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Possible regression in FreeBSD Installer:
#FreeBSD

Funny to see that Vietnam's timezones are still split in North and South Vietnam in the FreeBSD installer. Saw it before obviously, but now I will apply for an installer change. It's probably a leftover from the BSD days, when there were clearly two different countries, but it has been one Vietnam since 1975.
#freebsd

The easy way out is riverwm on FreeBSD, dots and set-up already available on my Codeberg.
The more challenging way is qtile or sway on FreeBSD 15.
Let's get out of that slump!
#freebsd

Time to say goodbye to #Fedora, after running the same installation on my laptop for 5 years, it is probably time to test something new.
#FreeBSD maybe?
:freebsd:

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

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 can't tell whether you're joking.
No IPv6 at home in my region and when I last checked, no IPv6 at work.
I don't imagine gaining IPv6 during or before 2029. No joke.
#FreeBSD

Disruptive.
Of course, on the first day of me traveling, Plasma 6.5 appears in the FreeBSD ports collection.
When 15beta 4 appears tomorrow or the day after I'll do a fresh install.
Gotta make sure that my howto of KDE Wayland on FreeBSD is still good 🥳
#freebsd

@… sadly, the macOS card is overplayed 😞
Also, certain to generate bickering:
"You can have real Unix on your machine with these open-source OSes."
😉
#FreeBSD

My FreeBSD KDE Wayland page (#freebsd

FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Now Available
#FreeBSD

Weariness with hyprland. I hardly ever use it these days.
Of course KDE in many shapes and sizes.
Riverwm on FreeBSD is doing great. And next project lined up: port my dwm to dwl and fresh it up. On FreeBSD at first.
They have really the best Wayland stack out there, especially with window managers.
#freebsd

alpha test period extended
👍
#FreeBSD

FreeBSD-Saigon-River
Another notch on the guitar. If you'd ever wanted to run the River window manager I've got you covered.
River’s window management style on Wayland is quite similar to dwm, xmonad, and other classic dynamic tiling X11 window managers. Windows are automatically arranged in a tiled layout and shifted around as windows are opened/closed.
Dots and setup are available on codeberg.org/thesaigoneer!

Still bugged – a fresh installation of BETA4.
First boot, unable to login as root.
#FreeBSD #bug #beta4

A fresh installation of BETA4.
Things such as the kernel are not protected from deletion (without force).
Maybe this will not occur with online packages, when they become available.
#FreeBSD #beta4 #bug

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

It is good to spent an ungodly amount of time on tweaking your waybar and still not be totally satisfied with it.
-Nostradamus 22:09
#riverwm #freebsd

@… also, because the argument has not yet arisen:
― don't call FreeBSD a bistro.
@…
#FreeBSD

After the great feedback on my KDE Wayland setup on FreeBSD I'm now going through the paces for Hyprland on FreeBSD. Already have 95% done and dusted; expect to wrap up by tomorrow.
A satisfying setup, and I finally got rid of those crazy big gaps between everything. Took me four years to find the solution 🤣 You'll still be able to keep them of course 😜
#freebsd

@… I sincerely hope that the future freebsd-update will not drop users into vi when merges can not be automated.
#FreeBSD #pkg

Je m'intéresse Š #freeBSD. Je l'ai installé sur mon laptop Lenovo pour tester un peu. J'ai découvert #Linux avec Ubuntu 8.04 et je suis passé dessus pour fuir Windows mais aussi pour découvrir autre chose. Pour quelqu'un qui est déjŠ sur Linux pour un usage non professionnel (héb…

Attention to meta packages alone is insufficient to prevent removal of the kernel.
In the attached screenshot, there was no force.
#FreeBSD #pkgbase #bug

That updating went totally transparant and without a hitch, from beta5:
# freebsd-version -kru
15.0-RC2
15.0-RC1
15.0-RC2
Already going to RC2. And still running KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Wayland. Kudos!
#freebsd

Nope. A good night's sleep brought clarity. No new immutable Obelix Saigon.
Stick to the mantra of less to none GitHub.
Slackware, FreeBSD, Codeberg and the occasional Gentoo offer more than enough to serve this geezer.
#slackware #freebsd

KDE Plasma and applications on FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT
― 15.0-ALPHA2 FreeBSD Installer, I chose packages (pkgbase)
― then a major upgrade using pkg
#FreeBSD #pkgbase #KDE

For shits and giggles I decided to ssh upgrade my FreeBSD 15 to KDE 6.4.5, by using the latest ports. Let me say the process (git pulling the latest ports, portmastering et al) does certainly work. Five and a half hours later I'm happy to be not on the premises to hear my 2018 NUC take off. Rust, llvm, you get it.
Shits and giggles indeed 🤣
#freebsd

@… I would like to see something similar for FreeBSD (or BSDs in general) …
@…
#FreeBSD

Would #FreeBSD be better for seeding massive amounts of data over BitTorrent than #Linux because it's better at disk I/O?
#sciop #AnnasArchive

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

No need to be left behind.
The adjusted how-to is up and running at https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/freebsd-kde-wayland.
So, go and get your latest KDE Plasma 6.5.2.Wayland on FreeBSD!

