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

@netbsd Hey. Would ebook readers such as #Kobo and #Pocketbook which permit custom OS be good hardware donations?

#BSD #RunBSD #NetBSD #ebook_reader #ereader

As followup. I got the Amiga version of Amberstar to work with fs-uae FreeBSD, too... I prefer the Amiga one to the PC/DOS one because of Jochen Hippels Soundtrack (though I think Mathias Steinwachs, who made the MIDI/DOS Soundtrack on PC did a terrific job too. Just taste)
So I could play now both parts of Thalion's unfinished Amber trilogy.

Not checked, yet. But it (and the Amiga Ambermoon. Am a bit too lazy to convert it to whdload or discswapping 9 different adf files, tho;-) should also work with OpenBSD's fs-uae port.

#Game #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #Retrogames #Amiga #RunBSD

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There's a fs-uae amiga emulator instance on FreeBSD running Amberstar's intro screen. There's a pixelgfx of a stone slap In Gold letters there's an inscription: *AMBERSTAR* AMIGA CONVERSION Udo Fischer

And last but not least. I managed to set up dosbox and my Bestsellergames coverdisc of "Albion" by Blue Byte's (ex-thalion devs). Now I can play all three (again:-)
Due to dosbox it should like work the same on OpenBSD too.

#Retrogames #dosbox #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD

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FreeBSD running a dosbox instance with the Albion RPG by Bluebyte. A colourful in blue/green bg graphics with some truncated letters of the name of the game and a dialog box showing some options like go on playing, options or quitting in German locale

I want to publicly thank @dch
The FreeBSD port of littleFedi was already ready at release time, and it’s really well done.

One of the peculiarities of littleFedi is that it was developed and tested first on the BSDs, then on illumos, and only later on Linux.

The first public instance, my own @stefano@rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it account, runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W with NetBSD.

I don’t think many social platforms have started out on NetBSD in recent years.

#ThankYou #RunBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #OwnYourData #Fediverse #littleFedi

Hello speakers!

What's happening... I gonna need you to go ahead and submit that abstract.

So if you could do that, that would be great. Okay...

CfP: https://events.bsdnl.nl/late2026/

#RUNBSD #BSDNL #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD

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Image of the "That Would Be Great" meme featuring the character Bill Lumbergh from the 1999 comedy film Office Space. It has the text: "That'd be great"

This morning after reading the #FreeBSD Handbook chapter on Jails I had a massive realization. Look, I've dabbled in jails over the years but it was really just scratching the surface. But after reading about VNET Jails....this is some deep, mind-expanding awesomeness. One can run entire workloads completely segregated by a complex virtual network with VLAN tagging, independent network stacks, routing, and switching internally on one OS on a single kernel. Not that I have a use for it (yet) but this is truly exponentially mind blowing.

It's clear FreeBSD is *the* infrastructure operating system.

#BSD #RunBSD #tech #homelab #vnet #Jails #FreeBSDJails #infrastructure #networking

#BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM

It was great to see everybody again at #EuroBSDCon2026. Sorry if we missed you, but there is always #EuroBSDCon2027! :)

And... #OpenBSD 8.0 is around the corner!

25 new VMs were added and 78 VMs were renewed. 🫰

We donated €1420 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €71840 since we started.

Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!

Stay safe, healthy & sane!

#RUNBSD in 2026

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Jim Halpert Pointing to Whiteboard meme, also known as Jim Halpert Explains, is a two-panel image series featuring the character Jim Halpert from the American situational comedy The Office. This version has the two panels and both say: "OpenBSD users are amazing!" More info: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jim-halpert-pointing-to-whiteboard

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Paypal receipt for €1420

📢 syspatch time!

Log message:
Release nsd unbound libressl procargs sysvipc iked wgbind sysvsem uidrange errata.

https://www.openbsd.org/errata78.html

https://www.openbsd.org/errata79.html

#OpenBSD #Errata #RUNBSD

Day 23

After exploring NetBSD on spare hardware, I've moved Linux (LMDE with Cinnamon desktop) off my main desktop (ThinkCentre M720q) and replaced it with NetBSD and Openbox.

I think its a keeper!

#X11 #Openbox #40DaysOfNetBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD

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Screenshot of the Openbox window manager. Background image is a ramen-eating cat under a red sun. In the foreground is a terminal window with system information outputted by the 'fastfetch' command, and a second window with the NetBSD logo displayed by the 'viewnior' image viewer.