Graham Perrin

Greybeard codger, cat in a cot, one foot bare, one foot not. Things of interest? Not a lot. Former go-go dancer and certified white liar.

Kubuntu user and co-moderator of the unofficial subreddit for FreeBSD.

#Kubuntu #Linux

#FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Foundation: https://fediwall.social/?servers=mastodon.bsd.cafe&tags=freebsd&accounts=FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

Posts from me alone – minus boosts – across four or five Mastodon instances: https://fediwall.social/?servers=&tags=&accounts=grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe,fuzzy@beige.party,grahamperrin@hear-me.social,grahamperrin@mastodon.social,grahamperrin@bsd.network&hide=boosts,bots&title=Graham+Perrin+multi-Mastodon+%E2%80%93+Fediwall&theme=auto&autoplay=no&interval=300

For what's undiscoverable or lost in the Fedidverse, I sometimes used tootfinder: <https://tootfinder.ch/>; …

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Last Notes

2026-07-25 20:37:50 UTC

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@nprofile…650u thanks, the announcements page has not caught up:
https://www.freebsd.org/news/2026-ports-freeze/
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v5lvxz/comment/ozp64xv/?context=1>)

2026-07-24 20:58:14 UTC

Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right – Umair Khurshid | Klara Systems
<https://klarasystems.com/articles/jails-not-containers-freebsd-isolation-done-right/>
Containers play a major role in modern infrastructure, but they are not the right answer for every workload. This article explores how FreeBSD jails provide purpose-built isolation, predictable security boundaries, and deep ZFS integration—making them ideal infrastructure-grade services where stability is essential. …
Via <https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/857> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v5nkno/jails_not_containers_freebsd_isolation_done_right/>
#FreeBSD #jails #Linux #containers

2026-07-17 21:50:15 UTC

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rcd(8) - new service manager daemon : r/freebsd
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ui5u2r/rcd8_new_service_manager_daemon/
@nprofile…rtl5 @nprofile…dacs FYi
#FreeBSD

2026-07-17 21:47:35 UTC

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@nprofile…rtl5
"… the #Linux drama …"
Do you mean AI?

2026-07-17 20:17:05 UTC

Understanding the Foundation Board’s Role in the FreeBSD Ecosystem | FreeBSD Foundation
<https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/understanding-the-foundation-boards-role-in-the-freebsd-ecosystem/> @nprofile…mh7p
#FreeBSD #Foundation #Board

2026-07-13 18:06:44 UTC

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@nprofile…650u when I install xf86-video-qxl I cannot start X. Is additional configuration needed?

2026-07-13 17:58:07 UTC

@nprofile…650u <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288395#c3> with or without xf86-video-qxl?

2026-07-12 02:38:47 UTC

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FreeBSD manual pages online: I figured out what's wrong with two of the examples in the first of these three screenshots.
The wrongness is easier to see when the text from the page is copied to nano (shot 2) and Fresh (shot 3). What appears to be an ordinary space is in fact:
― non-printable U+0009 (CHARACTER TABULATION) (horizontal tabulation (HT))
A tab.
So, examples are broken when copying from official documentation.
This might be <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274208>:
274208 – man.freebsd.org with GNU groff 1.23.0: issues with text alignment (e.g. justification) and adjustment
– the src tree is not bugged at <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/7e06c33151e7664f6d664ee282d8da1985ce94aa/contrib/vis/vis.1#L174-L183>.
#FreeBSD #bug #documentation #manpages #manual
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/904/642/987/672/313/original/441e61e32f8779df.png
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/904/664/664/169/026/original/37a61ab3d219fefb.png
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/904/676/906/817/598/original/b05c286185004426.png

2026-07-11 15:01:50 UTC

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@nprofile…u76z don't ask me _how_ I found my way from mail(1) to vis(1) …
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1usw2y5/comment/owwhs7x/

2026-07-05 14:25:49 UTC

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@nprofile…hth5 doas not required?
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/867/826/317/772/718/original/a11267400a5aa243.png

2026-07-02 03:43:44 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m can you edit the bug link into your post?
Thanks

2026-07-02 03:41:14 UTC

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@nprofile…u76z
You Write Letters.
Go on … do it …

