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Some journeys don't end where you expect them to. Sometimes they bring you right back to where everything began, only with a lot more experience and a much better ecosystem waiting for you.
That's exactly what is happening with BoxyBSD!
In my (longer) blog post I cover my circuit, where I moved from bhyve to Proxmox, developed many tools for Proxmox and now moved back to FreeBSD with bhyve and Sylve.
More details in my blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/boxybsd-moving-from-proxmox-to-bhyve-with-sylve/
#RUNBSD #bsd #freebsd #boxybsd #openbsd #netbsd #sylve #bhyve #opensource #vps #vpshosting #opensource #community #bsdcafe #boxybsd
On 10 March 2021, I had only just fallen asleep when my phone started buzzing. Then another notification, and another. In a matter of minutes, 142 of my servers went up in the clouds. And not the cloud-computing kind.
Most of them were physically going up in a column of smoke in Strasbourg.
My wife looked at me and asked if I wanted a coffee. I nodded. It was going to be a very long day.
At EuroBSDCon 2026, I won't be giving a theoretical lecture on high availability. Instead, I’m going to tell the raw story of that night: the emergency recovery, the architectural choices that actually saved us, and the ones that crumbled under pressure (because we rarely talk about what fails).
Most of all, I’ll explain why that night changed my perspective, and why I’ve come to see BSD systems not just as operating systems, but as essential, practical tools for building simpler, more resilient infrastructure.
The official schedule is now live. If you want to hear a real-world post-mortem, join me on Saturday, 12 Sept at 11:15 (Room D.0.02).
EuroBSDCon Full schedule: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/
See you there! ☕️
#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD #EuroBSDCon #SysAdmin #SelfHosted #IT #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSDCon
Who here still uses fvwm and why?
Even better share with us your fvwm desktop screenshots.
https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow
#WindowManager #Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD
Help someone discover FreeBSD.
You don't have to be a longtime contributor to represent FreeBSD.
Whether you're a student, educator, hobbyist, or community member, there are plenty of ways to introduce others to FreeBSD, from organizing a campus meetup to volunteering at a local conference or community event.
Learn more:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/represent-freebsd-in-your-community/
How did you first introduce someone to FreeBSD?
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Students #Community #FOSS
Contemplating transitioning off Linux to #FreeBSD or #NetBSD but worried about #accessibility. Does anyone have experience of using #braille displays with the BSDs?
I think BRLTTY claims to run on those platforms, but I have found FreeBSD documentation disclaiming support for braille devices, but perhaps this is outdated.
NextBSD project revived: Apple's FOSS user-space tools on the FreeBSD kernel via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/p9ubuz #freebsd #mac #osdev
https://nextbsd.org/
The Q2 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is now available.
This edition explores Improving Software Quality, with articles covering CHERI-based debugging, modern Java on FreeBSD, software bills of materials (SBOMs), and more.
If you're interested in software quality, security, and the technologies shaping the future of FreeBSD, this issue is well worth the read.
🔗 Read it here:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/improving-software-quality/
#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #SoftwareQuality #CHERI
#RUNBSD #VPS #freevps #opensource #community
With Apple phasing out AFP in macOS 27 and Time Capsules officially reaching end-of-life, it's time to move network backups to proper SMB.
If you run a FreeBSD server, you can build a fast, rock-solid, and secure Time Machine target powered by ZFS and Samba - neatly isolated inside a FreeBSD jail using Bastille.
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/01/28/time-machine-freebsd-jail/
Keep your macOS backups running smoothly via SMBv3 (with full vfs_fruit support) and full dataset quota control on ZFS!
#FreeBSD #macOS #TimeMachine #ZFS #BastilleBSD #Samba #SysAdmin #Backup #OwnYourData #SelfHosted #BSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData
Still messing around with (trialing?) FreeBSD over here.
One of the little things that I missed from the typical Linux configuration of KDE Plasma is that FreeBSD's default configuration does not have the Restart and Shutdown menu options in the menu by default.
I found a thread on the FreeBSD forums that explains what to do but figured I'd share it here since there seems like a lot of people are trying out FreeBSD as a desktop client these days. And hunting and pecking through forums is annoying so...
Steps:
* Add your user to the wheel group
* Create /usr/local/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/40-wheel-group.rules with this content:
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (subject.isInGroup("wheel")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
* Reboot and you should see the Restart and Shutdown menu options like in the attached screenshot.
This is FreeBSD 15.1 and Plasma 6.6.6
#Unix #BSD #RunBSD #FOSS
... nothing.
For weeks, months sometimes.
Until you've all but forgotten you made the contribution, and out of the blue you get an email that the patch was accepted or rejected.
Not the most motivating way of getting involved I must say.
Obviously to see what it's all about and if I could even go back to a stacking window manager.
PS: I have not yet customised the theme it's the out of the box theme.
https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow
#CoW #River #Wayland #fvwm #FreeBSD
OMG I'm old! 🤣
https://www.claws-mail.org/
#FreeBSD #RunBSD
I was ill last week and discovered something uncomfortable: a huge Jellyfin library isn't entertainment, it's homework. Every time I opened it, it asked "what do you want?" and I just scrolled.
So I built a TV station instead.
ErsatzTV turns a media library into real linear channels with schedules and logos. It ships for Linux, Windows and macOS. My server runs FreeBSD.
Turns out the entire porting effort was one conditional. The code asked "is this Linux?" when it meant "is VAAPI available?" VAAPI is userspace, FreeBSD has it, and .NET has had OSPlatform.FreeBSD for years.
One || later: Intel hardware transcoding in a Bastille jail that can see exactly one GPU and one read-only dataset.
I now have a sci-fi channel. I don't know what's on tonight. That's the point.
https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow
#FreeBSD #River #CoW #fvwm