Don't use rc.local. It has been obsolete since 1983. #FreeBSD has actually discontinued it twice in its history.
FreeBSD has had Mewburn rc for most of this century. It's what #NetBSD uses and #OpenBSD has a similar but NIH system. At minimum, use Mewburn rc scripts.
jdebp.info/FGA/rc.local-is-his…
The rc(8) manual page has an example script. There's tutorial doco as well.
¡Hola desde Praga! 🌍
Una vez más le doy una oportunidad a Mastodon en 2026. Me llamo Peter, soy eslovaco, tengo más de 40 años y trabajo en helpdesk / soporte técnico.
Me apasionan los ordenadores, Linux, BSD, viajar, España e Italia, y el café preparado en la moka. Me encantan los trenes, aunque por falta de tiempo y el precio del billete no los uso tanto como quisiera. ¡Casi lo olvido! Soy también un gran aficionado a las plumas fuente.
#introduccion #presentación #Linux #NetBSD #Viajes #España #Italia #CaféMoka #Trenes #PlumasFuente
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.www.bsdcan.org
BorgBackup 1.4.3 was just released!
This is primarily a bugfix release, the Linux and FreeBSD binaries built on Github now have working FUSE support (borg mount).
Our CI testing now includes *BSD and Haiku OS!
github.com/borgbackup/borg/rel…
#borgbackup #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #macos #haiku
borgbackup 1.4.3 borg 1.4.x is kind of a refreshed 1.2 with mostly the same features and behavior, but a few bigger changes that could introduce issues and thus were not suitable for just releasing...GitHub
The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩
people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fo…
#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve
boosts appreciated
Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.
#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless
GRENDEL: FRIGHTENING SPECIAL pt1
prev: merveilles.town/@prahou/115371…
next: merveilles.town/@prahou/115374…
#unix_surrealism #comic #grendel #technomage #cirno #glenda #plan9 #unix #linux #penguin #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #9front
Attached: 1 image bun in the middle next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/115372814373913565 #unix_surrealism #comic #9front #glenda #cirno #unixMerveilles
Wrote a little blogpost about Slidgram (XMPP<->Telegram transport for XMPP server) installation in the NetBSD 
eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/0…
#NetBSD #XMPP #Prosody #Telegram
This little instruction covers Slidgram1 installation in NetBSD OS.Eugene Andrienko
Apparently the first "Beastie" (never named as such by Kirk) was drawn by the artist for girlgeniusonline.com Phil Foglio
I learned this at the BSDCan 2025 talk Kirk gave!
#Bsd #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragoinFlyBSD #OpenBSD #BSDCan #BSDCan2025 #Comics
mother electricity
#unix_surrealism #fosschild #technomage #penguin #netbsd #daemon #fish #computer #foss
Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,
As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve built together during the first full year of life for BSD Cafe. Launched on 20 July 2023, this project has grown far beyond what I could have imagined. While I haven’t tracked full uptime data, I can confidently say that the downtime was less than 30 minutes overall - even though the main VM hosting our services moved multiple times (including a switch from a Proxmox hypervisor to bhyve on FreeBSD, for the sake of alignment with our mission). In a world filled with over-engineered HA systems, we’ve outperformed many “big-name” cloud providers. Not bad for a community project, right?
For me, this has been an incredible journey. The users here are not just participants - they’re collaborators, and their positivity has been inspiring. The content shared and created at BSD Cafe has been valuable not only to the BSD community but beyond. What truly sets BSD Cafe apart is the openness for dialogue and exchange. Whether it’s social media posts, Matrix discussions, repositories in our brew, or RSS feeds, people seem to genuinely appreciate what we create and the conversations we foster.
BSD Cafe is a journey - one that grows, evolves, and continues. Our goal isn’t endless growth (we’re a community, not a business) but rather to maintain a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels a sense of positivity and belonging. For me, opening any service with “bsd.cafe” in the domain brings joy and pride. That’s the spirit I’ve tried to convey, and I hope it resonates with all of you, whether you’re active BSD Cafe users or friends of the community.
Promoting self-hosting and #OwnYourData has, as a side effect, inspired some users to “go solo” with their own setups. But even then, they remain part of BSD Cafe - in spirit, in purpose, and in connection.
Here’s a look at what we’ve achieved together this year:
- mastodon.bsd.cafe: 370 total users
Active in the past month: 207
Active in the past six months: 286
- snac.bsd.cafe: 14 total users
Active in the past month: 7
- blendit.bsd.cafe: 61 registered users
- matrix.bsd.cafe: 23 users
- brew.bsd.cafe: 29 users - 80 repositories
- freshrss.bsd.cafe: 25 users
- miniflux.bsd.cafe: 11 users
- press.bsd.cafe: 9 users
- myip.bsd.cafe: Constantly used by various users
- wiki.bsd.cafe: Could use a bit more love and content, but it fulfills its role as a functional homepage.
- tube.bsd.cafe: Still in testing - Peertube 7.0 update is on the way.
For detailed stats from our reverse proxy and general router (excluding media services, which generate most traffic but are handled via caching reverse proxies), you can check here - updated hourly: netstats.bsd.cafe
The journey of BSD Cafe continues, and I look forward to seeing where 2025 will take us. Together, we’ve built something special - something driven by passion, shared purpose, and a little bit of the BSD magic that makes all of this possible.
Here’s to a new year full of joy, serenity, and connection. Thank you for being part of this adventure.
Wishing you all a fantastic 2025 - and THANK YOU!
Stefano
#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements #BSDCafeUpdates #Fediverse #HappyNewYear #Mastodon #Snac #snac2 #lemmy #matrix #dokuwiki #forgejo #freshrss #miniflux #wallabag #peertube #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #BSD
Interesting 🤔 how #CVE are leveraged as resume items, putting #programmers #developers & project leads under pressure by #bogus CVE reports or unnecessary high CVE ratings.
Popular and obscure programs are affected in the #OpenSource #POSIX world e.g #Linux #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD
#Curl ➰ by #Daniel #Stenberg and #IP by #Fedor #Indutny are popular programs hit by this #phenomena which can lead to unwarranted #panic in the users space
A new #blog post appears!
I discuss porting chibicc and kefir, two C compilers, to #OpenBSD.
briancallahan.net/blog/2022062…
#compile #compiler #compilers #C #Unix #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #program #programs #programming
