Search results for tag #freebsd
![[?]](https://polymaths.social/fileserver/01HCMX6M1CZNEVJ4F5H58TT5XJ/attachment/original/01JHC5KM5K0V0J0436SPD3F86H.jpeg)
๐ตFor all its missing features, it's dead easy to get a decent GUI up and running with #OpenBSD.
#FreeBSD has a lot of capabilities, but takes some work to get going.
NomadBSD is elegant, and works well, but you only get a choice of a single desktop (IIRC), and kind of like Arch Linux derivatives, if something happens and you're left with a non-functioning system, you're a bit at a loss for what to do, because someone else essentially set it up for you.
![[?]](https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/860/465/494/023/450/original/5006d630482d0e58.jpg)
Day 14 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD 
Used `freebsd-update` to download and install security patches for the core system. I also created a crontab for `root` to run `freebsd-update cron` daily.
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#freebsdupdate-security-patches
![[?]](https://snac.toret.fr/daftaupe/s/b9f9abbbd82b3b3812cdafeb610a8dbf.jpeg)
![[?]](https://media.bsd.network/accounts/avatars/000/017/286/original/62d6026d07202579.jpg)
The May 13th, 2025 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up:
We debugged a #FreeBSD Jail start issue with a user in Thailand and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
![[?]](https://assets.merveilles.town/accounts/avatars/110/618/037/889/897/311/original/4ae47e9d3a4940c9.png)
![[?]](https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/0f243b2dbc73bd550222a1433cf65dec.jpg)
Well I couldn't get Xorg to display correctly on my Dell Optiplex 3080, its screen was broken up but you could make things out ish. Anyway I stumbled upon @joel@piou.foolbazar.eu blog titled "OpenBSD Workstation for the People" and found this section.
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/openbsd-workstation-for-the-people/#graphics-acceleration
Now my GPU is an Intel Comet Lake-S GT2 ( UHD 630 ) and I'm thinking that by installing the package intel-media-driver both xorg and Wayland window managers would have worked correctly. So what to do ? Is what I've discovered correct ? If so do I give #OpenBSD another shot if the above is the reason that the xorg display was corrupted as it all works fine under #FreeBSD ? ๐ค #RunBSD
![[?]](https://post.lurk.org/system/accounts/avatars/000/179/572/original/a4074a1755bbe6af.png)
Let's install #freebsd on this Thinkpad (T14s/amd gen 1)
Alt...
A photo of my part of my laptop's screen, showing the FreeBSD installer boot screen
Day 09 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
The wired network interface was configured on my Thinkpad during installation. Today I set up the (Intel) wireless interface, and configured failover mode between the wired and wireless using the `lagg(4)` interface. (Dis)connect the ethernet cable, bring wireless up/down, and it Just Works. Good stuff!
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/#network-aggregation
![[?]](https://pixelfed.de/storage/avatars/006/680/092/876/171/264/0/PpJyqNUBIytfjGJeWtZk_avatar.jpg?v=6){kind=avatar}
The May 6th, 2025 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up:
We discussed #FreeBSD OCI runtime progress with a demo, Jail PID virtualization, Packaged Base, FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE features, lightweight Git clients, the build(7) manual page, and more!
"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."
![[?]](https://mastodon.gyptazy.com/system/accounts/avatars/113/171/994/681/921/556/original/0e29cf7db7621054.png)
Yesterday, I told you about incus - today I tell you how you can easily run #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD & #NetBSD with #incus!
#RUNBSD! #opensource #homelab #virtualization #proxmox
https://gyptazy.com/run-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd-vms-in-incus/
![[?]](https://d35e9bfo1msux2.cloudfront.net/accounts/avatars/109/535/770/898/980/239/original/6841a27af2c37e48.png)
There isn't a knob for turning sixel on/off in the port, so it's unlikely to be down to solely the way that it was built.
![[?]](https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/110/740/169/477/916/693/original/dfa8f1b9beefa405.png)
Great article from @gyptazy :
Run FreeBSD, OpenBSD & NetBSD VMs in Incus
https://gyptazy.com/run-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd-vms-in-incus/?utm_source=discoverbsd
Day 04 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
I've set up SSH keys on my fresh FreeBSD install for passwordless logins and posted my notes:
https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-ssh-keys/
Onward!
