After a couple weeks of procrastinating, I finally migrated my NetBox instance from the old Ubuntu 22.04 Proxmox LXC to the new #FreeBSD 15.1 Jail.

The old NetBox instance was stuck on v4.1.7, because I would have needed to upgrade Postgres 14 to a later version.

Fortunately, the only thing I had to do was to dump the old netbox database and restore it into the Postgres 18 DB inside the jail, and copy all the images from .../media/devicetype-images over.

The Jails runs v4.6.10 and simply running "manage.py migrate" once after restoring the data was all it took.

Now I can finally shut down my Proxmox VE server, as all services have been migrated to my FreeBSD NAS / home server. 😁

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Screenshot of the old NetBox instance, after all services have been stopped. "502 Bad Gateway" "nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)"

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Screenshot of the new NetBox instance, running inside a FreeBSD jail.

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 [FreeBSD Cope with Signal Fuckup] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/freebsd-cope-with-signal-fuckup/

#verblog #freebsd #laptop #linux #signal #ubuntu #x11 #apt #chrome #debian #debootstrap #desktop

Hi! A quick survey for screen reader, speech synthesizer, and Braille display users in the open-source communities.

I'd like to know what assistive technologies you use. Fenrir? Speakup? Orca with a speech synthesizer and/or a Braille display? BRLTTY?

Do you use the virtual console, desktop environments such as Xfce, GNOME, KDE, or a combination of these?

The goal of this survey is to gather feedback and ideas from the community and help provide the best possible accessibility solutions for FreeBSD as well.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

#FreeBSD #Accessibility #ScreenReaders #BrailleDisplay #OpenSource #UNIX

Found some time to look into the missing static os-release information in #FreeBSD OCI images and submitted a fix:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2467

Example output:

$ podman images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
localhost/freebsd-runtime 15.1-RELEASE-p4-amd64 3dea688d38ab 40 minutes ago 34.1 MB

$ podman run --rm 3dea688d38ab cat /etc/os-release | grep '^ID=' | cut -d'=' -f2
freebsd

Is there good documentation on how to convert to #FreeBSD pkgbase and build the packages yourself with poudriere?

@stefano@bsd.cafe Hopefully #FreeBSD ? 😉

Evening thoughts: FreeBSD jails and illumos zones are really, really great.

#FreeBSD #illumos

This morning, I'm dealing with two different stacks for the same goal: a specific PHP deployment.

In one setup, the developers sent me a Docker stack. It builds the images, then mixes and matches the contents of the containers, then runs a whole series of deployment scripts so the developers can upload their changes, trigger the deployment scripts from their build agent, and so on.

The second one: I set up FreeBSD jails with the various components, along with an SFTP space accessible over VPN, where the developers can upload their updated files.

Then I asked them to give both setups a try.

Guess which one we're going to put into production?

#FreeBSD #Docker #KISS #Simplicity

Does anyone know if #FreeBSD runs on a @starlabssystems StarLite? My wife has Ubuntu 24.04 on hers but I'd really like to know if FreeBSD will work on it. It has an Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 WiFi card and an Intel Alder Lake-N graphics chipset.

I suppose I could pop a USB stick in and try it. There has to be someone else on the Fediverse that has one of these devices and has tried BSD on it.

Old: "Zaonce" - Dell Inspiron 1525
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p8 amd64
Operating System: GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p13
Desktop: LXQT 2.4.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Graphics Platform: X11/xorg 7.7_3

https://bsd-hardware.info/?computer=58b29987d5af

#runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot #shareyourdesktop

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running LXQT. - Styling: Qogir gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2 - LXQT Panel: Graphite - Icons: Qogir - Wallpaper by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal showing some system stats. Audacious playing a flac encoded Amiga music file by uade123. At the bottom is a floating/intellihide panel with two desktop switcher buttons. hidden: An autohide panel with window actions: min, max and close for maximized windows in upper right corner.

