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Felix Singer<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OH</span></a>: "Vorhin waren wir noch bei <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> und jetzt sind wir bei Bürgerkrieg. Wie ist das passiert?!"</p>
Michael Dexter<p>The April 22nd, 2025 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Io3YXbrOymg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Io3YXbrOymg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>We discussed two networking-related bugs, Service Jails, <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> 15.0-RELEASE goals, and more!</p><p>"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."</p>
Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64:<p>I figured <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/swad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swad</span></a>'s password file management tool (swadpw) should really *ensure* that when reading a password from the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a>, prompts are printed to exactly that terminal.</p><p>Well, I already check whether standard input *is* a terminal. In that case, I assume it *should* be writable. It certainly *is* writable on <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. But I can't find any guarantee looking at <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POSIX</span></a> specs 🤔.</p><p>Ok, so I wrote a weirdo function to provide fallbacks. 🤪 Is this taking it too far? And how would I ever test these fallbacks? 🙈 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a></p>
Justine SmithiesDon't know what's going on as I've never had an issue in 20+ years dd an image to a usb but for some reason <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a> 10.1 image won't run up when selected it says root not found. Yet I have managed to get it to run the installer twice. I've tried like 6 times and re done the usb image. Going to try another USB memory stick just incase but I know this one would work with <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> .<br>
mrsp<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Even if you can run 11, a *nix (or other) distro might be the performance boost you're looking for. T490 running <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> and Alienware M15 R6 running <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neon</span></a>. Both great in their own way.</p>
GaryH Tech<p>NEW VIDEO - Setting up an OpenLDAP server on FreeBSD!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ldap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ldap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/garyhtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garyhtech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02_U_kl4WxU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=02_U_kl4Wx</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
Conan the Sysadmin<p>A careful scribe always knows how many words have been added to the chronicle. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/vim-word-count.html?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/open-source/</span><span class="invisible">vim-word-count.html?s=mc</span></a></p>
meka<p>I re-wrote my blog post on Neural Amp Modeling and creating your profile. I hope I gave enough context this time and explained some problems that I encountered. <a href="https://meka.rs/blog/2025/04/15/neural-amp-modeling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meka.rs/blog/2025/04/15/neural</span><span class="invisible">-amp-modeling/</span></a>. It is done on <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>, but I guess you can use the same process on any operating system.</p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/NeuralAmpModeler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuralAmpModeler</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/NAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAM</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a></p>
FF255 🇫🇷 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sciences.re/@AudeCaussarieu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AudeCaussarieu</span></a></span> Nope, pour les 3 !<br>BSD est une autre famille de systèmes d'exploitation sous licence(s) libre(s) :<br><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/DragonflyBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragonflyBSD</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/tags/PCBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCBSD</span></a><br>etc.</p><p>Laquelle a le pouvoir de servir ? 😈 </p><p>:freebsd: :openbsd: </p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@ploum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ploum</span></a></span></p>
ax6761<p>... amazingly enough there is no "node*freebsd*" file at <a href="https://nodejs.org/download/release/v23.11.0/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nodejs.org/download/release/v2</span><span class="invisible">3.11.0/</span></a> .</p><p>Black, make assumptions much? Or, is testing of the software on <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> unsupported, which is not mentioned at <a href="https://black.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/the_basics.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">black.readthedocs.io/en/latest</span><span class="invisible">/contributing/the_basics.html</span></a> ?</p><p>Installing the FreeBSD "node23" package did not cause "pre-commit run -a" to not try to fetch the nonexistent file. Did hope somewhat that that would; oh well. (Undid the uselessness with swift "zfs-rollback(8)" to get back to "node22" package.)</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/node_javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>node_javascript</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a></p>
ax6761<p>Setting up of the environment (to test 3-space indent change to "black") pooped ...</p><p>*/venv-black/bin/pre-commit run -a<br>...<br>An unexpected error has occurred: CalledProcessError: command: ('*/venv-black/bin/python', '-mnodeenv', '--prebuilt', '--clean-src', 'HOME/.cache/pre-commit/repolm4s31om/node_env-default')<br>return code: 1<br>stdout: (none)<br>stderr:<br> * Install prebuilt node (23.11.0) .Failed to download from <a href="https://nodejs.org/download/release/v23.11.0/node-v23.11.0-freebsd-x64.tar.gz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nodejs.org/download/release/v2</span><span class="invisible">3.11.0/node-v23.11.0-freebsd-x64.tar.gz</span></a><br>...</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/node_javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>node_javascript</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
rvstaveren<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> quarterly seems to have settled, only 4 packages that would be removed instead of the +30. Wonder why it isn’t build in a staged area and then switch it as the next quarterly? Probably a good idea to subscribe to freebsd-ports-announce@FreeBSD.org</p>