![[?]](https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/034/975/original/fd7a202593f3a3f4.png)
TIL about โจnameโฉ_oomprotect in #FreeBSD's rc.conf, which you can use to mark critical services so they don't get murdered by the oomkiller when memory is exhausted.
kitty terminal to see how fastfetch works with custom images and it seems it is not in the #FreeBSD repo even though it is on #FreshPorts site. Surely this package was rebuilt when the #Go issue happened ?PS I am on the latest branch
I can run
img2sixel in foot and display an image but if I run #Fastfetch with a custom image it just displays the normal ASCII logo. Yet if I use neofetch it works as expected so to me it's not an Xorg or Wayland issue or terminal Xterm or Foot it is something with #Fastfetch or the way it's built on #FreeBSD ??Fastfetch line:
fastfetch --logo ~/Downloads/freebsd-icon-27.png --logo-type sixel
Neofetch line which works:
neofetch --sixel ~/Downloads/freebsd-icon-27.png
OpenBSD boots and works - but it seems the trackpad isn't moving. I'm sure I can fix it as it's correctly detecting it, but I'm now testing FreeBSD.
It immediately throws a kernel panic, but this seems to the the problem:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274014
So, 15-CURRENT boots and works. I'll probably burn a 14-STABLE usb pen and continue with that.
fastfetch doesn't have imagemagick support as I cannot display a custom image using sixel yet I can using neofetch ?? Can any other #FreeBSD users or devs confirm this ?I'm using
xterm with sixel support.Fastfetch line:
fastfetch --logo ~/Downloads/freebsd-icon-27.png --logo-type sixel
Neofetch line which works:
neofetch --sixel ~/Downloads/freebsd-icon-27.png
Day 03 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
After exploring `sh` for a bit, I downloaded and switched to `oksh` - the portable OpenBSD korn shell - as my interactive shell.
Now I have my `.kshrc` configured nicely with my coloured two-line prompt, functions, aliases, and history.
Source: https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.kshrc?ref_type=heads
![[?]](https://sb-z7t2ukmxv5.b-cdn.net/accounts/avatars/109/331/059/732/420/534/original/6ee41c3fffb95318.jpg)
colorls and alias it to ls so I could get color output in the terminal when typing ls. But I then found that in the normal tty before I started X11 that I even though that alias was present it did not give me color output. After digging through the www I found a suggestion to put the following line in my .profile :export TERM=wsvt25Rebooted to be sure and voila I get a color listing in both the tty and a #kitty terminal under #X11 .
I'm sure that I'll learn heaps more as I plod along but it is good. #RunBSD
![[?]](https://cdn.masto.host/appdotnet/accounts/avatars/000/001/724/original/347283a2d0d4ac46.png)
This gives me some good leads:
https://codeless.co/freebsd-vps/
I'm too mad & tired right now to sit down and carefully test each host and make ranked choice tables, but I guess that's what I'm doing this week.
Ostensibly so I can stand up a silly gopher (& maybe put some telnet stuff back up?), but I'm also gonna have to move mysticdungeon.club and other stuff this year, in this situation.
Oh for fuck's sake! DigitalOcean doesn't support new FreeBSD instances anymore. So A) my existing droplet's living on borrowed time, and B) I need to find a new host that isn't run by Linux-brained fuckwits.
This really puts some shit icing on this millennium's shit cake of tech degeneration.
Over in the good timeline, Al Gore was President, they're holding back the glacier advances, and running everything on SUN workstations.
I'm just trying to get by and not hate a computer, here.
Alt...
Note: As of July 1, 2022, DigitalOcean no longer supports the creation of new FreeBSD Droplets through the Control Panel or API. However, you can still spin up FreeBSD Droplets using a custom image. Learn how to import a custom image to DigitalOcean by following our product documentation.
Please boost for a larger each and thank you. xoxo
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD
| Yeah I use Xorg ( X11 ) and intend to continue for the fores...: | 115 |
| Nah I switched to Wayland and I'm staying put.: | 35 |
| I just like pressing buttons.: | 59 |
Closed
@BoxyBSD was always for BSD based systems only. I focussed to push the whole BSD community and to encourage people to try BSD based systems (such like #FreeBSD. #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, etc.) but I'm not sure if it might provide more value to the whole #opensource community by also supporting #Linux systems (such like #Debian, #Ubuntu, #RockyLinux, #SuSe and more).
I'm not sure if the #BoxyBSD project still provides a value for the community right, now.
What do you think?
As it approaches, the excitement for the upcoming #BSDCan keeps growing. It'll be my first time in Canada, and therefore my first time at BSDCan, and it will be a great opportunity to meet people I couldn't meet at #EuroBSDCon in Dublin. In the meantime, the next EuroBSDCon is also getting closer. All in all, when I look at the coming months, I feel an overwhelming sense of positivity and enthusiasm!