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BastilleBSD :freebsd:<p>:freebsd: BastilleBSD's lightweight approach to containerization ensures maximum performance with minimal resource usage. :freebsd:</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BastilleBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BastilleBSD</span></a></p>
Conan the Sysadmin<p>Packed tightly, a voyager might easily carry many scrolls across the wastelands to distant caravanserays. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/external-disk/?s=mc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/open-source/</span><span class="invisible">external-disk/?s=mc</span></a></p>
Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mstdn.social/@hkrn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hkrn</span></a></span> This is an interesting tool and it is <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.feditime.com/tag/freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.feditime.com/tag/openbsd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> ports trees.<span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/114820737048448473" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/114820737048448473</a></span>
John-Mark Gurney<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@meka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>meka</span></a></span></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@kp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kp</span></a></span> help?</p><p>(I also noticed:<br><a href="https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2021-04-2021-06/pf_dummynet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freebsd.org/status/report-2021</span><span class="invisible">-04-2021-06/pf_dummynet/</span></a></p><p>Does it need updating?)</p><p><a href="https://flyovercountry.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
Danilo G. Baio<p>before and after adding Anubis to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> wiki and bugzilla services<br><a href="https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
vermaden<p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> needs to rethink its goals/focus.</p><p>Example zfsd(8) downgrade below:<br>- <a href="https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=89f4f91dbfdcabe65bc7476bc5f13dfb837870fe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?i</span><span class="invisible">d=89f4f91dbfdcabe65bc7476bc5f13dfb837870fe</span></a></p><p>From Alan to Allan.</p><p>That single change crippled FreeBSD ZFS on gmultipath(8) in enterprise SAN environments.</p><p>Thanks to @oshogbovx its fixed for now:<br>- <a href="https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/17477" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/17</span><span class="invisible">477</span></a></p>
vermaden<p>New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.</p><p><a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07</span><span class="invisible">/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/verblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verblog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/beadm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beadm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bectl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bectl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/devfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devfs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/diskinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diskinfo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/fstab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fstab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/gstat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gstat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/lsblk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lsblk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sensors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sensors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/sockstat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sockstat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/systat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/tar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/truss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/truncate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truncate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/zfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zfs</span></a></p>
BastilleBSD :freebsd:<p>For the security-minded <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> folks, if you're not yet following this account <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@freebsdvuxml" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>freebsdvuxml</span></a></span> you may want to start. :freebsd: </p><p>I find it helpful to keep up on the latest security vulnerabilities in ports &amp; packages.</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Long rumored, eagerly anticipated by some, you can now PREORDER "The Book of PF, 4th edition" <a href="https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-ed</span><span class="invisible">ition</span></a> for the most up to date guide to the OpenBSD and FreeBSD networking toolset <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/packetfilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>packetfilter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firewall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/preorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preorder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://bsd.network/@lattera" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lattera</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://growers.social/@jpaskaruk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jpaskaruk</span></a></span> I hook up a soundcraft mixer to <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.feditime.com/tag/freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> for podcast recordings. Work right out of the box. It was used to record all the interviews live at EuroBSDCon last year for BSDNow. The audio stack works exactly as expected, plug and go.
