "Hey, we're glad you're here! Here's an amazing handbook to get you started, holler if you need a hand!" #NetBSD: "Of course it runs NetBSD! Welcome! :D" #OpenBSD: "Don't expect a lot of hand-holding, but we're all having fun with it, and hopefully you will enjoy the process, too." #9front: "Are... you... sure you want to do this?" 😆 (For the record, I love them all. I only regret I haven't had much of a chance to play with #Haiku, or interact with that community, yet!)

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Daniel Wayne Armstrong

@dwarmstrong@fosstodon.org · May 07, 2026

Updated post!

I like to install keychain to manage my SSH keys. When logging in for the first time after boot, it prompts me for the passphrase to unlock my key, then will maintain a single ssh-agent process across multiple login sessions.

Added a note about setting up keychain to launch at login for the fish shell.

https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-ssh-keys/

#SSH #FishShell #FreeBSD #RunBSD

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Michael Dexter

@dexter@bsd.network · May 07, 2026

This I learned: the #FreeBSD-toolchain base package is not a toolchain to build world and kernel with.

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Dan Langille

@dvl@bsd.network · May 04, 2026

Let’s put the #FreeBSD patch levels right on the list of supported versions. Don’t force newbie to go looking at security announcements to know what patch level they should have. here’s a starting point courtesy RWP: git ls-remote https://git.freebsd.org/src.git | grep -F refs/tags/release/14.4

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ravachol

@ravachol@social.vivaldi.net · May 04, 2026

Today, May the 4th, we are releasing the terminal music player kew 4.0 “Love is gonna save us edition” for Linux, macOS, Android (Termux) and FreeBSD.

New in this version:

New playback pipeline with improved performance and latency (built on miniaudio)
Real-time ASCII visualizations (via Chroma)

Free, open source, no tracking, no ads, completely offline

Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql5ZKeaX2MQ

More info:
https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew https://github.com/ravachol/kew

#music #savemusic #opensource #linux #macos #freeBSD #android #termux

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Matthew Sheffield

@mattsheffield@mastodon.social · May 05, 2026

"GNOME is good, actually..." if you install a dozen extensions that break with even point release upgrades and fix its anti-intuitive defaults. https://www.osnews.com/story/144862/gnome-is-good-actually/ #linux #freebsd

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gyptazy

@gyptazy@gyptazy.com · May 04, 2026

Happy to share that #BoxyBSD remains up! Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve. But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation. Hope you like this small update... Over & out! #freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

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Peter N. M. Hansteen

@pitrh@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open! https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people! We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text. Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

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grahamperrin

@grahamperrin@billboard.bsd.cafe · May 02, 2026

Integrated by Design

<blockquote> <h2>Why the Best Systems Are the Ones You Don't Notice</h2> FreeBSD, from philosophy to practice. </blockquote> <a href="https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design" rel="nofollow ugc">https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design</a> From <a href="https://vivianvoss.net/blog/integrated-by-design-launch" rel="nofollow ugc">Integrated by Design — Launch Day </a>(23rd April): <blockquote> … Five months of writing. Three weeks of final proofs. Then the last 72 hours, dedicated entirely to problems one does not anticipate. In the interest of transparency, and in the hope that it spares somebody else a week of the same, here are the four of them. … </blockquote> [...] Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

Why the Best Systems Are the Ones You Don't Notice FreeBSD, from philosophy to practice. https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design From Integrated by Design — Launch Day (23rd April): … Five months of writing. Three weeks of final proofs. Then the last 72 hours, dedicated entirely to problems one does not anticipate. In the interest of transparency, and in the hope that it spares somebody else a week of the same, here are the four of them. … https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47928554 – please note the author's comments. Vivian Voss — System Architect & Software Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/vvoss/ Also in Reddit: https://redd.it/1t1u1os

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Alexander Deplov 🇩🇪

@alex_deplov@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

CMD+Tab changes windows CMD+~ changes same app windows CMD+m minimizes CMD+w closes single windows CMD+q closes apps Now #BSD WM looks and feels pretty close to macOS so switching from Mac to PC doesn’t hurt anymore. And everything works blazing fast! Faster than macOS on MacBook Pro M1 Pro. I’m impressed with results. #FreeBSD

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Alexander Deplov 🇩🇪

@alex_deplov@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

This part is still my favorite 😊 #BSD #FreeBSD

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Andrew Hewus Fresh

@AFresh1@bsd.network · May 01, 2026

On #OpenBSD, the update process every six months is: # sysupgrade # sysmerge And as needed: # syspatch # pkg_add -u What are these processes for #FreeBSD?

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Peter N. M. Hansteen

@pitrh@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open! https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people! We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within. Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

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Larvitz

@Larvitz@burningboard.net · May 01, 2026

https://bgp.tools/as/201379#connectivity 6 Upstreams, 105 direct peers 🙂 My AS201379 / 2a06:9801:1c::/48 has some really solid European connectivity now. Entirely powered by FreeBSD and FRRouting, no proprietary routers and no legacy-IP (formerly known as IPv4). #bgp #networking #bgp #freebsd #frr #ipv6