For most of the history of digital computing, people communicated almost completely through email.

This article by Andrew Oram explores what #BSD did for email, the role of #sendmail, and BSD’s impact on modern operating systems & programmer tools.

Read it here: https://lpi.org/1v8r

@FreeBSDFoundation #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #opensource #TechHistory #freebsdfoundation #unix #freesoftware #linux #OS #Berkeley #LPI

Re earlier toot ... just like with #BSD, new releases of #perl are BORING. They just work. Absolutely disgusting levels of backward compatibility. Shouldn't be allowed.

So for the #tech folks in the room:

What do you run for a #homelab and what projects are you working on?

#linux #runbsd #bsd #freebsd

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/07/20) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/valuable-news-2026-07-20/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Today is a special day! It is the BSD Cafe's birthday!

Exactly three years ago today, I was rather timidly announcing this project to the world. It was an idea that had already been in my mind for some time, but had not yet become reality.

Three years later, I am proud to say that the BSD Cafe is sailing at full speed towards the uncertain horizons of the modern world.

We are here to talk about BSD, Open Source, projects, conferences, freedom, pizza and tiramisu, but above all about passions, interests, discoveries and knowledge. We are here among friends who share interests and passions, without geography or borders, apart from those defined by mutual respect.

Your Barista is more energised than ever.

During the past year, he had to retire one of the services, BlendIT, our Lemmy instance, but he also added several new ones: Journal, based on WordPress, Billboard, running on NodeBB, the Delta Chat relay, and more.

He also had to withdraw from BSDCan, with enormous regret, but he is now ready for EuroBSDCon. And for other new things that will gradually follow.

For example, here is a small preview: I have been experimenting with MeshCore.

My dream? One or more BSD Cafe services that do not use the Internet at all. I already have a few ideas, so I shall not disclose anything more for now 😉

And I will never grow tired of repeating that the BSD Cafe is a success because of you.

I am just the Barista, but a place like this is nothing without the friends sitting at the bar. And the friends of this bar are wonderful people who, every day, help make my days calmer, happier and more interesting.

So thank you for these three years, and thank you for being here.

We shall continue sailing together towards the future, with smiles on our faces and passion in our hearts.

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/03/31/im-just-the-barista/

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeBirthday #Celebrations #RunBSD #BSD

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The Amerigo Vespucci ship, with the BSD Cafe logo

#BSD #Beastie #FreeBSD

https://www.deviantart.com/ukitchen/art/Military-dance-trend-1272357603

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Image by ukitchen on DeviantArt

📢 EuroBSDCon2026: The Schedule is Here! 😈⛳️🐡

The schedule is now published!!
You can find it at: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/

Grab your tickets 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/

For everything else, peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #Register

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Cutout of the EuroBSDCon 2026 banner. Comic like drawing. First panel has a butler serving a nice Belgium beer. There are two speech bubbles. 1. ...we find this? 2. Etterbeek, Sir. The second panel has Manneken Pis doing his thing.

My internet friend Stefano Marinelli runs a Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pi Zero!

It runs A BSD Flavour and responds pleasingly & blazingly fast on its homepage

#Mastodon #for #everyone #on #Budget #hardware #programming #BSD #Social #Media

#mutualaidrequest #mutualaid

I don't suppose that I have any #bsd #unix #foss #infosec friends out there willing to signal boost, by chance? ​ ​

https://bsd.network/@brynet/114458997143046937

#Wayland isn't the answer! https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/posts/2022-06-10-wayland-xorg/wayland-xorg.html #linux #bsd #desktop

@bryan im not sure if llm is being used at this point don't care. its just a tool. im still using #linux and #bsd and if they use llm ill accept the risk.

there's quite the difference between johnny-engineer using llm and johnny-twitch-simp using llm one-shots.

where i draw the line is when the rads come in and shamed be for being interested in this stuff.

@radicalabacus @nixCraft @loadhigh @faraiwe @Stefan_S_from_H @geospacedman @marcusxms

All of the major #BSD⁠s allow AI code. Even #OpenBSD. https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware#operating-systems

In light of all the horror stories of vibe coders getting hacked, this seems really really really bad for security. I don't know what OS to use now.

#Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD

If you are looking to financially support a #BSD, #NetBSD has the most humble budget of the three big ones and is rather behind on its yearly goal.

I think it's a good and reputable place for your donation dollars, and yes, I have put my money where my mouth is.

@jae
Yeah, I find it hard to understand why some have given up a #Linux distribution because of #AI tool usage when the kernel is accepting the same tooling…

My favorite #BSD is still #macOS and I’m pretty sure #LLM tooling is being used! 🤷🏼‍♂️

Linus Torvalds schlägt sich auf die #KI Seite und wem das nicht passt, soll woanders hin wechseln.

Also meine Frage: Sind #BSD Derivate auch #Linux und davon betroffen oder hat deren Unterbau nichts mit dessen #Kernel zu tun?

Gäbe es noch andere Alternativen?

#Arch #Debian #RedHat

If I can't trust that the #Linux kernel won't be slop-free, looks like it's time to consider #BSD for the first time in three decades or so.
Therefore, I'm going to need some input.
Advice on which BSD for desktop use.
Will I be screwed in terms of gaming (my laptop has a 5070) via Steam/wine/Proton?

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #UNIX #LazyWeb #LazyFedi

Might try putting BSD on my homelab server;
Any suggestions on which BSD OS I should go for?

I'm thinking OpenBSD, but I'm not sure, since I'm not at all familiar with BSD.

#BSD #Homelab ​​

📝 Hosting DokuWiki on FreeBSD with Bastille, nginx, and Caddy // hofstede.it

https://blog.hofstede.it/hosting-dokuwiki-on-freebsd-with-bastille-nginx-and-caddy/

#freebsd #bsd #batille #nginx #caddy #selfhosting

🧱 BSD PF versus Linux nftables for firewalls for us // cks

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PFvsNftablesForUs

#nftables #pffirewall #bsd #freebsd #linux

📦️ FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free

#freebsd #bsd #gpl #opensource

New to FreeBSD? Choosing the right installation image is a great place to start.

A member of the FreeBSD community recently shared a helpful walkthrough explaining the different FreeBSD installation images and when to use each one, including:
• DVD images
• Boot-only (network install)
• USB memory stick images

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFG3BO6oVY

Which installation method do you prefer when getting started with FreeBSD?
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #BSD #Unix #TechTips

🐡 Connect FreeBSD to OpenBSD using WireGuard // TuM'Fatig

https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/connect-freebsd-to-openbsd-using-wireguard/

#freebsd #openbsd #bsd #wireguard

👻 After years of Linux, I tried GhostBSD and found it incredibly stable - and nearly unbreakable // ZDNET

｢ There is one major difference between GhostBSD and FreeBSD: the default desktop environment. While FreeBSD defaults to KDE Plasma, GhostBSD opts for Mate. With GhostBSD going with a lighter-weight desktop environment, the OS feels considerably faster ｣

https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-tried-ghostbsd-found-it-incredibly-stable-nearly-unbreakable/

#ghostbsd #freebsd #bsd #opensource