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EuroBSDCon 2025, Zagreb, September 2025
The Call for Talk and Presentation proposals for EuroBSDCon 2025 is now open.
Enter your submission at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/
Please also visit the main website https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/ for information about the conference.
See you in Zagreb!
#eurobsdcon #bsd #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware @eurobsdcon
Try and find the lowest wattage, compatible device to build a router from. Personally I just use OpenBSD in a bhyve VM to do my gateway/VPN/DNS/DHCP duties.
I should get a Raspberry Pi or a Radxa device and do a router how-to, complete with the #IPv6 trimmings #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD
What you smoking, #OpenBSD?
david@openbsd:~ $ MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'" man man
bx: no closing quote
OpenBSD: 009: SECURITY FIX: February 25, 2025
Multiple X server issues. CVE-2025-26594
CVE-2025-26595 CVE-2025-26596 CVE-2025-26597 CVE-2025-26598 CVE-2025-26599 CVE-2025-26600 CVE-2025-26601
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.6/common/009_xserver.patch.sig
Woah! The super confusing IPv6 issues that had me disable v6 at home are resolved by the recent "pffrag" #OpenBSD errata! I get to have IPv6 at home again!
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When I launched the #BoxyBSD project my goal was to create a welcoming, free space for beginners to dive into BSD-based systems and learn at their own pace. I’m a huge fan of free and open-source software, so I naturally gravitated toward Matrix for the chat setup right from the start. But honestly, #Matrix isn’t always the smoothest ride - especially for newcomers. It can get a bit tricky, and that’s the last thing I want when I’m trying to make people feel at ease. My focus is on helping beginners get comfortable, encouraging them to experiment, and letting them discover the value of #BSD (like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, etc.) for themselves - not throwing them into something that might feel overwhelming.
That’s why I decided to add a Discord server alongside Matrix. It’s just simpler for a lot of people, and I want to meet folks where they’re at. But I’m not a fan of scattered conversations across platforms - it drives me nuts - so I’ve bridged the main channels on Discord and Matrix. That way, we’re all still chatting together, no matter which spot you prefer - simply one thing: #RUNBSD!
OpenBSD Innovations https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html
🍵#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. ;)
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #NomadBSD #GhostBSD
| I have never heard of BSD: | 1 |
| I've heard of BSD, but never used it: | 12 |
| I've used/played with BSD in the past, but not now: | 12 |
| I have BSD on a VM somewhere...: | 3 |
| I have BSD on a VPS/server (NOT at home/work): | 1 |
| I run BSD at work: | 2 |
| I run BSD on a server/RasPi at home: | 10 |
| I run BSD on one of my secondary laptops/desktops: | 2 |
| I run BSD on one of my primary laptops/desktops: | 2 |
| I daily-drive BSD on my main personal machine(s): | 8 |
I just checked how well Zola 0.18 in OpenBSD builds my blog (with its whopping SINGLE POST), which until now I have been building with Zola 0.19.2 in Linux.
Everything looks fine, including atom and rss feeds.
I just checked the Zola project site and learned that 0.20.0 is out.
While admitting that I don't know that much about the project, it doesn't look like almost anything changed
Xfce is a very nice desktop environment, especially in OpenBSD. It's a very mature and complete environment, and getting dark mode is very easy.
Unlike in Linux, GTK-based DEs don't mess with the power management in OpenBSD on this 2017 Intel HP Envy laptop. (Hence why I've moved to KDE Plasma and LXQt in Linux for the time being)
I did the #OpenBSD updates for OpenSSH and the Intel firmware
ℹ️ Cool Kid Tip
Don’t depend on others to get your 
#OpenBSD #security announcements. Subscribe to the mailing list and receive a fresh alert in you own private and cosy mailbox 
I thought that, by now, every #OpenBSD users had run syspatch to correct this issue... 😂
I'm pleased to announce that my company, Prodottoinrete Group SRL, will be a BRONZE SPONSOR of EuroBSDCon 2025.
The organizers do a great job managing everything, and the least we can do is offer a (small) contribution to help the conference maintain the current standards, which, in my opinion, are extremely high.
