Obligatory Dmesg: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=view&id=8833
#NetBSD #RunBSD

There's something simultaneously liberating and terrifying when you delete tens to hundreds of GBs of data off a storage array.

#Linux #RunBSD #SelfHosting #HomeLab

Make Your Own CDN with NetBSD

NetBSD is a lightweight, stable, and secure operating system that supports a wide range of hardware, making it an excellent choice for a caching reverse proxy.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/03/make-your-own-cdn-netbsd/

#NetBSD #RunBSD #ITNotes #CDN #Caching #IT #SysAdmin

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/qce11wDNyBC78tLqnRKmds
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1)

La configuration d'un système NetBSD en lecture seule atténue un point de vulnérabilité critique souvent négligé : la corruption du système de fichiers sur des supports de stockage peu fiables.

#vulnerability #netbsd #runbsd #ownyourdata #itnotes

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/nQCwqAv8Gf7ahWVFEfdz2R
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1)

A practical guide to hardening embedded systems by eliminating file system write vulnerabilities through a memory-backed root configuration.

#vulnerability #netbsd #runbsd #ownyourdata #itnotes

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/bG7GEPHbVSBzsFmeoM1LAD
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1)

Die Absicherung des Dateisystems als kritische Maßnahme gegen Datenkorruption und Ausfälle

#vulnerability #netbsd #runbsd #ownyourdata #itnotes

✨ Sécuriser les systèmes embarqués avec un système de fichiers en lecture seule
La configuration d'un système #Netbsd en lecture seule atténue un point de vulnérabilité critique souvent négligé : la corruption du système de fichiers sur des supports de stockage peu fiables.

🔗 https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1 (🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷)

#Vulnerability #Runbsd #Ownyourdata #Itnotes #Embeddeddevices #Bot

✨ Make your own Read-Only Device with #Netbsd
A practical guide to hardening embedded systems by eliminating file system write vulnerabilities through a memory-backed root configuration.

🔗 https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1 (🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷)

#Vulnerability #Runbsd #Ownyourdata #Itnotes #Embeddeddevices #Bot

✨ Read-Only Root für eingebettete Systeme mit #Netbsd
Die Absicherung des Dateisystems als kritische Maßnahme gegen Datenkorruption und Ausfälle

🔗 https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1 (🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷)

#Vulnerability #Runbsd #Ownyourdata #Itnotes #Embeddeddevices #Bot

Make your own Read-Only Device with NetBSD

One detail that is often overlooked when dealing with embedded (or remote) devices is a key point of vulnerability: the file system.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/10/make-your-own-readonly-device-with-netbsd/

#NetBSD #RunBSD #EmbeddedDevices #OwnYourData #ITNotes

Main: "Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p8 amd64
Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p8
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11

#runbsd #freebsd #unix #foss #lxqt #desktop #screenshot

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running LXQT. Styling: Qogir-Manjaro gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2 LXQT Panel: Graphite Icons: Qogir-Manjaro Wallpaper: "Corbeau" by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running bsdebfetch with some system stats. AT the bottom is a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons.

As the @bsdcan list of talks and tutorials have been posted, I can officially announce my presentation:

Don't Freeze in the Cloud: Reclaiming Home Control with NetBSD

In 2010, I was taking more flights than cups of coffee. After a two-week trip, I returned home to a nasty, albeit expected, surprise: an indoor temperature of 7.8°C (46 F). Possessing more time than money, I decided to solve the problem my own way. I built a custom Python-based control system, accessible only via VPN, to manage my heating.

In 2015, after moving houses, this system was demoted to a secondary role, replaced by a shiny, commercial "smart" thermostat. However, I continued to maintain and update my custom solution for fun.

Fast forward to October 2025: major cloud providers faced significant outages. My commercial thermostat became dumber than a mechanical switch. I was reduced to manual two-hour overrides, with no visibility into settings or usage. It was a wake-up call: keeping my home warm should not depend on someone else's server.

I dusted off my solution and adapted it to modern needs - powered, of course, by NetBSD, running on the very same hardware that served my previous home for years.

In this talk, I will share the journey, the technical challenges, and the architectural decisions behind the project. I will demonstrate how NetBSD’s stability and low footprint make it the ideal operating system for long-term, "set-and-forget" home automation, allowing us to reclaim control from the cloud.

#NetBSD #BSDCan #BSDCan2026 #RunBSD #OwnYourData #Presentation #Talk

The @bsdcan list of talks and tutorials has been posted:
https://blog.bsdcan.org/blog/

#bsdcan #runbsd

It's finally time: the last part reading the source code of ed: https://blog.wollwage.com/2026/20260211-daily-source-reading-ed-part-4.html

#freebsD #openbsD #runbsd #reading #blogpost #ed

Stay away from #Dell Latitude #7390

Yesterday night finally it died... But it left a big present, he died by corrupting the disk that for the moment in a nonrecoverable state...