2026-06-28 16:44:56 UTC

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@nprofile…v2v2
The UI tweak that you asked for ten years ago was made two years ago, in pkg 1.21.99.2:
<https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/1da675e430e786b5fdb8fb5d26332a012014be9f>
― install/upgrade: now removed packages are printed at the bottom of the list of changes
Cc @nprofile…7rt6 @nprofile…hl5m

2026-06-27 09:09:28 UTC

The compose key for me in Kubuntu:
Alt Gr
(I don't know how, or why, but it works.)
Can I get the same key to work in Plasma on FreeBSD in VirtualBox or Virtual Machine Manager?
#FreeBSD
Cc @nprofile…3xx2 @nprofile…79v0 @nprofile…rwlk

2026-06-24 13:35:40 UTC

Do you have questions about FreeBSD? Join the AMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1uece4o/do_you_have_questions_about_freebsd_join_the_ama/
#FreeBSD #AMA
#nevent1q…ygn9

2026-06-21 17:54:58 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m does it always work as root (without doas)?

2026-06-21 17:45:06 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m
loader.conf
It's required for FreeBSD as a VirtualBox guest if the guest uses UEFI. Also with some hardware, for example <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1p6rak8/comment/nqte36o/>.

2026-06-21 17:26:23 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m before the next attempt to power off:
sysctl hw.efi.poweroff=0

2026-06-21 17:25:08 UTC

yserver
― a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust.
<https://github.com/joske/yserver>
"… there are multiple projects on GitHub with this name (but none for X11 servers), the name is subject to change. …"
<https://lobste.rs/s/yy8je0/yserver_modern_x11_server_written_from>
<https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-Rust-X11-Server>
"… can currently run a full MATE, Xfce, or Cinnamon X11 desktop. The prominent X11 extensions from RandR to DRI3, GLX, MIT-SHM, Composite, and others are supported. And, yes, with working Compiz goodness too:
… open-source under an MIT license. …"
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531394>
<https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u31shc/comment/or1re0p/>
#AI #Linux #X11 #yserver #Rust
#nevent1q…h6vv

2026-06-21 17:00:03 UTC

NextBSD in Oracle VirtualBox on Kubuntu 26.04.
1501000 kernel.
1501000 userland, 15.1-RELEASE.
NextBSD-amd64-20260621-043806.iso
― booted from the ISO, without installing to a virtual disk.
<https://nextbsd.org/>
Firefox 150.0,2 and TWM installed from FreeBSD's latest repo for 15 on AMD64.
#AI #NextBSD #FreeBSD #Firefox
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/789/102/749/482/641/original/2b23ceb672e3575c.png

2026-06-21 16:27:23 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m do things work as root?
su -

2026-06-21 16:25:37 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m
shutdown -p now
with or without doas?

2026-06-21 15:11:00 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m it works for superusers.
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/788/730/949/160/963/original/2d7f954beabd3f25.png

2026-06-21 09:58:00 UTC

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⚙ D56632 handbook: Updating FreeBSD with packages reworked, Event: Wiesbaden Hackathon 202604
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56632
– that might lead to the next significant update to the FreeBSD Handbook.
#FreeBSD #documentation #pkgbase
@nprofile…hl5m

2026-06-21 07:25:27 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m with freebsd-update (without pkgbase), midway through upgrading userland from 14.4-RELEASE-p6 to 15.1-RELEASE:
― fastfetch 2.64.2 does show packages.
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/786/897/795/261/637/original/3d53da54daab1aab.png

2026-06-21 07:17:00 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m I haven't checked the changelogs <https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fastfetch/#history> but I can confirm that 2.64.2 on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE does not show packages.
2.57.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1 on Kubuntu 26.04 is OK:
Packages: 3705 (dpkg), 31 (flatpak), 37 (snap)

2026-06-20 23:09:52 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf is redundant. Assuming that you use FreeBSD 15.
The configuration should be in:
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

2026-06-20 10:42:34 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 thanks!
Not yet listed at <https://www.netcup.com/en/server/vserver-images> | <https://www.netcup.com/de/server/vserver-images> and I guess that when they update the pages, they'll remove end-of-life FreeBSD 13.

