taquiones.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Someone was wondering about color emoji support in terminal using #OpenBSD. I never really checked before but on 7.8, it does work OOTB.
This is #Neomutt inside a #tmux session ran from #Xfce terminal. But it also works in plain #Xterm; since you have it render UTF-8 characters with DejaVu Sans for example.
New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try
545 words
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful
BSDCan 2026 is in #ottawa June 17 - 20, 2026.
The submissions deadline is January 17, 2027. See the Call for Papers page https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html for instructions on how to submit.
Want to know more about BSD and the conferences? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @bsdcan #bsdcan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #freesoftware #libresoftware #conferences

I've built something useable. Maybe you need that, too.
#OpenBSD Clients with moonlight-qt
#proxmox hypervisor with libegl and #radeon GPU
#debian VMS with #virgl GPU in proxmox and sunshine streaming server
Now you can play your games running only on linux on OpenBSD. This also works good over the internet/VPN.
The actual intention was building remote desktop capable vms, because 3d Desktops (GNOME), high Display resolution, modern browsers and spice protocol dont give a smooth experience these days. This also works now.
#unigineheaven is at 99% native performance. The GPU is shareable to many VMS.
Can't wait to see how amdgpu native driver context passthrough is coming out when it's available.
A Major Mail Provider Demonstrate They Likely Do Not Understand Mail At All https://nxdomain.no/~peter/they_do_not_understand_mail_at_all.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-major-mail-provider-demonstrate-they.html)
#greytrapping #spam, #antispam #greylisting #blocklist, #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #SMTP, #contentfiltering #SPF #DMARC #security #networking
For those of you interested in my #OpenBSD stories, what kind of content would you prefer?
| working with obscure (but rad) hardware: | 2 |
| general kernel issues which matter for everyone: | 3 |
| funny anecdotes: | 2 |
| other (please comment): | 1 |
manpageblog is written in Python and available for many systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD or #Solaris based ones like #Illumos but also on #Linux like #Debian or #Ubuntu.
Changelog v1.6:
The project source is available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
You can find a real-life demo on my website at https://gyptazy.com
#opensource #devops #minimalism #purism #web #blog #blogengine #blogging #coding #python #website #manpageblog
Time for your #OpenBSD story!
I intended to publish it tomorrow, to keep a weekly schedule, but the proofreading team didn't raise too many issues, and it's ready for general consumption.
And as always, we value your input, see "For Upcoming PF Tutorials, We Welcome Your Questions" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_tutorial_upcoming_questions_welcome.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/05/for-upcoming-pf-tutorials-we-welcome.html) #pf #firewall #tutorial #openbsd #freebsd #networking #security #ipv6 #ipv4 @stucchimax
There will be a "Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" at AsiaBSDCon in Taipei Thursday, March 19 2026.
Yours truly and Max Stucchi teaching networking goodness.
Details soon to emerge at https://2026.asiabsdcon.org/ #asiabsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #networking #conference #tutorial #pf #packetfilter #security #firewall #freesofware #libresoftware @stucchimax
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 Saturday, January 17th to get yours in!
Go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html to orient yourself, then submit via the submission link.
BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 17-18, 2026, talks June 19-20, 2026
#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware @bsdcan
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Seems KDE's new login/session manager which is supposed to replace sddm dropped FreeBSD support and will be systemd only.
I could rant about this being a typical techbro linux move (and about fedora, as far I can see in this case) or ask on the kde discuss what's the real deal, but I am tired of this, so tired...
It is sending exactly the wrong message to other OS ports and it's why I left the GNU/Linux world. Move fast, break things...
*sigh* Ok, I should start worrying about plasma6's general direction now and slowly looking for another DE here on FreeBSD. It's not worth the struggle.
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/e78f33aefd6512b542af21c3542516f38cbf678d
AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.
This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.
Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.
In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.
#IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #News #UnderstandingText #Disinformation
The FreeBSD stand at #Fosdem2026 will be in building H.
