I run gkrellm everywhere. Even on closed Source operating systems. The dashboard is designed in such a way that I can just glance and know if something is wrong, if some process pulls way too much, and then I get in with htop to granularly see what's going on

@rl_dane

#gkrellm #Linux #BSD #freeBSD #OpenSource #win64 #dashboard

Gladius, that previously crashed on Ghostbsd, now works perfectly with Vulkan that works correctly.

#bsd #ghostbsd #freebsd #pcgaming #w40k #gladius #videogame #videogames

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Gladius running on GhostBSD with the Linux native port.

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Gladius running on GhostBSD with the Linux native port.

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Gladius running on GhostBSD with the Linux native port.

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Gladius running on GhostBSD with the Linux native port.

@nixCraft Linus Torvalds, the best press agent for #BSD who ever existed

#TIL that ln -s doesn't require a destination. It assumes . if none is given.

rld@prometheus:applications$ ln -s ../../../backups/applications/iamb-flatpak.desktop 
rld@prometheus:applications$ ll -rat
total 16,384
-rw-r--r--  2 rld rld   264 Jun  4 17:43 sncli.desktop
-rw-rw-r--  1 rld rld   215 Jun 14 15:33 tut.desktop
lrwxrwxrwx  1 rld rld    46 Jun 14 22:43 tootuser.desktop -> ../../../backups/applications/tootuser.desktop
drwx------ 15 rld rld 4,096 Aug 22 16:44 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 rld rld    50 Aug 25 08:00 iamb-flatpak.desktop -> ../../../backups/applications/iamb-flatpak.desktop
drwxrwxr-x  2 rld rld 4,096 Aug 25 08:00 .
rld@prometheus:applications$ 

DESCRIPTION
       In  the  1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME.  In the 2nd form, create a link to
       TARGET in the current directory.  In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in  DIRECTORY.

🤯

(Confirmed it behaves the same on all three major BSDs, as well)

#Unix #Linux #BSD #StillLearning

#UNIX #BSD #Linux but also #Windows

A question to the fed and the #bsd experts out there.

Linux has (it seems) the KVM a special (?) virtualization support. Qemu acts as a kind of front-end, but offloads into KVM as far as I can make out (I am fuzzy yet on the actual details). Now, before I start installing my vm host, I wondered, whether I should not use FreeBSD. Superficial reading of the manual didn't end in a clear picture for me: Certainly one can have VMs on FreeBSD with Virtualbox and Qemu, but is it as fast as Linux with KVM?

Is #bhyve the #FreeBSD equivalent of #KVM?

Thanks.

I forgot to set up the keybindings for the external monitor.
Now I can mess around with two monitors even on NetBSD 🤣

If anyone is interested (replace --output parameter if necessary)

# xrandr keybindings for external monitor

bindsym $mod+Ctrl+s   exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output DP2 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --left-of  eDP1
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+d   exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output DP2 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --right-of eDP1
bindsym $mod+Shift+s  exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output HDMI2 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --left-of eDP1
bindsym $mod+Shift+d  exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output HDMI2 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --right-of eDP1
bindsym $mod+Ctrl+o   exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output DP2 --off
bindsym $mod+Shift+o  exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output HDMI2 --off

P.S. Thanks, xrandr!

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

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A laptop and a monitor on a wodden table

Tried two games with the Linux port under Ghostbsd.

- Gladius: relics of war, caused a crash of the entire session and I got kicked to the login manager...
Great.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/489630/Warhammer_40000_Gladius__Relics_of_War/

#bsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #pcgaming

#POLL Results:

44 people are in deep denial about their existential dread, and should consult a counselor and read #Kierkegaard immediately 😁
139 people like teh pretty tings, and can't be bothered
188 people have started down the path towards enlightment
354 people are cool_kids
92 people are very_cool_kids
55 people laugh at your inadequate security model
27 people can run a server on a bit of bailing wire and a microcontroller from 1987 — fear them.
26 people are keeping Gassée's dream alive, and are plenny cool in my book
4 people are totally cool, and totally in a class by themselves
and 21 people kinda scare me, but I'd like to know more. 🤣

#humor #humour #houmor #houmour

#Windows #MacOS #Linux #CommandLine #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #AmigaOS #Plan9 #9Front #TempleOS

P.S., wherever you find yourself, you're awesome. This is all for fun.