2026-06-20 08:07:22 UTC

FreeBSD boot loaders
The loader should be upgraded before a root-on-ZFS pool is upgraded.
For a major upgrade of the OS – with or without an upgrade of the pool: should the loader be upgraded before first boot of the upgraded kernel?
#FreeBSD #upgrade #boot

2026-06-14 14:44:44 UTC

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@nprofile…v2v2
https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos/discussions/529

2026-06-13 11:11:15 UTC

Did anyone attend OSFS last month?
https://05f5.com/ – Open Source Founders Summit
― The conference about building financially successful and sustainable open source companies.
Via <https://www.forkable.io/p/the-open-source-founders-summit-is>
#opensource

2026-06-13 10:54:33 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 fix confirmed (at a glance). Thanks!

2026-06-13 10:11:33 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 thanks. At your leisure, it's the weekend 🙂

2026-06-13 07:54:56 UTC

@nprofile…vf35 hi, indexing might need a prod.
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/search?q=mastodon&type=statuses finds nothing, and so on.
#Mastodon #BSDCafe

2026-06-07 18:50:11 UTC

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@nprofile…650u if you choose nothing (deselect everything) in FreeBSD Installer, you'll get a kernel.

2026-06-07 18:28:29 UTC

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@nprofile…650u I think, the best we can hope for is the descriptions of the meta packages (also known as sets, not to be confused with pkg-set).
pkgbase(7)
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkgbase&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-current
pkg-set(8)
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-set&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports
#FreeBSD #pkgbase

2026-06-07 18:19:51 UTC

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@nprofile…650u pkg-rquery(8) can get remote information for various things, but not what's needed in this case.
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-rquery&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports
https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/1921 reminds me of https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230770#c3 – repository metadata does not include package messages …
… I guess, the additional metadata for file listings would result in gargantuan metadata stores.

2026-06-07 18:03:12 UTC

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@nprofile…650u I think, it's not specifically a pkgbase wish-list item.
You can seek a package by name, but not content.
grahamperrin@clean:~ % pkg search --repository FreeBSD-base bsdconfig
FreeBSD-bsdconfig-15.1.rc3.20260606060724 System configuration utility
grahamperrin@clean:~ %

2026-06-07 17:57:53 UTC

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@nprofile…650u there's no easy intuitive method. FreshPorts does not yet cover FreeBSD base.
I'll edit this comment with a link to one of the obscure methods of finding something like what you want. It might take a while for me to find it.
Cc @nprofile…vcpe

2026-06-07 17:48:36 UTC

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@nprofile…650u
/usr/sbin/sysrc
– installed by package FreeBSD-bsdconfig
pkg-which(8)
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-which&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-ports

2026-06-07 11:57:18 UTC

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@nprofile…v2v2
"I'd rather be spending time with my cat" <https://old.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1tz7dln/how_to_add_things_such_as_wget_and_apt_to_ubuntu/> … still, I'm grateful to you for clearing my mental block :-)
Today was my second experiment with Linuxulator. As a n00b.
My first experiment, in April 2025, was less than stellar (<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1kach1v/linxulator_finding_the_result_of_installation_of/> – no-one responded, that's when I switched to Kubuntu) …

2026-06-07 11:17:01 UTC

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@nprofile…hl5m maybe because build requires devel/electron40.
devel/electron39 is currently packaged, 40 is not.
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270565>
<https://www.freshports.org/net-im/deltachat-desktop/#requiredbuild>
<https://www.freshports.org/devel/electron39/>
<https://www.freshports.org/devel/electron40/>
#FreeBSD #Electron #pkg #FAQ #documentation

2026-06-07 10:48:57 UTC

How to add things such as wget and apt to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS in Linuxulator on FreeBSD?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1tz7dln/how_to_add_things_such_as_wget_and_apt_to_ubuntu/
What's the easiest way to install apt, in the absence of wget?
Alternatively: what's the easiest way to install wget, in the absence of apt?
#FreeBSD #apt #Linux #Linuxulator #Ubuntu

2026-06-06 14:22:24 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 unfortunately, no closed captions (subtitles) for <https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn24-552-opening-what-to-hack> from two days ago, so I guess that none of the recordings will have them.
(<https://github.com/voc/voctoweb/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20subtitles> the capability exists, as far as I can tell.)
#accessibility

2026-06-06 13:41:22 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 also, reverse chronological order:
<https://media.ccc.de/c/gpn24?sort=date>
– two of today's sessions have appeared …

