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I replaced GhostBSD with #OpenBSD, which I was running on this same drive just a few days ago, except this time I went for Xfce immediately. I also opted for encryption.
The install was quick as always, and Xfce is smooth. I had a dark theme in minutes.
I immediately installed LibreOffice, grabbed my encrypted ODT document and tried to open it.
It worked. No crashing.
All my files are a quick sftp away on my LAN's file server, so I'll have everything back very soon.
The software and update GUIs worked well. They were slow, but they worked. I liked having a GUI setup for networking. If there was a way to add that to #OpenBSD, I'd do it.
At one point I closed the lid. I don't know if I had it set up to suspend, but when I opened it a couple hours later, everything was there, but the keyboard and mouse wouldn't work.
Overall it was a nice Xfce desktop, and everything was appropriately snappy. I liked the fish shell. I'd use that again.
Installing #openbsd is easy, but what does it take to keep your system in trim?
Here is a piece I wrote, "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html to provide some pointers (also at https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html if tracking is not a thing you worry about) #maintenance #sysadmin #dailytasks #dailydriver
Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared
Update: This post has been updated to include Docker benchmarks and a comparison of container overhead versus FreeBSD Jails and illumos Zones.
#ITNotes #freebsd #illumos #jail #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #smartos #sysadmin #zoneshosting
🐡 Why are you (still) using OpenBSD? // @joel
https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/why-are-you-still-using-openbsd/
Where Have You Been for the Last 20 Years?
Walking away from the BSDCan final reception at Lowertown Brewery, Ottawa. The perfect end to a life-changing experience.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/17/where-have-you-been-for-the-last-20-years/
#BSDCan #MyNotes #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Life #BSDCan2025 #LiveLife
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115566280074527897
"Just" 270 MB for...an idle server?
Debian is still a great distribution but let's measure the ram consumption of a freshly installed *BSD or Illumos based server. The numbers are totally different.
25 years ago (and a couple months), I got my hands on my first few m88k systems.
Back then, there had been no #OpenBSD release for this platform ever completed due to compiler (gcc 2.8 back then) bugs, we were using a.out binaries without shared libraries, and I had zero knowledge of gcc internals.
Today, OpenBSD/luna88k, which runs ELF binaries and shared libraries, has been switched to PIE userland by default, using gcc 4.2.1: https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src/commit/NstsoXqDBQGMNHRP
What a journey it has been!
@justine
Could I ask whether #OpenBSD has a G.U.I or is it entirely command line?
It's just, every picture you post seems to lack any graphical input.
#askingforafriend
🤓
/etc/installurl to have the following and I get a successful snapshot update.#https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSDNo more SHA256 errors and I'm now running.
https://www.mirrorservice.org/pub/OpenBSD
kern.version=OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #102: Mon Nov 17 04:24:27 MST 2025#OpenBSD
deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
sysupgrade -s today for the 17th November snapshot and I'm getting the packages download then fails with SHA256 errors on them all.Update changed install URL to UK Kent mirror and all is fine. Was using the default CDN one.
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Screenshot showing failed output of OpenBSD sysupgrade -s command
Last week I had a chat with a colleague who is highly specialized in Microsoft solutions. Young but not too young, smart, not very up to date simply because he has little time for anything else. His specialization depends entirely on where he works, not on personal interest. Lately he seemed a bit disillusioned with some choices made by "other operating systems", and he was starting to consider moving his personal projects toward Microsoft as well, since he already had the experience. Still, he said it with boredom. With the attitude of someone who is tired of wasting time.
He had heard of the BSDs but had never tried installing them. He was convinced that there were no decent hypervisors outside the Linux world and that KVM belonged to Linux alone. I had the terrible idea of showing him the BSDs, how great bhyve is, and how nvmm on NetBSD uses qemu underneath, making it almost a replacement for KVM in many setups. He lit up with the look of someone waking up from a long sleep. I also had the terrible idea of showing him illumos and its distributions. He had no clue it existed and thought old, great Solaris had been dead for years thanks to Oracle.
He called me a little while ago. He was furious. He spent the whole weekend doing tests and now he has no idea what to use among FreeBSD with bhyve, NetBSD with nvmm, and illumos with bhyve or kvm. He is slowly starting to explore jails and illumos zones. He was annoyed (in a positive way) because now he does not know what to pick since everything feels so different from what he was used to, and he found advantages in each option.
