unix

Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix https://lobste.rs/s/csc385 #historical #unix
https://9p.io/who/dmr/odd.html

Looks like #FreeBSD ports freeze is over Action Required: Recent ports history has been rewritten . Huge thanks to the core team and all developers and coordinator!

#RunBSD #Unix #FOSS #BSD #News

Some (mostly historical) issues with the Unix load average via @binjip978 https://lobste.rs/s/26liff #historical #unix
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/LoadAverageHistoricalIssues

Design flaws in issetugid() (2017) https://lobste.rs/s/6gx5vy #api #c #security #unix
https://gist.github.com/nicowilliams/4daf74a3a0c86848d3cbd9d0cdb5e26e

I accidentally came across this #MediaTek #MT7601U #WiFi driver for #NetBSD on GitHub: https://github.com/MakwanaVihas/gsoc_2k22 but it seems long abandoned. I wonder if someone knows how to use it. I actually have such a USB WiFi dodge, and since the #iwm driver works on and off for my Intel 8260 card on NetBSD I think I can give this a try maybe.

#RunBSD #BSD #Unix

X.Org Server 26.1 RC1 Prepares For First Feature Release In Five Years - Phoronix https://lobste.rs/s/exrno8 #linux #release #unix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-Server-26.1-RC1

Repeating Ourselves Less with M4 https://lobste.rs/s/uueocw #openbsd #unix
https://nemin.hu/httpd-macros/index.html

I am wondering if anyone tried to use /dev/urandom to write urandom(4) man page and how long it would take.

#unix

After a few months of work, slackfetch has reached a mature 1.0 release.

A minimal and readable system information utility for Slackware, inspired by ufetch.
The normal output and a cowsay -n composition are shown below.

https://forge.slackware.nl/r1w1s1/slackfetch

#Slackware #Linux #Unix

Strategic mistake: I assumed pihole had a bsd-compatible package. It doesn't. Now I have a working netbsd system on my ad blocking system, but no actual ad blocker.

Right now trying to see if I can get containers to work on netbsd

Or I just switch to some other software.
Although pihole is at least convenient.
#netbsd #unix

How can you not be romantic about UNIX domain sockets? via @PolyWolf https://lobste.rs/s/uauns9 #c #unix
https://yuvalino.com/how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-unix-domain-sockets

🚀 It goes to 11! The NetBSD Project is incredibly proud to announce the official release of NetBSD 11.0!

This release brings massive performance improvements, modernized hardware support, and the rock-solid stability you expect. Whether you are deploying on the latest ARM64 servers or keeping a classic toaster alive, NetBSD got you covered.

A huge thank you to developers, testers, and community for making this happen. 🧡

Check out the release notes and grab the images here: https://netbsd.org/releases/formal-11/NetBSD-11.0.html

#NetBSD #RunBSD #OpenSource #UNIX #RetroComputing #Server

An old-new take on argument parsing in Rust by @jmmv https://lobste.rs/s/vrd28h #rust #unix
https://jmmv.dev/2026/07/hello-getoptsargs.html

Still no good news with the freshly out #NetBSD 11.0 RELEASE. S3 suspend woke up with dead WiFi (Intel 8265, iwm driver), in addition to keyboard and touchpad as before on my #ThinkPad T470s. So basically dead machine and no way to reset unless long press power button for a hard reboot. Desktop usability needs more love.

#runBSD #BSD #Unix #AskFedi

EPIPE on write might mean you're doing it wrong via @binjip978 https://lobste.rs/s/7emnqu #php #unix
https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2026/07/09/pipe/

This is the umpteenth time I've tried this, starting with version 1.6.1 😅

Could this be the definitive? I hope 💪

Now I have to config automount for external disk/USB keys and I need to find a way to encrypt my external disk and use it both in GNU\Linux and NetBSD.

GDC (I never tried it on Linux and I didn't find anything online)?
ZFS? Anyone have an idea?

I know I can use OpenSSL or GPG but I think it's better and more confortable to encrypt the full drive...

P.S. I love NetBSD but pkgin is really slow 😅 (It's probably not a problem with pkgin, but rather my Wi-Fi card.)

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA  #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

SCM_RIGHTS API quirks (2019) https://lobste.rs/s/qcasbd #api #c #unix
https://gist.github.com/kentonv/bc7592af98c68ba2738f4436920868dc

Convert Excel Spreadsheet File Format (XLS, XLSX) to CSV

Learn about the Free and Open Source Software options available to convert Excel spreadsheet file format (XLS/XLSX) to Comma Separated Values (CSV).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/convert-excel-spreadsheet-csv/

#blog #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #commandline #linux #unix #windows

I did not even realize but now my #FreeBSD has been running 15.1-RELEASE-p2, it simply upgrade from 15.1-RELEASE-p1 during regular pkg upg runs. I guess that it something impressive achieved by the new pkgbase tool. It feels like running a rolling-release #Linux distro now.

#BSD #Unix #RunBSD #pkg

Passphrase-less reboots using kexec under NixOS https://lobste.rs/s/nrnwc6 #nix #security #unix
https://www.bevuta.com/en/blog/passphraseless-reboots-using-kexec/

Anyone had experience installing the shod window manager on #FreeBSD ? Saw it yesterday from a screenshot someone shared in a reddit commend and the 'grouping' feature caught my eye. Unfortunately it is not in #ports and I failed to compile myself even after installing a few dependencies I could find. The repo did not mention a lot on how to install either.

#BSD #Unix #RunBSD #AskFedi #WM #KISS

I just lost my job today, so here we go..

I'm a ~30 years career Sysadmin/DevOps/Server Shepard/Graybeard whatever its called now UNIX nerd.

Looking for work doing UNIX'y stuff. I mostly do automation, and have avoided working with AI and Kubernetes (though I have a bit of k8s experience at two jobs, I just prefer "the old way")

Chef, Puppet, Cfengine, Ansible, Shell scripts, etc.

I've built Linux distributions, and automation tools. Having worked at Redhat, TurboLinux, Penguin Computing, Salesforce, and Chef.

Built and maintained monitoring systems, checks, and lived the on-call life.

Built and managed CI systems, and Pipelines.

I've written and maintained software in Ruby, Python, and Shell. I've dabbled in just about every other programming language you'll find on a UNIX system.

I have spent a lot of time with *BSD, Solaris, IRIX, and Linux, and to a lesser extent HPUX, and AIX.

If its sysadmin work on a UNIX, I've likely done it.

Remote only / West Michigan maybe / not willing to relocate

#getfedihired #unix #linux

random #unix #rice in the wild with #cwm

A question for you kind folk: What would be the best filesystem to use on a partition to be shared by NetBSD and Gentoo?

I'm planning to set up a dual boot system to sort of A/B test them to see which works best for me for different things, and I'd like a data partition that they can both use.

My guess is that I will end up with at least one computer running each of these (where I am currently running Debian on everything).

#NetBSD #gentoo #noAI #unix

Coreutils - rejected feature requests https://lobste.rs/s/zbcua4 #programming #unix
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html