I've been running one Linux distro or another (mostly Debian) for 30 years, so how hard can it be to get a FreeBSD 15.0 ISO or memstick.img on a USB thumb drive for installation? Apparently, for me, very hard. 🤣

I'll figure this out. This is quite the humbling experience. 👍️

UPDATE: Using the dd command worked. I now have the FreeBSD ISO on the thumb drive. Should have tried this earlier.

Yet another UPDATE. ISO is on the thumb drive but still won't boot on the X1 Carbon. I have an older laptop I can try this on. The Boot Menu recognizes the thumb drive but won't boot.

#FreeBSD #BSD

OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor

https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260115203619

#openbsd #bsd #apple

2 more days!

BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.
bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

2 more days!

BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.
bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

Do you want to come to #ottawa and tell a bunch of #BSD geeks about what you enjoy doing?

Submit to BSDCan 2026!

Our submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

Tutorials: June 17-18, 2026
Conference: June 19-20, 2026

More about the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #development #sysadmin

Do you want to come to #ottawa and tell a bunch of #BSD geeks about what you enjoy doing?

Submit to BSDCan 2026!

Our submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

Tutorials: June 17-18, 2026
Conference: June 19-20, 2026

More about the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #development #sysadmin

@Tutanota Missing the BSDs as OS alternatives.

#BSD #RunBSD

New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try

https://rldane.space/monocultures-considered-harmful-or-why-linux-nerds-should-give-bsd-and-other-weird-oses-a-try.html

545 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful

New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try

https://rldane.space/monocultures-considered-harmful-or-why-linux-nerds-should-give-bsd-and-other-weird-oses-a-try.html

545 words

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful

New #blog post: Why You Need A Stack of Thinkpads

https://rldane.space/why-you-need-a-stack-of-thinkpads.html

Thankful to Nanoraptor/Dana (will tag her elsewhere) for inadvertently reminding me to write this down. XD

Welp, I'm back in the saddle, I guess? Writing this gave me some nummy dopamine, so thank God for that!!!
Also, man is imgur ever a dreadful webshite. Just horrifying to use. XD

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Thinkpad #Thinkpads #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #eWaste #LossyPNG (in the blost)

Came across Tara's series blogs of her Hermit project, where she built a minimal #FreeBSD -base system for her writing. A good reading for bed time.

https://www.tara.sh/posts/2024/2024-04-18_hermit_summary/


#BSD #RunBSD #FOSS #Unix #minimalism

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Really nice to see this: Game of Trees Hub (GOT)
A Git hosting service built on OpenBSD and Game of Trees, transparently funded via Open Collective.

Small, boring, security-first, and run by people who actually care about infrastructure.
Feels like one of the first real BSD-native Git hosting services.

This is the kind of thing BSD folks quietly smile about. 🐡

👉 https://gothub.org/

#OpenBSD #BSD #GameOfTrees #Git #FOSS

There use to be a website with a collection of #postgresql database dumps you could you use for #learning purpose free of charge. But I have lost the link. Anyone who potentially have?

All the dumps was under #bsd license or #gpl license

Really nice to see this: Game of Trees Hub (GOT)
A Git hosting service built on OpenBSD and Game of Trees, transparently funded via Open Collective.

Small, boring, security-first, and run by people who actually care about infrastructure.
Feels like one of the first real BSD-native Git hosting services.

This is the kind of thing BSD folks quietly smile about. 🐡

👉 https://gothub.org/

#OpenBSD #BSD #GameOfTrees #Git #FOSS

Came across Tara's series blogs of her Hermit project, where she built a minimal #FreeBSD -base system for her writing. A good reading for bed time.

https://www.tara.sh/posts/2024/2024-04-18_hermit_summary/


#BSD #RunBSD #FOSS #Unix #minimalism

Achievement unlocked. I got FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT running on my MiniForums MS-R1 Arm based system. 10gig networking is supported out of the box with this version. First task, install Bastille to deploy and manage some Arm based FreeBSD jails. Thank you @BastilleBSD for making Jails easy.
#FreeBSD #BSD #Bastille

Hi BSD users, how is the support for GPUs for number crunching ? CUDA ? I am looking at freeBSD in particular !

#bsd #freebsd #gpu #cuda