I am obviously happy about it, but I also wonder: instead of reinventing the wheel every time, would it not sometimes be better to simply broaden our horizons?
#IT #SysAdmin #OperatingSystems #FreeBSD #Linux #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #OpenIndiana #Tribblix
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden/115564165835643603
I look forward to the @vermaden weekly newsletter as much as I anticipate a perfect tiramisu after a superb lunch. It is truly the cherry on top.
That special something that helps me kick off the week in style.
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #IT #SysAdmin
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Are you working on something involving a BSD system that you would like to share with others?
The Call for Papers period is open for AsiaBSDCon until November 30th, 2025 and for BSDCan until January 17, 2026.
Check out the websites linked in the article, and get that submission in!
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #bsd #dragonflyBSD #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #conference
One of the slightly annoying thing about i386 #OpenBSD is the lack of packages. Like it's difficult to even build certain cli tools, because now of course everything has to be in Rust. I need to teach myself some new skills I think.
The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html if you want some background information #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
Just some initial memory comparisons between my two tiny VPS servers - one running httpd/relayd on OpenBSD, the other running Caddy on Alpine Linux:
OpenBSD: 99M / 464M
Alpine: 50M / 464M
Both instances are hosting 3-4 simple, static websites. Interesting stuff (to me at least!)
If you are looking for #PF resources for #openbsd and #freebsd alike, the up to date slides for the #tutorial are at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fullday.pdf with updates for each session.
In addition, we (the good people at @nostarch and yours truly) are working to get the 4th edition of The Book PF ready and available as soon as possible (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html)
current aka 16th November amd64 snapshot using an encrypted boot and everything works. #OpenBSD 
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A screenshot showing the fastfetch system information output of my ThinkPad amd P14s Gen 1 running OpenBSD and that I'm on current
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Pssst! BoxyConnect comes soon to @BoxyBSD!
BoxyConnect allows you to create a private network / private link between multiple boxes at BoxyBSD. And the best? You can even create this over different locations/countries to provide you more flexibility.
You can simply assign any RFC1918 addresses on your new additional network interface on both sites and communicate in your own private network - even miles away.
This feature is currently in beta and will hopefully be available to everyone (just like all other services of course for free). Enjoy #RUNBSD!
This new feature is powered by @gyptazy!
#BoxyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #SmolBSD #Hosting #SelfHosting #Provider #BSD #FreeVPS #VPS #opensource #community #education #openeducation
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Image of BoxyConnect for BoxyBSD which shows multiple locations where people can start instances, which soon can be linked within a private own network.
sysupgrade -s with today's snapshot dated 16th November using amd64 ?#OpenBSD
the list
#unix_surrealism #comic #poster #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #9front #plan9 #glenda #cirno #girl #daemon #puffy #rabbit #mata #openblade
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MATACORP'S MOST WANTED HACKERS
Fish Daemon Cirno OpenBlade Rabbit Frederick "the Hammer" Glenda II Sphence Purple "Penguin" Pentium-M Man Girl
I remember that a few months ago, there was a bit of a brouhaha around #dovecot removing a few features in the next release of the free open source version of the server (as is their right, I'm stating a fact and not complaining about it).
As my #selfhosted dovecot instance apparently had been up for long enough to have the TLS cert expire (oops), that had me thinking - is there a fairly simple #IMAP server available, kind of in the vein of #OpenBSD's #opensmtpd or httpd that supports imaps and reading emails from Maildir, but with otherwise fairly low count of bells and whistles?
root# sysupgrade -s http://ftp.hostserver.de/archive/2021-10-09-0105/ but obviously swap out the URL for one mentioned in Solenes blog from the snapshot archives ?Can anybody else help ? #OpenBSD
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@gumnos/115551343732704834
This is a great post.
It's not "against" something - it just explains why Tim prefers to use the BSDs.
Transition to support for 52 partitions https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251114105005 #openbsd #storage #52partitions #disks #bigdisks #partitioning #development #freesoftware #current #libresoftware
This Isn't a Battle
After reading a post describing the FreeBSD community as 'toxic', I share a different perspective. This isn't a battle. It's a reflection on coexistence, the original Open Source spirit, and the quiet richness of taking a different path.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/
#MyNotes #IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #OpenSource
Tried installing my first non-linux unix the other day. Here are some impressive things about #openbsd :
- Partitions. ~By default, files aren't allowed to be both writable and executable. So `chmod 777` only works in /usr/local~ EDIT: apparently I misunderstood this one.
