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Dear #OpenBSD friends. I feel like I owe everyone thank you for so many suggestions about #backup tools.Last few days I tried to rsync OS together with home data to an external, encrypted disk and then make it bootable. So I have backup and a nice recovery tool at the same time.Umfortunately I can't make it boot. Seems like kernel does not assemble encrypted softraid disk while booting from USB. It goes sideways while booting with "root device (duuid of softraid disk) not found". Any ideas ? 😀

@rqm I personnaly use https://openbsd.app#my2cents

@lw Happy to help!Works the same on my OpenBSD 7.8 server.

@vermaden On Linux I have been running GoG games with wine-11 and ntsync in WoW64 mode with minigalaxy as launcher and most games were totally fine. No 32bit needed. I was surprised because GE-Proton-10 is quite buggy for me since they introduced that umu-launcher, and wine-11 just works fine now.I have to try Wine11-WoW in FreeBSD now, there is the minigalaxy launcher in ports and someone cooked a NTSync kernel module: https://github.com/XaeroVincent/FreeBSD-NTSync.Steam is still in a 32bit chroot...

Yesterday, 42 days to go to the next BSD-NL Conference - Early 2026 🐡😈⛳You can still get tickets! https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/You can still submit your talk!https://events.bsdnl.nl/(CfP closes on 2026-04-12)📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2026🕐 10:00-23:00 CEST📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)🌐 https://bsdnl.nl#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

Just spent way too long wrestling with a 400-line pf.conf and asymmetrical routing. 😵‍💫The culprit? Classic rule ordering. A slightly too broad rule (with quick) near the top was happily catching traffic and creating states without the reply-to option before my intended rule could even look at it.The packets were flowing, just... not back the right way. Debugging that was significantly harder than I expected.I am officially logging off to take a nap. 💤#pf #PacketFilter #Networking #Sysadmin #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

Hmmm decisions decisions. As an #OpenBSD user I usually prefer #vim with just 2 plugins installed my gruvbox theme and colorizer to color html color codes. But I'm wondering if I really need syntax highlighting and theme support ? You can see my rough and I mean rough .kshrc side by side in vim and vi. I do like a splash of color and do enjoy the command completion though so I guess I will tinker with n(vi) further. #vi

@as400 Not OpenBSD but I have been using rsnapshot for like 20 years on Linux.It's brain dead simple. No encryption or anything. If you need encrytion at rest leverage your OS file system tools.HTH

@as400 I guess I should try this on #Librewolf on #Freebsd even if I don't feel any performance issue...!

More monkeying around with OpenBSD. I spent a bunch of time getting LXQt working but the themeing was taking too much time so I threw more ram at the VM and installed KDE. The goal was to learn about OpenBSD, not LXQT. Ha.Lots of the standard apps are there in OpenBSD but I need to find out how to get Librewolf and Waterfox going. Having done zero research, I'm assuming I need to compile from source.I saw an article out using "Molly" as an alternate Signal Messenger client (xn--gckvb8fzb.com/if-you-must-use-signal-use-molly/). May try it in the future.The KDE Plasma version is 6.4.5. IIRC KDE is stopping X11 support so I will need to figure out something else I guess. I've seen threads about Wayland on OpenBSD but didn't go down the rabbit hole yet. What little I read implied not ready for prime time.The VM feels pretty snappy even though the QEMU agent doesn't really help with video options. This is using the VGA driver setup to get a decent resolution.I really need to get this Jeep back on the road. I miss it.#OpenBSD #KDE #KDEPlasma #LXQt #VM #QEMU #Librewolf #Waterfox #X11 #Wayland #Signal

The European BSD conference, EuroBSDcon 2026 will be in Brussels, 9-13 September 2026. You can send your talk, tutorial, BOF or other session submission to our program committee before June 20th, see https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ For more about the BSD conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #programming #devops #bsd #conference @EuroBSDCon

In case you missed it earlier, The Book of PF, 4th Edition: It's Here, It's Real https://nxdomain.no/~peter/its_real_its_here.html And I will have copies with me to upcoming events #openbsd #freebsd #bsd #pf #packetfilter #bookofpf #4thedition #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #eurobsdcon @nostarch

BSD Conference in NLOn Saturday, 9th of May, there is the Spring edition of BSD-NL Our lovely BSD conference, held in the Netherlands. Or more specifically, in Utrecht - which is the centre of our little country.Do you use the BSDs in any way - whether personally, professionally? Everyone with even the slightest interest into the BSDs is welcome, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned maintainer/contributor There will be a couple of talks/presentations, plenty of room and time to hack - and to socialize if that is your thing So: grab a ticket, join the awesomeness: BSDNL.nl And follow @bsd_nl #BSDNL #BSD #RUNBSD #OpenBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #GhostBSD #EvenMyMotherRunsBSD

@as400 25 years ago i barely had enough ram to build linux or bsd kernel. felt like it took 25 years too. do you need amdgpu? if not pull it out.

📢 Calling all BSD enthusiasts! 😈⛳️🐡The call for papers for EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels is open, and we're looking for your brilliant ideas! 🌟Got a groundbreaking discovery in *BSD applications, architecture, or implementation? Or maybe you've cracked the code on performance and security? We want to hear from you!Don't miss this chance to:- Demonstrate how *BSD are tackling today’s challenges and solving real-world problems.- Explore the inner workings of *BSD, share your expertise on its design, structure, and innovation.- Unveil your best practices, clever hacks, and practical tips for optimizing and fine-tuning *BSD.- Unlock the full potential of *BSD to maximizing efficiency, speed, and scalability.- Showcase your expertise in hardening *BSD and building robust defenses against modern threats.- Highlight how *BSD is driving change in economic, organizational, and societal contexts.https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/cfpDeadline: June 20, 2026 🕒Let's make EuroBSDCon 2026 the best one yet! See you in Brussels! 🌟EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪September 09-13, 2026#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #CFP

@BoxyBSD @gyptazy Pity I missed that...

I found fresh commit in #OpenBSD repo. It's adding 802.11ax which means ----> speeeeed 😈 And also might mean "sysupgrade -s" and another kernel build for me.https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/f53d362946f91d55d2950e3b4b8cd127e354970a

So, I missed "hw.battery.chargestop" sysctl and some keys (eg. keyboard backlight) on my Asus #OpenBSD install.I spotted new driver for Asus machines in source - "acpiwmi". But not included in default kernel build. Hmmm...On mailing list there was additional acpiwmi patch for chargestop and some other stuff. So I took chargestop logic, patched acpiwmi driver and compiled custom kernel. Works! #OpenBSD kernel compiles in around 3 minutes !Linux 45 minutes. Without AMDGPU stuff.Incredible

Prepping my #Thinkpad for the weekends shenanigans. #OpenBSD

Love is finding out that your wife has bought you some notebooks. ❤️ #OpenBSD