Shawn Webb<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://growers.social/@jpaskaruk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jpaskaruk</span></a></span> There's this <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/BSDCan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCan</span></a> 2024 presentation on using <a href="https://bsd.network/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> for audio production, including DJ'ing: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edf80gLVL3A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Edf80gLVL3</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
JimmyChezPants 🇨🇦<p>So I'm curious, <a href="https://growers.social/tags/Musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musicians</span></a> </p><p>There are now legions of people using <a href="https://growers.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> for recording, synthesis, processing, etc - it's a full-on cottage industry at this point.</p><p>There are also a large number of Music Professionals using <a href="https://growers.social/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>, but they call it MacOS.</p><p>But what I'm curious about, what is the state of Music Production on <a href="https://growers.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> and other non-Apple BSD. </p><p>I will not be surprised if it turns there are none, <em>nor</em> will I be surprised if it turns out that there is a tiny community of elite DSP nerds making high-end products with it.</p>
Tom<p>Does <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> have some kind of sshd connection throttling mechanism that is outside the PerSourcePenalties config? (I set mine to 'no')</p><p>Use blacklist is set to no.<br>pf is not running either. </p><p>Getting really strange intermittent timeouts where I just can't log in yet I can get to the banner with telnet on port 22.</p><p>Some PAM thing with FreeBSD perhaps?</p><p>Running tcpdump, the FreeBSD machine is constantly sending its own list of KexAlgorithms until the connection times out.</p><p>FreeBSD is based sshd: 9.9p2<br>Connecting client is Linux openssh 10.0p2</p>
FreeBSD Foundation<p>Looking to simplify your cloud setup?</p><p>In this video, we walk through the basics of using AWS and Terraform to quickly deploy systems—including FreeBSD, in a scalable, test-friendly environment.</p><p>What you'll need:</p><p>- An active AWS account<br>- Terraform installed (Homebrew works well on Mac)<br>- Your AWS credentials<br>- This is a great starting point for trying out FreeBSD in the cloud. </p><p>🎥 Click here to watch the full video:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-5QC6vLHY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=V9-5QC6vLHY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AWS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Terraform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terraform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CloudInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudInfrastructure</span></a></p>
BastilleBSD :freebsd:<p>FreeBSD has supported jails since the early 2000s!</p><p>They’re baked into the kernel and far more mature than most container runtimes.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
kravietz 🦇<p>There will be a brief (~1h) interruption in my Akkoma (<a href="http://agora.echelon.pl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">agora.echelon.pl</a>) and PeerTube (<a href="http://video.echelon.pl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">video.echelon.pl</a>) operations as I’m upgrading the host system to <a class="hashtag" href="https://agora.echelon.pl/tag/freebsd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> 14.3.</p>
Steven G. Harms<p>I’m teetering on the brink with <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gnustep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnustep</span></a>, but man it sure does make it hard.</p><p>I’m back to *loving* WindowMaker (yes, Window Maker is not GNUstep). It’s made me love <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xorg</span></a> again after years of preferring OSX/#wayland. I had forgotten how good I had it in 2001 on ‘sid’ with a big ol’ <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> swirl backdrop and WindowMaker on top.</p><p>But the one thing I really want is a NeXT-like file browser/launcher (Or maybe I just want Aqua-apex OSX back (10.4/10.5?)). Gnustep Workspace /seems/ to be the best-integrated version of that. However, after I disconnect, new terminal windows launch out of bounds (invisibly) and I have to use some X dark magic to pull them back into the viewport (ugh!). OK, I can patch it, I can fix it. Open source!</p><p>But goddam the installation and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gnumake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnumake</span></a> hell to get it working on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> 14.3/15.0-CURRENT just saps joy. After reading dated docs and fiddling for hours I’m barely any closer.</p><p>(1/2)</p>
JP Mens<p>Interested in getting to know <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>? Benedict Reuschling will be giving a workshop at FrOSCon.</p><p>16.08.2025 10:00–12:30, Workshop (C118), language: German </p><p><a href="https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2025/talk/0aa0f9d3-1994-44b8-a148-6512041b207c/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">programm.froscon.org/froscon20</span><span class="invisible">25/talk/0aa0f9d3-1994-44b8-a148-6512041b207c/</span></a></p>
JdeBP<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ajn142" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajn142</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@nuintari" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nuintari</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@dan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dan</span></a></span> </p><p>I think that we need to start the Internet rumour that BSD was invented by Arthur C. Clarke and xe explicitly denied that you take "A", "I", "X" and add 1 to each letter.</p><p>And for those that believe it, there's then "z/OS" turning into "apt".</p><p>(-:</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/2001ASpaceOdyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2001ASpaceOdyssey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ArthurCClarke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurCClarke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dadjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dadjokes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
BastilleBSD :freebsd:<p>FreeBSD has a handbook that's actually worth reading:</p><p><a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.freebsd.org/en/books/hand</span><span class="invisible">book/</span></a>.</p><p>It’s exhaustive, community-maintained, and official.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a></p>