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The BastilleBSD team is pleased to announce the release of Rocinante v1.0.1.251120! This release includes a number of fixes and improvements. Big thank you to everyone that contributed to this release! https://github.com/BastilleBSD/rocinante/releases/tag/1.0.1.251120#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #Rocinante #automation #devops #sysadmin

FreeBSD Desktop Installer Tech PreviewWe’ve dropped a video preview of ongoing work to make desktop installation on FreeBSD simpler.We show a walkthrough of installing FreeBSD 15.0-BETA and then running the new desktop setup script being developed by Alfonso Siciliano. The preview covers basic installation, running the desktop script and booting into a working graphical environment in under 10 minutes.Watch the preview: https://youtu.be/vbWOLzGDa4I?si=aPbMwszewvkHf0iQ#FreeBSD #OpenSource #DesktopInstaller

FreeBSD 15.0-RC2 Now Available<https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20251119010332.2562F1B16C><https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-November/003585.html>The second release candidate build of the 15.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available. …<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1p1pxn1/freebsd_150rc2_now_available/>#FreeBSD #RC2

@pertho 😆

I need a web app where an admin can upload files and anonymous users can then download it. It should be dead simple and the only important feature would be folders. Of course it must run on #FreeBSD ;). I tried Filegator but it throws weird fatal errors. Any ideas for such a small web app?

@dan613 @plantarum the city is beautiful. The conference was great. The people? Wonderful. A great, great experience.

@stefano I think if we are going to be analyzing RAM usage across OSes, then usage needs to be recorded every X minutes over a specific workload, with idle being baseline or control group. Just showing 270MB RAM at idle and then another single snapshot at 10GB of some kind of workload still doesn't tell much. It's difficult to infer anything else.

FreeBSD 15.0-RC1 is available.#freebsd #freebsd15 #kde #kde6

I've just used them, so time to repost this:Enhancing FreeBSD Stability with ZFS Pool Checkpointshttps://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/07/01/enhancing-freebsd-stability-with-zfs-pool-checkpoints/#FreeBSD #RunBSD #ZFS #OpenZFS

@stefano @christopher I am not sure if I'd say #Linux is becoming like #Windows. I do recall similar statements made on the Debian-User mailing list on a previous release when xorg introduced autoconfiguration. A lot of people were pissed that it was making choices for you instead of manually configuring the xorg.conf file.Honestly, that was a good thing. Painful doesn't begin to describe it but users were unaware they could still hand-configure the file.There has been, however, more stuff added to Linux over the last several years. Call it bloat, call it whatever you want. OSes change. But it has been gradually moving away from simplicity.I miss the simplicity.However, to reply to your original post, coming from COTS solutions, sometimes the vast amount of choice can be overwhelming. For instance, when it comes to #FreeBSD #jails it used to just be jails. Now, it's thin, thick, classic, networking. I understand they have their places but it would be helpful to provide more detailed explanations, tutorials, or best practices for each. The FreeBSD Handbook is good but just scratches the surface but often leaves more questions. It would help with learning and in part...marketing.On a side note: The FreeBSD Handbook is a great resource but there are opportunities to improve it, like tailoring it to new users (better empathy), best practices, architectural examples, and links to additional resources and info.

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Are you working on something involving a BSD system that you would like to share with others?The Call for Papers period is open for AsiaBSDCon until November 30th, 2025 and for BSDCan until January 17, 2026.Check out the websites linked in the article, and get that submission in!What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #bsd #dragonflyBSD #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #conference

Trying out some GhostBSD for a change. It's a pretty solid desktop experience ngl. The Mate desktop is better (and prettier) than my (old) memories about it. But on my ThinkPad, I still prefer vanilla FreeBSD with XFCE4 as that feels more like "home" 🙂 #runbsd #freebsd #ghostbsd #bsd #unix #desktop

Pssst! BoxyConnect comes soon to @BoxyBSD! BoxyConnect allows you to create a private network / private link between multiple boxes at BoxyBSD. And the best? You can even create this over different locations/countries to provide you more flexibility.You can simply assign any RFC1918 addresses on your new additional network interface on both sites and communicate in your own private network - even miles away.This feature is currently in beta and will hopefully be available to everyone (just like all other services of course for free). Enjoy #RUNBSD! This new feature is powered by @gyptazy! #BoxyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #SmolBSD #Hosting #SelfHosting #Provider #BSD #FreeVPS #VPS #opensource #community #education #openeducation

@grahamperrin Oh, I replied to that user without realizing it was you. Thank you. 🙂

@stefano This is indeed a great post. Refreshing to read - the author didn't distro-bash but instead highlighted how needs were met.I have been leaning toward #FreeBSD after 20 years on #Debian, which has a special place in my heart. However, FreeBSD's *consistency*, elegant design, and better documentation are driving factors and I just can't look away. Over these two decades, Linux has definitely changed. It's no longer what it once was: a #Unix clone. It's evolved into its own thing. Software does that and that's OK. But a lot of the changes or "improvements" have been needlessly reinventing the wheel with a worsening user experience and convoluted results. The audio subsystems (ALSA -> PulseAudio -> Pipewire and of course the mess that is/was JACK) and #SystemD are two big examples.On SystemD, I don't disagree that Linux needed a modern init system. SystemD is faster, but from a human perspective it's worse. I am now typing *more* characters to manage services. Is there a reason why it couldn't be designed to manage services like:> $SERVICE start/stop/restartInstead, we are left with:> systemctl $SERVICE start/stop/restartBut I digress.#TBT I fell in love with FreeBSD when I first started my Linux journey in the mid-2000s, but only dabbled in it as it was never in any production environment I managed.I have a FreeBSD VM sitting in my lab somewhere but due to other factors rarely do I get to it. I'm thinking it's time I grab a spare laptop, load it up, and use it as a daily driver to really force myself to learn it.

So… what browser are we supposed to be using in this the age of enshittification?Firefox? Forcing unwanted AI on usChrome? Same, plus, it’s Google Brave? No thank you for many reasonsSo, what browser is safe and compatible?#FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource #privacy

Happy Friday #FreeBSD

@stefano @ricardo the article mentioned the FreeBSD subreddit and The FreeBSD Forums. Yorick Peterse shared his post in the sub, where it was very well-received. Pictured: insights that are not visible to the public (I very rarely share such things, doing so seems harmless on this occasion). No mention of Discord, Twitter, or X. Also pictured: the wiki for FreeBSD Discord very recently cautioned that the FreeBSD Community Code of Conduct can not be enforced. I do not imagine that this caution relates to any recent misconduct there …<https://www.freebsd.org/internal/code-of-conduct/><https://wiki.freebsd.org/Discord/DiscordServer><https://yorickpeterse.com/>#FreeBSD #Reddit #forums #Discord #community #conduct #misconduct