Tootfinder

＂… In an 8 GB VM, FreeBSD used a non-trivial 1.8 GB of RAM. …＂
For desktop use: a machine with 8 GB should be fine 👍
Screenshots here show a 1 GB machine running KDE Plasma with LibreOffice, vscode (Code - OSS), Firefox with YouTube and four other windows, htop in Konsole, and YouTube playing very smoothly in Konqueror.
After quitting everything except Konsole: less than 700 M real memory was used, some of which was ZFS ARC – a good thing.
This is not to recommend a …

@…
I often name or rename a host to signify its origin, or the issue with which a VirtualBox guest (or snapshot thereof) is associated.
The screenshot here does not show any host name, but does show some of the variety in guest and snapshot naming.
I have a fairly large number of hosts that are named 'blah', because the name wil…

@… https://brew.bsd.cafe/ seems to be down?

@… in Reddit I made one top-level comment per subject.
Some of the top-level comments lacked headings. I'll add headings, and maybe subheadings, to help clarify things.
The old Reddit view of things (in a web browser) might be easier than new Reddit, or mobile.
old Reddit is certainly more compatible with HeadingsMap. Pictured here: a …

Is it important to know that FreeBSD 15 does not include GNOME Web?
Yes and no.
Epiphany doesn't work with YouTube.
Oops!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnLRVb8xdT0>
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE is release engineered. The ports collection, which includes GNOME We…

ed is more helpful than i knew
https://bsd.network/@ed1conf/115650502543526420

ed(1) conference (@ed1conf@bsd.network)
Content warning: edvent day 2

@… try SDDM instead of GDM.
SDDM was fine with GNOME when I tested a few days ago.
#FreeBSD #SDDM

Fortune suggests uses for YOUR favorite UNIX commands!
Try:
ar t "God"
drink < bottle; opener (Bourne Shell)
cat "food in tin cans" (all but 4.[23]BSD)
Hey UNIX! Got a match? (V6 or C shell)
mkdir matter; cat > matter (Bourne Shell)
rm God
man: Why did you get a divorce? (C shell)
date me (anything up to 4.3BSD)
make "heads or tails of all this"
who is smart
(C shell)…

@… the choice is not at all weird, it's explained in the information that the FreeBSD Foundation has made available.
#FreeBSD #KDE

Gnucash is a nice simple Gtk/GUI accountancy program; I've used it to keep track of my spending, income, credit cards etc for well over a decade; it does simple double-entry stuff and also has some more advanced stuff for generating reports and small businesses.
https://www.gnucash.org/

Free Accounting Software | GnuCash
GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

After maybe a decade of "pkgbase", I doubt that the official new phrase "freebsd-base" will catch on and become more popular.
It's five syllables, plus a hyphen, which breaks tagging in (at least) Mastodon.
#pkgbase #freebsd-base

@… thanks!
A few nit-picks from me in Reddit, but I really like the article.
I mean, I _really_ like it. I fully expected you to be harsher (now) about some of the things that you picked up in the past.
#FreeBSD

@… I get failure to install offline packages – packages are the default with FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso – with UFS, vm.pageout_oom_seq=120 and 256 MB given to a VirtualBox guest.
The tail of /var/log/messages – after bsdconfig networking (to allow use of termbin.com):
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg[1652]: FreeBSD-bzip2-lib32-15.0 installed
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg…

@…
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.15494

Creating a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller on FreeBSD – Sour Coffee Labs
<https://sour.coffee/2026/02/04/creating-a-samba-active-directory-domain-controller-on-freebsd/> @…

@… why the doom posting?
Cc @… @… @…

@… KDE did not make a silly design choice.
Cc @… @…

@… why doom post?
<https://redd.it/1qk1c1a>
Cc @…

@… thanks. <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2578>, yes?
Cc @…

@… FYI
285957 – lang/python312 as default python — <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285957>
292105 – lang…

@… agreed: documentation.
#40 - FreeBSD 'system requirements' are not documented at the Project site or the documentation portal - grahamperrin/freebsd-doc - Codeberg.org — <https://code…

@… in Reddit, I added a comment with a quote from (and link to) GitHub, because Readers Are Lazy™.
If you use new Reddit on desktop, you might be able to edit the same (or similar) into your opening post.
<

@… now I'm curious.

@… and how do you feel about the misinformation in the 18th December post above?

@… as a kindness, I removed a link from <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1jwcroa/comment/mmi0kpt/> in July 2025.
Apr…

@… oh, sorry. My testing was minimal.

@… so … this is a nice start to 2026 🙃

@… on the subject of keystrokes, try this mind-bender that bugs a minimal installation of 15.0:
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?i…

@…
"Apologies for the broken threading" relates to the breakage that's visible in the FreeBSD email list archives.

@… is that an installation of NomadBSD, somehow upgraded to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE?

