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I’ve been working on a #freebsd from scratch blog post series and was going to skip right over Xorg (preferring #wayland and #sway)…and then I heard about #NSCDE - a reimplementation of #Solaris #CDE look-and-feel via #fvwm

Thanks to work by Christian Moerz, it was a snap. Literally `pkg install Xorg nscde` a change to my .xinitrc and I was up in a pastel bliss again. Run #interlisp on it is a beautiful joy.

I was so impressed AND I got to avoid abandonware security holes and bit rot— so I sent some librepay love. It’s a great project!

#freebsd #Wayland #sway #fvwm #nscde #solaris #cde #interlisp

Anybody interested in creating a port of the #DeltaChat desktop client for #FreeBSD? Just asking for a friend... 😬😀

Cc @delta

#freebsd #deltachat @Delta Chat

Been using the various nightly since a 13.0 branch was released without issues on #FreeBSD, you're awesome!
#freebsd

#freebsd #unix_surrealism #technomage

#linux #shell #bash #comic #freebsd #rc #zsh #unix_surrealism #ksh #daemon #dash

The #Rust for #Linux debacle should be a wake-up call for accelerating safe OS innovation.

#FreeBSD proves you can reuse huge pieces of Linux, with GPU and WiFi drivers ported in kernel space (LinuxKPI) and USB (input, video capture, etc.) drivers running in userspace (webcamd – RIP Hans 😔). This all in a relatively sustainable way with a very small group of developers.

What we need to be building is kind of an inverse of R4L, a "Linux for Rust", a common Driver Depenguinator, a successor to webcamd that would port Linux drivers to a common abstraction layer (like embedded-hal but not so embedded) that would be implemented for both Linux/BSD userspace (w/ CUSE, uinput, UIO, udmabuf, /dev/mem, etc.) and various microkernels like #Redox.

That would be an LSP-style "NxM to N+M" moment for OSdev, instantly making microkernel projects a lot more viable in practice.

#linux #rust #freebsd #redox

Poll: Which is your favioute tool to display #Linux, #macOS, #FreeBSD, or #Unix processes?

  • top (27%, 17 votes)
  • htop (48%, 30 votes)
  • btop (bytop etc) (24%, 15 votes)
  • glances (0%, 0 votes)
62 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

#linux #freebsd #unix #MACOS

@bagder
Forking is for when people simply cannot coexist in the same project.

It is much better for everybody to have two projects actually produce something, than one project where conflicts soak up all time.

Textbook example: NetBSD/OpenBSD

Governance is an entirely different problem, and there is no one-size-fits-all, neither in time nor in space.

Democracy has worked well for #FreeBSD, I'm insanely proud of that, and I think more FOSS-projects should give it a try.

#freebsd @daniel:// stenberg://

Announcing FediMeteo – Weather in the Fediverse!

Weather has always influenced our lives: from agriculture to outdoor activities, to extreme events that, thanks to modern technology, can now be predicted with greater reliability. Personally, weather plays a significant role in my daily decisions, which is why I decided to create a service tailored for the Fediverse.

FediMeteo uses Open-Meteo data to publish updates every 6 hours, including current weather conditions, forecasts for the next 12 hours, and predictions for the upcoming days. Each country is served by its own dedicated instance (e.g., it.fedimeteo.com for Italy), managed through snac to ensure simplicity and efficiency in publishing.

You can follow FediMeteo directly in the Fediverse (on Mastodon and compatible platforms), via RSS, or by visiting the dedicated page for your city (e.g., fr.fedimeteo.com/paris).

Currently supported countries include:
Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands – with many more regions coming soon!

FediMeteo is hosted on a FreeBSD-based VPS, with each country isolated in its own jail to ensure security and scalability.