So, a big thank you to the organizers, the speakers, and everyone who contributes to making this event so great.
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #HardenedBSD #GhostBSD #AllTheBSDs #BSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #EuroBSDCon25
https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/
Summary from release notes:
Fix CVE-2025-26465 - ssh(1) in OpenSSH versions 6.8p1 to 9.9p1
(inclusive) contained a logic error that allowed an on-path
attacker (a.k.a MITM) to impersonate any server when the
VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. This option is off by default.
Fix CVE-2025-26466 - sshd(8) in OpenSSH versions 9.5p1 to 9.9p1
(inclusive) is vulnerable to a memory/CPU denial-of-service related
to the handling of SSH2_MSG_PING packets. This condition may be
mitigated using the existing PerSourcePenalties feature.
#OpenSSH #security #CVE
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27712
GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running. Hopefully they will be OK (Update 2 out of 3 have completed successfully, which is a good sign).
I tested locally without issues, but I also build against LibreSSL locally, whereas GitHub CI and MacPorts' Build Bots I think default to OpenSSL.
This release is to address some vulnerabilities identified by Qualys and other less critical bugs.
More details from upstream here:
https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.9p2
Of particular note:
" Fix CVE-2025-26465 - ssh(1) in OpenSSH versions 6.8p1 to 9.9p1
(inclusive) contained a logic error that allowed an on-path
attacker (a.k.a MITM) to impersonate any server when the
VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. This option is off by default.
* Fix CVE-2025-26466 - sshd(8) in OpenSSH versions 9.5p1 to 9.9p1
(inclusive) is vulnerable to a memory/CPU denial-of-service related
to the handling of SSH2MSGPING packets. This condition may be
mitigated using the existing PerSourcePenalties feature.
Both vulnerabilities were discovered and demonstrated to be exploitable
by the Qualys Security Advisory team. We thank them for their detailed
review of OpenSSH."
If I read everything correctly, these vulnerabilities primarily only impact the Portable OpenSSH releases (which is what MacPorts uses). However, OpenBSD has also issued the following errata to mitigate one of the issues as it also appears to impact OpenBSD users:
"008: SECURITY FIX: February 18, 2025 All architectures
sshd(8) denial of service relating to SSH2MSGPING handling. ssh(1) server impersonation when VerifyHostKeyDNS enabled.
A source code patch exists which remedies this problem."
Source code patch for OpenBSD here:
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.6/common/008_ssh.patch.sig
Having written as much, it appears as if the main OpenSSH version for OpenBSD is still 9.9, so I am not going to make a submission for undeadly.org Other editors reading this are welcome to though, I just kind of have a lot of other stuff on my plate at present.
As usual, I also have too much going on in my life to want more responsibilities such as commit access within MacPorts, so it's up to someone else to merge it.
#OpenSSH #MacPorts #SecureShell #InfoSec #Cryptography #Security #CVE #PatchTuesday #OpenSource #OpenBSD
OpenBSD Errata: February 18, 2025 (ssh) sshd(8) denial of service relating to SSH2_MSG_PING handling. ssh(1) server impersonation when VerifyHostKeyDNS enabled.
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.6/common/008_ssh.patch.sig
#RUNBSD in #Duesseldorf (.de) & #Kiew (.UA)!
Preparing the next nodes in new locations for my @BoxyBSD project. Grab your free #VPS instance running #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD and many other BSD based systems.
PS: Looking for upstream sponsors in new zones in Asia & Oceanic regions. #IPv6 only (/48 is enough, RIPE delegation, 2x 1G upstream)
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https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27684
2/3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK! (Which is a good sign the third will pass too, it just takes SO LONG I will never understand what that one does differently).
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
#Got #GameOfTrees #VersionControl #OpenBSD #MacPorts #macOS #Git #ISC #OpenSource
💻 Me: "Alright, it's probably time to order a new laptop for conferences. Nothing too expensive, but powerful enough. Maybe something customizable. I think about it for a few days… and decide: I'll get a Framework!"
