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@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-08-30 14:55:42

FreeBSD package repository name changes
#FreeBSD

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-07-30 00:59:24

KDE Plasma: ZFS mount points as devices in the sidebar of Dolphin on FreeBSD-RELEASE:
— is this a new thing, has anyone else seen it?
I'm accustomed to seeing rpool and bpool misrepresented as devices in Kubuntu (a known issue).
I don't recall seeing a comparable bug in FreeBSD before yesterday.
#FreeBSD

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-06-29 14:09:31

Plasma visually bugged following an upgrade on FreeBSD
reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1lne

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-16 09:29:45

I wrote up how I installed KDE Plasma 6.4.4, running Wayland, on FreeBSD:
codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/page

@shaun@mastodon.xyz
2025-06-10 02:24:43

#FreeBSD 14.3 was released!
Some changes to `ps` -u and -O behavior, llvm/clang goes to 19.1.7, OpenSSH goes to 9.9p2, OpenSSL goes to 3.0.16, `sysctl` and `ip6addrctl` get jail support, lots more in the release notes:

@usul@piaille.fr
2025-06-09 12:58:32

Grr wanted to add a vagrant freebsd machine but It kept not adding ssh keys. password config did not work. While the fedora base ismage worked.
What do you use to run FreeBSD VMs on linux?
#freebsd #vm

@jdrm@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-21 20:54:32

Por lo que leo lo de #FreeBSD con las tarjetas wifi Intel es una relación fraternal... como la de Caín con Abel. Menos mal que ha sido conectarle un pendrive ASUS, configurar dos líneas en el rc.conf y tener la wifi funcionando sin aparentes problemas en el portštil...

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-08-25 18:50:54

@… FYI <github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc> (and thanks for helping with D51279).

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2025-08-17 03:04:33

I'm not pleased with what is being done to most tasks here, but I do love total perfect CPU utilization...
#FreeBSD #Sysadminnery

Screen grab from a Terminal window with text showing high load averages and 100%  of CPU  being utilized, all by user & system time. The idle, interrupt, & nice values are all 0.00%. Literal text:

last pid: 61536; load averages: 18.99, 21.14, 16.94
1863 processes:4 running, 94 sleeping, 1765 zombie
CPU: 61.4% user, 0.0% nice, 38.6% system,
0.0% interrupt, 0.0% idle
Mem: 309M Active, 8114M Inact, 4678M Wired, 224M Buf, 2828M Free
ARC: 2927M Total, 1329M MFU, 1230M MRU, 4247K Anon, 24M Header, 3…
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-06-15 09:05:31

Okay, no fetches and no Mate here.
But just showing off that FreeBSD has that great Wayland stack, very much up to date, in the Ports collection.
River WM, Wayland, wezterm, FreeBSD 14.3.
#freebsd #riverwm

Scrot of FreeBSD 14.3, running the River window-manager and the wezterm terminal on Wayland.
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-18 10:22:58

GeekTalk:
Spending your working day in FreeBSD KDE 6, whilst simultaneously installing the KDE minimal package set on AerynOS.
More detailed reporting in the coming days, but let me assure you FreeBSD also has the latest KDE Gear and Plasma 6.4.4.1., hot on the heels of the fastest KDE spin out there, Slackware. Impressive!
#FreeBSD

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-08-17 02:14:26

Using pkgbasify to repair a broken installation of FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE
#FreeBSD

@grumpybozo@toad.social
2025-07-02 14:50:22

first time I’ve ever seen a GUI login screen for #FreeBSD. Which I've been using for ~30 years. infosec.exchange/@shodansafari

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-06-08 10:38:27

Okay, new NUC unpacked, radio mouse and kb acquired (bcs FreeBSD, you know 🤪), utp in da slot, I'm good for an install.
Will be tomorrow though. Busy tonight (bcs gf off to hometown, Vietnam you know 🤣😭)
And discovered spectrwm in the FreeBSD repos! Tried it briefly before, but it deserves better and more.
#freebsd

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-07 00:07:19

Because you need to start somewhere, I'll be putting KDE 6.4.4 with FreeBSD on my laptop today. That latest Plasma arrived in Ports yesterday already. As I mentioned before FreeBSD can be very quick with cutting edge updates (basically anything Wayland as well, i.e. Niri et al). By using the latest KDE, which I'm very familiar with, it gives me all the time to learn about FreeBSD. Looking forward to it!

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-07 10:58:06

That is a lot of fun! The update to 6.4.4 is rolling out as we speak, but just to give a first impression.
Plasma 6.4.3, Wayland session, basics installed and up and running. Even Spectacle (was a big issue previously) works well.
Wrapping up tomorrow, I've deserved that cool 🍻 for now.
#freebsd

Screenshot of Plasma 6.4.3, running in Wayland on FreeBSD 14.3
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-06-05 12:24:06

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 👻

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-04 11:49:19

A number of distros are a bit behind, but FreeBSD also has Plasma 6.4.2 in the repos. Hope they get the Wayland session fixed for it, it goes to show they are very much on the front foot here. If so KDE would easily become the nr. 1 desktop in BSD land.
#freebsd #kde

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-11 04:55:41

FreeBSD provides the standard KDE Plasma package, which is the preferred way as recommended by KDE themselves. Nevertheless, you can still uninstall i.e. Discover and Konqueror, which are part of that base package (like I do).
Don't be put off by the inclusion of kde-base-apps in your removal overview, only the relevant parts for that application will be removed. All other apps and libraries will stay put and continue to work.

@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-12 23:28:24

When you're reading BastilleBSD documentation at 6:22AM, with your first coffee ☕, you know you are in for an interesting day. Needless to say I'm enjoying dipping that foot into the BSD's.
#bastille #freebsd