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Question: how does NetBSD differ from FreeBSD? Are both forbidding slop code?

I'm thinking of switching from Debian to BSD, but am unsure which one to start doing serious homework on first.

It will need a modern browser like Firefox (or a fork), office suite, GIMP, and VLC. Also need good printer support.

I don't game or have to worry about Nvidia driver issues.

#BSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #Linux #Debian

BSD TV posts videos from events and conferences about the BSD operating system. You can follow at:

➡️ @tpid98

(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)

#FeaturedPeerTube #BSD #PeerTube

@nina_kali_nina

Soon I want to do probe of me PCs on NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Consider doing a probe of your computer. It helps other users know if your laptop works fine with BSD or not. Or what works and what does not.

https://bsd-hardware.info

#BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FOSS #opensource

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Over seven and a half hours:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9zG7wa4FA

#bash #linux #unix #bsd

Anyone know why #brew does not seem to exist for #bsd ? It seems like an easy match given it works on macOS already....

FreeBSD Basics ― The system shell (/bin/sh) ― part 1 ― BSDJedi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbvzOGv8lm8

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1w5w5p4/freebsd_basics_the_system_shell_binsh_part_1/

#FreeBSD #BSDJedi #shell #BSD #Unix

FreeBSD ― using LLMs for fun and profit ― BSDJedi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMYgTJkZlEQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1w4zmru/freebsd_using_llms_for_fun_and_profit_bsdjedi/

#AI #FreeBSD #BSD #Unix #LLM

TIL about FreeCORE:
https://freecore.org/

It's a fork of TrueNAS, keeping FreeBSD OS.

#bsd #runbsd #FreeBSD #FreeCORE

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Alright folks, I'm trying something new, so I'm making a new #introduction.

Hiya! I'm Drew.

I've recently set up a second #fedi account using a #holos relay through my domain name, so I'm trying out the #fediverse from my phone. Cool! My regular mastodon handle is @abmurrow@hachyderm.io for those curious.

I'm a #webdev in #Drupal, #PHP, and I do a bit of work in #FOSS. I am originally from the Appalachias in the southeast US, but these days I'm living in #Aotearoa #NZ. I am learning clawhammer #banjo and am seeking out weird, old, crooked tunes the play on it because I really enjoy the sound.

I work with #Linux, #nix, and #nixos, though I'm starting to take a serious look at the #BSD world. I'm strongly anti #AI and #LLM and do my best to avoid unethical software and hardware. This opinion will not be changed through persuasion or "spirited debate" ;)

I believe in the power of FLOSS and the OSS community, but more than that, I believe that tools have opinions that usually get left there by people with opinions, and using those tools tends to frame your thinking and behavior even when you don't expect it. So tool choice is, in effect, and ethical choice and one that will change you. What does that mean? It means I'm constantly in friction with my daily choices and am seeking out alternatives all the time that better fit with my values, which is why I'm here!

Holos offers a nice way to self host my data without self hosting a bespoke fedi instance, so I'm taking a look around before I commit.

Glad to be here!

｢ NetBSD is a stable, somewhat minimalist, and relatively slow-moving project. If you're willing to put some work in, this arguably makes it a refreshing change from the ever-accelerating techbro world of Linux ｣

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/20/netbsd-11-lands-with-risc-v-support-and-lightning-fast-vm-boots/5289713

#NetBSD #bsd #unix #opensource

Is this the year of #BSD on the desktop?

Just started reading Absolute FreeBSD by @mwl📖

#freebsd #bsd

dropQbsd porting from OpenBSD to FreeBSD almost complete: testing phase now. Same scripts run on both systems. mksh adopted for full BSD portability. Next challenge: include NextBSD.

The philosophy stays the same: few lines of code, no virtualization, dead-simple configuration. Compartmentalization without virtualization, built on BSD primitives. Most threat models, minimal attack surface.

https://git.sr.ht/~nobraininside/dropQbsd

#dropQbsd #openBSD #freebsd #netbsd #bsd #qubesOS #openSource #cybersecurity

Software updates

Update your software on all your platforms regularly

This is the golden rule.

