runbsd

Since <a href="/tags/netbsd/" rel="tag">#NetBSD</a> comes with a nicely configured <a href="/tags/ctwm/" rel="tag">#CTWM</a>. I copied their config files to <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> and with a few small changes, mainly command path differences between the two, and now CTWM seems much better!<br><br><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#Unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a><br>

<p>Non-systemd operating systems like the BSDs, Devuan, etc...</p><p>Do we think there will be some kind of work around in place for Gnome 50? </p><p>Has KDE articulated a plan either in favour or not for systemd-only in the future similarly to Gnome?</p><p>Xfce stated a direction?</p><p>I&#x27;m going to guess that Cosmic will always be only systemd.</p><p><a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/gnome/" rel="tag">#Gnome</a> <a href="/tags/xfce/" rel="tag">#Xfce</a> <a href="/tags/cosmic/" rel="tag">#Cosmic</a></p>

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>All of this on a 4 euro per month FreeBSD VM.</p><p>If anyone has doubts about the quality and efficiency of FreeBSD, this is the data to show.</p><p><a href="/tags/fedimeteo/" rel="tag">#FediMeteo</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/it/" rel="tag">#IT</a> <a href="/tags/sysadmin/" rel="tag">#SysAdmin</a></p>

OK Not that I have anything against <a href="/tags/openbsd/" rel="tag">#OpenBSD</a> but I&#x27;m going to install <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> 15.0 onto my <a href="/tags/thinkpad/" rel="tag">#ThinkPad</a> again as I do miss ZFS and the extensive <a href="/tags/wayland/" rel="tag">#Wayland</a> selection of apps too. Ok I miss full color emoji in the terminal too you got me. But I do still have OpenBSD running on my Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower so I can keep up with developments as I do still like what it is and what they stand for. I guess I&#x27;m just a <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> girl and I like them all. <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/snac.smithies.me.uk/runbsd.jpg" class="emoji" alt=":runbsd:" title=":runbsd:"> <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/snac.smithies.me.uk/openbsd.png" class="emoji" alt=":openbsd:" title=":openbsd:"> <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/snac.smithies.me.uk/freebsd.png" class="emoji" alt=":freebsd:" title=":freebsd:"><br>

I am running <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> RELEASE 15.0 with <a href="/tags/pkg/" rel="tag">#pkg</a> for package management, no <a href="/tags/ports/" rel="tag">#ports</a> at all. It appeared to me that the Joe&#x27;s Window Manager port, x11-wm/jwm, was built without <a href="/tags/svg/" rel="tag">#SVG</a> image support by default. However svg files are actually widely used by multiple icon themes, meaning that many of them will not work under <a href="/tags/jwm/" rel="tag">#JWM</a> . Should I simply compile it manually out of ports tree? I mean getting the ports tree is not difficult but setting up <a href="/tags/poudriere/" rel="tag">#poudriere</a> and all just for one package seems tedious. Are there any other simpler waysnto achieve this?<br><br><br><a href="/tags/askfedi/" rel="tag">#AskFedi</a> <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/wm/" rel="tag">#WM</a><br>

<p>Upgraded my secondary notebook &quot;Tianve&quot; to GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p7.</p><p>Removed KDE Plasma 6.5.4 and switched to LXQT instead. All is well.</p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a></p>

It&#x27;s <a href="/tags/fosdem/" rel="tag">#FOSDEM</a> time again!<br><br>Happy to meet you all again and you can&#x27;t really miss me! Just poke me - happy about chats!<br><br><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RUNBSD</a>, do <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a>, chats about <a href="/tags/proxmox/" rel="tag">#Proxmox</a> <a href="/tags/proxlb/" rel="tag">#ProxLB</a> and <a href="/tags/pegaprox/" rel="tag">#PegaProx</a> or anything else like <a href="/tags/boxybsd/" rel="tag">#BoxyBSD</a> or business related content at <a href="/tags/credativ/" rel="tag">#credativ</a>!<br>

Ah-ha! Just discovered a better way of listing only the packages that I installed on <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> . Most folk tell you to use pkg info -q -a which just gives you a list of everything installed. I wanted just what I installed after the initial FreeBSD install. So to do that type the following.<br><br>pkg query -e &#x27;%a=0&#x27; %n<br><br>Everyday is indeed a school day. 😎<br><br><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a><br>

<p>4 brand new Lenovo Desktop PCs collected<br>10 days to solve this problem</p><p>It will be on FreeBSD</p><p><a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a></p>

<p>Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.</p><p>I&#x27;ve refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade: </p><p>- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)<br>- Native signal handling for log rotation <br>- Correct PID tracking &amp; status reporting.</p><p>I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src</span><span class="invisible">/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md</span></a></p><p>I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they&#x27;re working great so far!</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/bsd.cafe/freebsd_logo.png" class="emoji" alt=":freebsd_logo:" title=":freebsd_logo:"> ❤️ 🦣 </p><p><a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#SelfHosting</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#mastoadmin</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a></p>

<p>Main: &quot;Tionisla&quot; - DELL Latitude e6540 <br>FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p5<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p5 amd64<br>KDE/Plasma 6.5.0</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c6</span><span class="invisible">64559</span></a></p><p>Kudos to the FreeBSD/KDE folks!</p><p> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde_plasma/" rel="tag">#kde_plasma</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a></p>

