The FreeBSD platform was merged into the OCI runtime spec!

FreeBSD is now an official target for OCI containers (it’s been working in Podman as an unofficial target for a while).

#FreeBSD #OCI

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We at @BoxyBSD are happy to announce our new and modern website!

While the missions keeps the same by providing a free place for beginners to learn, educate themselves and test things in the wild on BSD-based systems (such like #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD (or even #smolbsd) and many more ones) with public accessible IP addresses, the old nerdy design only hit a niche of users.

We want to make BoxyBSD more accessible & enjoyable to everyone and this is one of the first steps. We know, a laggy SSH connection doesn't make fun and therefore, we're also setting up new locations to provide you a better latency independent of your location.

During this time, signups for new users are currently deactivated until the new locations are up and running and the first real-user tests within the new interface have been successfully performed.

Web: https://boxybsd.com

Thanks to @gyptazy for this :)

#BoxyBSD #BSD #BSDHosting #Runbsd #vps #freevps #vpshosting #community #education

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New BoxyBSD website

ThinkPad Pantone/X-Rite screen calibration sensor proof of concept for #FreeBSD and #Linux is now available here https://codeberg.org/dach/xrite-devel

[USE AT YOUR OWN RISK]

I have more #NetBSD than #FreeBSD installs by @rubenerd

https://rubenerd.com/i-have-more-netbsd-than-freebsd-installs/

Cool, my text about techniques to speed up FreeBSD suspend/resume now appeared on the Libreboot site!

https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/suspend-resume-speedup.html

#FreeBSD #Libreboot

What are the most common myths and misconceptions about FreeBSD?

#FreeBSD #TIL

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Help me, fedi .. What is a good, simple, light-weight GUI #editor with #HTML syntax highlighting, some half-smart auto-indenting, soft-wrapping support, that is non-opinionated about tabs/spaces and that is not a vi/vim/emacs derivative or wrapper?

I'm currently hand-coding HTML in jEdit, and .. something has happened to it. I used to tout it as an example of "look, Java does not have to be slow!" back on my Pentium III laptop, but now .. damn, that thing is a pain.

Pluma is doing everything "wrong", mousepad has no highlighting, and I don't need an "IDE" - I'm writing HTML 3.2 here :)

Must work on #FreeBSD and have as few dependencies as possible.

#NoTallOrder

If I were to try out the community flavour - how much hassle should I expect? And can I go back?

Lastly: any large-ish (>100 active users with a decent network) instances out there that can inform us about performance characteristics?

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OpenSSH, TCP/IP, Berkely sockets—even vi—all came from the BSD camp, and they're everywhere now!

BSD innovations have influenced nearly all of modern computing and don't often get enough credit.

Cheers to all the unsung engineers (and to Bill Joy for half of that list at least!) 🍻

#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #runBSD #BSD

If anyone is interested in what I had to say (and hand out) during my talk, the QR code at the end leads to http://anduin.net/l.htm - go grab your copy in any of three formats: Bootable floppy, zipped TheDraw files, or PDF (boo!).

I met too many awesome people to count, much less remember the names of everyone, but I truly hope those of you who want to reach out will do so. My DMs are open ;)

The social overload from this weekend will quickly turn into the pain of missing the company of this extended family. Can't wait to see you again in Brussels - or at any time before that if you visit Oslo!

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #EuroBSDCon2026 #RunBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #BSD

New 𝗥𝗦𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [RSS on FreeBSD] on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/rss-on-freebsd/

#verblog #desktop #freebsd #laptop #liferea #linux #newsboat #rss #terminal

Distributed file system on OpenBSD using FUSE and Elixir by @robertkeizer #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #Elixir #Erlang #FUSE

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Man showing his slides on stage

Volse Computing presents OpenJDK on FreeBSD with @harald #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenSource #OpenJDK #Java

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Harald Eilertsen in front of the podium

Sticker cuteness #Stickers #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025

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BSD-NL sticker with all the cute BSD mascots

How commit messages may trigger conspiracy nutters! The UK #Covid19 tracking app. #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenSource #NHS

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«When the signal is received, terminate all non-responsive children. Do not log any data about this, and spawn a new daemon”

#EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenBSD #NetBSD

Sticker cuteness #Stickers #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025

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A beer drinking red daemon sticker

We are about five minutes from starting the "Network management with PF" https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/ tutorial at #eurobsdcon in #zagreb. Slides at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fullday.pdf as usual #pf #openbsd #freebsd #packetfilter #networking

Tomorrow 2025-09-25 at 10:30 CEST, the refreshed "Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/ by yours truly, @stucchimax and Tom Smyth will start at #eurobsdcon.

We will put the updated slides online just before the session starts.

#openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #networking #firewall #trickery #security

EuroBSDCon starts tomorrow!

Packing done, slides ready - see you in Zagreb!

https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/

#EuroBSDConAdvent #EuroBSDCon #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #ZFS #PF #RunBSD

#eurobsdcon 2025 is getting started in #zagreb:
#openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware

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Closeup of my EuroBSDcon 2025 shirt and badge

Off to #Zagreb and #EuroBSDCon! Hope the connections at #AMS goes relativly well! Can't miss the #PF tutorial! #RunBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD

Here is a quick look on an AOOSTAR R1 N150 clone. How good does it support Linux Debian, #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD and #OmniOS from a general performance and power consumption POV.

This is a 2 SATA bays NAS with an extra single NVMe slot. Looks like a perfect silent NAS-Hypervisor combo. And, it can #RunBSD; although I choose #illumos for it.

All BSDs should also focus on the Desktop side of experience #DragonflyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD
#GhostBSD trying but I think we need more united effort to promote.

Part from the #ZFS and #FreeBSD tutorials, the second most interesting thing I learned from Benedict Reuschling, was that in #Germany you need a license to operate a ladder. I wish I had one. #Fracture #Xray #Hand

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X-ray of a broken wrist

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X-ray of a broken wrist with screws and plate

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