🔗 Opens website…
🎤 Framework: "Hey! We're announcing a new laptop on February 25th!"
🤦♂️ Me: "Well… guess I'll wait and see. But… will I get it in time for the March 21st conference? 😅"
I'm starting to prepare the ideas for the talk I'll give at OSDay (https://osday.dev/agenda) next month. One of the issues I often face is explaining to people that just because I appreciate and prefer using the BSDs doesn't mean I'm AGAINST Linux. I never liked the "distro wars" even twenty-five years ago because I’ve always thought that, in the end, we’re all heading in the same direction.
The message I’ll try to convey isn’t that I don’t want to use Linux, but that the BSDs are more suited to the ways I use them, and why, in my opinion, they can also be useful to those who will attend. In other words, I’ll suggest giving them a try.
In an extremely polarized world (even in tech), it probably won’t be easy.
Just before the Covid emergency, I was offered a "challenge" talk (by a Windows sysadmin I know). People, he said, love this kind of format. I declined. For me, it's just about using the right tool for the right purpose, not a war.
Dialogue, not battle.
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Linux #Talk #Presentations
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! 😀
#BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #DragonflyBSD #Security #Tech #FOSS #RunBSD
In good news, #OpenBSD kernel for #AppleSilicon is in sync with every other architecture, so it is a much more sustainable state.
BSD has your back for stability and support #Linux #AsahiLinux
My bad boy HP Stream 14 got a new battery. After 8 years of honorable service he's got a little exhausted. But after this refreshment he's as bright as ever.
It's been probably a dozen books that I have translated on this laptop since 2017.
He saw #Xubuntu , #Manjaro , #FreeBSD , #OpenBSD and now runs #Slackware (not sure for how long, though).
Submission deadline for BSDCan is TOMORROW -
The proposal deadline is February 12, 2025, read up here: https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html and find the submission link!
The conference itself is
June 11-12 for tutorials
June 13-14 for talks, BOFs and sundry events
If you are doing something interesting with #BSD systems, act NOW to get your proposal in"
Looking forward to seeing you in #Ottawa! #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #unix #development #networking #devops #sysadmin #experience #conference #bsdcan
All $dayJorb's cybersecurity decisions are dictated by what Insurance understands/believes.
So we use Micro$oft, because Micro$oft is certified secure.
We can't use #OpenBSD, because that open source crap is never secure because it has no certifications!
But we can run #OpenSSH on #Ubuntu, because it has certifications!
But we can't run #Debian, because again, no certifications!
I fucking hate this industry anymore.
TODAY is a good day to get that #bsdcan proposal submitted, if you are doing something interesting with #BSD based systems.
The proposal deadline is February 12, 2025, read up here: https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html and find the submission link!
The conference itself is
June 11-12 for tutorials
June 13-14 for talks, BOFs and sundry events
Looking forward to seeing you in #Ottawa! #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #unix #development #networking #devops #sysadmin #experience #conference
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I pushed an initial failing stab at an #OpenBSD #OrcaSlicer port to openbsd-wip. If someone more familiar with Boost and wx and c++ and stuff wanted to try it and tell me why it's failing to initialize.
https://github.com/jasperla/openbsd-wip/tree/master/cad/orcaslicer
Friday Selfie, ec :puffer::runbsdBg: [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
It's Friday, so it's time to represent Fish Linux with my #OpenBSD 7.4 T-shirt. Also proudly running Fish Linux with MATE Desktop on the monitor screen, though the laptop is running #Slackware 15.0-current with KDE Plasma. And last but certainly not least, proud to be using my IBM Model M keyboard on the OpenBSD-- err, I mean, Fish Linux, desktop PC. 
#RunBSD #BSD #FishLinux
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Me, a light-skinned male with copper thing-framed glasses and salt-and-pepper beard, sitting in front of my OpenBSD desktop machine and my Slackware laptop to the left of the OpenBSD machine in front of the microwave. I'm wearing a black trucker cap and my black OpenBSD 7.4 T-shirt, and I'm smiling slightly as I look towards the camera. In front of the OpenBSD desktop screen is my beige IBM Model M keyboard, and MATE Desktop is running on the screen with Chromium running maximized and showing my user page in advanced mode for the bsd.network Mastodon instance. The Slackware laptop is showing the KDE Plasma lock screen with the time and date over a mountain range.
