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I'm not a Christmas person but I'm going to get red glitter apart from the ring finger which will be white. Going to see if my friend Bien can paint puffy the #OpenBSD logo on that finger. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
🍵 
Thanks!
It's a great little OS! Only complaint is that it's a little slow to resume from S3 suspend (about 8 seconds), but it does so reliably.
Some intensive processes like opening bloated web pages incur a bit of a hiccup/delay, and I'm not sure why. I know the kernel scheduler is tunable, but I haven't found out how to go about doing that yet.
They're trying to target laptops more, so there's still some work to be done.
Of course, heavy Linux games don't run (haven't been able to get #KerbalSpaceProgram to work on #FreeBSD yet), but simpler linux executables can run (even GUI ones), and the pkg repos are quite exhaustive, about as many binary packages as Debian (around 150k), from my estimation.
No flatpak, no Steam, so binary sources are limited, but there's tons of FOSS software that just runs without trouble.
The handbook (installable as a package or available on the web, both as html and pdf) is quite good, and fairly exhaustive, and to me, the biggest feature of the #BSDs is that they just make sense as an operating system, and aren't a haphazard and ever-changing collection of FOSS parts, like Linux distros are.
FreeBSD does take some manual configuration to get a GUI going, but it's honestly pretty easy, and the handbook tells you exactly what to do. They will have a GUI install screen in the installer soon, so that will become automatic.
I've got it running with #Wayland and the #Sway compositor, almost no issues. For some reason, neither i3status nor waybar have the ability to show Wifi link name and quality, so I developed my own little front-end script for i3status to restore that (I had to do the same thing for #OpenBSD for RAM usage).
I've had to come up with my own way to make sense of memory usage (a script that mimics Linux' free utility) and wifi link quality, but those were fun problems to solve.
After a week or two of hacking around with it and getting all my own scripts and little utilities working with it, it has now become almost completely transparent and gloriously "boring." Basically the same as running Linux for most everything I do. XD
It has fewer pain points than #OpenBSD (which I honestly love as well, don't misinterpret me): a rock solid filesystem (ZFS), and full emoji support (lol priorities, amirite?).
It also has very good full-disk-encryption baked right in, which I'm missing from #NetBSD (but plan on playing with that OS later on as well, because I want to try ALL THE #BSDs! XD )
Despite some persistent rumors, installing #OpenBSD is both quick and easy on most not too exotic hardware. But once the thing is installed, what is daily life with the most secure free operating system like?
Read more: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html)
Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder
More: 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), https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
You should probably know that #OpenBSD has released 5 patches for version 7.8. Update them all! 
- 007: Fix drm(4) to avoid spurious sleep errors leading to crashes.
- 008: Fix buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libpng
- 009: Fix incorrect handling of invalid inputs to xkbcomp
- 010: Fix incomplete mitigation of DNS cache poisoning vulnerabilities in unbound.
- 011: Due to a race, the kernel could crash when adding IPv6 neighbor discovery entries.
snac
git with cgit
static website
radicale
syncthing
The reverse proxy can be moved to the opnsense router.
I’ve been having issues with the #OpenBSD MX server for a long time; as in: can’t receive or send mail from/to the mailing-lists.
I thought I just messed up with my SPF/DKIM/DMARC configuration but couldn’t solve the problem.
In a last resort, I contacted stu@ in the hope that he could look into their logs if my SMTP server was behaving badly. And it was. But not in the way I ever thought of.
I am using the nixspam block list, and have been for a long time. And this particular list contains the OpenBSD MX IP 😱🤦♂️
PF list is now removed and dialog with majordomo@ is possible again!
I've got this idea to spin up OpenBSD on an i5-10505 based PC with 32Gb ram and I want to run the following services which are currently hosted on my FreeBSD server here using Bastille jails for each service.
I have a reverse proxy, nginx for web, git and cgit in another, Syncthing, Radicale. So 5 jails in total. The questions I have are would you try run all of those on base OpenBSD or use vmm for each like I do with bastille ?
