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2026-05-16 22:01:45 UTC

FreeBSD https://freebsd.org/ major website modernized.
Its not bad - but few things could have been done better:
- add 'The Power to Serve!' as its main motto
- use nice Beastie Daemon image
- move 'dark/light' switch to top with rest of the settings
My version below:
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2026-04-13 09:10:13 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/04/13) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/valuable-news-2026-04-13/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2026-03-16 11:06:23 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/valuable-news-2026-03-16/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2026-03-01 08:46:56 UTC

MISSION: Save Myrient (https://myrient.erista.me/)
DEADLINE: 30 days.
HARDWARE:
- 2500 USD:
--- 1 x Supermicro SSG-6029P-E1CR24L [1]
- 10600 USD: (20 x 530 USD)
--- 20 x HDD 3.5 Seagate Exos 24TB
SOFTWARE:
- FreeBSD along with redundant ZFS (RAIDZ2 or DRAID) with ZSTD compression
TOTAL COST:
- 13500 USD
Maybe some company come with the needed budget.
I can do the FreeBSD/ZFS part for free.
[1] https://ebay.com/itm/375757742355
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2026-02-22 13:01:55 UTC

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 (FreeBSD MIT Kerberos Server) article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/freebsd-mit-kerberos-server/
#verblog #freebsd #mit #kerberos #dns #nsd
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2026-02-21 20:20:34 UTC

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Another great article that goes straight to latest Valuable News issue - thank You for writing it :)
Now ... I would probably add least needed and least technical comment here - but that also hit me in the past ... the 'special' ASCII character ... misalign like 9 in 10 times.
Using 'regular' chars like '|' or '+' instead always aligns these ASCII diagrams well.
Regards,
vermaden
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2026-02-14 22:53:08 UTC

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Thank You for another interesting article - will definitely add it to next VN.
... and yes - ZFS on Linux mostly just works - even with root on ZFS.
Its not hard to achieve that.
The valuable ingredient that is missed most of the time is ZFS Boot Environments.
Its little harder to add and integrate ZFSBootMenu - but that is also doable - a lot of guides exist out there.
Another level is making that root on ZFS work with LUKS encryption ... but that leaves additional unencrypted /boot partition with EXT4 or XFS.
That is the level of integration Linux is not able to reach - the FreeBSD level. FreeBSD does not need any additional UFS /boot partition to 'decrypt' the root on ZFS that is installed on GELI encryption - its all supported by the FreeBSD loader(8) - the loader(8) asks you for GELI password before boot - then after typing proper password you have decrypted GELI and root on ZFS with ZFS Boot Environments to use.
What is more interesting - is that a Linux distribution that offers root on ZFS (with LUKS or not) with integrated ZFSBootMenu does not exist - there are only guides/howtos/... no single Linux installer does this ... which is strange because if you check these guides/howtos its relatively simple - you just need to type needed commands in particular order and its done.
More like political problem then a technical one ...

2026-01-22 21:47:00 UTC

Most UNIX people know the bash(1) fork bomb :(){:|:&} code.
If you wnat to check the graphical equivalent then try this one :)
FreeBSD # pkg install -y mesa-demos
FreeBSD # pkg info -l mesa-demos | grep /bin | while read I; do ${I} & done
Not really fork bomb - just 300+ :)
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2026-01-19 19:25:07 UTC

If You like @firefox now you have a chance to show @mozilla how much you DO NOT WANT the AI in the browser :)
https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201
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2026-01-18 08:43:37 UTC

New 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗠𝗕 𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗽 [200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/200-mb-ram-freebsd-desktop/
#verblog #desktop #dzen2 #freebsd #laptop #linux #openbox #pkgbase #tint2 #x11 #xlibre #xorg
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2025-12-29 21:45:19 UTC

About new FreeBSD page [1] proposal ... IMHO this way its a lot better.
The lower boxes with
- LATEST NEWS
- SECURITY ADVISORIES
- ERRATA NOTICES
- EVENTS
- PRESS
Should scale to WHOLE width ... not in this crippled 'STICK TO CENTER' mode.
[1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53910
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2025-12-22 20:16:40 UTC

I believe we can all agree on principle that backups are really important and that its needed to make backups.
That is why someone made 300 TB backup of all Spotify content :)
Details:
https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html
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2025-12-08 07:36:53 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟬𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/12/08) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/valuable-news-2025-12-08/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2025-11-21 18:53:27 UTC

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This is one of the flagship examples of HOW BAD the #FreeBSD marketing is.
FreeBSD has best features often DECADES before Linux prises them as 2nd coming of Christ ... same for FreeBSD Jails from 2000 while Docker started at 2013.

