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TronNerd82<p>Brutaldon on Links on NetBSD on a Raspberry Pi 1B.</p><p>Absolute peak.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brutaldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brutaldon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>My <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> folk are posting Bryan Lunduke's latest video about X11/XLibre.</p><p>Gentle reminder that Lunduke is (AFAIK) a trump supporter that demonstrably mocks trans people. (Look at his profile bio for the latter).</p><p>I take zero pleasure in labeling or "naming and shaming," so I am only posting factual (TTBOMK) information here.</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/xlibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XLibre</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
World's Okayest Gopher<p>hadda do it, sorry</p><p><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Jay 🚩 :runbsd:<p><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/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runbsd</span></a> <br>Installing *BSD in 2025 part 3 – A critical look at NetBSD’s installer</p><p><a href="https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-3-a-critical-look-at-netbsds-installer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/31/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-3-a-critical-look-at-netbsds-installer/</span></a></p>
Tomáš<p>Do you pray?</p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/unix_surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix_surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/magnetic_nymph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magnetic_nymph</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/technomage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technomage</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runbsd</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
OpenBSD Amsterdam<p>⚠️ sysupgrade complete announcement ⚠️ </p><p>All hosts, other peoples hardware, have been upgraded to OpenBSD 7.7, including the latest syspatch.</p><p><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/77.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openbsd.org/77.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If you haven't upgraded your VM yet, have a look at:<br><a href="https://openbsd.amsterdam/upgrade.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">openbsd.amsterdam/upgrade.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And of course the official documentation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RUNBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUNBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maintenance</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>An Intimate Look at the BSD Cafe:</p><p>last pid: 77905; load averages: 0.74, 0.92, 0.90 up 6+18:47:21 16:17:19<br>343 processes: 1 running, 342 sleeping<br>CPU: 1.8% user, 0.0% nice, 0.9% system, 0.0% interrupt, 97.4% idle<br>Mem: 4967M Active, 17G Inact, 189M Laundry, 6316M Wired, 686M Free<br>ARC: 3223M Total, 2068M MFU, 890M MRU, 16M Anon, 51M Header, 199M Other<br> 2550M Compressed, 8144M Uncompressed, 3.19:1 Ratio<br>Swap: 4096M Total, 4096M Free</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCafe</span></a> <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/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafeStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCafeStats</span></a></p>
OpenBSD Amsterdam<p>OpenBSD 7.7 will be deployed this Sunday!</p><p>21 new VMs were added and 52 VMs were renewed.</p><p>We donated €990 to the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> Foundation, €52895 (!!) since we started.</p><p>Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!</p><p>Stay safe, healthy &amp; sane!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RUNBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUNBSD</span></a> in 2025</p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Some random photos from OSDay 2025. I gave a talk about the BSD family and why to use them in 2025.</p><p>2/X</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <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/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</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/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Some random photos from OSDay 2025. I gave a talk about the BSD family and why to use them in 2025.</p><p>1/X</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OSDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSDay2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <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/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</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/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 29 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>FreeBSD does not include a graphical user interface in its base system. This is how I install and set up the X Window System (X11) before installing my preferred window manager or desktop environment:</p><p><a href="https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-x11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-x11/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/X11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X11</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Good evening, <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/BSDCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCafe</span></a>! <br>Good evening, <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>!</p><p>Today I was finally able to spend the whole day working on FreeBSD and OpenBSD servers, after a few days full of other activities.<br>I must confess - it’s been incredibly relaxing and refreshing.</p><p>I upgraded an OpenBSD server with a colleague (inside a bhyve VM - we were both connected to the same tmux session).<br>He was amazed by how simple the process was, and actually said “WOW” when the server sent the entire upgrade output via email.</p><p>Tomorrow, he’s planning to install a new OpenBSD server and “play around” with it.<br>Mission accomplished. 🙂</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a></p>
Justine SmithiesBeen watching stuff on NetBSD and heard someone say that <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a> is not suitable for the desktop. Wow is all I could say as I'm sure plenty daily drive it. What do you all think ? <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a><br>
OpenBSD Amsterdam<p>⚠️ sysupgrade announcement ⚠️ </p><p>We will be upgrading all the hosts this Sunday 2025-06-01 between 07:00 - 09:00 UTC</p><p>From OpenBSD 7.6 to OpenBSD 7.7<br><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/77.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openbsd.org/77.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RUNBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUNBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maintenance</span></a></p>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 28 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>During the FreeBSD install on my Thinkpad, I chose to use ethernet for networking and it was configured successfully.</p><p>After first boot into the system, I manually configure the wireless adapter for an additional networking option. Finally, I combine the ethernet and wireless interfaces into a virtual interface to provide failover network capability should one of the interfaces become unavailable.</p><p><a href="https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-network-laptop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-networ</span><span class="invisible">k-laptop/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>npm error code EBADPLATFORM<br>npm error notsup Unsupported platform for @shopify/create-app@3.80.7: wanted {"os":"darwin,linux,win32"} (current: {"os":"freebsd"})<br>npm error notsup Valid os: darwin,linux,win32<br>npm error notsup Actual os: freebsd</p><p>We fought for years supporting Linux because we wanted to be "free to choose our OS", and now we've reached the point where you're forced to choose it.</p><p>Many people simply don't understand the concept of freedom.</p><p>Anyway, happy Wednesday!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Node" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Node</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Justine SmithiesFinally solved my issue of not being able to run Libreoffice unless it was set to use plugin <code>gen</code> but not <code>gtk3</code> or <code>qt</code> under X on OpenBSD. I'll be honest with you guys and say that it was an ID10T error. Yep who had some Wayland related variables exported in their <code>.kshrc</code> ? What an actual muppet I am. :D<br><a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a><br>
Daniel Wayne Armstrong<p>Day 26 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysOfFreeBSD</span></a> :freebsd:</p><p>FreeBSD + Openbox = ❤️ </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Openbox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Pete Orrall<p>The last time I used <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> was version 5.5 and was quite impressed. That was over a decade ago and I am long overdue for trying it again. Downloading the 7.7 ISO now. 😃</p><p>But first, it's time to update this laptop's BIOS. Apparently it's from 12-12-2014?! Wowza!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunBSD</span></a></p>
Justine Smithies<a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> users, Am I understanding virtualization correctly ? I'm wondering if it's possible to setup an OpenBSD machine that has several virtual OpenBSD machines running on it. Like I'd have for example a webserver then a separate git server and others. That way if I break one I don't take down the whole system.<br>I have been reading from <a href="https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html</a><br><br>I'm just at the reading and thinking stage just now. Yes I know another rabbit hole my brain thinks would be a good idea to jump into. 🙄<br><a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a><br><br>