2026-06-06 03:38:30 UTC

LinuxKPI: 802.11: add support for suspend/resume · freebsd/freebsd-src@11d69a4 : r/freebsd
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tne7yu/linuxkpi_80211_add_support_for_suspendresume/
If you need the iwlwifi driver and mobility – a laptop, for example:
― FreeBSD-STABLE will be more useful than FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE.
#FreeBSD #WiFi #wireless #iwlwifi #Intel

2026-05-30 03:06:52 UTC

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What's the "fs" in fstab?
Forgot something. That's it. The table of frequently forgotten things.
@nprofile…vf35

2026-05-24 10:22:28 UTC

raining cats and dogs
https://fediwall.social/
#cats #dogs #floss

2026-05-24 00:37:54 UTC

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The FreeBSD Primary Release Engineering Team Lead very recently described the official (BETA3) instructions as "rather messy" <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tf1kci/comment/om6aec5/>.
They're incomplete; <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2026-May/004105.html>.
@vermaden

2026-05-22 00:28:53 UTC

We booted Debian and FreeBSD 15 using QEMU accelerated with bhyve/vmm for the first time. This is an epic milestone for the FreeBSD community and beyond ! : r/freebsd
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tk0eja/we_booted_debian_and_freebsd_15_using_qemu/> – Mario Zio.
＂Further development is needed...a lot of development...but anyway this is a storic moment....we can use another hypervisor. This time in cooperation with the storic and mature QEMU. FreeBSD is second to none.
This success has been possible thanks to the competence of Abhinav Chavali who started this project for the GSOC 2025 ; thanks bro.
It's built on top of dumrich's work. …＂
#FreeBSD #bhyve #QEMU #Linux #Debian
@nprofile…6x32
SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU - FreeBSD Wiki — <https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU>
Cc @nprofile…vf35 @nprofile…uxxv @nprofile…z676 @nprofile…qu7g
#nevent1q…hjws

2026-05-21 10:17:13 UTC

"… be kind to each other.
We're pro, not against. Supporters, not haters. Builders, not destroyers. …"
– https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/13

2026-05-19 09:59:15 UTC

The feeling is mutual.
#ThankYouTuesday
#nevent1q…uh5t

2026-05-19 08:13:35 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 dude, what desk?
I see approximately 4"² free, to the left of the keyboard 😉

2026-05-17 17:00:19 UTC

FreeBSD Project website: the Beastie theme has been refreshed
https://www.freebsd.org/
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1teayk4/freebsd_project_website_the_beastie_theme_has/
#FreeBSD

2026-05-16 03:56:05 UTC

Seven years of running FreeBSD on ThinkPads alongside Linux — lessons I'd give my younger self
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tedyva/seven_years_of_running_freebsd_on_thinkpads/>
＂I daily-drive Linux at work and FreeBSD on my personal ThinkPads (T480 & P52 currently). Both laptops and both operating systems, every day. I'm the kind of person who reads freebsd-update output and Phoronix benchmarks in the same hour.
＂Recently saw the "is FreeBSD really that goated" thread and it brought back the timeline of my own journey. Started with a rough —call it version 0.9 — build that barely had X11 working, evolved through five iterations, landed on something I'd call "production-stable personal desktop" around version 2.0 on FreeBSD 15.0 with a heavily customized MATE, ZFS boot environments, BastilleBSD jails for microservices, WireGuard tunnels and PF.
＂If I could send a packet back in time to my earlier self, here's what I'd put in the payload: …＂
The image here is for <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tedyva/comment/om1t5mg/> because we can all agree that em dashes make scintillating conversation.
#goated #X11 #Wales #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #ZFS #OpenZFS #Beastie #daemon #MyLittlePony #unicorn #dolphin #rainbow #IBM #Lenovo #BastilleBSD #WireGuard #AI #purple
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/582/187/663/476/222/original/32e98c12a135a0ce.png

2026-05-15 17:37:08 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35
"… more likely to happen when dealing with usb attached external interfaces. …"
On the many occasions when I have lost then regained USB connectivity to a ZFS pool on a mobile hard disk drive, and (naturally) it becomes impossible to run any zpool command on the pool:
– there's never an endless freeze.
Restart the OS in the normal way, and be patient. Sometimes very patient.
That was, Kubuntu 25.04 and 25.10 with (OpenZFS-encrypted) root-on-ZFS. I have not yet had an opportunity to play the waiting game with 26.04.
#OpenZFS #USB #Linux #systemd

2026-05-06 16:51:48 UTC

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@nprofile…u76z you can install the latest pkg using its https URL, if you want.