2025-11-21 18:51:58 UTC

RHEL 10.1 introduces Soft Reboot Capability [1] in 2025.
Nice playing a catch up game to FreeBSD that has this feature [2]/[3] since 2015 - a whole DECADE ago.
[1] https://thenewstack.io/rhel-10-1-soft-reboot-slashes-downtime-for-updates/
[2] https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=0d3d0cc3588de0467a7e499640499f8e6725d4bb
[3] https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=3f5ac575ea1288891300312b2fb9590c4c1483c4
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2025-11-05 23:38:34 UTC

Anyone else from #FreeBSD circle on #Firefox suffers this #Youtube bullshit?
This video is unavailable
Error code: 15
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2025-10-29 12:14:44 UTC

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...but there is one thing that #Deltachat does not provide while it works perfectly fine with #Signal ... the desktop client that works on #FreeBSD and is available in #FreeBSD pkg(8) packages.
The 'web' approach (such as https://web.whatsapp.com for WhatsApp) would also satisfy my needs - I can use a client in the browser - but if there is no 'native' client and no browser client option for #FreeBSD - that means total NO-GO for me.

2025-10-06 23:21:55 UTC

Even if You do not use FreeBSD Bhyve virtualization at all - its still good to install 'vm-bhyve' or 'vm-bhyve-devel' package to have BETTER device listing in the system.
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2025-07-30 00:36:33 UTC

Because I am not able to post this on FreeBSD Mailing Lists because I am NOT able to subscribe again - https://x.com/vermaden/status/1950353688326766600 - (404 error) I am posting this here.
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2025-07-29 15:53:00 UTC

As #FreeBSD moves from far-from-perfect freebsd-update(8) to #PKGBASE that will be handled by separate pkg(8) repository - keep in mind that #FreeBSD will still have its #Base #System separate from third party pkg(8) packages.
Some details below.
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2025-07-09 00:13:33 UTC

As I am a big fan of X11 - and I really look forward to the latest X11 fork XLibre - I decided to create its logo/wallpaper - as I believe no one else did it.
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2025-06-29 18:44:25 UTC

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Added 𝗛𝗗𝗠𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗦𝗕 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱 [HDMI to USB Video Capture Card] update to the 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 [More Undervalued Hardware Companions] article.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/more-undervalued-hardware-companions/
#verblog #freebsd
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2025-06-21 00:41:10 UTC

New 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 [More Undervalued Hardware Companions] article.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/more-undervalued-hardware-companions/
#adapter #audio #bluetooth #cable #desktop #freebsd #lan #laptop #power #PSU #RJ45 #usb
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2025-06-11 09:21:01 UTC

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Interesting follow up on the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJCyXfWpOo

2025-06-07 00:07:18 UTC

I just fucking love this!
Fuck retarded Wayland bullshit.
Bring X11 back to its pinnacle ... and it already started to happen.
... and a message to all companies that tried to 'kill' X11: "Fuck You Too!"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iwaaSatk0pI

2025-05-31 21:35:57 UTC

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I like your idea - but I do not have now time to find best way to merge all this - so I decided to add your version as jmore.6 and it will be there till I have time to work on this.
- https://github.com/vermaden/jmore/blob/master/jmore.6
For now - this seems like a best solution to have 'both' versions.

2025-05-19 09:55:12 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/05/19) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/valuable-news-2025-05-19/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2025-05-17 21:37:51 UTC

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Generally I like the idea to include IPv6 ... but I need to check the details.
But do not worry - if our visions will differ too much - I will just include yours jmore(8) as jmore.6(8) for example - it a valuable addon.
Thank You for taking the time to make that upgrade :)

2025-04-05 17:20:22 UTC

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BastilleBSD has tons of templates/images if you need them - here:
- https://bastillebsd.org/blog/2021/01/06/bastille-default-templates-and-customization/

2025-04-05 15:40:06 UTC

Seems that most important part of Minecraft server article was first sentence about FreeBSD Jails security.
After lots of questions on Hacker News/Lobsters I decided to add 'UPDATE 1' about it.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/minecraft-server-freebsd-jails-container/#jails-versus-podman
#verblog #freebsd #linux #jails #docker #podman #containers
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2025-03-12 12:01:27 UTC

Very good addition to FreeBSD bsdinstall(8) installer.
Available in 13.5 and in upcoming 14.3 releases.
Its now possible to pass options for ZFS pool creation.
Defaults: -O compress=lz4 -O atime=off
Details of implementation here:
- https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=6258b5bf0670
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2025-02-13 03:05:47 UTC

New 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗽𝗸𝗴(𝟴) 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 [GhostBSD pkg(8) Repository on FreeBSD] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/ghostbsd-pkg-repository-on-freebsd/
#verblog #desktop #freebsd #laptop #pkg #server #x11 #drm
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2024-12-15 22:48:37 UTC

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You may find jmore(8) a usable tool to list and manage these jails :)
https://github.com/vermaden/jmore

2024-12-02 00:32:36 UTC

Hey @Microsoft - let me fix that latest @Windows presentation for you ...
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2024-10-13 22:09:21 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟰 (Valuable News - 2024/10/14) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/10/14/valuable-news-2024-10-14/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2024-08-24 18:09:36 UTC

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I believe you just repeated what I said about CentOS - but in multiple sentences instead of just one :)

2024-08-23 13:36:23 UTC

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From what I know - CentOS as we knew it - a RHEL clone - is dead.
There is only CentOS Stream now - something between Fedora and RHEL.

2024-08-19 10:07:17 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟵 (Valuable News - 2024/08/19) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/valuable-news-2024-08-19/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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2024-08-12 08:07:39 UTC

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2024/08/12) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/valuable-news-2024-08-12/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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