<p>Secondary: &quot;Tianve&quot; - HP 250 G3 <br>GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p4<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p4 amd64<br>KDE/Plasma 6.4.5/wayland</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa</span><span class="invisible">9b597</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/kde/" rel="tag">#KDE</a> <a href="/tags/plasma/" rel="tag">#Plasma</a> <a href="/tags/kde_plasma/" rel="tag">#kde_plasma</a> <a href="/tags/wayland/" rel="tag">#wayland</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a></p>

<p>Main: &quot;Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540<br>Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64<br>Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p2<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c6</span><span class="invisible">64559</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>

<p>As the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsd.network/@bsdcan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bsdcan</span></a></span> lists of talks and tutorials have been posted, I can officially announce my presentation:</p><p>Don&#x27;t Freeze in the Cloud: Reclaiming Home Control with NetBSD</p><p>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.</p><p>In 2015, after moving houses, this system was demoted to a secondary role, replaced by a shiny, commercial &quot;smart&quot; thermostat. However, I continued to maintain and update my custom solution for fun.</p><p>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&#x27;s server.</p><p>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.</p><p>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, &quot;set-and-forget&quot; home automation, allowing us to reclaim control from the cloud.</p><p><a href="/tags/netbsd/" rel="tag">#NetBSD</a> <a href="/tags/bsdcan/" rel="tag">#BSDCan</a> <a href="/tags/bsdcan2026/" rel="tag">#BSDCan2026</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/ownyourdata/" rel="tag">#OwnYourData</a> <a href="/tags/presentation/" rel="tag">#Presentation</a> <a href="/tags/talk/" rel="tag">#Talk</a></p>

<p>Secondary: &quot;Tianve&quot; - HP-250 G3<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64<br>Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494a1526"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=77494</span><span class="invisible">a1526</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#ghostbsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>

<p>Maybe I should switch to GhostBSD 🤔 <br>&quot;GhostBSD Switches to XLibre Over Wayland&quot;<br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/ghostbsd-switches-to-xlibre-over-wayland/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ostechnix.com/ghostbsd-switches-to-xlibre-over-wayland/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ostechnix.com/ghostbsd-switche</span><span class="invisible">s-to-xlibre-over-wayland/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> <a href="/tags/xlibre/" rel="tag">#XLibre</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a></p>

<p>The release of <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#GhostBSD</a> 26.1 with <a href="/tags/xlibre/" rel="tag">#XLibre</a> is approaching.</p><p>Together, we fixed a bug in the X configuration. Now we&#x27;re looking for testers of the latest ISO <a href="https://ci.ghostbsd.org/jenkins/job/stable-15/job/Build%20ISO%20For%20Testing%20Packages" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ci.ghostbsd.org/jenkins/job/stable-15/job/Build%20ISO%20For%20Testing%20Packages"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ci.ghostbsd.org/jenkins/job/st</span><span class="invisible">able-15/job/Build%20ISO%20For%20Testing%20Packages</span></a> in VMware, KVM, and bhyve. Please report the results back at <a href="https://forums.ghostbsd.org/d/796-ghostbsd-261-r150p2-testing-help-needed/7" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="forums.ghostbsd.org/d/796-ghostbsd-261-r150p2-testing-help-needed/7"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forums.ghostbsd.org/d/796-ghos</span><span class="invisible">tbsd-261-r150p2-testing-help-needed/7</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/ghostbsdproject/status/2028630797062643970" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="x.com/ghostbsdproject/status/2028630797062643970"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/ghostbsdproject/status/2</span><span class="invisible">028630797062643970</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a></p>

<p>Dear friends of the <a href="/tags/bsdcafe/" rel="tag">#BSDCafe</a> and the entire community,</p><p>Unfortunately, sometimes things in life do not go as planned. Becoming an adult also means learning to accept this and to set priorities. Over the past few months I have had some family matters that required my attention. I waited as long as possible before making a final decision, but the moment has now come.</p><p>I have informed the BSDCan team that, sadly, I will have to withdraw from the event and will not be able to present my talk.</p><p>BSD conferences have become some of the most important events of the year for me. They bring joy, positivity, and motivation. When one ends, I already start looking forward to the next with enthusiasm. In Zagreb I said goodbye to everyone with &quot;see you in Ottawa&quot;. This year, unfortunately, that will not happen.</p><p>The only consolation is that the situation fortunately seems to be moving toward a resolution, although more slowly than expected. Because of this, I cannot in good conscience keep things uncertain and hope that everything will work out in time. I need to take a step back for now, already feeling the enthusiasm for the next EuroBSDCon.</p><p><a href="/tags/bsdcan/" rel="tag">#BSDCan</a> <a href="/tags/eurobsdcon/" rel="tag">#EuroBSDCon</a> <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> <a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#RunBSD</a></p>

<p>Old: &quot;Zaonce&quot; - Dell Inspiron 1525<br>Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64<br>Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8<br>Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0 <br>Windowmanager: XFWM4<br>Qt Version: 6.10.1<br>Graphics Platform: X11</p><p><a href="https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d8ae09" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d8ae09"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsd-hardware.info/?probe=2904d</span><span class="invisible">8ae09</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/runbsd/" rel="tag">#runbsd</a> <a href="/tags/freebsd/" rel="tag">#freebsd</a> <a href="/tags/ghostbsd/" rel="tag">#ghostbsd</a> <a href="/tags/unix/" rel="tag">#unix</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/lxqt/" rel="tag">#lxqt</a> <a href="/tags/desktop/" rel="tag">#desktop</a> <a href="/tags/screenshot/" rel="tag">#screenshot</a></p>