Fresh from the @bsdcan program committee - submissions are coming in, but we can still take more!
If you have not made your submission, you have until Wednesday, February 12th to get yours in!
Go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html to orient yourself, then submit via the submission link.
BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks June 13-14, 2025
#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #ottawa #canada
Ah, the morning FreeBSD yak-shave. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Needed a fresh #FreeBSD box to test something.
I've got a laptop I use for that.
That's right, this lappy doesn't have a supported wifi chipset, so I need to find my USB wifi dongle.
This electronic-parts box is a mess, can't find anything. Let me tidy that. Hrm, no dongle. Oh, it was in a different drawer.
Okay, go to power it on, wait, it's been a while, so I need to find the power-brick.
Great, time to boot it up. Oh, wait, this was the #OpenBSD box. Turns out I wanted a different laptop.
Cord and wifi, boots fine. But it's out of date. Time to `freebsd-update` it to 14.2-RELEASE.
Bootloader is out of date, gotta fix that while I'm here.
Whoops, it's on the guest segment of the home network, gotta move it to the private segment to test this.
But once it was finally up and running, the test took all of 10 seconds to execute and prove what I wanted to know. 🤦
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I would recommend that you take a look at #OpenBSD httpd first, then probably nginx on either #FreeBSD or #NetBSD ...
But even Apache or lighthttpd would do the job very easily.
I used to compile thttpd to server static pages and graphical items but I am afraid it has not seen a lot of dev in recent years.
Full disclosure: I will probably move my own (static pages) site to OpenBSD+httpd in the near future.
Just arrived home after two days of #fossdem 
and as always it was amazing to be there. My huge thanks to all presenters, staff and volunteers for their efforts in making it happen 🙇 🙏 💪
#BSD Dev room was for sure the highlight during the two days - quite inspiring!
#runbsd #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD
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Lenovo ThinkPad laptop covered with BSD stickers
#Google is for some reason not letting me sign in to reply to a comment on a 12 year old article of mine at bsdly.blogspot.com, so I'll put it here:
The newer and better article about #OpenBSD, packages and daily tasks is "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." from 2024, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (also available tracked and prettified, link within). #openbsd #packages #usability
My notes and thoughts on running #OpenBSD on the latest Intel Core Ultra #Framework laptop.
TL;DR - still some rough edges, overall works great. My bet is my graphical issues will improve when Linux 6.12 inteldrm makes it in
https://blog.passwordclass.xyz/posts/2025-01-30_framework-laptop/
So, ERR M eroor on qemu is solved!
At least, I hope it is, I will have to wait for the first reboot.
Seems like the solution is simply to encrypt the disk with a pass phrase: the #OpenBSD bootloader then has no issues finding the disk and booting the system! 😊
DO NOT ASK ME WHY 
Let me sing you a song of my people, a song of the mighty tmux and his friend qemu.
I call this one: back to my #OpenBSD on qemu BS again.
Tomorrow the #opensource #FOSDEM #conference starts in #Brussels, #Belgium!
Let’s see if we can attract more people to #BSD based systems by providing free #vps running #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #illumos as an #opensolaris solution.
@gyptazy will be onsite to provide you more information or even stickers ;)
I hear with regret that the AsiaBSDCon 2025 has been canceled. Even though I couldn't be able to attend, I'm disappointed because the BSDCons are amazing events. A virtual hug to the organizers and good luck with preparations for the next conference
#AsiaBSDCon #BSDCon #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD
I would like to invite everyone, whether passionate about BSD systems or not, to pay attention to the Berkeley Forest, created and developed by @bforest . Several months ago, Ben contacted me and gave me a preview of what he was creating. I was fascinated by his passion and the result, the potential, and what this could bring.
I encourage you to visit and see what it's about, and for any information, you can directly contact Ben.