2026-05-06 16:43:55 UTC

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@nprofile…u76z if truly never pkgbasified, then how and when was the FreeBSD-base repo enabled?
I'm curious.
ls /etc/pkg
ls /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
– and then let's think about the contents of the files.

2026-04-25 07:03:16 UTC

@nprofile…vf35 as if you have nothing better to do … does something index-related need a nudge?
A/ seeking "FreeBSD user groups" (non-quoted) <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/search?q=FreeBSD+user+groups&type=statuses> does not find <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin@billboard.bsd.cafe/116458512546395480> (2026-04-24)
B/ also, the toot is not found by <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/search?q=from%3A%40grahamperrin%40billboard.bsd.cafe&type=statuses>.
The toot is visible under <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin@billboard.bsd.cafe> for logged-in users of BSD Cafe Mastodon. (NLI users get the prompt to redirect.)
Thanks
#Mastodon #NodeBB

2026-04-10 12:15:39 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 LOL

2026-04-10 02:47:43 UTC

How the Foundation’s Laptop Support & Usability Project Came Together
#FreeBSD #Foundation <https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/goodkin.pdf> (PDF) | <https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/laptop-desktop/how-the-foundations-laptop-support-usability-project-came-together/> (HTML) @nprofile…mh7p
＂… The Laptop Support & Usability Project is not just about laptops. It is about making FreeBSD more usable, more approachable, and more practical for the kinds of day-to-day use cases that help bring people into the community and keep them there. …＂
@nprofile…uyv4 wow. Thank you. I haven't seen as good an overview of a complex project, and its context, in a long time. Years.
#desktop #laptop #usability #LSU
#nevent1q…l5k4

2026-04-10 02:02:36 UTC

@nprofile…u76z trepanning please.
A firm no to anything experimental.

2026-04-09 20:11:08 UTC

"… an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago. …"
"… Our presence on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok is not an endorsement. …"
#nevent1q…vd2s

2026-04-04 01:51:52 UTC

Firefox automatically offers to translate this Italian JPEG.
That's wonderful, but not as wonderful as knowing neither the meaning of the imagery, nor why.
@nprofile…z3pv
#arch #Italy #art #Mozilla #Firefox #translate #Wikipedia
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2026-04-03 04:27:51 UTC

Laptop Support and Usability (LSU): roadmap – 2026, first quarter – FreeBSD Foundation
<https://freebsdfoundation.github.io/proj-laptop/monthly-updates/Roadmap-Q1%202026.pdf> @nprofile…mh7p
― via <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1sb3g7z/laptop_support_and_usability_lsu_roadmap_2026/>.
@nprofile…6x32
#FreeBSD #Foundation #laptop #desktop

2026-04-01 13:00:09 UTC

@nprofile…sjdl @nprofile…qclu for Kubuntu 26.04 Beta, <https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-26-04-beta/#browser--office> states:
Firefox 148
I booted the beta, found version 149 of Firefox. Should there be an update to the news item?
#Kubuntu #Firefox

2026-03-31 22:28:14 UTC

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@nprofile…kjcu thanks! I haven't thought about Servo for years (not since the Quantum change).
In practical terms, what might be the short- and medium-term results of the merge?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(software)> | <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_(moteur_de_rendu)>

2026-03-29 10:29:35 UTC

Exempt Linux and BSDs from age verification laws
<https://www.change.org/p/exempt-linux-and-bsds-from-age-verification-laws>
― petition started on 22nd March by Konstantinos Apostolidis, Greece.
Via <https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/1s4646t/a_petition_to_exempt_linux_bsds_from_age/> | <https://old.reddit.com/r/BSD/duplicates/1s4646t/a_petition_to_exempt_linux_bsds_from_age/> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1s6oms1/exempt_linux_and_bsds_from_age_verification_laws/>
#Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #California #Brasil #Brazil #Colorado #Illinois #NewYork #Michigan