Conan the Sysadmin<p>Learn the subtle battle language used in the realm of the clouds. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoogleCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleCloud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/google-freebsd-tls/https-headers.html?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/open-source/</span><span class="invisible">google-freebsd-tls/https-headers.html?s=mc</span></a></p>
continue<p><a class="mention u-url" href="https://github.com/jhx0/bsdfetch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bsdfetch</a> is a simple tool to show information about a running <a class="mention u-url" href="https://honk.any-key.press/o/freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> / <a class="mention u-url" href="https://honk.any-key.press/o/openbsd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> / <a class="mention u-url" href="https://honk.any-key.press/o/midnightbsd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MidnightBSD</a> / <a class="mention u-url" href="https://honk.any-key.press/o/netbsd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a> / <a class="mention u-url" href="https://honk.any-key.press/o/dragonflybsd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DragonflyBSD</a> system.</p> <p></p> <pre><code>$ git clone https://github.com/jhx0/bsdfetch.git $ cd bsdfetch/ $ make</code></pre><p>OpenBSD on ROCK64 ( <a class="mention u-url" href="https://fosstodon.org/users/PINE64" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PINE64</a> )</p> <pre><code>$ ./bsdfetch OS: OpenBSD Release: 7.6 Version: GENERIC.MP#196 Arch: arm64 Host: &lt;...&gt; Shell: ksh User: &lt;...&gt; Packages: 109 Uptime: 190d 0h 25m RAM: 1995 MB Loadavg: 0.03 0.04 0.00 CPU: ARM Cortex-A53 r0p4 Cores: 4 of 4 processors online CPU Temp: 53 °C</code></pre><p>OpenBSD on <a class="mention u-url" href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/OpenBSDAms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@OpenBSDAms</a></p> <pre><code>$ ./bsdfetch OS: OpenBSD Release: 7.6 Version: GENERIC#332 Arch: amd64 Host: &lt;...&gt; Shell: ksh User: &lt;...&gt; Packages: 110 Uptime: 113d 23h 59m RAM: 2031 MB Loadavg: 0.30 0.26 0.20 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHz Cores: 1 of 1 processors online</code></pre><p></p>
EuroBSDCon<p>📢 Calling all *BSD enthusiasts to present at THE European *BSD conference of the year! 😈⛳️🐡</p><p>We have already received a good number of great talks, but we want more! </p><p>Got a groundbreaking discovery in BSD applications, architecture, or implementation? Or maybe you've cracked the code on performance and security? We want to hear from you!</p><p>Don't miss this chance to share your insights on:<br>- Applications: Show us how BSD-based systems are solving real-world problems!<br>- Architecture: Dive deep into the inner workings of BSD.<br>- Implementation: Share your tips and tricks for making BSD systems purr like a kitten.<br>- Performance: Help us squeeze every last drop of speed out of BSD.<br>- Security: Show off your fortress-building skills in the world of BSD.<br>- Economic or organizational aspects: How BSD is making a difference in the real world.</p><p><a href="https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Deadline: June 15, 2025 🕒</p><p>Let's make EuroBSDCon 2025 the best one yet! See you in Zagreb! 🌟</p><p>EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷<br>September 25-28, 2025</p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/RUNBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUNBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/EuroBSDCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuroBSDCon</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/EuroBSDCon2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuroBSDCon2025</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/CFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFP</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/Conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conference</span></a></p>
Dan Langille<p>How's this for click bait?</p><p>Remember that resilver I did a week or so ago? I have to do it again. I messed up. The cause of the mess up was not something I did during the replace/resilver. It was something I did 19 months ago.</p><p><a href="https://dan.langille.org/2025/04/21/what-drive-did-i-just-remove-from-the-system/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dan.langille.org/2025/04/21/wh</span><span class="invisible">at-drive-did-i-just-remove-from-the-system/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/zfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zfs</span></a></p>
Shawn Webb<p>The latest version of the <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> package manager (pkg) does a lot of extra work in determining dependencies, so much so that it's really prolonging our package builds.</p><p>We ( <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/HardenedBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardenedBSD</span></a> ) may need to scale back our monthly installation/updater builds to quarterly because of just how much the new package manager prolongs building packages.</p><p>The problem then becomes, what do we do when there's a <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> Security Advisory? We may have to adopt a more formal approach to handling security advisories for the base OS. That would be a good thing to have overall, but hasn't really been needed until now-ish.</p><p>Our exploit mitigations and security hardening techniques generally mitigate a large portion of security advisories, so waiting for the next monthly build has been an acceptable compromise. That changes if we go to quarterly builds.</p>
Conan the Sysadmin<p>A warrior soon learns to conserve strength, fighting smarter rather than going into a berserker frenzy. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/unix-tips.html?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/open-source/</span><span class="invisible">unix-tips.html?s=mc</span></a></p>
Herbert Hertramph<p>In dem einfachen Betrachter für Fotosammlungen Geeqie stecken erstaunlich viele Möglichkeiten.</p><p>Man kann direkt in den lokalen Verzeichnissen arbeiten (also kein Import der Fotos in eine Datenbank). Auch kann man wie in einem Dateimanager seine Sammlung neu organisieren.</p><p>Dazu kann man unzählige Plugins einbinden bzw. diese mit Programmen, die man ebenfalls nutzt, verknüpfen.</p><p><a href="https://www.geeqie.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">geeqie.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://bildung.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/foto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foto</span></a> <a href="https://bildung.social/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a></p>
Conan the Sysadmin<p>What is the cost of inscribing your name in the hall of the Snake Cult? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/mastodon-twitter-app.html?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/open-source/</span><span class="invisible">python-social-media-automation/mastodon-twitter-app.html?s=mc</span></a></p>