Also, I want to publicly apologize because I promised multiple times that I would connect to see the changes Ben had made, with pride, but I have never been able (until now) to keep that promise. Both due to objective reasons and my own fault.
If you notice, I haven't participated in any online meetings (except for those strictly necessary for my work), and things are connected – without going into details.
So, the least I can do is suggest you take a tour of the Berkeley Forest and contact Ben, who will be more than happy to show you what he has been able to conceive and create.
boosted
Released Offpunk 2.5 which add custom "aliases" and improve compatibility with #openbsd and #python version < 3.11
What is Offpunk?
https://offpunk.net/whatisoffpunk.html
You are welcome to discuss and ask questions on the offpunk-users list:
https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users
If you are familiar with python development, join the offpunk-devel list to help intregrate offpunk and unmerdify, a new library developed by @vjousse :
https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-devel/%3C4841675b-b03e-4c80-9677-ddc18d840656@jousse.org%3E
Today I'm sending Positive Energy channeled through Universal Love to all people on the Fediverse who have given me info on questions I asked, and taught me how to do certain things in more efficient manners.
In the short time I've been here (since 2K18 from my 1st account/instance) I've gone from dormant to active when I was forced out from Twitter, due to the Elon_Musk_Effect.
When people saw posts of mine with accompanying gfx and could not process them due to eyesight issues, one of those kind souls taught me about the existance of @altbot as built by @micr0 which gave me the power to let AI do something positve while generating Alt text on the fly, enabling those users to also fully read my posts as they are intended
At a certian point I started to see posts by @stefano after I read a few of his powerful & informative posts on providing solutions for small (company) users, companies and single individuals (many strangers on the Fediverse) using the power of OpenSource as a whole, not tying himself to one particular platform or hardware area. If the fix is best in freeBSD he'll teach you / implement that, if the fix is best in OpenDOS due to your hardware / VM / Emulator / jail used he'll go so far to give you that, using the KISS principle.
Stefano's philosophy synchronizes so close to mine, it's a natural progression for me to follow the work that he releases more closely and bring myself to higher modulation frequencies in the IT computer & networking spectrum.
Thanks to all of you I was linked to skilled network and hardware techs like @gyptazy who selflessly setup sophisticated platforms for individuals to teach themselves *BSD OS installation & configuration almost from scratch, by giving freeBSD & other VM's through load-balanced Proxmox systems.
Going on will take long and I will fill the 5k character width I have available here, thanks to the max available parameters setup on this FediVerse instance by the System Operator.
Instead I will pause with a
^Z
#GiveThanksAnyDay #GiveThanksDay #UniversalLove #ProxMox #SocialMedia #ElonMuskEffect #Elonmusk #Twitter #Fediverse #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #bash #csh #ksh #POSIX #OpenSource #programming
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dark-themed status page shows the BoxyBSD logo in ASCII art at the top. Below, it displays system information, including hypervisor status with locations (France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands), misc. online services (website, matrix bot, provisioning, gyptazy services), statistics (boxes provisioned, OS images, uptime), and contact information. The bottom shows the URL boxybsd.com/status.
Do you know what was materialized just a few hours ago?
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What should you do? Jump there fast, look at what's interesting for you, then study it; Learn, bring yourself on a higher frequency interval, and enjoy the rest of your OpenSource IT computing life
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¿This relay has been closed indefinitely due to user abuse right @gyptazy ?
I'm correcting myself, why leaving the error up. I see that I've convoluted two different services
It is a beautiful FediVerse relay service
Thank you for the time that you've taken to set it up for us all
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com/
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming
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Screen capture which shows the "AodeRelay" app information page. The top displays "AodeRelay v0.3.116-main-6ff7b597 on fedi-relay.gyptazy.com". Below, an "About" section details the app as a free Fediverse relay service supporting smaller instances, particularly single-user setups, by improving visibility and connectivity. It's powered by ActivityPub software and supports platforms like Mastodon, Pleroma, and GoToSocial. The bottom shows a website address "fedi-relay.gyptazy.com" and a "Rules" section. A number "16" and three icons are also visible at the bottom right.
