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mastodon 4.7.3To anyone who wonders why their account is blocked by me: precautionary raising of guard rails began on 1st September 2026.
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FreeBSD Security in Production: Vulnerability Response and Operational Best Practices
https://klarasystems.com/webinars/freebsd-security-production-vulnerability-response-best-practices/
― join Klara’s Allan Jude and FreeBSD Security Officer Gordon Tetlow for a technical discussion on securing production FreeBSD systems.
2026-09-02 15:00 UTC
http://timee.io/e/freebsd-security-202609
#FreeBSD #security #hardening #vulnerability @allanjude@mastodon.social
Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right – Umair Khurshid | Klara Systems
Containers play a major role in modern infrastructure, but they are not the right answer for every workload. This article explores how FreeBSD jails provide purpose-built isolation, predictable security boundaries, and deep ZFS integration—making them ideal infrastructure-grade services where stability is essential. …
Via |
#FreeBSD #jails #Linux #containers
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@sizeofvoid@bsd.network the standard response might be "wifibox", but this is not an out-of-the-box experience.
https://www.freshports.org/net/wifibox/
#FreeBSD #Qualcomm #WiFi
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@mwl@io.mwl.io thank you, this probably explains . I'll make a cross reference.
#FreeBSD #pkg
Cc @tubsta@social.bsdlab.au
The FreeBSD Project home page no longer has a link to FAQ.
The main Documentation menu includes <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/>, which very few people will want. The ninety-nine-page FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors can be found at the front page of the documentation portal.
Suggestion:
― remove the link to the primer from the Documentation menu at the home page
― add a link to FAQ, make it the second menu option (beneath the Documentation menu option).
#FreeBSD with a question mark.
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RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116342017987262446
@greg@icosahedron.website the closest thing to Reddit was probably BlendIT.
Amongst the captures that I took before retirement: , , .
One of my BlendIT-related posts in BSD Cafe:
Cc @ben@kwiecien.us @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Someone from the FreeBSD Foundation @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social took a healthy interest a few months ago.
, and so on. I'll add a link to this post, so that followers of the topic can see the insights that are pictured here.
Some of the correspondence is, of course, private.
#Reddit #FreeBSD #Foundation
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An extraordinarily thoughtful and well-written guide.
Currently a community highlight (pinned) in Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1u6rdzz/freebsd_15_on_a_laptop/
@cullum@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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@appassionato@mastodon.social @Larvitz@burningboard.net all cats give the same eight-point answer to my question.
Can I have a poo?
Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au
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Not all users of FreeBSD agree that cohesiveness is a strength
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@pmdj@mstdn.social I thought it gets slimmer so that more can fit in a walled garden. Thanks Apple.
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe dude, what desk?
I see approximately 4"² free, to the left of the keyboard 😉
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Default:
£949.00 inc. VAT
US keyboard, no UK option.
https://junocomputers.com/product/juno-tab-4-wifi/
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@Larvitz@burningboard.net
FreeBSD-ports-kmods should not be omitted when using freebsd-update.
The boot loader should be upgraded before, not after, the first attempt to boot 15.1.
…
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@TomAoki@mastodon.bsd.cafe thanks, another known issue is the main Documentation menu not working when there's a hamburger.
The Documentation menu option is missing; no link to .
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(for the output from Sonnet 4.6):
＂It was Max thinking. I wonder what Opus 4.8 would output.
The prompt was "What would be the biggest design problem with FreeBSD? What would they need to change from the ground up to make it a more secure OS?＂
A 560-word response from Claude Opus 4.8 (Max – Thinking enabled) is at .
#FreeBSD #Claude #Opus #security
"… be kind to each other.
We're pro, not against. Supporters, not haters. Builders, not destroyers. …"
– https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/13
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More than once – on maybe a handful of occasions – I used a different Mastodon ID to publicly confront people who had not simply blocked me; they had also been really fucking nasty (e.g. maliciously lying about me).
@evan@cosocial.ca
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@Larvitz@burningboard.net oh, thanks!
Sorry, I should have been clearer: FreeBSD-ports-kmods should also be before, not after, the first boot of 15.1 …
… this is also missing from the official upgrading page at .
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@markmcb@mas.to @thismarkp@mastodon.social
Something's subtly missing from the front page. We see four aspects of the OS, but (unless I'm missing something) no catchy overview. A keyword with which very few people argue:
― cohesion.
Development of FreeBSD is not uniquely cohesive, however IMHO it is a very strong selling point.
Toying with two chunks from the Foundation's description of FreeBSD, in no particular order:
― secure, stable, high-performance, modern, community-governed, open source, enterprise-friendly permissive licensing, single production-ready package
― long-standing, highly active, democratically managed, elected core team, FreeBSD Project, FreeBSD Foundation.
Cherry-pick the best from those two chunks to form something like an elevator pitch for the front page. Can it be done without creating friction? I don't know. Ha.
Postscript: not just the best; the truest.
,
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social I don't get it, maybe I need flowcharts …
Cc @lproven@social.vivaldi.net
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@meena@cathode.church don't shoot the messenger 🙂
Shots fired by a pseudo-moderator: .
For posterity: …
Why do Bottles application pages (for Flatpak on Linux) appear blank in web browsers on Linux?
An example:
<https://usebottles.com/app#origin>
– linked from the Bottles App Store at <https://usebottles.com/appstore>.
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@Quasit@beige.party the cat's part of the bargain is to not publicly lecture its pet human about bediquette.
Cats are extremely good at bargain-making and keeping.
@exocomics@mastodon.world#bediquette #catsofmastodon
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@txt_file@chaos.social FreeBSD Installer for 15.1 will not include the desktop script, unfortunately.
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Once, I used a different Mastodon ID to privately apologise to someone who had blocked me.
My head told me that they should apologise (for behaving unreasonably), my heart did the opposite (an olive branch). I should have trusted my head.
@evan@cosocial.ca
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RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116526628247318763
@evan@cosocial.ca on the subject of working together, a more awkward question (a possible poll).
If you block an abuser, then:
― how do you respond when, later, the abuser demands collaboration (as if the block was without reason)?
Cc @tubsta@social.bsdlab.au
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RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116927323067226293
@jo@infosec.exchange
Disappointing in what way? Do you not like the idea of greater accountability?
Cc @BrideOfLinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu
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@dch@bsd.network please: should core@ be addressed for this?
IMHO a public mailing list @freebsd.org is more appropriate.
Cc @sylvie@gabriel.havfruefestning.com @scottwilson@infosec.exchange @thomholwerda@exquisite.social @loremipsum@s.cafe
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@exocomics@mastodon.world LOL and at home, I am (as usual) perched on one fifth of my typing chair whilst Pickle cat occupies the rear four fifths.
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@lproven@social.vivaldi.net oh …
… I probably tune out (without getting it) because, for example, I reject the notion that an Ubuntu-like installer would be detrimental to learning how to manage and maintain FreeBSD.
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v2t96c/comment/ozitl7j/?context=2
More because I couldn't figure out how it relates to anti-AI.
@rl_dane@polymaths.social#Linux #Ubuntu #FreeBSD #BSD
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@radhitya@navi.lain.day true, however it's explicitly experimental (not production quality).
A Flappy Bird example:
#FreeBSD #Podman@skye@indieweb.social
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@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza thank you!
@dwarmstrong@fosstodon.org I retracted my previous post. Apologies for misreading things.
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@thismarkp@mastodon.social thanks!
No report, as far as I know (I no longer use Bugzilla etc.).
Cc @TomAoki@mastodon.bsd.cafe @markmcb@mas.to