2026-03-21 09:58:10 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 followed, thanks!
Just one problem, and it's not you: I can never remember how to get Mastodon to show me who I follow (I imagine that I should prune something …).
Oops.
#Mastodon

2026-03-20 00:46:27 UTC

Plasma: high CPU usage whilst the screen is locked
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293820>
Can anyone suggest a workaround?
#FreeBSD #KDE #Plasma #bug

2026-03-20 00:11:06 UTC

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@nprofile…cck4 very nice!
At a glance, one mistake at <https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-after-install/#update-system>: do not use freebsd-update.
#FreeBSD #documentation

2026-03-08 05:41:18 UTC

Over-Filtering The Internet
<https://tedium.co/2025/08/26/internet-content-filters-history/> (August 2025) @nprofile…zut6
＂Despite many, many failed attempts to do so, people keep trying to filter the internet. Let’s look at the lens of the current moment through past attempts—including one led by, of all people, a librarian. …＂
#Technology #Internet

2026-03-04 01:45:25 UTC

#FreeBSD #Linux #kernel #jails
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/168/360/339/487/987/original/4865e76b934b3aed.png

2026-03-03 22:51:43 UTC

jrun
declarative jail wiring
<https://github.com/hyphatech/jailrun>
– via <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rjoqgv/jrun_declarative_jail_wiring_for_macoslinux/>
#FreeBSD #macOS #Linux

2026-03-03 05:01:02 UTC

FreeBSD 15.1 overview – with KDE Plasma and applications, Ly, and SDDM
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rje9xu/freebsd_151_overview_with_kde_plasma_and/
@nprofile…mh7p
#FreeBSD #Foundation #desktop #KDE #Plasma #Ly #SDDM

2026-03-01 14:18:50 UTC

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@nprofile…vf35 similarly boring, in a pleasant silent Sunday way:
– using pkgbase with FreeBSD 14 to work around a bug involving freebsd-update, which is not yet compatible with base packages.
Using pkgbase to put things right is the natural thing to do, when someone demands abandonment of pkgbase 😺
📦 https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2026-February/005736.html 🙄
#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #positivity

2026-02-28 07:19:22 UTC

FreeBSD 14.4 release candidate – please test
<https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20260228000136.2C0F81F863>
– via <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rgs3mz/freebsd_144_release_candidate/>
#FreeBSD

2026-02-22 12:49:31 UTC

The removal of TrueNAS legacy (CORE) leaves space for a tenth button.
What would you like?
The button need not be FreeBSD-specific. Discussions frequently attract users of other systems.
The sidebar of r/freebsd is crowded (very tall), and this cluster of buttons is relatively far down, so I doubt that it will gain much attention. Still, cafe community thoughts are welcome.
Three screenshots:
1. an overview of <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/top/?sort=top&t=day> before removal of the TrueNAS button
2. the entire sidebar as represented at <https://sh.reddit.com/r/freebsd/about/>
3. focus on the other sub shortlist, and the other shortlist, within the sidebar.
Thanks.
#FreeBSD #BSD #Unix #Linux
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/114/349/650/106/747/original/f8e3880b1119a2e7.png
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/114/353/453/079/471/original/7f6ab66e3abf3bdc.png
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/114/358/093/580/722/original/a61296a4fe28da06.png

2026-02-19 02:10:40 UTC

Exosphere:
― aggregated patch and security update reporting
― basic system status across multiple Unix-like hosts via SSH
<https://exosphere.readthedocs.io/> | <https://github.com/mrdaemon/exosphere>
<https://untrusted.website/@mr_daemon/114980024541462116> @nprofile…6nur
<https://mastodon.social/@terminaltrove/114977286773333343> @nprofile…4c90
#Unix #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Debian #Ubuntu #RedHat #macOS #Windows #SSH
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/094/858/676/922/439/original/06ddcdeba900e5a3.png

2025-12-06 05:57:00 UTC

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@nprofile…t48u has Ken done something different with his hair?