The table will be shared with our friends #FreeBSD Foundation, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD and #illumos.
The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
You can simply use relay instances to be interconnected with other instances to exchange posts and it works seamless with #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #snac / #snac2 and many other ones! If you're in tech, you might want to use:
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
You can simply add it to get a bigger reach but also to get more interesting content into your own timeline which becomes even more important on single user- & smaller instances.
#activitypub #mastodon #fediverse #opensource #bsd #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #debian #proxmox #xcpng #talos #coding #programming #fediwall #relay #fedirelay #acitivitypubrelay #selfhost #homelab #community
A very serious study from the Notfoundland University, in the departement of Comp. lately made this up-and-coming discovery that being exposed to PDP-11 assembler code will always make your day brighter and, overall, your life happier.
So why not peek at the PDP-11 code found in today's #openbsd story?
Plus One
Thank you, all the supporters, fans, visitors, critters, observers and machine-folk.
Good luck next year!
#unix_surrealism #technomage #openbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #penguin #9front #comic #grendel #glenda
Looking Back at 2025, Looking Forward to 2026
Pizzas, tiramisu, stickers, and plenty of coffee. But above all, people.
My 2025 has been a journey from Canada to Croatia, reconnecting with old friends and launching new projects. In a difficult year for the world, I chose to focus on the light emitted by positive figures, who are often the quiet ones.
I’ve written a farewell post for this incredible year on my personal blog. See you in 2026, with the same Smile(TM).
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-2025-looking-forward-to-2026/
#MyNotes #PersonalBlog #2025Highlights #BSD #Community #Gratitude #Fediverse #Blogging #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #BSDCafe #illumosCafe #EuroBSDCon #BSDCan #OSDay
Pizzas, tiramisu, stickers, and plenty of coffee. But above all, people.
My 2025 has been a journey from Canada to Croatia, reconnecting with old friends and launching new projects. In a difficult year for the world, I chose to focus on the light emitted by positive figures, who are often the quiet ones.
I’ve written a farewell post for this incredible year on my personal blog. See you in 2026, with the same Smile(TM).
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/31/looking-back-at-2025-looking-forward-to-2026/
#MyNotes #PersonalBlog #2025Highlights #BSD #Community #Gratitude #Fediverse #Blogging #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #BSDCafe #illumosCafe #EuroBSDCon #BSDCan #OSDay
Miod talks about HP/PA boot blocks https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251231080327 #openbsd #hppa #risc #bootblocks #porting #development #opensource #hp #portablecode
Friends, at the end of a horrible year, please let's talk about something *nice*.
My EUR 0.02: You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html)
Bonus track: Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html)
#freesoftware #openbsd #freebsd #bookofpf #networking #security #deveops #development #sysadmin @nostarch
fw_update(8) now checks dmesg(8) output in addition to dmesg.boot https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251230094932 #openbsd #firmware #fw_update #dmesg
as of #FreeBSD 15 pf syntax is much closer to #OpenBSD. this is big QoL improvement! sharing here as I had not noticed that earlier
https://netgate.com/blog/updates-to-the-pf-packet-filter-in-freebsd-and-pfsense-software
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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/valuable-news-2025-12-29/
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
The BSDCan Call For Papers (CFP) is open until January 17th, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html
If you tried to sign up as a new indico user and did not get the confirmation mail in time, please try again. The problem has been fixed.
The holidays can be a great time to get that submission done! #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
Want to know more about #bsd and the conferences? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html (and links therein) @bsdcan
Yay! #perl 5.42.0 as #OpenBSD system perl
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/077d0dbde0bc2f910c0ea5d8f23d9d20f29f39a3
OpenBSD advocacy ML : "Deployed my first client workload on OpenBSD... it won't be the last"
TIL about OpenBSD VPN faq
#VPN #service #OpenBSD #BSD #Unix #OpenSource #programming #technology
The @bsdcan Call For Papers (CFP) is open until January 17th, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html
The holidays can be a great time to get that submission done! #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
Want to know more about #bsd and the conferences? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html (and links therein)
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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/valuable-news-2025-12-22/
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
boostedI followed the instructions at http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/README to boot the #UNIXv4 tape that @ricci and friends have recovered.