"pkg upgraded -f" "Zaonce", my old ancient core2duo Dell Notebook I ususally use for couch surfing to GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p13. Also using a great new pixelated artwork as wallpaper by @orbite

All went well. Thanks to all the people who make the BSDs and make my Desktop such a good experience. Really appreciated.

#RunBSD #GhostBSD #FreeBSD #Unix

Anyone using Framework 16 laptop with #FreeBSD or #OpenBSD ?

Is display any good ? Currently I have oled and I'm afraid I'll be disappointed.

I'm considering to buy one.

An article haunted by demons will be published soon...

#freebsd #tuxedo

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A screenshot of the fastfetch command output on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p4 showing detailed system informations of a TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro AMD Gen9

From a call:

#Nvidia: We cannot justify the cost to of unlocking #CUDA support on #FreeBSD because it is not clear how large the market is.

Also Nvidia: Our AI technology empowers developers to deliver anything you can imagine!

Found latest New Feature Branch (NFB) of #NVIDIA #GPU #driver 615.78.08.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/280300/

Linux counterpart:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/280299/

Filed PR for updating #FreeBSD #ports as Bug299214 and opened corresponding review as D60448.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=299214
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D60448

Regression WRT boot time console specific to 615 series still persists, but this shouldn't affect for anyone using any kind of display manager like xdm or sddm. And AFAIK I'm the only affected person (regardless starting up via DM or via command line).

Also, found egl-wayland is updated to 1.1.24.
https://github.com/NVIDIA/egl-wayland/tree/1.1.24

Filed PR for updating FreeBSD ports separately as Bug299213 and opened corresponding review as D60447.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=299213
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D60447

AodeRelay boosted

FreeBSD Foundation » 🌐 2026-10-06
@FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

The Q3 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is now available.

This edition explores Production Deployments, with articles covering home lab consolidation, cloud operations using FreeBSD Compute, USB in user space, auditable credential-exposure checks, and more.

Inside, you'll also find the Foundation Letter, a EuroBSDCon trip report, and the latest 2026 events calendar.

🔗 Read it here:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/production-deployments/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #SysAdmin

In this video, learn how FreeBSD boot environments can make upgrades and system maintenance easier to manage.

Worried that an upgrade could leave you with an unusable system?
FreeBSD boot environments powered by ZFS give you a way back.
Using `bectl`, administrators can create and manage boot environments before system or package upgrades, allowing them to test changes and return to a known working state if needed.

Watch the video to learn more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfHCXEzRfao&t=4s

#FreeBSD #ZFS

New post: Claude Code on a FreeBSD 15.1 Plasma desktop, running as a Linux binary through the Linuxulator. In a Proxmox VM, over xrdp.

Four detours, four wrong labels. Xorg found no screens. VirtIO-GPU gave me a framebuffer, not acceleration. And a "version regression" was really two Claude installs fighting over my PATH.

Then the agent firewalled its own host with pf and a dead-man's switch. It also misread a config file about root.

https://blog.hofstede.it/claude-code-on-a-freebsd-desktop-plasma-xrdp-the-linuxulator-and-one-very-confusing-path/

#FreeBSD #Linuxulator #ClaudeCode #KDE #pf

Just found so-called AI in #FreeBSD ports tree: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=5f90970e571a0fbd9caee91a04409f5c8ab1f9fe

Why does FreshPorts require me to log in when I search? It would be better if people could just find what they need without any barriers.

#FreeBSD

From the call: It turns out that #FreeBSD is very good for management and orchestration by an #LLM because its commands rarely change unless necessary. Aiming an LLM at #Linux generally means you spend four passes determining out what the equivalent of 'ifconfig' or 'netstat' are, because POLA.

Not to mention that those chat bots on web pages are generally small GNU/Linux systems running Alpine or something, because systemd is too big for what they're doing.

And yes @emaste we talked about the future of distribution sets and the possible repercussions of small jails requiring package overhead.