Also how would #Snac perform in a vmm virtual machine using only 1 CPU compared to being in a multi core CPU jail on FreeBSD ??
The FreeBSD server has a i7-4790 (8) @ 3.60 GHz with 16Gb ram
The OpenBSD machine has a i5-10505 (6) @ 3.2 - 4.6 GHz with 32Gb ram.
Don't ask me why I'm considering this please. #RunBSD
miniroot*.img
#openbsd #unix_surrealism #technomage #fish
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Girl installs FishLinux from a mini usb.
Ever messed up an update? We got you covered! Simply restore your Snapshot!
You can now also manage (create, delete, restore) a snapshot of your Box! If you ever messed up your application, OS update or anything else - simply go back to your last snapshot and try again! This way, you can test and learn #BSD even better and easier!
cc: @gyptazy
#education #opensource #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RUNBSD #learning #ipv6 #freevm #freevps #community #fosdem #hosting #selfhosting #snapshot
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BoxyBSD allows you to manage snapshots of your Boxes, now!
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE released
https://r1os.com/sites/news/freebsd-15-0-released.php
#freebsd #bsd #bhyve #pkgbase #opensource #freesoftware #intel #linux #openbsd #netbsd #runbsd
#BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!
People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.
Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!
Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
- https://libera.chat/guides/connect
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD
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BoxyBSD now also on Libera IRC
pass in on $ext_if inet proto tcp to (egress:0) port 12345 af-to inet6 from 2001:db8:dead:beef::1 to 2001:db8:dead:beef::/96 port ssh
The Call for Papers for #bsdcan is open, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html for some background (f you want to explain to less BSD-savvy friends) #bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #conference
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Yay! Finally able to commit the @OpenSCAD nightly port update! #OpenSCAD #OpenBSD
I'll work on getting it closer to actually today, but the important part is that it is in!
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=176446271917853&w=2
dlg@ modified sys/arch/arm64/stand/efiboot: add support for loading files from the EFI System Partition. this means you can put a bsd.rd next to BOOTAA64.EFI and go "boot esp0a:bsd.rd" (assuming bsd.rd is in the root of the boot partition). cool! krw@ ok kettenis@ patrick@
This seem incredibly handy on ARM boards with limited I/O. Very cool. 
It is now possible for #OpenBSD's EFI bootloader to load files from the ESP (EFI System Partition) instead of an OpenBSD filesystem.
For example, you can copy both OpenBSD's BOOTX64.efi and a kernel (e.g: bsd.rd) to your ESP, and then boot it from there.
boot> boot esp0a:bsd.rd
This feature was previously added for arm64 but has now been ported to amd64.
dlg@ modified src/sys/arch/amd64/stand/efiboot/*: add support for loading files (kernels) from the efi system partition.
this means you can put the openbsd boot loader and bsd.rd on the efi boot partition and run the installer that way. this is a port of the same code i got working on arm64.
ok jmatthew@
Solid instructions on copying firmware to a USB drive and installing it after the initial OpenBSD installation.
The perfect solution for those with iwm WiFi devices.
OpenBSD Minimalist Desktop | Cryogenix Library https://www.cryogenix.org/library/operating-systems/openbsd-minimalist-desktop
My #Thinkpad X200 (currently running #OpenBSD) is about to turn 16.
I bought it when it was already a relic of 9 years old.
Yet, I could just about daily-drive it today without really breaking a sweat. Especially using a BSD and an X11-based window manager, which leaves a lot of free RAM out of its 4GB available for other things, like actually running a web browser. XD
That's just crazy to me.
I remember when my belovèd old #Macintosh SE turned 16 (in 2006), it was just sitting in my closet gathering dust. It had a lot of sentimental value, but wasn't really usable to me.
RIP #MooresLaw. ;)
DUFF v KORN 2
prev: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115508225024561937
#unix_surrealism #plan9 #9front #korn #ksh #rc #comic #linux #lo0 #technomage #openblade #openbsd
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Daemon: "I think that looks pretty good! Don't you?"
