runbsd
Non-systemd operating systems like the BSDs, Devuan, etc...
Do we think there will be some kind of work around in place for Gnome 50?
Has KDE articulated a plan either in favour or not for systemd-only in the future similarly to Gnome?
Xfce stated a direction?
I'm going to guess that Cosmic will always be only systemd.
Here is the CPU usage graph for the last 24 hours of the FediMeteo VM. A full 24 hours, during which a huge number of people are connecting, helped by the traction gained from being among the top stories on Hacker News and Lobsters, as well as the many shares across the Fediverse.
RAM usage? Active, around 450 MB. Then there is cache, ARC, and so on. But in practice, zero swap in use after days of uptime.
39 jails running, 39 snac instances, nginx serving the homepage, and HAProxy. HAProxy caching enabled. ZFS snapshots every 15 minutes, backups via zfs send and receive every hour. The same hourly schedule applies to the recalculation of cities, countries, and followers for the homepage.
All of this on a 4 euro per month FreeBSD VM.
If anyone has doubts about the quality and efficiency of FreeBSD, this is the data to show.
#AskFedi #BSD #RunBSD #unix #WM
Upgraded my secondary notebook "Tianve" to GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p7.
Removed KDE Plasma 6.5.4 and switched to LXQT instead. All is well.
pkg query -e '%a=0' %n
Everyday is indeed a school day. 😎
#RunBSD
Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.
I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:
- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.
I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:
https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md
I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!
❤️ 🦣
#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource
Main: "Tionisla" - DELL Latitude e6540
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p5
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p5 amd64
KDE/Plasma 6.5.0
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559
Kudos to the FreeBSD/KDE folks!
#FreeBSD #RunBSD #KDE #Plasma #kde_plasma #screenshot #desktop #unix
Secondary: "Tianve" - HP 250 G3
GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p4
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p4 amd64
KDE/Plasma 6.4.5/wayland
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597
#GhostBSD #FreeBSD #RunBSD #KDE #Plasma #kde_plasma #wayland #screenshot #desktop #unix
![Screenshot of GhostBSD running Plasma.
There's a Plasma default panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a konsole running bsdebfetch with some system stats and three picture frames: bottom right with "RunBSD" Logo and center and top center stickers with slogans concerning "mamma carcinomas".
There's a bottom panel with a pager widget showing two virtual desktops.
Both panels are set to dodge windows.
Colours follow Plasmas twilight settings.
Iconset: Nature Grey
[https://github.com/SethStormR/Nature]
Backdrop is Lunar Reverie by jomada
[https://store.kde.org/p/2309646}
Styling based on the Klassy theme](/proxy/post_attachment/173649/a303ab13d0.png "Screenshot of GhostBSD running Plasma.
There's a Plasma default panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a konsole running bsdebfetch with some system stats and three picture frames: bottom right with \"RunBSD\" Logo and center and top center stickers with slogans concerning \"mamma carcinomas\".
There's a bottom panel with a pager widget showing two virtual desktops.
Both panels are set to dodge windows.
Colours follow Plasmas twilight settings.
Iconset: Nature Grey
[https://github.com/SethStormR/Nature]
Backdrop is Lunar Reverie by jomada
[https://store.kde.org/p/2309646}
Styling based on the Klassy theme")
Main: "Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64
Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p2
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11
As the @bsdcan lists of talks and tutorials have been posted, I can officially announce my presentation:
Don't Freeze in the Cloud: Reclaiming Home Control with NetBSD
In 2010, I was taking more flights than cups of coffee. After a two-week trip, I returned home to a nasty, albeit expected, surprise: an indoor temperature of 7.8°C (46 F). Possessing more time than money, I decided to solve the problem my own way. I built a custom Python-based control system, accessible only via VPN, to manage my heating.
In 2015, after moving houses, this system was demoted to a secondary role, replaced by a shiny, commercial "smart" thermostat. However, I continued to maintain and update my custom solution for fun.
Fast forward to October 2025: major cloud providers faced significant outages. My commercial thermostat became dumber than a mechanical switch. I was reduced to manual two-hour overrides, with no visibility into settings or usage. It was a wake-up call: keeping my home warm should not depend on someone else's server.
I dusted off my solution and adapted it to modern needs - powered, of course, by NetBSD, running on the very same hardware that served my previous home for years.
In this talk, I will share the journey, the technical challenges, and the architectural decisions behind the project. I will demonstrate how NetBSD’s stability and low footprint make it the ideal operating system for long-term, "set-and-forget" home automation, allowing us to reclaim control from the cloud.
#NetBSD #BSDCan #BSDCan2026 #RunBSD #OwnYourData #Presentation #Talk
Secondary: "Tianve" - HP-250 G3
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64
Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526
#runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot
Maybe I should switch to GhostBSD 🤔
"GhostBSD Switches to XLibre Over Wayland"
https://ostechnix.com/ghostbsd-switches-to-xlibre-over-wayland/