2025-10-11 14:38:53 UTC

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@nprofile…q5wq thanks, I never imagined that you got paid for it (that was the "priceless" footnote).
I edited that bullet point.
Is it obvious enough that the private email content was from me? 🙂 (On a humourless day; without knowing the long history, I was genuinely confused.)
I'm very glad that it's happening for 15.
<https://www.bsdcan.org/2015/schedule/attachments/321_packaging-base.pdf>
<https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkgbase/2016-January/000000.html>
<https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkgbase/2016-March/000032.html>
<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase/2025-May/000516.html> "… Please test early and often. …"
… then in August, it became fashionable to behave as if May 2025 test results were non-existent. Ahem :-/

2025-10-11 10:10:25 UTC

@nprofile…q5wq
my confession, your reward:
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1o2lara/comment/nix1qpk/?context=1
― thank you | you're welcome | where's my cheque?
#pkgbase #kvetching #priceless

2025-05-25 03:14:45 UTC

The FreeBSD Forums versus the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Recently: "Save Page Now could not capture this URL because it was unreachable. If the site is online, it may be blocking access from our service."
I assume that the block is inadvertent.
Pictured below: an attempt to capture https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/question-about-manual-install-freebsd14-2.97950/
#FreeBSD
Cc @nprofile…0thl
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2025-03-15 20:22:29 UTC

Shots 1 and 2: I forced a series of errors by running pkbasify (in Konsole, alongside various other applications) with insufficient free memory and insufficient swap space.
Shots 3 and 4: the second run completed without error.
Cool.
<https://github.com/ifreund/pkgbasify?tab=readme-ov-file#pkgbasify>
– convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase.
Thanks to Isaac Freund @nprofile…r2sw and the FreeBSD Foundation @nprofile…8a2r
#FreeBSD #pkg #pkgbase #pkgbasify
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https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/114/168/250/551/851/498/original/62e6ad4bbcc23667.png
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2025-02-28 07:09:09 UTC

What's wrong with this kill command for process group ID 32772?
/bin/kill -- -32772
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1j01ydr/whats_wrong_with_this_kill_command_for_process/>
#FreeBSD

2025-02-19 17:14:51 UTC

USB Quick Formatter
― for FreeBSD
<https://github.com/Liemaeu/FreeBSD-USB-Quick-Formatter/>
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1itaiv2/usb_quick_formatter_liemaeu/>
#FreeBSD
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/114/031/674/684/586/318/original/983c0fb89044626b.png

2025-02-18 07:26:37 UTC

Code - OSS
Visual Studio Code – Open Source
Paste seems to be bugged in editors/vscode 1.96.4_2 and greater on FreeBSD.
If you have 1.96.4_1: consider locking it before your next upgrade of packages.
<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1igc6is/editorsvscode_1964_2_paste_not_working/mde5u33/>
<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1gzcbbl/electron_and_related_ports/> Electron 34 is not yet ported.
#Electron #VSCode #FreeBSD

2025-02-09 08:10:59 UTC

@nprofile…sr9k I get an unknown error for <https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/158264>.
Please, can you see anything wrong there?
I don't recall deleting the post, it's in the Wayback Machine, <https://web.archive.org/web/20241006102829/https://blendit.bsd.cafe/post/158264>.

2025-01-24 19:47:20 UTC

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@nprofile…sr9k craftily you made me laugh happily.
#SixWordResponses

2024-03-02 19:32:37 UTC

Reddit vs Discord <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/reddit-vs-discord.92464/> … naturally progressed to include threading, Mastodon (fediverse), Matrix, TikTok, X, Microsoft Skype and Teams, Quora, Slack, Stack Exchange, IRC, email (mailing lists), The FreeBSD Forums (on XenForo), and so on.

2023-09-17 07:35:33 UTC

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@npub1t7d…pqpp daily, I imagine. Thanks.

2023-09-10 00:06:15 UTC

@npub1t7d…pqpp can you make fortunes (far) less frequent?
https://bsdcafemedia01.server-gestiti.it/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/111/037/931/116/941/138/original/5e7b52d781955a99.png

2023-09-02 16:11:18 UTC

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@npub1t7d…pqpp hahahaha

2023-09-02 16:10:14 UTC

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@npub1t7d…pqpp nice choice for the domain, .cafe …

2023-09-02 15:46:24 UTC

https://nitter.net/cperciva/status/1693127769901969772

2023-08-27 17:21:22 UTC

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@npub1t7d…pqpp nice! Thanks. I shared this in Matrix.