• We often do it in a work environment and get paid for that
• We do it for ourselves because it is good for our devices.
• We are careful doing it on our devices which can be bricked remotely by the factory (TV's treadmills trainers)
• We install piehole and other ad blackholes to protect our devices from pesky ads
• There are so many repositories to follow
• Auto updates are stupid, IMHO, even for workstations
• On servers with PHP, we need manual granular tested updates, if we used PHP (old version) because we are slow to implement PHP (new major version)

Manual updates can be a pain

What can happen?

We forget one or two full manual updates

I've just had to do this

$ sudo ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -g -u /dev/sdx

  Ventoy: 1.1.17  x86_64
  longpanda admin@ventoy.net
  https://www.ventoy.net

Upgrade operation is safe, all the data in the 1st partition (iso files and other) will be unchanged!

Update Ventoy 1.1.12 ===> 1.1.17 Continue? (y/n) y
esp partition processing ...
update esp partition attribute

Update Ventoy on /dev/sdc successfully finished.

Did I forget something else?

Probably. Is it critical?

Lets see

$ ~/bin/yt-dlp -U Current version: stable@2026.07.04 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp Latest version: stable@2026.08.19 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp Current Build Hash: 495be29ff4d9d4e9be7eabdfef225221e5d5282e77f2f505abc6dca80349f3fd Updating to stable@2026.08.19 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp ... Updated yt-dlp to stable@2026.08.19 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp

It was not critical, but important none the less

Happy updating!

Sources

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/README.md#installation

https://ventoy.net

#programming #infosec #updates #Linux #Android #repositories #BSD

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Further evidence that gardening and self-hosting are intimately connected at a deeper level: as I'm growing tomatoes, the universe is clearly telling me which operating system to use for the next server in my closet: FreeBSD!

#SelfHosting #gardening #GrowYourOwn #FreeBSD #bsd #ShotOnLibrem5

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Ok,I was a bit shy before, but because people keep asking, here's a link to my MakerWorld where the models are:
(again, mesh was #ai generated (meshy), but all coloring was painstakingly by hand)

#3dprinting #freebsd #bsd #ai

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3215808-beastie-bsd-daemon#profileId-3640751

*edit* credit of course to Kirk McKusick the copyright holder (licensed for personal use)

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Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟯𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/08/31) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/valuable-news-2026-08-31/

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

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

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Some napkin math for #BSD CVEs discovered with AI assistance:
#FreeBSD 27
#OpenBSD 1
#NetBSD 0
#DragonFlyBSD 0

@grahamperrin I disagree. Let's start calling it #bsd, not #BSD. I am a user of the stuff! I get to say such silly things.

FIND yourself a a linux distribution or BSD that does reject AI; use it and donate to it.

If you can't move your daily driver move a secondary machine. Tinker with it, fit it into your life where it makes sense.

YEAH the linux kernel has slop. Most programming languages have slop. Most desktop environments have slop, you will have dependencies that are still slop. This is a big problem; there is no magic off switch to fixing this overnight.

We are in the early days of dealing with a contaminate that polluters are actively dumping into our digital environment.

It is going to take a long time before anyone can truly be slop free.

But support, and invest in the folks doing that hard work which will build a slop free future.

Starlight Network maintains a list of slop rejecting operating systems and distros here: https://noai.starlightnet.work/list.html #floss #AntiAI #linux #bsd #netbsd #elementaryos #gentoo

Fuck.

Well, #TempleOS it is then

https://come-from.mad-scientist.club/@algernon/statuses/01M199QQV3ZYMW315SMD26VD7X

#BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #slopware #AI #LLM

#smolweb #linux #bsd #freebsd Here is my honest opinion of trying to switch from Fedora to FreeBSD on a spare laptop: gemini://enemy.org/mrfusion/rants/2026-08-29.gmi.

I am definitely impressed at what the FreeBSD ecosystem has to offer! The last time I used FreBSD daily was when the version was less than two digits long…. Unfortunately, I need sound to function due to music and occasionally zoom/teams meetings. That was the only hitch, everything else felt solid and professional. I’ll keep checking back because the fact that 99% of my software suite worked and easily accepted my configurations was beyond amazing.

Does anyone else have recommendations for a desktop BSD experience where sound just “works”?

