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I noticed that #XLibre got built in #FreeBSD #ports so I thought why not try it in a VM. Turns out it is just list you would do install xorg, a few stantard #pkg commands and it just runs !

#RunBSD #BSD #FOSS #Unix

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261d

I nearly forgot to wish those that celebrate a very happy OpenBSDmas too. 😉

#OpenBSD #RunBSD

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261d

Following my #NetBSD 10.1 journey where my #ThinkPad T470s wake up from S3 suspend with dead keyboard and touchpad yet working WiFi, today I tried with the lastest 11.0 snapshot (20251220). All the same as before, unresponsive keyboard and touchpad, with working WiFi. However when I tried with a USB connected keyboard in default #CTWM session, the keyboard seemed to work after a while. At the same time, WiFi got disconnected so I lost ssh access and had to use power button for hard shutdown.

I think I will probably end my NetBSD journey at this point.

#FOSS #Unix #BSD #RunBSD

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246d

Upgraded my secondary notebook "Tianve" to GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p7.

Removed KDE Plasma 6.5.4 and switched to LXQT instead. All is well.

#RunBSD #GhostBSD #FreeBSD

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The #NetBSD dev summit is about to start!

#EuroBSDCon #RunBSD

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244d

I am running #FreeBSD RELEASE 15.0 with #pkg for package management, no #ports at all. It appeared to me that the Joe's Window Manager port, x11-wm/jwm, was built without #SVG image support by default. However svg files are actually widely used by multiple icon themes, meaning that many of them will not work under #JWM . Should I simply compile it manually out of ports tree? I mean getting the ports tree is not difficult but setting up #poudriere and all just for one package seems tedious. Are there any other simpler waysnto achieve this?

#AskFedi #BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM

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Here is the CPU usage graph for the last 24 hours of the FediMeteo VM. A full 24 hours, during which a huge number of people are connecting, helped by the traction gained from being among the top stories on Hacker News and Lobsters, as well as the many shares across the Fediverse.

RAM usage? Active, around 450 MB. Then there is cache, ARC, and so on. But in practice, zero swap in use after days of uptime.

39 jails running, 39 snac instances, nginx serving the homepage, and HAProxy. HAProxy caching enabled. ZFS snapshots every 15 minutes, backups via zfs send and receive every hour. The same hourly schedule applies to the recalculation of cities, countries, and followers for the homepage.

All of this on a 4 euro per month FreeBSD VM.

If anyone has doubts about the quality and efficiency of FreeBSD, this is the data to show.

#FediMeteo #FreeBSD #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin

Time series graph showing CPU usage percentage over roughly 24 hours. The x axis represents time from about 13:00 to 12:00 the next day, and the y axis shows CPU usage from 0 to 100 percent. CPU usage fluctuates mostly between 15 and 35 percent, with periodic rises during daytime and early morning hours. Several short spikes reach around 45 to 55 percent, and one brief peak climbs to about 60 percent. Usage drops to lower levels, around 10 to 20 percent, during late evening and early morning periods. Overall, the graph shows moderate, variable CPU load with occasional sharp peaks.

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146d

Friday selfie, ec :puffer::runbsdBg::flan_hacker:

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194d

Ooh ! Both #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD have Vim 9.2 in ports. Now to wait until pkgs are built. 😀
#RunBSD

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197d

Did a #FreeBSD upgrade to newest patch level and then #pkg upgrade, I was finally getting a steady 1.4M/s download speed using the #iwlwifi driver!

#Unix #BSD #RunBSD

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238d

Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.

I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:

- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.

I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md

I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!

❤️ 🦣

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource

Screenshot showing the service status of several Mastodon services on FreeBSD

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244d

Right in the process of changing my Desktop Environment from KDE/Plasma to LXQT on my main laptop .

Main: "Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE amd64
Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p1
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11

Styling:
gtk2/3/QT/XFWM: Greybird
LXQT: Sombre-et-Rond
Icons: Qogir
Wallpaper: "Sonnenuntergang_im_Schilf" (Sunset in the reeds) by @orbite lamba

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559

#lxqt #xfwm4 #freebsd #runBSD #screenshot #desktop #unix #foss

$Screenshot of a LXQT Desktop running on FreeBSD. On the lefte there's a panel for starting and managing various programs and a system tray and a clock/date applet. In the upper right corner is a terminal showing the output of the bsdebfetch command. In the lower right corner there's a FreeBSD logo icon. the wallpaper show's a fractalised picture of a sunset in the reeds.$

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233d

Ah-ha! Just discovered a better way of listing only the packages that I installed on #FreeBSD . Most folk tell you to use pkg info -q -a which just gives you a list of everything installed. I wanted just what I installed after the initial FreeBSD install. So to do that type the following.

