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I'm preparing for that FreeBSD Mate install. The poll is already pointing to that 🥳
Thnx all for input; the polling station is still open.
I'll start out with 14.2, and have GhostBSD already lined up as a fallback.
Of course I've done a number of installs of FreeBSD before, but that was just scratching the surface.
Looking forward to the deep dive! Jails, ports, bhyves and podmans beware 👻

Can't park there, mate. #BanCars

WhatIsNewYork
Shoutout to the bus driver for holding the car up! How does this keep happening?? #whatisnewyork

Does anyone have suggested spacing guidelines for Molex PicoBlade connectors oriented in a row so that the cables run over each other?
Obviously the three shown here are too close.
But how far apart is far enough?

“We got to be honest in what happened, because losing elections has consequences,”
said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate,
during a rousing speech Saturday afternoon.
“We’re in this mess because some of it’s our own doing. … None of us can afford to shy away from having hard conversations about what it’s going to take to win elections.”
Walz, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said Democrats don’t need to retreat from their ideals,
such as pro…

Democrats vow to stick to values while regaining working-class voters
California Democrats say their party must stay committed to their values protecting the most vulnerable, while also honing their economic messaging to win back voters they lost last year.

Sure, mate. Attacking the airbases where you keep the bombers you use to kill the civilians of the nation you invaded is "terrorism".
Because of course it is. What else could it be? The find out phase of FAFO? Never!
#Russia

To paraphrase Barry Scwartz: The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less
With the continuous glitz of KDE, Hyprland, dwm, Slackware and Gentoo as daily drivers it's the time of year to start winding down.
Also because I've been revisiting Steve Anelay's videos (OldTechBloke, sorely missed) I'll spend a month on the Mate desktop, starting this Saturday.
But what to run it on? Help me make a choice, appreciated 😎

https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/climate-action-is-now-harm-reduction

Sensitivity of DC Network Representation for GIC Analysis
Aniruddh Mishra, Arthur K. Barnes, Jose E. Tabarez, Adam Mate
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23016 ht…

Sensitivity of DC Network Representation for GIC Analysis
Geomagnetic disturbances are a threat to the reliability and security of our national critical energy infrastructures. These events specifically result in geomagnetically induced currents, which can cause damage to transformers due to magnetic saturation. In order to mitigate these effects, blocker devices must be placed in optimal locations. Finding this placement requires a dc representation of the ac transmission lines, which this paper discusses. Different decisions in this process, includi…

The nightingale sings
Not to please an audience
But to court a mate.
#dailyhaikuprompt - nightingale
#haiku
#poem

Electronegativity effects on plasma dynamics in He/O$_2$ RF microplasma jets at atmospheric pressure
Lukas Vogelhuber, Ihor Korolov, Mate Vass, Katharina Noesges, Tim Bolles, Kevin K\"ohn, Maximilian Klich, Ralf Peter Brinkmann, Thomas Mussenbrock
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22460

Electronegativity effects on plasma dynamics in He/O$_2$ RF microplasma jets at atmospheric pressure
This work investigates the transitions between ohmic mode and Penning-Gamma mode in a capacitively coupled radio frequency micro atmospheric pressure plasma jets (CCRF $μ$APPJ) operated in He/O$_2$ mixtures by comparing phase-resolved optical emission spectroscopy (PROES) measurements of helium excitation with numerical simulations. The simulations employ a hybrid model that treats electrons kinetically via PIC/MCC, while ions and neutrals are modeled fluid dynamically. These results reveal th…

Yeah ok but met gala was great and the soup at #ferrari kitchen is to die for
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article

Ferrari's braking issues 'a lottery' as Lewis Hamilton reflects on FP2 struggles in Imola | Formula 1®
Lewis Hamilton believes that ongoing braking issues with Ferrari's SF-25 are "a lottery" as the seven-time World Champion and team mate Charles Leclerc struggled for pace on Friday ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

The 3 Musketeers for the coming week: Slackeroni KDE, Gentoo dwm and GhostBSD Mate. The latter one will be tested on the daily grind.
My guess?
You'd never want to go back 🤣🍻

With all excitement and bling floating around I am enjoying my time today on GhostBSD Mate edition. Well rounded, everything works ootb, quiet styling (I've turned on a Dracula theme of course ;-).
Plus'es: samba , VLC, sound, LibreOffice, generic feel, the Stations (backup, software), sudo (I prefer doas, but newcomers will recognize sudo), install and go.
BSD generic: volume settings (mixer pcm etc), wifi (on a 2018 mini pc with Ryzen 2500U, seriously?) and of course BT are generic issues. Can be solved, but still.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that GhostBSD totally takes care of graphics drivers, dbus et al. I mean DisplayPort at 185hz ootb, great!
All in all a nice one 👍🏻, recommended!
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#ghostbsd