@… has Ken done something different with his hair?

freebsd-base: major upgrades: pkg-static: no trusted certificates
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pdsyfo/freebsdbase_major_upgrades_pkgstatic_no_trusted/

@… I can workaround by excluding base and all other options. Still, there was insufficient memory for a simple pkg command:
pkg update -q
– tail of /var/log/messages below.
The apparent hang at ttyv0 might have been a negligible side-effect of my untimely use of --quiet.
A subsequent non-quiet run succeeded,
pkg update
Installation of Fr…

Also not to scale:
― Queen Victoria's dress
<https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1oecdeq/dress_wore_by_queen_victoria_her_height_was_411/>

In addition to <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@lw/115658547866818342>:
― a bug in the Examples section of the manual page for freebsd-base(7) in FreeBSD-RELEASE
<

For shell examples in documents such as the FreeBSD Handbook:
― the copy icon is bugged.
It wrongly includes the command prompt.
#FreeBSD #documentation

RE: #Queen

GaryH Tech installs WebZFS by q5sys (JT) on FreeBSD
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ePkpVMHu8> @…
― via <

Side note: a minimal installation – base without base (pictured in my previous toot) – is not recommended.
Key mapping fails. This might be acceptable with American keyboards, but the consequences for other maps can be frustrating.
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_…

@… I tested with UFS, it's not enough. I'll add to the bug report.

@… sorry for brevity, you can set the sysctl in single user mode before exiting to the installer.
However: I should not expect the workaround to suffice with 256 MB memory with ZFS.
Cue: a small flood of responses about ZFS (please, no …)!

@… the detail of what was killed is logged. You can switch to different ttys to view such things.
Cc @…

@… I don't use bhyve, can you try this?
vm.pageout_oom_seq=120
(With 256 MB.)

@… thanks, NB the OUTDATED flair (tag) for that post in Reddit.
@…

@… thanks. Wow. Also …
Stack Overflow’s decline — Eric Holscher (2025-01-21) <https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/21/stack-ove…

What the fuck?
<https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115835200561028832> @… (five of five):
＂… so when people say the us can't hold venezuel…

@… true! I already removed the tag. Apologies for any confusion.

@…
vi was not, is not, in the FreeBSD-ports repo.
FreeBSD-vi is in the FreeBSD-base repo.

#ThankYouTuesday
― Alice Sowerby, Ed Maste, Isaac Freund, Mark Phillips and others at the FreeBSD Foundation
― Baptiste Daroussin
― Colin Percival
― Dave Cottlehuber
― Gordon Tetlow
― Warner Losh
@…

@… she knows how to pronounce MATE, that's better than me.
No kidding.
#FreeBSD #BSD

blackship
― a FreeBSD jail orchestrator with TOML configuration, dependency management, state machine lifecycle control, ZFS integration, VNET, and jailfile templates.
<https://github.com/seuros/blackship> via <

Shufflecake: plausible deniability for multiple hidden filesystems …
<https://shufflecake.net/>
<https://codeberg.org/sh…

@… hi, it's really not good taste, I doubt that the copyright holder would approve.

@… what I wanted was a single command.
(If that makes sense. Separate tools don't really fit the bill.)

@… oh, they're all at it.
I blame Trident for setting the trend. How dare any project use Linux? The audacity! Where, oh where, is the operating system monoculture that I deserve? That I demand, no less. I demand and you, the minion reader, agree. Ja. After the months―the years―that I spent acting like I own the business. Injustice, I'll have you…

@… oh! You changed it, despite my plea 👍 and now, in the most obscure way imaginable, the change relates to discussion, elsewhere, of a true crime that is non-domestic.
Such strange wanderings …
#life

Person-focused:
https://fediwall.social/?servers=mastodon.bsd.cafe&tags=&accounts=stefano@mastodon…

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115617451207866775
@… CORRECT!
Maybe I couldn't find it earlier be…

@… ha, thanks … the bears page was amongst the top search results at <https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query="d…

Pickle day
#christmas

@… from <https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/leave/leave.1.en.html#BUGS> (2002):
In the modern age with …

@… it's installable.
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> man leave
No manual entry for leave
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~ [16]> leave
Command 'leave' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install leave
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~ [127]>
@…

@… at a glance: rethink use of colours and sizes.

@… @… drive-by comment: from the (very) little that I hear about HP shifting, I don't imagine that generosity is on the table if there's any financial or other cost attached to generosity actually giving something. …

Briefly: I seem to have fewer problems (after disconnections) with Kubuntu. I'll pay closer attention next time a disconnection is disruptive enough to require closure of an app.

@… I worried that a genuine crime had occurred. I mean, your life has not been entirely free from drama. I thought it was going to end with you getting home and discovering a burglary. This is probably not the emotion that you wanted to inspire when you wrote it. Don't change it. I'm laughing at myself. Thank you.

@… hey, unless I'm missing something there's no way to edit my profile after I was forced to create a profile for registration to read thenewstack.io content.
Also, no visible option to log out, after logging in.
What am I missing?