Kshboy: "Haha, yeah! You made it in troff?"
Daemon: "Yeah!"
Kshboy: "Cool!"
DEAR MISTER DUFF, MY BEST FRIEND AND I WERE WONDERING, IF YOU COULD BEAT KORN IN A FIGHT. WE KNOW OF A GREAT PLACE WHERE YOU COULD DO BATTLE.
Daemon: "We can just swap the names with sed for the other letter!"
Kshboy: "But how do we get it to them? We don't even know where they live..."
Daemon: "I have an idea. Let's rewrite it!"
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Random penguins hand a leaflet to Techno-Mage.
DUFF V KORN
DUEL OF THE AGES
WHEN: NEXT FULL MOON
WHERE: THE BIG HILL OUTSIDE FOSSTOWN
WHOEVER DOESN'T SHOW AUTOMATICALLY LOSES!
PLACE YOUR BEST AT THE DRUNKEN BIRD BARD
OpenBlade: "Oh yeah, I heard about this."
Mage: "You heard about this?"
OpenBlade: "You have a lot of money riding on Korn btw."
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Lo0: "YOU AND I WERE MEANT TO BE!"
Lo0 KORN TRIBUTE practice
Korn: "STOP! That's not what they sounded like..."
Mec: "Sorry, Mister K."
Korn: "Are you? The gig is in a week. Do better!"
Bot_Manager: "YO! CASH MONEY K! Why didn't you tell me about the fight?!"
Korn: "What fight?"
Bot_Manager: "I could get the band to play there!"
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Penguin Postman walks up a mountain.
Penguin: "Mister Duff? Mail!"
Duff: "Vincent! Is it next year already?"
Penguin: "No sir, just some admin stuff regarding your fight."
Duff: "Fight?"
chatcontrol
#unix_surrealism #comic #linux #eu #chatcontrol #openbsd
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Girl and Fish walk home from a store.
Girl: "But what was their excuse to take away the FOSS critters' rights?"
Fish: "It's basically your fault."
UNITED CORPORATE STATES OF EURAMERICAFRICA, VERY LONG TIME AGO:
Speaker: "Our corporate benefactors have pledged full cooperation with the federal government. But as long as these... "animals" are allowed to exist, our children will never be safe."
MATACORP representative winks and thumbs up.
Crowd: "YEAH!"
Penguin and Fish representatives of the FOSS republic: "He does know we're in the room, right?"
"oh yes"
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No matter how often I install #OpenBSD the installer is dead simple and works well. Gotta say thank you to the dev's here. 
Besides the fact that the code is really clean 🙂
Fosdem 2026 : BSD, illumos OpenZFS & bhyve devroom
Don't forget, you only have a week to submit your talks ! The deadline is the December the1st. ⏰
Does anyone manage to use the #keyboard media controls in #FreeBSD #Xorg? I have a DasKeyboard with a volume jog that works out of the box on #OpenBSD.
The events seems to be working using xev tester. It regognizes the RaiseVolume and LowerVolume events.
Not sure where to actually start looking for a solution.
Someone at #OpenBSD needs to be set on fire for this choice of console #font.
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Screenshot showing the utter abomination that is the OpenBSD 7.8 default console font on the VM I just set up. The capital Y looks like someone was really drunk when they tried to draw a swastika and then gave up half way through.
I have been reading from https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html
I'm just at the reading and thinking stage just now. Yes I know another rabbit hole my brain thinks would be a good idea to jump into. 🙄
#RunBSD
So I am using this #edgerouter with #OpenBSD
But i have issues turning it on. It can't find usb on poweron, so on the console i give the reset command. and it boots normally.. just a small inconvenience
🔰 🇦🇺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).
| I run one BSD, and am happy: | 67 |
| I run one BSD, but have been meaning to try others: | 33 |
| I run two or more BSDs (I’d love to hear why): | 31 |
https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/run-a-nostr-relay-as-tor-hidden-service-on-openbsd/