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Found this from 2003 on an old backup disk

#BSD

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@nuintari I think its a bit alpha, but https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils

For more AAA BSD gaming, one has to buy a PS5 :P

#BSD #FOSS #Steam #openSource

i would be disappointed in Debian, i guess, if i hadn't quit Debian after systemd. i'm too old for this shit, and i wish i cared less. i suspect more slop will naturally trickle down like piss to Devuan. but my class ended 14-Aug, so i am once again free to bork my laptop by trying #BSD. #FreeBSD this time, i think. i mean, i already have my rsync and a few other packages locked from further updates. maybe i should just roll it back to like 1999 all around, Slackware 7. https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/117176031323857653

r/unixsocks

https://www.reddit.com/r/unixsocks/

"The original unixsocks sub! Filled with thigh-highs, gayness, and Tux! i use arch btw"

I found myself there during a FreeBSD discussion about the BSD licence and the GPL.

Yes, truth is stranger than fiction, and I'm sure that for some people, serendipity can be sexier than a sturdy pair of sports socks.

#gay #socks #benice #UNIX #BSD #FreeBSD #Linux #Tux #Reddit #GNU #serendipity #AI #ChatGPT

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Drawn by ChatGPT in response to the prompt below. Draw the GNU software mascot (a gnu), associated with the GPL licence, wearing a pair of football socks that are unsexy and woven from thick fabric. Stood to one side: Beastie (the mascot for BSD) dressed in smart cowboy clothing. Background: a heartwarming and reassuring mountain range of the type that might have been seen in American movies of the 'western' genre (not necessarily 'wild west') in the 1940s. Nothing tacky. I will use what's drawn by ChatGPT within a light-hearted, not derogatory, post in BSD Cafe' Mastodon with the text below: ...

I am curious for people's thoughts, I have been a long time linux user and have no reason to go back but with the walls around technology growing higher I find my favourite #foss projects submitting to them. Like how AI is now an inseparable part of the linux kernel and most distros accept AI code contributions and systemd as well as several distros are preparing for #ageverification laws with compliance. I've found myself looking for alternatives that more align with my values as a leftists and a #luddite that strongly apposes those things and the rise of techno futurism (techno-fascism). I have been curious about #bsd and specifically #openbsd but have yet to try it out (I may install it on a spare laptop today to try it) but I was curious what people's recommendation would be for an operating system now that linux has declared itself openseason for the slop and many traditional distros have pre-emptively bent the knee to age verification and seem willing to become surveillance tech the moment a fascist asks them with any sort of legal backing. Thanks and sending my love to all who celebrate the summer of ludd <3

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RE: https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/01a03e3d-1e73-7928-b396-db17b7f0f60b

@stefano is een bekende naam in BSD-kringen.
Hij plaatst regelmatig leuke dingen, zoals dit project. Hij heeft een Mastodon instance draaiend op een Raspberri onder NetBSD.

En kijk eens naar dat stroomverbruik!
Unix rocks.

#BSD #unix #NetBSD #Raspberri_pi

Stefano on littleFedi » 🌐 2026-08-26 / 2026-08-29
@stefano@rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it

This is the first genuinely operational littleFedi instance.

It has been online since 1st July, is single-user (just me), and runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD, directly on its SD card.

It consumes just under 1W.

Its database is this size:

-rw------- 1 little wheel 109289472 Aug 26 15:14 littlefedi.db

That is, just a little over 100 MB. Yes, MB.

Its average CPU load is extremely low.

It is perfectly usable both from the web interface and from Mastodon API apps.

I have 401 followers and 169 followings, and it doesn't bat an eye.

I promise myself to use it more, and I will.

You don't need Big Tech to communicate with others.

You don't need an expensive data center to exist online.

Because we are people, and the bits are just extensions of our voice.

EDIT: littleFedi allows to transform posts into blog posts, having its own SSG (Static Site Generator). The one generated by this post is reachable by clicking here.

#littleFedi #Fediverse #OwnYourData

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My Raspberry PI Zero W, hosting this instance, in its current position. Powered by an USB cable coming from the switch.

What kind of test I could run on Linux and FreeBSD to check how they are able to handle online streaming?

#bsd #linux #foss #freebsd

Neverwinter Nights continues to crash at the module selection screen, but I'm able to say the issue happens when the game tries to load the module list, that most time fails. If succeed, the game works.

Its a game engine issue, not a graphic one.
No idea of the cause, somebody knows more?

#bsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #foss #pcgaming #neverwinternights #DnD #linux

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Neverwinter Nights 1 on GhostBSD, linux native version.