Learning en orienting myself into the code of snac
Snac is fascinating
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #FediVerse #OpenRelay #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming #snac
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screenshot of a Codeberg page showing the project "grunfink/snac2," described as "A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance written in portable C". The page displays statistics: 3201 commits, 69 tags, 1 branch, and a size of 9.2 MiB. There's a list of files and folders including "default," "artwork," "doc," "examples," ".gitignore," and "activitypub.c."
When I founded BSD Cafe, I did it because I knew the community around BSD is amazing. More like a family than just a community. And every day I get confirmation of that.
I can finally, officially confirm that the talk "Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025" has been accepted and is scheduled for the next OSDay 2025, which will take place on 21/03/2025 in Florence, Italy.
There was a vote on GitHub, and this talk, by a narrow margin, received the most votes overall. Another testament to how the BSD family moves as one.
It is an honor to receive all these votes and to present, in a brief 25-minute talk + 5 minutes for questions, our beloved BSDs. I will try my best not to disappoint you, but for now, let me say a huge: THANK YOU!
#BSDCafe #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #ThankYou #BSD #BSDCommunity
New BSDNow episode out https://www.bsdnow.tv/594 - Name that Domain - with the BSDCan CFP (https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html) interview #bsd #bsdnow #bsdcan #callforpapers #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #conference #freesoftware
The BSD community is great.
That's all I can say for now. More details in the coming days... 😉
Vermaden has release a wonderful document again; take the time the jump to all the links, find what's interesting to you, learn about it, upgrade your self and vibrate on a higher frequentie plane
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/valuable-news-2025-01-20/
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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dark-themed webpage titled "vermaden" displays "Valuable News - 2025/01/20". A header describes the site as another sysadmin sharing IT work experiences. Below is a banner image showing colorful code snippets from various terminal windows with the website address "vermaden/wordpress.com". The main body text explains that the "Valuable News" weekly series summarizes news and interesting items mostly related to UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. It also notes the current information overload and the need to focus on what's important
My talk has been pre-selected, but the top 8 talks will be chosen based on votes (👍 on GitHub).
So, if you want me to go to Florence and present our beloved BSDs, go vote at https://github.com/Schroedinger-Hat/osday/issues/564
#BSDCafe #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #Conference #OSDay2025
I've proposed the talk 'Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025' for the upcoming OSDay 2025 in Florence, Italy, this March.
My talk has been pre-selected, but the top 8 talks will be chosen based on votes (👍 on GitHub).
So, if you want me to go to Florence and present our beloved BSDs, go vote at https://github.com/Schroedinger-Hat/osday/issues/564
#BSDCafe #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #Conference #OSDay2025
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟭/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2025/01/20) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/valuable-news-2025-01-20/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Got a question for the #fediverse :
Those of you who use tiling window managers (like i3, dwm, xmonad, etc)
How do you handle, say, a giant curved monitor? Seems mad to have a terminal plastered across a 49" curved monitor. Can you split the monitor into "screens"? Is X Windows up to the task? (Please, no suggestions for Wayland.. it's not really complete yet)
Many thanks!
Think I will sit down and figure out the new unbound tagging system with RPZs so I can completely block Facebook/Meta domains for most of the devices on my network.
What I really want to do is switch my OpenBSD appliance to be my firewall again, and that means making it IPV6-happy and possibly disrupting the Intarwebz in the house for a time.
Decisions decisions...
BSDCan 2025 Call for papers deadline 2025-02-12, conference 2025-06-11 - 2025-06-14
Here is your friendly reminder that it is still possible to submit your talk or tutorial submissions for the upcoming BSDCan 2025.
The conference website is up at https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please go to the call for papers page https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html to get oriented.
Looking forward to seeing you in Ottawa!
#bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #development
I’m going to beat up on #OpenBSD
Not because of the tragedy of sysjail (which I funded)
Not for “just enough file system to load your PF ruleset”
Not for discontinuing CDs and STICKERS…
BUT FOR AN UBERTRAGIC LACK OF @bsdcan TALK SUBMISSIONS!