The October 6th, 2026 Jail/Zones Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/6w53RZ20dpA

We discussed the virtual init review, Qubes OS functionality for #FreeBSD and OpenBSD, DCH's bug fixes, if_pair news, the future FreeBSD distribution sets in the PkgBase era, LibreNMS in Daemonless, AppJail, Kyua, the #Sylve installer and Zen mode, remaining bhyve wish list items, Sylve #KDE jails, why FreeBSD is good for management by an #LLM, Sylve custom installations, DHCP option 114, and more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org

This content is not AI generated

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p10
Operating System: GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p13 amd64
Desktop: LXQT 2.4.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.11.2
Graphics Platform: X11/xorg 7.7

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526

#runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running LXQT. Styling: custom Qogir-Berry gtk2/3, QT theming via qt6gtk2 XFWM 4: Qogir Round LXQT Panel: Graphite Icons: custom Qogir-Berry Wallpaper: "Dance of the colours" by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running bsdebfetch style system stats. At the bottom is audacious mediaplayer playing music. Next to it a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons. On the right side there are some cancer realted icons/badges and a mandatory "RunBSD/LXQt Desktop" Sticker.

The Q3 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is now available.

This edition explores Production Deployments, with articles covering home lab consolidation, cloud operations using FreeBSD Compute, USB in user space, auditable credential-exposure checks, and more.

Inside, you'll also find the Foundation Letter, a EuroBSDCon trip report, and the latest 2026 events calendar.

🔗 Read it here:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/production-deployments/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #SysAdmin

Just found a Dell PowerEdge R840 on eBay. Four 18-core Xeons and 128GB RAM for $2,300. I don't have a disposable income so obviously I can only dream, but this would be an amazing #Poudriere #server.

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #BSD #tech

dropQbsd v0.3.0 is out — FreeBSD support has landed.

Qubes-style compartmentalization on the BSD family: no hypervisor, no VM images, no daemon — just native Unix users, pf, and ~2,600 lines of ksh you can audit in an afternoon. Now on one single codebase for OpenBSD and FreeBSD: no forks, no per-OS patches.

The big change is the new libexec/wrapper: one entry point that selects the right shell at runtime (ksh on OpenBSD, mksh on FreeBSD) and sanitizes the environment on every invocation. Every dropQbsd script now runs through it.

Also new: temporary firewall rules are prepended and syntax-checked before loading (no block quick shadowing), persistent tables are repopulated after every reload, update scripts refuse to run concurrently, and Upgrade RELEASE handles FreeBSD's multi-phase upgrades with a pending-reboot login notice.

Runs on 1 GB of RAM. ~30 min install. Zero lock-in.

Release notes: https://tangled.org/nobraininside.tngl.sh/dropQbsd/blob/main/RELEASE_NOTES_v0.3.0.md

#dropQbsd #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #pf #Qubes

All right. Added "powered by" thingie to #BCHwebring. Powered by #FreeBSD and #nginx

https://bchwebring.com

#BCH #webring #indieweb

FreeBSD VDI/Desktop system on Amazon AWS .. What a time to be alive 😅 🙂

#freebsd #unix #vdi #kde #kdeplasma #cloud

Manpage Monday: bastille cp

Copy files from the host straight into a jail.

Drop in a resolv.conf:
> bastille cp myjail /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

Copy a whole directory, quietly
> bastille cp -q myjail /etc /etc

Need the reverse?
> bastille rcp pulls jail → host

Or, maybe jail to jail?
> bastille jcp goes jail → jail

#BastilleBSD #FreeBSD #sysadmin #ManpageMonday

@c64whiz
Voted #FreeBSD, but if you're completely new to bare minimul #Unix'ish OS'es (no GUI from start), #GhostBSD may be the best among the candidates.

As #GhostBSD is (at least currently) based on #FreeBSD, once you become familiar with CLI only enviromnent to proceed initial installation for GUIs via #ports or #pkg, you can choose to switch to #FreeBSD with minimul pain, or keep on using #GhostBSD.