Do mini PCIe hardware security modules or standalone cryptographically strong pRNGs exist? If they do, where can I get one? NetBSD is complaining about low entropy (laptop from 2011) & suggests I keysmash, use an entropy file, or get a USB pRNG. I would prefer to have all of my USB ports free.

I have no idea where to find such a thing & I can't even find USB HSMs besides the one that YubiCo sells. The closest thing I have found is a bunch of TPM2 chips with SPI headers on them & I don't think I have any free SPI connectors in the laptop. For now I'll use an entropy file but I would rather do something better like using a proper RNG device.

I think people watching these tags might know more than I can find with a search engine. Thank you.

#Security #BSD #NetBSD #Linux #Cryptography

@samd

Crazy thought: On X11, you could totally do a gradually changing day-and-night bitmap wallpaper using a #1Bit xbm wallpaper and manually, gradually setting the foreground and background colors with a script throughout the day. Basically, 1-bit color with palette manipulation

With the right image, that would look pretty badass, IMHO.

#X11 #BSD

With Apple phasing out AFP in macOS 27 and Time Capsules officially reaching end-of-life, it's time to move network backups to proper SMB.

If you run a FreeBSD server, you can build a fast, rock-solid, and secure Time Machine target powered by ZFS and Samba - neatly isolated inside a FreeBSD jail using Bastille.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/

Keep your macOS backups running smoothly via SMBv3 (with full vfs_fruit support) and full dataset quota control on ZFS!

#FreeBSD #macOS #TimeMachine #ZFS #BastilleBSD #Samba #SysAdmin #Backup #OwnYourData #SelfHosted #BSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData

Unfortunately, for of my university mail account, I have to use Microsoft Outlook (I know, I know! Luckily, I’ve set up a redirect, so I hardly ever have to use it).

Tonight I tried using Firefox on NetBSD, but “Something went wrong.”

When I changed the user agent and set it to "Firefox on Linux", everything works fine, no problems, nothing "was wrong"!

In short, I think “Microsoft loves open source" but not NetBSD 😆.
One more reason to keep using it 😈

(Forgive the corny joke, I know MS doesn’t actually love open source at all 😆)

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

Mission accomplished, it seems!
I must have messed something up during "sysupgrade etcupdate" because my user was no longer in the "wheel" group, but luckily it wasn't a big deal (thanks usermod 🤣)

Then I updated pkgsrc with "cvs update -dP"  and edited /usr/pkg/etc/pkgin/repositories.conf to change the release number.

I hope that’s correct!
The update of all packages was successful, so I’m assuming it is.

Is it normal that "pkgin upgrade" re-download and reinstall all packages, even those that are already the same version?

I'd say the overall experience has been very positive.

P.S. i3status gives me an error if I use UTF-8 "icons" (it worked with 10.1), but it's not really a big deal.

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

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my NetBSD desktop with a terminal emulator (alacritty) and macchina output result.

It's time to try sysupgrade 🤣
🍀🍀🍀

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

This is the umpteenth time I've tried this, starting with version 1.6.1 😅

Could this be the definitive? I hope 💪

Now I have to config automount for external disk/USB keys and I need to find a way to encrypt my external disk and use it both in GNU\Linux and NetBSD.

CGD (I never tried it on Linux and I didn't find anything online)?
ZFS? Anyone have an idea?

I know I can use OpenSSL or GPG but I think it's better and more confortable to encrypt the full drive...

P.S. I love NetBSD but pkgin is really slow 😅 (It's probably not a problem with pkgin, but rather my Wi-Fi card.)

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA  #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

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My new NetBSD with i3wm, Alacritty terminal emulator with "macchina" output (top-right) and Alacritty with text "Hello Fedifriends" (Ascii art, figlet output, bottom left). The wallpaper is a black and white rappresentation of a scene from the book/movie Iron Giant.

@lproven oh …

… I probably tune out (without getting it) because, for example, I reject the notion that an Ubuntu-like installer would be detrimental to learning how to manage and maintain FreeBSD.

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v2t96c/comment/ozitl7j/?context=2

More because I couldn't figure out how it relates to anti-AI.

@rl_dane

#Linux #Ubuntu #FreeBSD #BSD

Found out I needed to install mozilla certs for pkgin to work. Installed those, now running pkgin update

Gotta say, installing packages from #BSD #Ports is STUPID easy. Never had to do it before.