- The man pages are way more complete than many linux distros. `man afterboot` and `man 8 intro` are great.
- Nice unified service management without the complexity of systemd
- There's a CLI that'll just make RAID volumes for you.
- Nothing more complex than it needs to be. No openssl, only libressl. No sudo, only doas.
- The kernel drivers for recording audio and video by default only record silence and blackness. You need to make a sysctl.conf change if you want to un-blind your laptop. This is both privacy-conscious and hella goth.
I just added LibreOffice to my newish OpenBSD laptop. It runs great. I had originally gone with Abiword and Gnumeric, but I wanted to work with encrypted documents, and Abiword also crashed upon trying to open any ODT file.
I really like this site, but I also really like its Hugo theme (Hermit-V2).
I still have a couple of Hugo sites, though my main blog is now in Zola. A good theme means a lot.
https://www.openbsd-desktop.rocks/
Bonjour! #RUNBSD in Paris, FR!
We just opened our second location in France. Paris comes now in addition to Roubaix in France which has been added by @gyptazy. More BSD, more locations, more fun with #FreeBSD,
#OpenBSD, #NetBSD,#SmolBSD and many other ones - happy learning and testing!
#opensource #FreeVPS #VPS #VPSHosting #Box #BoxyBSD
Source and state limiters introduced in pf
https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251112132639 #openbsd #pf #networking #statelimiters #sourcelimiters #statetracking #packetfilter #security #freesoftware #libressoftware
"This change has our resident packet manglers quite excited, and they think it will likely be a signature feature that will make the not-too-distant OpenBSD 7.9 release even more of an Internet favorite."
Big news for small /usr partitions https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251112121631 #openbsd #sysupgrade #install #upgrading #usr #smalldisks #freesoftware #libresoftware
I've decided to use the old Dell Optiplex 3080 tower as an #OpenBSD server hosting what will be my new
got and gotweb where my dotfiles and what not will reside. I'm going to have to reinstall OpenBSD as release as it's maybe not a good idea to use current on a server ? What do you good folk think ? 
Hey #NetBSD 🚩community! There's been discussion over the years about whether the NetBSD project should have its own unique mascot (separate from the general BSD Beastie).
I outlined a proposal for one back in 2021, including some concepts:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2021/01/21/msg000828.html
What's the general feeling today? #RunBSD #OpenSource #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD
| Yes, we need a unique mascot!: | 26 |
| No, the flag/Beastie is enough.: | 26 |
| I'm not sure / No opinion.: | 7 |
| Just show me the results.: | 6 |
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Long trek home.
#technomage #openbsd #openbsdgaming #unix_surrealism #puffy #ksh #comic #fediart #mastoart #art
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Puffy and Girl walk across the desolate land. Girl keeps asking Puffy what game he'd like to play along the way:
Girl: "...How about 'Guess which GNU core util I am?'"
Puffy: "No..."
Girl: "'Find the syntax error?'"
Puffy: "No."
Girl: "'REGEX or GLOB?'"
Puffy: "No."
Girl (desperately): "Well, what _do_ you want to play?"
Puffy: "How about 'Execute my command?'"
Girl (ecstatic): "YES! You start!"
Puffy: "x=1; until (( x == 1000 )); do ((x++); done"
Puffy and Girl walk across the desolate land. It is quiet. (Girl is adding up numbers in her head).
RE: https://mastodon.social/@pitrh/115509098143295810
The BSD conferences are magical. The atmosphere is friendly. It's a family - a good one - with different views but a common goal: making great things, making smart choices in a positive environment.
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #BSDCan #AsiaBSDCon
Almost running everything on #OpenBSD
- Desktop on mini PC
- Desktop on X201 laptop
- Home router
- Two tiny VPS hosts (web servers)
Not that it NEEDS to be OpenBSD, it’s just that I have the least amount of friction with that OS.
https://www.openbsdhandbook.com/storage/#software-raid-with-softraid
I'm thinking of turning the Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower into a server for things like web, cgit/git, syncthing and radicale plus possibly my snac instance ? It has 32Gb ram plus a 1Tb nvme which would house the os and the raid would be for data. Tell me I'm mad. 🙄
Help !
