Sohrab Behdani :freebsd:

Sohrab (/soʊˈrɑːb/)
kernel dev, systems nerd, co-founder of Parch Linux.
Into #foss, #linux, #bsd, and keeping tech in users' hands.

Parch Linux: https://parchlinux.com
My Blog: https://sohrabbehdani.ir/blog
My Website: https://sohrabbehdani.ir
Git: https://github.com/behdanisohrab

Last Notes

2026-06-22 17:55:09 UTC

FreeBSD 15 + CDE is probably the closest you can get to sitting in front of a high-end UNIX workstation without owning a time machine.
Running Common Desktop Environment in 2026 feels strangely refreshing. No blur effects, no Electron, no notifications fighting for attention, No ai written code, just Motif, terminals, man pages, and a desktop paradigm that was already mature before I was born.
Current setup: • FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE • CDE • dtwm • bhyve • Motif everywhere
Today’s activity: reading bhyve(4) manuals and pretending I'm a UNIX admin in 1996.
#FreeBSD #BSD #CDE #Unix #Motif #bhyve #OpenSource #UnixPorn #RetroComputing #FOSS
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2026-06-17 12:17:16 UTC

Hello everyone after a long time! Hope you're all doing great, I've missed this community :)
My internet is finally back to a relatively stable state, which means I can jump back into my old passion projects!
I recently saw that a native ARM64 beta port of the Steam client was released, and I knew it was the perfect time to test it on my Linux phone.
I'm currently running #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile on my PocoPhone F1. Since pmOS is based on Alpine, it uses musl libc, which doesn't support running these binaries natively. To bypass this, I set up an Ubuntu 24.04 #Distrobox container and installed the ARM64 Steam client along with box64 and box86. The process wasn't as straightforward as some guides suggest (like the one below); I had to do some extra tweaking. I'll definitely write a detailed blog post or a postmarketOS wiki entry about it soon!
🔗 https://interfacinglinux.com/community/sbcsoftware/native-steam-client-for-arm-linux/
I managed to boot Steam into Big Picture mode and went straight to setting up Proton.
Note: The Proton 11 ARM64 mentioned in the link didn't work for me, so I used Proton Experimental instead.
I paired my PS4 controller via Bluetooth, and it worked flawlessly out of the box! For the gaming test, I downloaded Crab Game (kept it lightweight due to my strict data limits).
Against all odds, it actually launched! Running via Proton Experimental + Box64/86 inside Distrobox on my phone, I managed to get a relatively playable 20-30 FPS. Linux mobile gaming is getting wild! 🐧🎮
#LinuxMobile #SteamARM64 #GamingOnLinux #AlpineLinux
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2026-04-10 10:01:12 UTC

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Thank you friend :)
I hope that one day we all be free in this country with no internet censorship

2026-04-10 08:16:12 UTC

Hello!
I am still safe, especially after these 40 days of war that took place in my country.
I don't want to write a critique of the war; everything is relatively clear. Fortunately, I am in the eastern part of the country, which wasn't damaged much.
But well... the Iranian government has shut down the internet for us for 40 days; this is truly annoying and has even caused many things to be destroyed.
Whether it is the digital economy, or businesses that were active on Telegram and the internet. Whether it's website SEO. For example, my own project, Parch GNU/Linux, has had its servers go out of reach because they were in Iran, and I cannot provide updates for it without the internet. Even its rank on DistroWatch has dropped significantly. Who is going to compensate for these government-inflicted losses later?
These events have caused people to be forced to migrate to government-monitored platforms, most of which are a fourth-rate copy of Telegram.
There have been struggles too; we are resisting this by using Delta Chat, Matrix, and even XMPP so as not to go to these platforms.
Pray for us.

2025-05-22 19:37:23 UTC

I wrote about my experience so far about #linuxmobile on dev.to
https://dev.to/behdanisohrab/linux-on-mobile-my-experience-so-far-nbm

2025-05-18 22:34:26 UTC

So... i decided to become active on Dev.to platform so i wrote an article on there about #parchlinux
https://dev.to/behdanisohrab/why-i-created-parch-linux-making-arch-accessible-for-everyone-436j
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2025-02-13 14:37:29 UTC

Since we migrated our project #ParchLinux from #GitLab to #Forgejo, the server load has dropped significantly!
Previously, building each ISO took about 40 minutes with GitLab, but with Forgejo, this time has been reduced to 13 minutes 😃
GitLab charged for most features we needed, like push/pull mirroring repositories from GitHub or other platforms, but in #Forgejo, we get them for free.
I’d like to thank the Forgejo developers for creating such a great platform that saved us from GitLab’s clutches.

2025-01-14 08:43:19 UTC

when i want to re-build pmos image for my phone it shows me that the systemd mirror in staging returns a 404 error, how long should i wait until i can make an image once again?
#postmarketos

2025-01-02 09:06:26 UTC

#Ptyxis is now inside the #Alpine repos.
i have it installed on my #pmos installation, i hope it replaces the gnome-console in the upcoming Pmos changes:)
#linuxmobile
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2024-12-30 20:05:04 UTC

finally i had integrated the systemd-boot inside #parchlinux.
our goal for 2025 is to implement the secure-boot support inside the distribution:)

2024-11-01 16:22:37 UTC

Finally the #Camera for #pocoF1 is here with #Postmarketos Edge and Kernel 6.11 🥳
Not much perfect but it works!
#linuxmobile
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