@rl_dane wonderful info thx. alas, as someone who will not use anything sans-DE, either #NetBSD or #FreeBSD [those others are even less suitable for my limited capabilities] would pose significant challenges for me... writing as someone longterm in ArchLinux KDE Plasma & KDELinux who enjoys all her bells & whistles! @c64whiz @dwarmstrong

virtio-gpu: add driver on a LinuxKPI virtio layer by borovikovd · Pull Request #517 · freebsd/drm-kmod

https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/517

From a preceding PR (499):

"FreeBSD guests with a virtio-gpu-pci display device have no DRM/KMS path, which rules out wlroots/sway and Wayland generally. …"

#AI #FreeBSD #Wayland #DRM #KMS

Input on *BSD? I need to start investigating more seriously.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BSD

Earlier this year, the FreeBSD Foundation launched its Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Readiness project to help prepare FreeBSD, its community, and manufacturers for the EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Our October update looks at the work completed so far, what’s underway, and how the Foundation is helping prepare the FreeBSD ecosystem for the CRA.

Read the full update to learn more: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/october-2026-update-getting-ready-for-the-eu-cyber-resilience-act/

#FreeBSD #CyberResilienceAct #OpenSource #Cybersecurity

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬/𝟬𝟱 (Valuable News - 2026/10/05) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/valuable-news-2026-10-05/

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

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

He #fediverse . What's your favorite FOOS organizer for ebooks? I have PDFs, EPUBs, etc. All locally on my machine and want them organized.

#askFedi #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #Linux

I've published a patch adding a #DTRACE option to a #Python port on #FreeBSD.

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D60369

Feedback and testing welcome.

Also, if you know how to make DTrace work with #LTO, I want to talk with you.

#osdev #tracing #bsd

@lilpoes

turn out the problem is in my ~/.shrc
there is set history = 1000 syntax in my .shrc
remove this line or change it to HISTSIZE=1000 fix the problem.

Nais #freebsd

#FreeBSD Foundationals: rc.d - The Service Framework That Fits in Your Head
https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-rcd-the-service-framework-that-fits-in-your-head/

#FreeBSD Foundationals: Jails - From Chroot on Steroids to Full Virtual Networks | Larvitz Blog

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-jails-from-chroot-on-steroids-to-full-virtual-networks/

To add VNET support, I'm looking for some examples of VNET jail configs, in the standard jail.conf format.

I'm particularly interested in netgraph & other less common configs, and whether the ansible-jails role should also handle deploying & configuring the epair interfaces or not.

If you have some, please gist me a URL via DM, or email dch@ the obvious email address, also works.

#ansible #FreeBSD #jails

v2.4.0 of my ansible-jails module is now available:

https://git.sr.ht/~dch/ansible-jails

In particular, it supports base system packaged jail templates, and will use them by default on FreeBSD 15+ systems, and improved corner cases for 14.x and 16.0-CURRENT, as well.

Thanks to @beni I fixed a number of IPv6 related bugs, and no-IP jails bugs too.

It has a significant improvement in test coverage thanks to Ansible Molecule, and https://sourcehut.org/ CI, so we know that both post-jail templates & ZFS usage works as expected!

v3.0.0 might come out this week, with VNET jail support. I don't expect this to be a significant change, it's just that I personally never tested it, and it seems like a good milestone.

#FreeBSD #PortsLife #ansible #jails

New in FreeBSD Foundationals, part 4: rc.d, the service framework that fits in your head.

How /etc/rc orders your services, why rc.conf is just shell, what rc.subr gives you for free, and the daemon(8) pidfile trap that makes "service stop" quietly restart your process.

Then I audited my own production rc.d scripts. One of them reports "not running" while serving live Mastodon traffic.

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-rcd-the-service-framework-that-fits-in-your-head/

#FreeBSD #rcd #SysAdmin #Unix #RunBSD

kind of a shame that freshports is vibe coded, i always found that website quite useful.

#freebsd

Hmm #freebsd 15.1 doesn't like my Intel AX201 running on iwlwifi(4). I have to use iwx(4) instead.

If you need financial assistance to attend EuroBSDCon 2027, the Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant https://eurobsdconfoundation.org/travel-grant.html may be for you. Apply before 2027-02-01 #eurobsdcon @EuroBSDCon #bsd #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd