#FreeBSD with #Xfce for sure is a amazing combo.
Sleek and fast.
What DE/WM do you guys use with your #BSD workstation/battlestation/daily-driver?

SSHFS in fstab or a user cronjob?
Or something else?

Trying to make a "permanent" share to a remote server

New blog post: When Root Meets Immutable: OpenBSD chflags vs. Log Tampering

Started as curiosity about "dead" kernel code, ended up solving real-world log tampering problems. Sometimes the best security features are hiding in plain sight.

https://rsadowski.de/posts/2025/openbsd-immutable-system-logs/

On this day in 2003, Matthew Dillon sent out an email making an announcement that would go on to become a landmark in the history of the BSD family. The title read:

"Announcing DragonFly BSD!"

Happy 22nd birthday #DragonFly #BSD!

To many more year of challenging goals and ideals, cutting ties with legacy when it makes sense, preferring a pragmatic, no-nonsense approach to the development of the system and the innovative spirit !

Thanks to whomever designed fuser(1M) in SVR3! The way stdout and stderr are split is exemplary and makes using it in scripts very easy. POSIX kept that design and both the GNU and BSD versions still behave the same way.

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/valuable-news-2025-07-14/

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Wishing all the #BSD folks a comfy Sunday!

Need a #free tool to handle messy #data?

@OpenRefine runs locally and is trusted by journalists, researchers, & contributors worldwide.

See how this #opensource tool empowers a global community: https://lpi.org/0f1n

#LPI #FOSS #OpenRefine #opensource #datacleaning #dataprivacy #BSD #Wikidata @wikidata

#Ohjelmointikieli on hönö #uskonto. Taannoin ihmettelin ääneen kiistoja #Rust'in lisäämisestä #LInux'in tai #BSD:iden työkaluksi, ja nyt #LinuxMagazine'n juttua lukiessa kävi mielessä, kuinka jollakin foorumilla hyväksi kokemani apuohjelma kokeilematta tyrmättiin vain koska se oli kirjoitettu #Go'lla, joka kirjoittajan mielestä oli p*ska kieli. #atkjuttuja

Proof that *BSD truly nourishes!
Just dropped off a FreeBSD server for a client (a bakery, how cool is that?!) who's already a *BSD evangelist (they've been running FreeBSD & OpenBSD thanks to my earlier installs).
They were so chuffed, they sent me home with a haul of their yummy products!

Best. Clients. Ever.

I think the @BoxyBSD project is one of the best ideas for the #opensource community. Providing real and completely free #VPS instances (#VMs) with #IPv6 is really great for testing and learning.

I really love this project and if you are into #FreeBSD or any other #BSD this might be interesting for you. Just as it is also a #free alternative to bigger hostels like #Hetzner #OVH or #Netcup. I really love the philosophy and idea behind it

So I'm curious, #Musicians

There are now legions of people using #Linux for recording, synthesis, processing, etc - it's a full-on cottage industry at this point.

There are also a large number of Music Professionals using #BSD, but they call it MacOS.

But what I'm curious about, what is the state of Music Production on #FreeBSD and other non-Apple BSD.

I will not be surprised if it turns there are none, nor will I be surprised if it turns out that there is a tiny community of elite DSP nerds making high-end products with it.

When I complain that some software (or its dependencies) doesn't work on *BSD but requires Linux, I'm not criticizing Linux. For me, it's not an OS battle, but a matter of freedom and avoiding a dangerous and rampant computing monoculture. And when people reply to me with "well, just use it on Linux" - while they're giving me sensible advice - they're missing the crucial point: if it ONLY runs on Linux, it's not Linux's fault, but we are, precisely, creating a dangerous monoculture.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟳/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/07/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/valuable-news-2025-07-07/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

Signups are currently deactivated!

We're now slightly below 1000 free VPS instances!

Within the last few weeks, coming with new locations around the world, we got more and more signups, where people can also test their setups across different geo locations @BoxyBSD.

Unfortunately, this also increases the required support which is really time consuming and only handled by @gyptazy. While everything is fully automated, support is another thing and I need a short break. Hope to open the signups quickly again.

PS: This project is completely free, not even any donation possibilities etc - just imagine a box would only cost 1$.

How to install FreeBSD on providers that don't support it with mfsBSD

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/02/install_freebsd_providers_mfsbsd/

I have a question for the #fedi #floss #BSD hivemind:

I have a friend who is a crusty old sysadmin frustrated with Failbook and the rest who I think would LOVE the Fediverse.

I days past I'd have recommended @fosstodon but I know they're facing capacity issues.

Can anyone recommend a good ideally UNIX (BSD, Linux?) or FLOSS oriented instance I can point him at?

He's not as much of a retrocomputing maven as I am so oldbytes isn't a good fit IMO :)

Thanks!

For those who missed last night’s updates, I’m thrilled to announce that @h3artbl33d and I will be co-presenting a talk at #EuroBSDCon: Liberating the Social Web Using #BSD.

We’ll be sharing our experiences and technical decisions along the way.

I’ll be focusing on the BSD Cafe - its services, the story behind it, and most importantly, the human and motivational factors that make this community so special.

Always remember: #OwnYourData !

Stay tuned for more updates!