#freebsd

What's up with the lack of #FreeBSD packages: net-im/deltachat-desktop and net-im/signal-desktop in latest? Anyone know?

signal-desktop has been unavailable in latest packages for over a week now. I really *really* don't want to build it from source as that will also rebuild Electron, and thus Chromium ... 😓 #freebsd #signal

Unattended reboots with encrypted disks by @jmmv@mastodon.online https://lobste.rs/s/urg4yu #freebsd #security https://jmmv.dev/2026/11/zkeys-intro.html

A family member brought a beloved x230 back from the brink with salvaged hardware from a pile of other Ye Olde Thinkpads in various states of disarray. This machine has been around the world a few times, a lot of gigs. Thought we'd slide #FreeBSD on it, and that turned out to be a good idea. It really is quite lovely. Quick install, no fiddle really I put my A+ fav window manager on it, DWM (URL in the pic).

Thank you John Baldwin and team for another great #FreeBSD Vendor Summit!

Which BSD do you use ? I'm interested to see which BSD has the bigger user base on the fediverse and why you use it. Boosts are welcome. #OpenBSD #freebsd #OpenBSD #RUNBSD

The November 3rd, 2026 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up: https://youtu.be/uzsv_KN6RlA We discussed OCI container/#bhyve integration, a CPU caching surprise, #Sylve/Daemonless integration, Sylve/TrueNAS comparisons, secrets management in container environments, moving from s6rc to #FreeBSD rcd(8), and more! "Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons." You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org This content is not AI generated

@MsDropbear42@infosec.space Maybe go ahead with #GhostBSD as the "gateway drug" into the BSD world. Then when you've "found your BSD feet" with it, hopefully easier to try plain #NetBSD or #OpenBSD. I think that's what I might do. I used friendly PC-BSD back in the 00s but no BSD experience since. (Switching not urgent yet as I'm on Linux Mint Xfce X11, based on a 2024 LTS release, so presumably much less likely to contain slop than a cutting edge release.) #FreeBSD #BSD #NoAI

#OpenZFS includes arcstat, their standard tool to interrogate ARC stats. It's in python, so #FreeBSD doesn't install it. It'd be really nice to have this as a package before #openzfsmastery comes out.

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au Yeah. I get that. Robonuggie is still totally non-AI, if you like #FreeBSD youtubers. And of course, Veronica Explains.

The Duty of a Scholar https://lobste.rs/s/vo4337 #cryptography #freebsd #security https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-10-31-The-Duty-of-a-Scholar.html

I set the "transplanted" OpenBSD setup from my broken secondary Notebook now as default on my primary machine. My FreeBSD install remains in case something goes side ways for now. Next plan replacing GhostBSD on my old Dell Inspiron 1525 from 2009, which I use as a light couch surfing box... Hmm, either Open or checking out Net on it. Both should somewhat work. Open should support my wifi ootb.And not sure about performance of Net on this machine. But first things firt: Tea, Darjeeling, hot, pumpkin bread, butter and some self made fruit jam as breakfast. #RunBSD #DaemonOS #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD

I've long since forgotten why in #FreeBSD userland, the concept is called jails, but the kernel struct is named struct prison. If anyone knows, it would be fun to reminisce. :-)

So here we are 🤷‍♂️ #freebsd #openzfs

The FreeBSD Foundation's AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project continues to explore ways to strengthen FreeBSD's security processes through improved tooling, automation, and community collaboration. In the August and September 2026 project update, we share progress on several initiatives. Read the full project update: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/all-projects/blob/main/AI-assisted-vulnerability-discovery/monthly-updates/2026-09.md #FreeBSD #OpenSource #Cybersecurity #SoftwareSecurity

Feeding the BSD that bites you! Tonight it is (deep dish) pizza! Got thumbs up from the visiting Italian hacker! Tomorrow will be the baptism of fire; Lasagna! #RunBSD #EatBSD #Hackathon #Oslo #FreeBSD

lol holy crap, "doas make clean" from /usr/ports on my #FreeBSD laptop has been running for the past two hours, nearly. WHY??? 😂 Could seriously use some parallelization. Maybe next time, I'll do cd /usr/ports; for x in */*; do ( cd "$x"; doas make clean ) & done ;)

Any #NetBSD devs keen on having a StarFive Vision2 RISCV SBC? Or #OpenBSD or #FreeBSD devs etc?

I did a bare-metal install of #NetBSD today on my 2017 HP Pavilion (Intel/Nvidia) laptop using a USB-connected 500 GB HDD. It took a couple passes before I figured out that I had to manually remove the MBR on the target drive for the installation to boot. Then it was easy because I've done a bunch of practice installs. On this laptop, everything works: WiFi X11 Sound (and volume buttons) Brightness buttons YouTube video plays great On par with #OpenBSD, better than #FreeBSD on this hardware

Please don't scroll past. This is important. I am being pressured by FreeBSD's reddit moderation team to censor the Omarchy #content_review or to remove it completely. They have began a harrasment campaign with the goal of removing me from this world. the review: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/117501303459299869 The issue at hand is that a picture of a partial swastika appears in close proximity to the word FreeBSD - if you've seen a newspaper before, you might understand the principle of two separate unrelated articles appearing next to each other. You might also understand that I am reporting on common associations with the Topic of the review. These are not my inventions, and I am not calling anyone anything. I am reporting on the news. Nevertheless, as much as I am a journalist, I am an artistè, and if my audience sees in my work something I didn't put there, I am not going to take that experience away from them. This probably says more about them than it does about me. While I am a man of principle, there is one thing I like more - money. I will delete it for $2,000. For $5,000 I will apologize. For $10,000 I will use daemonarchy exclusively for 6 months on all my computers. For $25,000 I will kill a small animal of your choice. For $75,000 I will not post anything for a month. https://liberapay.com/analognowhere https://ko-fi.com/analognowhere To everyone who likes my work, this message is for you (from said freebsd moderator) [cw ableist slur]: https://beige.party/@fuzzy/117510032933612034 To everyone else who feels personally attacked by my art: send money, you can end this here and now. Thank you for your attention. ps: i did not post anything on reddit, i just know the same person who has been cyberbullying me on the fediverse is a moderator of the freebsd subreddit pls boost #runbsd #omarchy #fediverse #fediart #unix_surrealism #swastika #freebsd #news