The most painful experience with a laptop I've ever had, regardless the use of #Windows or #Linux: crazy issues, daily freezing, problems after problems...

My personal experience with Dell from tower to laptops has never been great, but this one stressed me out over the limits... It also pointed me out the crude reality that my son doesn't care at all about #Debian and #Freesoftware or #Opensource!

He wants to play with his friends, and despite all my effort to lead him away from playing on a computer and using closed software, he developed his own opinion about what he wants for himself; and I think I will leave him with Windows, perhaps he needs to find out by himself why I refuse categorically to use Windows (and mostly also Linux).

😈

#runbsd

📢 The Call for Papers is open for BSD-NL Conference – Spring 2026 📢

We are looking for talks on any *BSD 🐡😈⛳ topic!

Whether you’re a seasoned speaker or just starting out, we’d love to hear from you.

Share your ideas and join us in Utrecht!
🔗 https://events.bsdnl.nl/early2026/

📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2025
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

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Tom Hanks as Joe Fox in the movie "You've Got Mail" acting like the godfather. It has the text: Submit!

Next NYC*BUG: March 4th.
Weird Code Injection Techniques on FreeBSD With libhijack.pdf remote presentation, by Shawn Webb
2026-03-04 @ 18:45 local (23:45 UTC) - Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St

https://www.nycbug.org/

#runbsd

started to write a little crude script for my personal use to recolour the qogir icon theme for more colour variations (Berry, Slate, CaffeeLatte...).

#RunBSD #LXQT #Qogir #RunBSD #FreeBSD

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LXQT Desktop on FreeBSD on an cient DELL Inspiron 1525 showing a PCmanFM-QT filenmanaer window with recoloured Qogir icons.

🚨 Spring is upon us! 🚨

To celebrate this we want to announce, with a little more time this time, the next edition of the BSD-NL Conference.

BSD-NL Conference - Spring 2026 🐡😈⛳

📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2026
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

If you have a talk prepared already we want to hear from you! You can submit your abstract at https://events.bsdnl.nl/

Hack! You can even register for the event already... the price we charge is to cover lunch. https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/early-26/

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

My 3rd grader literally has zero excuses #FreeBSD #RunBSD

Secondary: "Tianve" - HP 250 G3
Kernel: 14.3-RELEASE-p7 amd64
Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02
LXQT Version: 2.3.0 (XFWM)
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=102fa9b597

Wallpaper "Oiseau d'hiver" by @orbite

#GhostBSD #FreeBSD #RunBSD #LXQT #X11 #QT #screenshot #desktop #unix

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Screenshot of GhostBSD running LXQT. Styling: Greybirdfor gtk2/3/xfwm, QT theming via qt6gtk2 LXQT Panel: Sombre-et-rond Icons: Qogir Wallpaper: "Oiseau d'hiver" by @orbite There's a panel with some pinned icons floating on the left, a qterminal running bsdebfetch with some system stats. AT the bottom is a floating panel with two desktop switcher buttons.

I finally reached a milestone in my "using #Linux applications on #FreeBSD" journey. Here are notes and thoughts on running #Docker containers on FreeBSD #Jail using #podman (or not). No big news for some. But a nice hiking session for me :D

https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/exploring-docker-containers-on-freebsd/

#RunBSD

So. Schon 2026. Nächsten Dienstag, 10.2.2026 wie gehabt, ab 19:00h im Fuchs im Hofmanns in #Duesseldorf #Bilk
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/bsd-user-group-dusseldorf-bsd-nrw/events/313202068/
#runbsd #bsdnrw #bug #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Newsflash: we have a date for BSD-NL, for the Early 2026 day-conference. Go follow @bsd_nl to get the announcement straight into your timeline

#BSDNL #BSD #OpenBSD #HardenedBSD #FreeBSD #SecBSD #NetBSD #RUNBSD #MyMotherRunsBSD

Just a shout out to everyone directly or loosly involved in *BSD world here on fedi and elsewhere.
Thanks for having me here. It's been a couple of years now since I migrated from Linux and really enjoying it.

be safe and keep up the excellent work,

#appreciation #bsd #kiss #unix #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonfly #runbsd #illumos

So if I want to run multiple OpenBSD servers running the same copy of an application, configuration management seems the logical step.

Like, the whole kubernetes thing is way to complicated for a lot of things, but having a declarative way to think about you applications and settings is nice.

I believe @h3artbl33d is using (some) ansible here. Is ansible my goto solution to do config management on OpenBSD or are other tools I could consider?

#runbsd #openbsd