Was able to build the kernel from scratch then boot from it successfully.
Very fun! I am now running #UNIX Fourth Edition from November 1973 from a kernel I compiled myself on my #OpenBSD system.
Just in time before christmas, the R1OS Forum is ready and registrations are open. The forum is for all people that need some support or want to discuss about free and open source software, especially Linux and BSD operating systems.
Please note that the forum is not affiliated with any projects and cannot help with official problems related to these. Please use the official channels if you need specific help with a project.
Hey, I wrote another #OpenBSD story.
http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/boot_hppa.html
Well, #Debian #Trixie 64-bit seems to be rock-solid when I run it in #Virtualbox, it's only a crashy piece of shit in #UTM. 32-bit Trixie is fine in UTM, as are #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD. This isn't a general 64-bit #Linux issue, as #Devuan #Excalibur seems to be stable.
I suppose that means it's time to ditch Debian for my #CPAN testing.
The threat of new operating systems not supporting your current hardware is not new. I'm reprising my 2021 piece "The Impending Doom of Your Operating System Going to or Past 11, Versus the Lush Oasis of Open Source Systems" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blog_wild_wild_world_of_windows.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-impending-doom-of-your-operating.html) for your holiday #windows11 #angst or simply #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware enjoyment.
the end of the search for the F.I.S.H.
Heya! I've been daily-driving it for nearly a month on my main at-home laptop (Thinkpad X260).
It's pretty great! ZFS is darn near bulletproof, and after some initial challenges of getting wifi and GUI configured, it was pretty "boring"... until I tried upgrading to 15.0, lol
Figured out how to roll back to 14.3, and I'm now waiting for 15.1 before I try again (although I believe the issues I had have now been resolved, but I'm still going to wait ;)
Package availability is amazing (better than Debian in some cases!), and most things compile without any issues, although some things that don't have very well-written Makefiles are iffy and I got stuck.
Been having fun with Dosbox-X, playing games I loved 20-30 years ago. I couldn't get the Linux version of Kerbal Space Program to run under compat_linux, but I didn't really expect it to.
#OpenBSD definitely gets my vote for noob-friendly #BSD, since it has X11 in the base install, and it configures itself, but I now have sway (Wayland) running under #FreeBSD just as if I were still on Linux, so as long as someone is willing to skim through the pertinent parts of the handbook, it's a great OS.
The only downsides to #FreeBSD vs. Linux is that S3 resume takes a little longer (8 seconds instead of 1-3 seconds), and I have occasional hiccups, which I'm sometimes not able to recover from. Loading some websites in Firefox will make everything hang for several seconds at times (even though I'm launching Firefox via nice (1)), and there are some times that sway never quite recovers from S3 suspend, although that's rare. The good thing is that sometimes it will catch the power button and shut down cleanly, and even when it doesn't, #ZFS is so bulletproof that it just takes it all in stride.
There are occasional Linuxisms that feel a bit odd, like some of my packages (the swaync notification system and the duckstation console emulator are notable examples) require #pulseaudio of all things, which sometimes eats up my CPU. That's... really weird to me. I liked how minimal sndio on OpenBSD is.
Both major BSDs have very sane syntax for the config file that governs Wifi access points, and that's very refreshing to me after using a TUI to join networks on #Debian (although it's definitely possible to uninstall #NetworkManager on Debian and use the native interface config files, but they're not as nice/simple as the BSDs').
One really fun (if a bit cartoonish) way of comparing the BSD philosophy to the Linux philosophy is to look at doas vs sudo, specifically man doas.conf, then man sudoers.
