All right, here is an interesting issue...

Running #OpenBSD on #Slackware 15 using qemu 9.0.3 - the existing VM (OpenBSD 7.3, updated all the way to 7.6) works without a hitch.

When I try to install OpenBSD 7.6 'from scratch' the installation procedure completes but the new VM crashes with a very cryptic:

Booting from Hard Disk...
Using drive 0, partition 3.
Loading......
ERR M

And that's it. No ddb, no error message, nothing.

Help me Mastodon, you are my only hope!

@hairylarry @claudiom

Personally, #openbsd because the documentation is just excellent. Read the man pages and you are good to go.

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/valuable-news-2025-01-06/

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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

@nixCraft

IMHO Python is as easy as basic

#Programming #POSIX #OpenSource #Linux #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD

I just launched the new @BoxyBSD self-service portal where you can finally manage your BSD based box instances on your own - and I really love this minimalistic and terminal alike design.

The installer currently supports #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #DragonflyBSD, #MidnightBSD and also #Illumos (#OpenSolaris).

Have fun and #RUNBSD!

God I love Analog Nowhere

https://analognowhere.com/_/guinal

#unix_surrealism #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

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Linked alt text: Girl looks at a picture from the Techno-Mage comic. She turns around and asks Puffy, who is solving a sudoku puzzle in BSD WEEKLY newspaper. Girl: "I'm a cartoon character?" Puffy: "And I'm a fork. Don't think about it." Penguin is trying to snatch the comic, because it's in it.

BSDCan 2025 in Ottawa:

Tutorials: June 11-12, 2025
Conference: June 13-14, 2025

https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/

CFP proposal deadline 12 February 2025 https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html

#bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #opensource #development #conference

BSD OS Distribution at BoxyBSD.com in 2025! I got asked to share some new statistics...

#FreeBSD: 493
#OpenBSD: 13
#NetBSD: 4
Other BSD: 2
#OpenIndiana: 2

We can clearly see that #FreeBSD has taken the lead. Currently in "other BSDs" section there are only #DragonflyBSD and #MidnightBSD sharing with each 1 provisioned VPS instance at #BoxyBSD.

Current boxyBSD status

BoxyBSD monitoring overview:

Website: Online
virt01: Online
virt02: Online
virt03: Online
virt04: Online
virt05: Online
virt06: Online

Since the modification of the site the status page of boxyBSD has been cancelled.

For your convenience I've relayed what's been included in the public matrix channel.
In case that's disallowed {not stated in the tos} I shall remove this @stefano

🖋️ #bash #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #sockets #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ProxMox

Game of Trees 0.107 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20241230035708 #openbsd #gameoftrees #got #git #versioncontrol #development #freesoftware #libresoftware #bsd

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/valuable-news-2024-12-30/

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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Personal Mail Server on OpenBSD (2019)

https://nicolascarpi.github.io/openbsd/2019/04/03/openbsd-mail-server.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://nicolascarpi.github.io/openbsd/2019/04/03/openbsd-mail-server.html

#openbsd #unix

Do you know RFC? Request for Comments? Go read.

Learn about HTML 2.0 for example. Why? You need to know about the existence of RFC. Realize that networking safety protocols & practice's are covered in RFC. FTTH {good} & FTTC {obsolete} are covered in RFC. FAT (Fibre Access Terminal) are covered in... You're catching on.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1866

#RFC #POSIX #OpenSource #RequestForComment #programming #boxyBSD #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #Linux
#csh #ksh #zsh #bash

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"RFC 1866: Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0," by Berners-Lee & Connolly.  The document details HTML as an internet standard, including its use, structure, and relationship to SGML.  A table of contents lists sections such as "Introduction," "Conformance," and "HTML as an Internet Media Type."

Current status of boxyBSD hypervisors

🖋️ #bash #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #sockets #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ProxMox

https://boxybsd.com/status/

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Does Home Assistant run on #OpenBSD?

Thinking of trying it when I get my light fixtures replaced when I get this house redecorated.

What are good LED lights to use with it? (I'm in the U.K. so not sure how much American advice would apply here)

#HomeAssistant

Man, this article from 2001 called "Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux" surely didn't age well (https://seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html):

"As you can see there is a large selection of security software Linux, ranging from simple items like the Openwall kernel patch to very configurable security suites like PitBull LX.
These solutions are simply not available for OpenBSD, so if you have needs beyond the basic User/Group/Other filesystem restrictions for example you are basically out of luck. Restricting access to port 80 for example, while easily achieved in Linux with NSA SELinux or PitBull LX is basically impossible in OpenBSD. Protecting binary software can be done in Linux with a variety of tools, doing so in OpenBSD is very difficult (there is little you can do).
Even with some of the most secure source code in the world OpenBSD will not be capable of providing the same levels of security and trust that a Linux system with the appropriate software (i.e. NSA SELinux or PitBull) can. For a system to be both secure and trusted you need both secure code and additional items that provide Mandatory Access Controls, RBAC, Type enforcement and so on. This is why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux."

#OpenBSD

Here is part 3 of my blog post series. This time, we'll install #OpenBSD armv7 in QEMU!

https://bentsukun.ch/posts/openbsd-arm-qemu/

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/valuable-news-2024-12-23/

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BSD PEOPLE! Been kicking around an idea for a blog post for a while, thought it’d be fun.

I’ve noticed a lot of us run more than one. For example, I use #FreeBSD and #NetBSD depending on what I want/need. ❤️🧡

Do you overwhelmingly run one? Or do you mix and match? Happily counting #illumos here too :)

Poll is going to be open for a week this time, then will write a post with the results.

(Forgot to tag #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD too… actually hmm there are a lot, I didn’t think this through).

#openbsd