Visit the main site to explore the national instances and start following your local weather updates today:
fedimeteo.com

Happy weather monitoring to all! 🌦️

FediMeteo is dedicated to my grandfather, who every evening would give me the weather forecast based on TV, radio, and his personal experience. He would convince me that the weather would be bad, so he had an excuse to accompany me to school instead of me going alone.

#FediMeteo #Announcements #FreeBSD #FediMeteo #WeatherForecasts #Weather #Meteo #snac #Fediverse #Mastodon

FediMeteo - Weather Forecasts on the Fediverse

FediMeteo brings real-time weather updates to the Fediverse, covering cities across multiple countries. Explore country-specific weather forecasts and RSS feeds.
fedimeteo.com
#fediverse #Mastodon #freebsd #weather #snac #fedimeteo #announcements #weatherforecasts #meteo

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

BSD Cafe Network Traffic Statistics

netstats.bsd.cafe
#matrix #fediverse #Mastodon #peertube #bsd #OpenBSD #freebsd #netbsd #lemmy #FreshRSS #miniflux #forgejo #happynewyear #wallabag #bsdcafe #runbsd #snac2 #snac #ownyourdata #bsdcafeservices #bsdcafeannouncements #bsdcafeupdates #dokuwiki

If you are on #OpenBSD or #FreeBSD and you're still seeing issues with extravagant memory use on this release candidate, please let us know :) Initial reports seem to indicate that the issue is resolved but we'd like to know for real before we call it fixed and move on to cutting 0.17.0 proper. Thanks!
#OpenBSD #freebsd

CheriBSD: a Capability enabled, Unix-like Operating System that extends #FreeBSD to take advantage of Capability Hardware on Arm’s Morello and CHERI-RISC-V platforms. It implements memory protection and software compartmentalization features. cheribsd.org/
#freebsd

#linux #art #hack #comic #OpenBSD #freebsd #mastoart #Plan9 #9front #fediart #cdc #unix_surrealism #runbsd #glenda #puffy

#linux #opensource #OpenBSD #freebsd #netbsd #posix #IP #developers #curl #cve #programmers #daniel #stenberg #fedor #indutny #phenomena #panic #bogus

FreeBSD Foundation and Digital Security by Design (DSbD)

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❝… CHERI and CheriBSD, developed to revolutionize hardware-based protection against memory safety vulnerabilities, were developed by a collaboration from researchers from the University of Cambridge, alongside corporate partners such as Google, Microsoft, Arm, and SRI International, and with support from the UK government. …❞

#FreeBSD #ARM #security


FreeBSD Foundation and Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Announce Beacon Award Winners for Innovations and Improvements to CheriBSD

Winning Projects Highlight CheriBSD's Role in Advancing Digital Security...
FreeBSD Foundation
#security #arm #freebsd

#youtube #freebsd #curl #digitalmasochism #softwaregore #backporting @NCommander

#freebsd #curl

#freebsd #tech #jobs #softwaredevelopment #hiring

Would #dendrite not be better suited as a #matrix server on a NAS? I run dendrite on a pi4 with #FreeBSD, and it works pretty good. I found synapse quite heavy on a SBC,
#matrix #freebsd #Dendrite

#freebsd #truenas

#linux #blog #programming #coding #OpenBSD #freebsd #code #unix #compilers #c #netbsd #d #program #compiler #dlang #compile #dragonflybsd

#freebsd #jail

hey #freebsd peoples

we just learned that bsd.network is listed on wiki.freebsd.org/Community and docs.freebsd.org/en/books/hand… and we don't find that appropriate.

this is a closed community, not a resource for freebsd (or netbsd, or openbsd for that matter). our users happen to be just regular people, who may or may not have an affiliation with a *BSD project.

if we're on other pages in your documentation we'd appreciate being removed from them, too, let's keep this unofficial

FreeBSD Documentation Portal

FreeBSD Documentation Portal
#freebsd

#linux #blog #bsd #programming #OpenBSD #freebsd #unix #compilers #netbsd #program #programs #compiler #hare

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