pkg query -e '%a=0' %n

Everyday is indeed a school day. 😎

#RunBSD

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231d

Advertisement: We are happy to welcome our new sponsor at #BoxyBSD: ST-Hosting.com

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- LXC & KVM servers on AMD EPYC, Ryzen, Intel Xeon systems
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We’re excited to have https://st-hosting.com on board! You can immediately start to provision your BSD based boxes (like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD,...) at BoxyBSD in our new location in Germany, Nuremberg. Also, stay tuned for #Fosdem ;) Thanks a lot!

cc: @gyptazy
#RUNBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Hosting

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1y

Thanks to the #FreeBSD Handbook on Ports and the following page, I finally got around to building the drm-kmod port and dependencies so that amdgpu runs properly on 14.2.

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-14-2-graphics-fix.96365/

#RunBSD #BSD

My Dell monitor showing my FreeBSD session with Tmux running in 2 panes, one over the other. Top pane is running Lynx browser and showing the Ports page on the FreeBSD Handbook. Bottom pane is showing the deinstallation of the drm-kmod binary package.

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219d

Installing #Slackware #Linux using #vmm on #OpenBSD. Got some help from this video on getting the console to display correctly in the terminal. #RunBSD #BSD #virtualization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnM-T6Os-s

Planning on using this as a practice Linux system for my Linux+ studies.

Screenshot of MATE Desktop on OpenBSD showing MATE System Monitor on the lower right showing brief system information, and MATE Terminal maximized underneath the System Monitor showing three terminal tabs, but focused on the left one where the Slackware installation process is taking place via a serial console connection to vmm. It's waiting for me to select a partition on which to install Slackware, and highlighted on device /dev/sda2 which is 8 gigabytes.

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218d

I do enjoy a desktop environment that allows you to _easily_ create an old skool right-click menu on your desktop.

There's some quirks to configuring the ordering, not sure if I'll need to hand edit the menu once I get it most of the way there.

For a mutli-head setup this avoids having to have an Application Launcher on every screen, but it does require access to unobscured desktop in order to work.

And my nerdy part likes the '80s-'90s UNIX desktop vibes it creates. Ha.

#Linux #RunBSD #KDE #KDEPlasma #desktop #DesktopEnvironment #GUI #UX

Cropped screenshot showing the KDE Menu Editor app with the resultant right-click desktop menu beside it. Nothing fancy, just basic usability and customization.

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218d

I've been messing around with #LXQT in a vm lately. I really kind of like it.

Is anyone using LXQT in a multi-head / multi-monitor configuration?

Any issues with where it defaults to placing new apps, resuming from screensaver or hibernation, adding/removing displays while running? Anything else I'm not thinking about?

#Linux #RunBSD #LXQT #Desktop #DesktopEnvironment

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216d

So if I want to run multiple OpenBSD servers running the same copy of an application, configuration management seems the logical step.

Like, the whole kubernetes thing is way to complicated for a lot of things, but having a declarative way to think about you applications and settings is nice.

I believe @h3artbl33d is using (some) ansible here. Is ansible my goto solution to do config management on OpenBSD or are other tools I could consider?

#runbsd #openbsd

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194d

#ThinkPad and Beastie the #FreeBSD server and it's #Bastille jails all updated to 15.0-RELEASE-p4 without issue again. #RunBSD

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211d

Well that's my #ThinkPad and Server ( Bastille jails ) all updated to 15.0-RELEASE-p3 without issue. 😄
#FreeBSD #RunBSD

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1y

Ready for the conference!

#BSDCan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD

Photo of a BSDCan 2025 speaker badge for Stefano Marinelli placed on a black tote bag. The badge includes a small cartoon BSD daemon holding a Canadian flag. The tote bag features a larger version of the same BSD mascot holding a trident with the Canadian flag attached. The mascot is red, with green sneakers and a friendly expression. The event location is Ottawa, Canada.

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1y

Do you pray?

#unix_surrealism #magnetic_nymph #technomage #comic #runbsd #linux

Girl acquires a vintage machine from a malevolent spirit.

Magnetic Nymph: "You know, normally we use these to trap souls. You hackers truly are weird."

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206d

Maybe I should switch to GhostBSD 🤔
"GhostBSD Switches to XLibre Over Wayland"
https://ostechnix.com/ghostbsd-switches-to-xlibre-over-wayland/

#GhostBSD #XLibre #RunBSD #FreeBSD

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141d

@izder456 wrote this Perl script to find the fastest mirror for you via scraping ftp.html for the mirror list.

https://codeberg.org/Izder456/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.local/bin/fastestmirror

#openbsd #bsd #runbsd

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