Some of the single greatest #BSDCan talks have been OpenBSD ones!
Let’s go Fish Linux!
Puffy4Evah!
The #BoxyBSD project is taking a pause from provisioning completely free #vps instances / #vserver. For further questions, reach out to @gyptazy or in our Matrix chat.
After publishing the new self-service portal and making it easier to use and get a free VPS instance, we got a lot more new users who requested an instance than usual. We’re not out of resources but we want to provide a great and reliable service and have a buffer for upcoming things.
We’re already restocking the resources and adding new nodes to the project but temporary stop provisioning new instances. In the meantime, we will provide new services that will make the overall experience for users much better and easier.
We already started this with the new #NAT64 gateways and the new free #loadbalancing service that allows you to serve your website also on #IPv4, even your box is #IPv6 only.
We’re addicted to the #BSD community and hope to provide your quickly more #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #DragonflyBSD and all the other bsd based systems again. In the meantime - have fun and #RUNBSD
#free #hosting #bhyve #zfs #firewall #networking #community #opensource #fediverse #services
Stefano Martinelli's @stefano article about his EuroBSDCon 2024 experience has been published by the FreeBSD Journal and on the Foundation web site: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/virtualization-2/conference-report-my-eurobsdcon-experience-in-dublin/ (TL;DR: he enjoyed it *a lot*) #eurobsdcon #dublin #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #libresoftware #sustainability #development #freesoftware
BSDCan 2025 in Ottawa:
Tutorials: June 11-12, 2025
Conference: June 13-14, 2025
If you or your employer want to step up as a BSDCan sponsor, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/sponsorship.html for opportunities and sponsorship level options
#bsdcan #bsd #freesoftware #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #libresoftware
We just added a free #loadbalancing service to #BoxyBSD!
This new feature got added by @gyptazy in addition to the newly introduced #NAT64 gateways to make your life easier and is currently tested with a few users! This provides you the ability to make your website also reachable by #IPv4 even your box is only running on #IPv6. This feature can be managed from your self-service portal and simply requires you to add a DNS name that should be balanced and to point the DNS A record to a given IPv4.
Making the legacy internet life easier, we hope for a higher #BSD adaption where people might be more motivated to try #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #opensolaris with #illumos.
#hosting #opensource #runbsd #hosting #free #service #saas #community #vps #vserver #server #vm
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/virtualization-2/
#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD # #EuroBSDCon #EBC24
The latest issue of the FreeBSD Journal has just been published and contains an article written by me: My EuroBSDCon Experience in Dublin
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/virtualization-2/
#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #EuroBSDCon #EBC24
@stefano Excellent work, thanks to the power of Open Source, logistical planning & proactive thought processing, you were able to do this in a very efficient manner, which was so high in level, that to your client it was just magic
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #OpenSource #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #ZFS #Filesystems #Linux #POSIX #Programming
Another wonderful view of the boxyBSD hypervisor status. Make sure you get your hours of studying to build a *BSD config from scratch by working on it, in your VM
🖋️ #bash #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #sockets #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ProxMox
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A dark-themed webpage displays server status information for boxybsd.com. The top shows the stylized text "BoxyBSD" in a blocky ASCII art font. Below this, a command line interface shows the command cat status.md being executed. The results show the status of six hypervisors, each with a location (France, Germany, Canada, and Netherlands), miscellaneous information about the website and services (all online), and statistics including 500+ boxes provisioned, 7 OS images, and 99.9% uptime.
Want faster, more efficient SSH connections? Dive into SSH multiplexing and its control commands to simplify your workflow.
How to control the SSH multiplexing with the control commands https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-multiplexing-control-command-to-check-forward-list-cancel-stop-connections/
#unix #macos #linux #freebsd #openbsd #sysadmin
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SSH control commands for multiplexing with short descriptions and syntax
I got asked if I could create a #howto for creating a (public) #NAT64 service - just like I did recently for #BoxyBSD. With #DNS64 and #NAT64 you can also reach resource in the legacy internet (#IPv4) on #IPv6 only systems.