@… I know, it's not painted, but is Zsa Zsa on the other side?

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115812209119785951
@… thanks for the walk-through!
Nits …
Please…

@…
Cinnamon and MATE should be fine. System sounds are audible on FreeBSD 15.0-RC4.
VirtualBox host: Kubuntu.
@…
#FreeBSD

@… solved: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115634093993623364

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@thesaigoneer/115811519170524506
What's wrong with this picture?
A fire, involving person A.
Person B questions the circumstances surrounding the fire: a prod.
Person D:
– (a) fuels the f…

@… thanks 👍
Got it here (before the video moved): https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1mpelrz/core_team_updat…

@… the systemd argument is not ideal, this could be a conversation for another year …

@… easy, tiger …

Remind me to not trust this auction house with anything that requires spelling.
https://www.hartleysauctions.co.uk/sales/toy-collectors-sales/ag041025/view-lot/291/

🎜 One or two glitches. Sky has not fallen. Overall: very cool.
🎝 pkgbase is a great way to end the festival known as Yule.
🎜 All base packages working just fine, in every case that I've seen.
🎝 I will now finish with random blurb that ends with the word sixteen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule

🎜 When's the chorus? You may well ask. I'm sure it's long overdue.
🎝 Don't hold your breath. Hmm: 42 poudriere jobs ahead in the queue.
🎜 It's all good, I'll just skip the chorus. Build my own stuff from ports.
🎝 So, what's up next? What's new? I dunno. Oh, right! pkgbase, of course.

🎜 Also needed: document writers, come on, now, don't be shy!
🎝 AsciiDoc syntax, what? Well, you'll never know if you never try.
🎜 1st of January. Have I got bored yet, tapping my ZBook keys?
🎝 No. This is endless, I will keep posting for as long as I please.
https://docs.asci…

🎜 What the Project needs is committers far less decrepit than me.
🎝 Let's say, yes, maybe, whatever, it's all good. Let's just wait and see.
🎜 If a ninety-nine-pages-long primer is slightly off-putting,
🎝 please watch this space, 'cause five-minute videos are much more Mark P's thing:
https://www.y…

🎜 If y'all thought that post was amusing, then you're as old as me.
🎝 We're speaking loosely, here, 'cause I'm sixty. You're more like, sixty-three.
🎜 If this rhyming doesn't make sense then please click the link that's here.
🎝 Is this my last post? Don't be naïve, but thank you for asking, dear.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@FreeBSDFoundation/115815955188897462
🎜 You are thirty-two, going on thirty-three, baby, it's time to think.
🎝 Better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink.
🎜 Where's the des…

@… aww! Five minutes well spent, Happy New Year to you, too! 2030 and beyond.

@… I dream, quite regularly, of a friend I lost touch with decades ago. In these dreams, I am often lost at his parents' home.
I awoke from one such dream an hour or so ago. Very lost. Every time this happens, I resolve to make contact. Each time, the resolution becomes a little stronger.
I know what my New Year's Resolution is.
May…

@… see, for example, <https://old.reddit.com/comments/1pf68ci/-/ntmz37p/?context=3> (you may need to click to reveal comme…

systemd, journalctl, et cetera.
Last but not least―not last and not most:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1oeeed6/comment/nw5w2zz/>
＂I can't do anything like what's below with FreeBSD. "

@… I tried Tuba around a year ago, <https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/113658743334828124> … can't remember much about it.
…

Bears.
#bear #poke

@… also, what's pictured, and https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1pw9thg/comment/nw4kexd/
Partly because 'Open…

@… season's greetings from Plasma on FreeBSD-CURRENT with pkgbase 🎄
#KDE #Plasma #FreeBSD

freebsd-version: command not found
Is my bash syntax wrong?
#FreeBSD

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115160747351677908
@… hi, the Fediwall below no longer presents items wi…

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115790975758203115
＂… the reality is that building an operating system is INCREDIBLY hard, … just the stuff that we did with the debugger and all these hoops you have to jump through, …
I mean, that&…

@… @…
SDDM, GNOME, X.Org.
Initially: a black screen on the display to the left.
For the screen to appear on the primary display: it was necessary to use settings on the secondary display, to temporarily make the sec…

@… it's horribly like a 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone …

@…
https://nosystemd.org/#alternatives what's wrong with the array of choices there?

@… I'll make this point:
― if a person likes GNOME without systemd, then the person does not really like GNOME.
Need to be realistic about the paths chosen by developers; about consensus.
When Apple took paths that I could not tolerate, I stopped using Mac OS X. And so on.
@…

@… interop is great. Other factors are great.
The 'What’s changing?' section of Adrian Vovk's June 2025 blog post also touched upon why change was appropriate. This was eyebrow-raising:
＂… code was initially implemented for GNOME 2.24, and is starting to show its age. It has received very minimal attention in the 17 years since it was first …