#HomeLab
Bonus if it allows hot swapping too.
Just stumbled upon this, nothing really new here, but it is nicely done and fairly complete:
Awesome #OpenBSD 
Yes, the @bsdcan 2026 Call for papers is open! See https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html, submissions deadline is 17 January 2026.
#bsdcan #cfp #callforpapers #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
I reached the point where my laptop is day-to-day usable and I have no ideas what to configure next. This is a good place to be in.
@stefano I once went with my boss from the college to visit Dundee University in Scotland. We came into this huge room with #iMacs on each table. I was drooling!
When we came home I argued that we needed something like that.
"I'll let you buy a keyboard" my boss said.
I bought the keyboard ;)
Then I left for another college. 5 years later one of my old colleagues came for a visit. Out of his bag came the keyboard, "I believe this is yours" he said.
I still use that wonderful iMac keyboard on my #openbsd home server every day.
#nostalgia
authlog
(ft. the tome of pf: https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition by @pitrh )
#unix_surrealism #openbsd #technomage #pf #comic #runbsd
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Girl and Puffy approach an ancient machine. A tome of PF lies nearby.
The screen of the machine is printing thousands of lines.
Girl turns to Puffy and asks: "all those lines... who are they?"
Puffy: "Enslaved souls of unsuspecting machines. Forever cursed to haunt open ports."
TOM DUFF v DAVID KORN
#unix_surrealism #comic #ksh #rc #tomduff #davidkorn #openbsd #plan9 #9front
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daemon: "see? I can put in as much whitespace as I want!"
kornboy: "But can you print the output of a command inside heredocs?"
daemon: "Who do you think would win in a fight?" Tom Duff or David Korn?"
kornboy: "Don't ask questions you don't want answered!"
Found some nice BeOS / Haiku OS icons for my OpenBSD Xfce setup. #openbsd #xfce
https://www.xfce-look.org/p/2087825
Tuning DWM on #OpenBSD is very fun when you are new to the operating system. Took me a while to realize that vmstat and iostat are showing average-from-boot CPU usage if you don't print at least two lines in a row.
Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs
My BSDCan 2025 presentation, PeerTube and YouTube links:
PeerTube: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/x4oPuHpCJK3qWFfdZtr7hd
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #BSDCan #ISolveProblems #Linux
Today was the day. 😁 #openbsd #unix #bsd
https://basic.bearblog.dev/my-openbsd-journey/
Reprising for the *BSD curious - "What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_about_openbsd.html
and my "short reading list" that has more (hopefully useful) links for aspiring and seasoned techies https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_short_reading_list.html #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #freesoftware #development #devops #engineering
The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!
* The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!
* You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy
* You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.
* Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)
This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem
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The new BoxyBSD platform now offers VNC access and ISO selection which brings in several new possibilities for users.
I pasted my laptops model number and it showed up as this 20Y1000SUKp-_g^O^C when it should have been just what I highlighted 20Y1000SUK
This is supposed to be /usr/X11R6 when pasted shows as /usr/X11R6Lohit Tamil
My .Xresources is below.
XTerm*termName: xterm-256color
XTerm*locale: true
XTerm*highlightSelection: true
XTerm*trimSelection: true
XTerm*saveLinew: 4096
XTerm*scrollBar: false
XTerm*cursorBlink: true
XTerm.VT100.utf8: true
XTerm*allowScrollLock: true! Xcursor theme
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xcursor.size: 24! Font
XTerm*faceName: Go Mono Nerd Font Mono
XTerm*renderFont: true
XTerm*faceSize: 10Xft.dpi: 96
XTerm*keepClipboard: true
XTerm*selectToClipboard: true
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \n\
Ctrl Shift <KeyPress>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Ctrl Shift <KeyPress>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)! Clicking a line selects only from the current word forward
XTerm*cutToBeginningOfLine : false
! and dont include a trailing newline in the selection!