#NetBSD

All #BSD and #ZFS wizards alert

Please focus all your mojo on helping the people who posted the ZFS/BSD admin job that I just applied for to see that I am their dream come true.

NetBSD 11.0 RC7 available!

July 23, 2026 posted by Martin Husemann

The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the seventh release candidate of the upcoming 11.0 release, please help testing!
See the release announcement for details.

The netbsd-11 release branch is nearly a year old now, so it is high time the 11.0 release makes it to the front stage.

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_rc7_available

#bsd #netbsd #unix # runbsd #guufxmpp #guuf #guufITA @guuf_italia @livellosegreto.it

Today is a special day! It is the BSD Cafe's birthday!

Exactly three years ago today, I was rather timidly announcing this project to the world. It was an idea that had already been in my mind for some time, but had not yet become reality.

Three years later, I am proud to say that the BSD Cafe is sailing at full speed towards the uncertain horizons of the modern world.

We are here to talk about BSD, Open Source, projects, conferences, freedom, pizza and tiramisu, but above all about passions, interests, discoveries and knowledge. We are here among friends who share interests and passions, without geography or borders, apart from those defined by mutual respect.

Your Barista is more energised than ever.

During the past year, he had to retire one of the services, BlendIT, our Lemmy instance, but he also added several new ones: Journal, based on WordPress, Billboard, running on NodeBB, the Delta Chat relay, and more.

He also had to withdraw from BSDCan, with enormous regret, but he is now ready for EuroBSDCon. And for other new things that will gradually follow.

For example, here is a small preview: I have been experimenting with MeshCore.

My dream? One or more BSD Cafe services that do not use the Internet at all. I already have a few ideas, so I shall not disclose anything more for now 😉

And I will never grow tired of repeating that the BSD Cafe is a success because of you.

I am just the Barista, but a place like this is nothing without the friends sitting at the bar. And the friends of this bar are wonderful people who, every day, help make my days calmer, happier and more interesting.

So thank you for these three years, and thank you for being here.

We shall continue sailing together towards the future, with smiles on our faces and passion in our hearts.

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/03/31/im-just-the-barista/

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeBirthday #Celebrations #RunBSD #BSD

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The Amerigo Vespucci ship, with the BSD Cafe logo

I think the time is right to follow Torvalds advice 😅 and finally "upgrade" my laptop to NetBSD.

I was trying to figure out whether to stick with stable or current, and also whether I should encrypt the entire disk or just /home and then the swap partition via rc.conf (if I understand correctly, that’s possible, right?).

Current is "solid" enough for daily use? Any advice? It's not my first time on NetBSD but I'm not an expert 😆

Found these tutorial online:

https://www.dwarmstrong.org/netbsd-encrypt-install/
https://vsis.online/posts/2024-05-27-uefi-full-disk-encryption/

#netbsd #bsd

If you are looking to financially support a #BSD, #NetBSD has the most humble budget of the three big ones and is rather behind on its yearly goal.

I think it's a good and reputable place for your donation dollars, and yes, I have put my money where my mouth is.

@peteorrall

You have to remember that in #BSD, the base OS isn't included in that count. So even X11 and all of its related programs aren't included there. The base system has like a dozen packages are so, but the packages are huge tarballs and they're not included in that count.

Sorry for the word-soup-y dictation text. 😄

FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE is out.

In my new guide, I walk through the official upgrade paths:

• distribution sets with freebsd-update
• packaged base with pkg
• boot-environment rollback
• .pkgnew merges
• boot-loader checks for UEFI/BIOS

https://blog.hofstede.it/upgrading-freebsd-150-release-to-151-release-the-official-paths/

#FreeBSD #BSD #Sysadmin #ZFS

🐧 Als plötzlich Schluss war...

Vor wenigen Tagen besuchte ich wieder einmal OpenOS.at – eine Webseite, die ich seit vielen Jahren immer wieder gern genutzt habe. Statt der gewohnten Startseite erschien jedoch nur noch ein kurzer Hinweis:

„Diese Webpräsenz wurde am 26. Juni 2026 (nach 12 Jahren Betrieb) eingestellt.“

Damit endet nach zwölf Jahren ein Projekt, das für viele Linux- und BSD-Interessierte eine feste Anlaufstelle war.

Das erste Bild zeigt die frühere Startseite von OpenOS.at – mit aktuellen Distributionen, Nachrichten, Statistiken und Veranstaltungen aus der Welt freier Betriebssysteme. Das zweite Bild zeigt, was heute davon übrig geblieben ist.