@… I know that support for Wi-Fi is improved in 15.0 (compared to 14.3-RELEASE).
Details, I don't know. Release documentation is not finalised.
#FreeBSD #WiFi…

Love it when a plan comes together.
KDE Plasma 6.5.2 Wayland on FreeBSD 15 beta 5. My how-to will be updated tomorrow (some minor tweaks), but this is running solid on that laptop.
Thanks to @… for useful additions!
#freebsd

Fixed, thanks to @…
With and without less(1):
pkg query --evaluate '%o ~ base/*' '%o\n\n%e\n\n----\n\n' | less
pkg query --evaluate '%o ~ base/*' '%o\n\n%e\n\n----\n\n'
#FreeBSD

Me: updates on 15 come to quick, let's go back to 14.3, installed
Also me: wifi on 14.3 is way less stable for me, 15 was better.
Outcome: reinstall 15 again, update once a week 😆
#freebsd

FUCK IT
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
#FreeBSD #vi

When one of the first things you do is lookup if FreeBSD has the MangoWM in it's ports you know what kind of day it'll be 🤓 It doesn't btw, so I guess I'll possibly go for a compile.
#freebsd

Another system fixed.
#FreeBSD

FYI:
Dwm 6.6. KDE Plasma 6.4.5. Niri 25.08.
Who asked whether FreeBSD had up to date software?
🥳
#freebsd

Just tested my FreeBSD KDE Wayland setup on 15-PRERELEASE and it works as well.
The part in my write up about switching to the Latest branch doesn't apply obviously. We're there already 🥳
#freebsd #kde

Still bugged in BETA3.
In the first screenshot – a more thorough test of the issue – it is impossible to login as root.
The third shot shows the failing result of a first attempt to work around.
A subsequent workaround succeeded, however the end result is quite ugly, and may be broken (with the possibility of another login failure) as a result of a true fix.
#FreeBSD…

@…
pkg remove -a
― should be fine. Please test.
@…
#FreeBSD

Obviously there's still work to be done in the Wayland session of KDE Plasma 6 on FreeBSD.
Let's see what'd be the best way to 'report' those oddities.
For instance: the volume icon shows and tells a disconnect from the sound service. Nevertheless it's working fine.
Those little niggles 🥳
#freebsd

Reproducible with alpha.
#FreeBSD #bug #regression

In appreciation of all great work being done on 15, I decided to go with 14.3, with the 'latest' branch. All pkgs available, my dots for River working flawlessly, very happy with all that.
Not always is the latest thing the best thing to happen for you.
#freebsd

When you're looking for the next shiny thing, on that always greener grass on the other side.
And you open your river wm on FreeBSD. And all is there, working and tweaked as you could possibly want.
Hold your horses, stick to what you have 🥳
#freebsd #riverwm

After I delete a package, 'pkg upgrade' should not reinstall what I deleted.
#FreeBSD #bug

This, THIS is why you should NEVER trust me to touch your computer:
#FreeBSD #login #fail

Quite happy with my learning curves of Slackware and Gentoo; it helps with pulling in, reading and eventually making and applying updated ports with portmaster. Hyprland 0.51!
#freebsd

@… worked around 🙂 but now, another bug 😔
― runnable after 78 minutes
― running after 135 minutes
#FreeBSD #bug

@… it seems likely that 15.0 will not include the installer enhancement for KDE Plasma and applications.
Instead, the packages can be installed in the traditional way, at the command prompt when exiting the installer.
#FreeBSD…

Best thing of the day? Finally cracking that volume change on the River wm, keybinds working now! What cracked it? Reading that effing manual of course 😅 And not deleting code you deem too much, but is essential to get it working 🤣
#freebsd #riverwm

/etc/rc.conf no longer working as expected for something basic.
Not fixed after installing then using bsdconfig and easy editor.
#FreeBSD

pkg upgrade does not upgrade; more recent packages are not installed.
#FreeBSD #documentation

@… why a time bomb?
I did followed the link, but I don't see an explanation (sorry).
#FreeBSD

Still bugged – after a fresh installation of BETA5.
#FreeBSD #bug #beta5

Still bugged – a fresh installation of BETA5.
First boot, unable to login as root.
#FreeBSD #bug #beta5

What's wrong with this picture?
#FreeBSD #CURRENT #comedy #magic