XTerm*cutNewline : false
! Some black magic to change what characters XTerm considers "word delimiters"
XTerm*charClass : 33:48,36-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,95:48,126:48
! Select word on two clicks
XTerm*on2Clicks : word
! Select whole line on three clicks
XTerm*on3Clicks : line
! Select whole group on four clicks
XTerm*on4Clicks: group
! Select whole page on five clicks
XTerm*on5Clicks: page! Gruvbox theme
XTerm*background: #262626
XTerm*foreground: #ebdbb2
XTerm*color0: #262628
XTerm*color8: #928374
XTerm*color1: #CC241D
XTerm*color9: #fb4934
XTerm*color2: #98971a
XTerm*color10: #b8bb26
XTerm*color3: #FF8F15
XTerm*color11: #FFAF00
XTerm*color4: #458588
XTerm*color12: #83a598
XTerm*color5: #b16286
XTerm*color13: #d3869b
XTerm*color6: #689d6a
XTerm*color14: #8ec07c
XTerm*color7: #a89984
XTerm*color15: #ebdbb2
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rio-like configuration for base openbsd fvwm2
https://nein.triapul.cz/technology/openbsd/fvwm/
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jc leyendecker in acme
Hello, decided to log back into Mastodon as the bus to my town seems to have stopped a minute away from here for 20 minutes now. I have a few status updates regarding my tech adventures to share.
Firstly, I installed postmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S9 a few months ago, and with it, I moved to Alpine Linux on my laptop and desktop. The experience has been wonderful, but bumpy. It works really well on my laptop, but my desktop has faced some issues which I am happy to post on their mailing list once I am back home.
I also installed Arch Linux alongside my Alpine Linux installation as a redundant backup option in case one ends up broken by an update, or a mistake of my own. This has proven handy twice now, the second time ending up with my main system still under maintenance as of today. I also have a reserve Linux Mint USB, if it gets really bad, but I remain hopeful that it won't get that bad. Just for assurance, my ego has not inflated after installing it.
I still love using OpenBSD and FreeBSD when I can, but I deemed it more logical to use the operating system based off the kernel I want to develop for in the future. I plan on using OpenBSD on systems that I find to be not essential to use all the time, such as my brothers desktop, but I'm kind of bringing myself to use Alpine Linux on my daily drivers.
Sorry for disappearing for a while, this is a new phone which I forgot to install Mastodon on. My old phone drowned after my water bottle leaked during a walk, which meant I had to start over from scratch. I'm still addicted to Pixel phones however. Thanks for making a great operating system, #grapheneos team.
#OpenBSD #freebsd #alpinelinux #archlinux #BSD #Linux #technology #postmarketos
The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩
https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem26/
#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve
boosts appreciated
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glovary-Firewall-Upgraded-OPNsense-Appliance/dp/B0DSF3LTSH/
Please boost <3
So I found the answer here and according to the blog it's a YES ! - https://www.rsadowski.de/posts/2025/aoostar-gem12-pro-max-openbsd/#the-top
dating culture clash
#9front #openbsd #gnu #linux #plan9 #dating #comic #unix
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plan9bunny-person meets with a fish-daemon-person.
Daemon: "So, how was the date?"
Bunny: "He talked about docker for 35 minutes and then asked, if I have wine."
Daemon: "Did you tell him you're not Unix?"
Bunny: "Yeah, he said: 'oh, like GNU?'"
How much RAM do you have on your #OpenBSD computer?
| 8: | 6 |
| 16: | 5 |
| 32: | 2 |
| 64: | 0 |
Just ran my first round of syspatches on my recently upgraded #OpenBSD 7.8 boxen. For those not aware of this, there's an issue with syspatch that needs a workaround that is described on the errate page: https://www.openbsd.org/errata78.html
I'm trying to use recycled hardware where possible too. My current router is running just fine with OPNSense on an intel N100 4 core fanless PC but I just feel the need to try my hand at OpenBSD from the terminal.
Just a quick note:
- #OpenBSD now incorporates CVE numbers in their errata, which is good. Patch 005 is CVE-2025-62875
- #OpenSUSE is doing a good job testing security for a lot of stuff.
- As always, I am not an OpenBSD dev, just a happy sysadmin using it everywhere I can - all of this to say, I am not an expert and I welcome corrections and additional information from the experts.
You should know that #OpenBSD has released patch 005 for OpenBSD 7.8, which deals with an OpenSTMPD issue:
https://www.openbsd.org/errata78.html
If you are running OpenSMTPD on anything other than OpenBSD, you are probably also affected, and you should update as well.
The discussion around this is very interesting, as it seems there are other bugs & memory leaks that have been left unpatched - so more patches could be released in the near future:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q4/109
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/10/31/opensmtpd-local-DoS.html
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Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.
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wayland currently does not support USB mice, is that correct? #openbsd