Warum OpenOS eingestellt wurde, wissen wir bisher nicht. Vielleicht gibt es persönliche Gründe, vielleicht fehlte die Zeit oder Unterstützung. Vielleicht fand sich einfach niemand, der das Projekt weiterführen wollte. Solange es keine offizielle Erklärung gibt, sollten wir darüber nicht spekulieren.

Mich bringt das jedoch zum Nachdenken.

Viele von uns nutzen täglich freie Software, Webseiten, Foren oder Dienste. Wir freuen uns über aktuelle Informationen, hilfreiche Programme und funktionierende Server – oft ganz selbstverständlich und kostenlos.

Doch hinter all dem stehen Menschen.

Menschen, die ihre Freizeit investieren. Menschen, die Server betreiben, Inhalte pflegen, Fehler beheben, Updates einspielen und Fragen beantworten. Oft über viele Jahre hinweg und meist ehrenamtlich.

Gerade Projekte, die von einer einzelnen Person oder einem kleinen Team getragen werden, leisten Erstaunliches. Gleichzeitig sind sie aber auch besonders verletzlich. Wenn die Motivation nachlässt, das Privatleben mehr Zeit fordert oder gesundheitliche Gründe dazukommen, kann selbst ein langjähriges Projekt plötzlich enden.

Vielleicht erinnert uns das Ende von OpenOS daran, dass Open Source und freie Communities vom Mitmachen leben.

Nicht nur nutzen.

Nicht nur konsumieren.

Sondern auch einmal Danke sagen, Fehler melden, Dokumentationen schreiben, anderen helfen, einen kleinen Betrag spenden oder selbst mit anpacken.

Denn genau davon lebt unsere Gemeinschaft.

Ich möchte mich deshalb heute bei allen bedanken, die im Hintergrund dafür sorgen, dass freie Projekte überhaupt existieren – egal ob Entwickler, Administratoren, Übersetzer, Autoren oder Community-Mitglieder.

Ihr macht das Internet ein Stück besser. ❤️

#OpenSource #Linux #BSD #Fediverse #Community #OpenOS #FLOSS #Danke

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Dashboard der ehemaligen Webseite OpenOS.at aus dem Jahr 2020. Zu sehen sind Übersichten zu BSD-, Linux-, Solaris- und anderen Betriebssystemen mit aktuellen Distributionen, Nachrichten, Updates und Veranstaltungen.

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Die heutige Startseite von OpenOS.at mit der Meldung, dass die Webpräsenz nach zwölf Jahren Betrieb am 26. Juni 2026 eingestellt wurde. Im Hintergrund ist eine schlichte Seite mit einem großen Tux-Pinguin zu sehen.

@bpl

make

(insane errors)
gmake

Is the sudo make me a sandwich of #BSD. 🤣

(Or alternatively, "Tricorder" (...) "Medical tricorder!")

👿 FreeBSD 15.1 Released With Updated WiFi Drivers, Better C23 Support & Other Improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-Released

#freebsd #bsd #unix #opensource

What automation tool do you use? When do you go against the flow and choose something other than Ansible?

#python #ansible #rakulang #sparrow #perl #rex #salt #chief #ruby #puppet #linux #bsd #sysadmin #devops #automation

#Mastodon tip: There is a way to use only part of a word as a hashtag!

For example, you might want to say the word “toots”, but use the hashtag “toot”.

To do this, place a U+2060 WORD JOINER before the “s” in “toots”. Example: #toot⁠s.

If you're using #X11 or #Wayland (i.e. #Linux or #BSD desktop), you can add the following line to ~/.XCompose to give yourself a keyboard shortcut:

<Multi_key> <w> <j> : "⁠" U2060 # WORD JOINER

Then just type Compose, then W, then J.

SkiftOS : https://skiftos.org/

It's not a *NIX!

"skiftOS isn’t POSIX. It’s a fresh API and userland inspired by Plan 9, Haiku, and Fuchsia. Familiar ideas, different contracts."

Problem: the GPL is poison. It has polluted Linux and the Linux userland software so that only large corporations can afford to monetize it. BSD License or MIT License would be much better allowing small players to produce unique work without then being forced to share their source code with the AI hegemony racket.

#SkiftOS #Tech #Linux #OS #Plan9 #Haiku #Fuchsia #Computing #SoftwareFreedom #AIHegemony #GPL #License #BSD #MIT