@dch
let's see. I have no desire to reboot from #DragonFlyBSD now - I've been struggling with Free all day and now I'm going to watch a film:).
But I can give you hardware information if that's what you mean. If you need the result of #FreeBSD specific commands, then post which ones and I'll do it tomorrow.
FWIW, I heard #netbsd and #openbsd both works great on the T480. I would expect #freebsd and #dragonflyBSD would too.
Also let us know the choice and how it went :)
M.2 USB SSD wakes up using #ZFS and #FreeBSD. I'll leave that question for later (although I have SATA mechanical drives and it would be annoying to see wake-up failures).
I need the Linux command line to create #apicula bases. Qemu works here, which is welcome. But 10 times slower than under #DragonFlyBSD - accel=nvmm accelerator is used there. I wonder what kind of accelerators there are under #FreeBSD?
@kobilacroix nah.
You'd propably find him and Howard doing some weird shit, like an #OpenBSD / #toybox distro or a #DragonflyBSD cluster...
Exactly one month from today, I'll be at #BSDCan to present my talk "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" (AKA: "I solve problems").
As the days go by, I feel increasingly honored to be a speaker at this event, more and more excited to live an experience similar to the incredible one I had last September at #EuroBSDCon in Dublin, and more confident than ever in the technical choices I’ve made over the years - which I’ll be happy to share.
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@merlin so what are you gonna do then?
#OpenBSD? #DragonflyBSD? #FreeDOS or #Linux?
DragonFly 6.4.1 is out - this is a bugfix release. ISO/IMG files are
available now on dragonflybsd.org and mirrors soon, if not already.
bsdfetch is a simple tool to show information about a running #FreeBSD / #OpenBSD / #MidnightBSD / #NetBSD / #DragonflyBSD system.
$ git clone https://github.com/jhx0/bsdfetch.git
$ cd bsdfetch/
$ makeOpenBSD on ROCK64 ( @PINE64 )
$ ./bsdfetch
OS: OpenBSD
Release: 7.6
Version: GENERIC.MP#196
Arch: arm64
Host: <...>
Shell: ksh
User: <...>
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 °COpenBSD on @OpenBSDAms
$ ./bsdfetch
OS: OpenBSD
Release: 7.6
Version: GENERIC#332
Arch: amd64
Host: <...>
Shell: ksh
User: <...>
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
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Hmm... I guess I should update my #DragonflyBSD until this patch is accepted, and look out for other BSDs in the next couple of years
It's not really about /dev/crypto - I just felt a cold whiff when a device is removed in exchange for a library - no matter how slow it is, it's still a universally easy way to access functionality. Everything is a file, etc
And it doesn't matter what it's currently being used for - the whole point of the device is access from everywhere
New #blog post!
Let's explore virtualizing the different BSDs on Apple Silicon.
#Poll: are you "dog-fooding" #BSD?
Unlike previous polls (
) I have tried really hard to make sure the options make sense. Select the lowest item in the list that is true for you:
Of the ten options, the first four are for those that don't use BSD regularly (let's say at least once per week).
The fifth option ("VPN/server") is for someone who uses BSD on a server they manage, but don't have physical access to.
The sixth ("at work") through eighth ("secondary laptop/desktop") is for those who regularly use some variant of BSD, but not as a primary daily driver.
The ninth and tenth options are for "dog-fooding"
Oh, right, and I'm sorry, but it really must need be said: MacOS, iOS, and other Apple products do not count. Sorry again. I will count any FOSS BSD-like OSes like #OpenIndiana, though.
I will also count retro commercial Unixes, if you're actually daily-driving them. ;)
About a month ago, while talking with a colleague who had experience only with Linux, he mentioned that he knew of the BSDs but had never "had the courage" to try them. I suggested he give them a shot, reminding him not to think of BSDs as "just another Linux" but as entirely different operating systems. Focusing on security, I recommended OpenBSD - also mentioning HardenedBSD, sure it would pique his interest.
A few hours ago, he called me about something else and confirmed that for weeks now, he's been using OpenBSD on his laptop (disk encrypted), FreeBSD on two servers, and NetBSD on an embedded device at home. He plans to experiment with HardenedBSD and DragonflyBSD in the coming weeks.
However, he did have one complaint: we've known each other for five years, and I never encouraged him to try this earlier! 
