My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac (#snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂

#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips

conference of the spikes

#dragonflybsd #runbsd #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #hardenedbsd #bsd #unix_surrealism #comic

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Daemons, horned beasts and fish meet to confer. A daemon speaks: "I want you to think of reasons that would help promote our cause." Everyone shouts ideas over one another. "pf is the best!" "well duh!" "Matt Dillon?" "HardenedBSD?" "bhyve?" "zfs?" "mirabilos!" Fish: "That time Theo fought the squid king and won?" "Goddamnit, fish."

Wrote a little blogpost about Slidgram (XMPP<->Telegram transport for XMPP server) installation in the NetBSD

https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/09/20/slidgram-netbsd-install-howto.html

#NetBSD #XMPP #Prosody #Telegram

@ricardo Oh, YES — it is very frustrating . I met this problem while installing some services to my home #NetBSD server.

Usually, the project page states that there is a good software for multiple platforms. Then I open documentation assuming that there are list of dependencies, installation instructions and configuration examples.

But nowadays, "multiplatform applications" usually looks like:

— Linux: Docker

— Windows: Install Docker with WSL

— MacOS: Install Docker with Homebrew

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Meme with a cat looking suspiciously to the camera and with a text above cat: "Sir, it is a good self-hosted software. Looks inside. Docker"

Boots #NetBSD directly without intervention.
Look Ma, no hands!

#NetBSD #zaurus #sl_c1000 #boot

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Video of Sharp Zaurus booting NetBSD 10.1.

Recovering and reminiscing on an incredible #EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia! 🇭🇷 ​

What a week! Over 220 attendees, 48 brilliant speakers, and 16 amazing sponsors came together to celebrate all things #BSD. The energy was #BSD, deep dives into tech, inspiring talks, and those hallway conversations that spark new ideas and collaborations.

Huge shoutout to the video crew who made sure every moment was captured, and to everyone who traveled near and far to be part of this vibrant community. Whether it was hacking, learning, or just geeking out over #BSD, the connections made here are what make this event so special.

Zagreb, and the incredible Organizing Committee, you were the perfect host! Already counting down to the next one in Brussels! 🇧🇪

Did you attend? What was your highlight? 👇

We are collecting as much as possible on: https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/wrapup.html

Like and subscribe! ​

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #EuroBSDCon2025 #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

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Image of a Panda resting it's head on a log of wood. it's has the text: Miss you already <3

5 days to go!
Secure e-mail stack with OpenSMTPD, Rspamd, Dovecot – on FreeBSD.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/03/08/make-your-own-email-server-freebsd-opensmptd-rspamd-dovecot-part1/

#EuroBSDConAdvent #EuroBSDCon #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #ZFS #PF #RunBSD

This is how my 1 Euro per month #NetBSD VM is reacting to the sudden popularity of my last blog post, on HN:

load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00; up 72+04:35:09 15:17:29
33 processes: 32 sleeping, 1 on CPU
CPU states: 3.7% user, 0.0% nice, 1.2% system, 0.7% interrupt, 94.3% idle
Memory: 737M Act, 43M Inact, 17M Wired, 25M Exec, 701M File, 16M Free
Swap: 1024M Total, 1024M Free / Pools: 138M Used / Network: 171K In, 4522K Out

#RunBSD

Advanced Programming the UNIX Environment

Week 1: UNIX History

We cover the early days at Bell Labs, USL vs BSDi, the birth of the BSDs and Linux, and how we got from Ken Thompson playing "Space Travel" on a PDP-7 to Unix running on your phone, fridge, and TV.

https://youtu.be/3H7SQWTR6Dw

Scroll along through it all here: https://www.levenez.com/unix/unix.pdf

#apue #unix #linux #netbsd #freebsd

Advanced Programming the UNIX Environment

Our reference platform for this class is NetBSD. Some ways to get set up are:

Use an AWS image:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/615/netbsd-amis.html

Create your own AWS image:
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/creating-netbsd-ec2-amis.html
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/netbsd-amd64-ami.html

Install NetBSD on a Linode:
https://www.netmeister.org/blog/netbsd-on-linode.html

Use UTM / qemu:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/utm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCqfmuG5Acc

#NetBSD #apue #AWS #Linode

Advanced Programming the UNIX Environment

Some additional hints to set up your NetBSD environment for this class:

https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/vm-setup.html

With all sources extracted, familiarize yourself with ctags(1) et al to make browsing code a breeze:

https://youtu.be/TWog5NklSws

#apue #programming #unix #netbsd

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Week 2: File Sharing

In this final video lecture segment for our week 2 materials, we take a look at what it means when multiple processes access the same files and what the implications of that are on the syscalls we know. We conclude with a look at /dev/fd on different operating systems, including #NetBSD, #macOS, and #Linux

https://youtu.be/CAbUtc86ULw

#apue #unix #programming

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Week 3: Union Mounts and Whiteout Files

One of the file types we've encountered are those of type S_IFWHT, so called "whiteout" files. But what the hell is that?? Let's illustrate! We describe the concept of union mounts and see what happens when a file in the upper layer is removed while the same file still exists in the lower layer: a whiteout file is created to cover up the lower file.

https://youtu.be/MkFExG9jhEE

#apue #unix #programming #netbsd

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