While this is based on #unbound and #tayga, there’s also a solution by using the #OpenBSD's native way which is also running on the other gateway. I’ll share a second how to how to do this in OpenBSD and pf.
https://gyptazy.com/howto-create-a-public-dns64-nat64-gateway/
bash after 20 plus years to oksh to see how I get on with this ksh variant. So far so good and I'm having to read the man page to get my self used to a slightly different way of doing things but this does feel nice and Unixy as I said earlier. Only time will tell if I switch back. 😉 #FreeBSD #Unix #Bash #KSH #OKSH #OpenBSD@vermaden has written an insightful article on firefox. I won't go into detail. Go read learn and deploy whats good for you immediately.
BACKUP your original config in `~/.mozilla` !!!
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/sensible-firefox-setup/
#freeBSD #firefox #openBSD #POSIX #Linux #win64 #MacOS
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Screenshot of a clean Firefox 123.0 browser window is shown. The top displays the standard browser controls and a search bar with "Search with Google or enter address" as a placeholder. Below is the Firefox logo, then another search bar with the same placeholder text, followed by a row of icons and text labels for Twitter, Mozilla Add-ons, YouTube, Facebook, Allegro, and Wikipedia
What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD https://blog.apnic.net/2021/10/28/openbsd-part-1-how-it-all-started/ (2021) still relevant, parts 2 and 3 conveniently linked (or take it all in the buff from https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_about_openbsd.html) #openbsd #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #quality
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟭/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/01/13) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/valuable-news-2025-01-13/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
A fascinating read, this page.
What jumps out is
I solve problems — I don’t sell boxes.
This is similar to my philosophy. Which is work without tying yourself to a hard- or software platform. Fix the clients problem without tying him to a OS or hardware platform also.
I just jumped from a mobile OS to this miniPC. The big difference is that I have a real and fantastic full-size keyboard. The transition is smooth and gorgeous
Everyone can sell boxes, few bring solutions which dont need constant interference and maintanance after.
Thank you for sharing @stefano
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/03/i-solve-problems-eurobsdcon/
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #POSIX #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD
Recent and not so recent changes in OpenBSD that make life better (and may turn up elsewhere too) (2021) https://nxdomain.no/~peter/recent-and-not-so-recent_changes_in_openbsd_that_make_life_better.html (tracked, prettified https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2021/08/recent-and-not-so-recent-changes-in.html) repeating since a lot is still very relevant #OpenBSD #Freesoftware #innovation #lifeimprovement #continuousimprovement #sustainability #nonlibreectomy #removingnonfreecode #libresoftware #development #softwareaudit #usability
ksh powerful command completion and also some custom functions for PS1An update on #green #cybercrime #prevention: "Harvesting the Noise While it's Fresh, Revisited" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/harvesting_the_noise_revisited.html (tracked, prettified https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/that-grumpy-bsd-guy-harvesting-noise.html) now has an update about harvesting even more useful data from #openbsd #spamd log file noise.
#antispam #greytrapping #greencomputing #spam #email #smtp
2025 is starting great - and I took all opportunities!
Like probably all personal playgrounds, I started small with many technically working but not ideal solutions. Ignoring several RFC's, standards etc,.
This also applies to my @BoxyBSD project that provides free VPS (#BSD focussed, such like #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD but also #illumos / #opensolaris etc.,) boxes for the #opensource community and beginners to provide them a place for learning and education.
I decreased (yeah decreased) the amount of overall systems. Instead, we now have bigger sized systems which makes the overall management easier and also improved the whole networking stack. Also some other benefits came along with this ;) I'm really happy to see what 2025 brings up - and there're several great things to be announced soon :)
rpki-client 9.4 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250108100744 #openbsd #rpki-client #rpki #pki #routing #security #networking
I just signed up for the #BSDNL conference!
Happy to see you all in #Utrecht
Tickets are €15, lunch included!
tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/early25
📆 2025-04-12 / April 12th 2025
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NETBSD #dragonflybsd #midnightbsd #bsdcafe #conference #meeting
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BSDNL Conference