The manpage for the sudoers file is pretty long and convoluted, as is the syntax for the file itself. doas.conf is super brief and to-the-point, and its manpage is pretty concise.
I think once they add the GUI setup tool to the FreeBSD setup wizard, that will be a real game-changer.
P.S., I haven't really daily-driven OpenBSD in a while, but I'm planning on getting an adapter so I can power my OpenBSD Thinkpad X200t off of a power bank, instead of the very dodgy OEM battery, so I can experiment with OpenBSD some more. I know the latest version has fixed the problems I was having with Emoji support, so I think that OS deserves another look. With the little bit of experimentation I've done in the last week, I've been pleasantly surprised with even Firefox' performance on that little Core 2 Duo. The only bummer about OpenBSD to me is the lack of ZFS or any other modern filesystem, so the occasional power losses or hang-ups become much more dangerous.
"What if" Wednesday
What if we could continue using the computers we have but no new computers could be built, what would that look one year, five years or even ten years later?
How long would your laptop last?
How long would your operating system last?
How long would the internet last?
#ShowerThoughts #WhatIfWednesday #FreeBSD #Linux #Computing #NetBSD #OpenBSD #OpenSource
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Wayback is a X11 compatibility layer which allows for running full X11https://openports.pl/path/wayland/wayback
desktop environments using Wayland components. It is essentially a
stub compositor which provides just enough Wayland capabilities to
host a rootful Xwayland server.
The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20251212094310 #openbsd #propolice #stackprotection #security #securecode #exploitmitigation #secureprogramming
@SrRochardBunson @ajroach42 @stefano
The BSDs are *awesome* operating systems. #FreeBSD is a high performance general purpose OS. It is modern #Unix. #NetBSD is for portability, it supports nearly every CPU architecture under the sun. #OpenBSD is security-focused. #GhostBSD is a FreeBSD fork focused on the desktop.
Most of my experience is with FreeBSD, which I will enthusiastically share. It is unquestionably a solid server OS. As a desktop OS, it works quite well. It definitely does not feel like "Linux from 2004." The major desktop environments like #KDE #GNOME #XFCE are all supported and #nvidia releases drivers for the OS too. Modern hardware is supported. For *cutting edge hardware*, #Linux may be the better bet here. It's a little slower to adopt cutting edge gear because it is focused on stability and elegant solutions, not trend-chasing.
FreeBSD is an excellent OS to learn. It runs beautifully and it's more coherent and better designed. Documentation is *solid*.
Edit: Corrected errors. GhostBSD, not DragonflyBSD. Thanks @aru
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
Also, the @bsdcan call for papers is on until January 17th 2026 https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html #bsd #bsdcan #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #development #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware

The latest Valuable News by @vermaden https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/valuable-news-2025-12-08/ notes that The Book of PF, 4th edition is coming soon (also https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html, https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) @nostarch #freebsd #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition
kern.version=OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #143: Tue Dec 9 11:05:13 MST 2025
When I ran up bspwm and qutebrowser then watched an embedded video my external usb keyboard and trackball stopped working. The ThinkPads still worked so it seems I came across a USB issue ?
Any how I switched the keyboard and trackballs usb ports off and on via the usb hub and they started working again. I haven't managed to recreate this as yet so unsure about submitting a bug report ?
Hmm, seems like this is the week of trouble-in-software. On my OpenBSD laptop prusa-slicer isn't finding any fonts 😠
I think #FOSDEM might be a perfectly good slot to provide people BSD based systems for free again.
#opensource #learning #education #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #bsd #freevm #freevps #hosting #ipv6 #homelab
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We're coming even closer to you again with our new locations which will be available soon for deployments:
* UK, London
* Norway, Sandefjord
* Sweden, Stockholm
* Canada, Toronto
* US, Kansas
#BSD #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #VM #VPS #FreeVPS #FreeVM #education #opensource #homelab #learning #ipv6 @gyptazy
