At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Keeping up with language-based packaging systems in Ports (especially Python) https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/VDQ3JL/
Talk by Charlie Li
2026-09-13 16:15:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Supporting hibernate (S4) on FreeBSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/TXRZP7/
Talk by Olivier Certner
2026-09-13 11:30:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Using modern *BSD to get a 4.2BSD system from 1983 running https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/YGCH9Y/
Talk by Walter Belgers
2026-09-13 15:15:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Linux emulation on NetBSD: How broken is it? https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/WXCFYU/
Talk by Stephen Borrill
2026-09-12 13:00:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
Input devices on OpenBSD for console, X11 and Wayland https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/YMR3ZF/
Talk by Matthieu Herrb
2026-09-12 13:00:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

At EuroBSDcon 2026:
From Report to Patch, the OpenBSD Errata Process https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/ZGDXQR/
Talk by Alexander Bluhm
2026-09-13 10:30:00
To register: https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
About EuroBSDcon 2026: https://2026.eurobsdcon.org
@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #brussels #bruxelles #freesoftware #libresoftware

https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow

#FreeBSD #River #CoW #fvwm

I was ill last week and discovered something uncomfortable: a huge Jellyfin library isn't entertainment, it's homework. Every time I opened it, it asked "what do you want?" and I just scrolled.

So I built a TV station instead.

ErsatzTV turns a media library into real linear channels with schedules and logos. It ships for Linux, Windows and macOS. My server runs FreeBSD.

Turns out the entire porting effort was one conditional. The code asked "is this Linux?" when it meant "is VAAPI available?" VAAPI is userspace, FreeBSD has it, and .NET has had OSPlatform.FreeBSD for years.

One || later: Intel hardware transcoding in a Bastille jail that can see exactly one GPU and one read-only dataset.

I now have a sci-fi channel. I don't know what's on tonight. That's the point.

https://blog.hofstede.it/building-my-own-tv-station-ersatztv-in-a-freebsd-jail-with-intel-hardware-transcoding/

#FreeBSD #ErsatzTV #Jellyfin #SelfHosting #Jails #dotnet

Some potential good news for #FreeBSD gamers:

https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.14

One of the changes:
"New WoW64 mode supported on FreeBSD."

Hopefully we'll see wow64 on the 11.14 FreeBSD port of emulators/wine-devel soon?

https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow

#WindowManager #Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD

There! Fixed it! #Xorg #FreeBSD #XDM #Garfield #Desktop #RunBSD #X11

Alt...

FreeBSD with XDM login screen. The Xorg logo is replaced with a picture of our favourite obnoxious and cute kitty kat, Garfield. A happy Garfield plushie in swimming trunks standing on a surfboard stands on top of the computer chassis beside the screen

PS: I have not yet customised the theme it's the out of the box theme.

https://codeberg.org/thomasadam/cow

#CoW #River #Wayland #fvwm #FreeBSD

Alt...

A screenshot of the CoW ( Compositor on Wayland ) desktop showing the Qutebrowser window and the terminal foot with a fastfetch output displaying the wm as River

I took a chance and converted a Raspberry Pi FreeBSD system with pkgbasify.

It was using a pre-built image from /ftp/snapshots/arm64/aarch64/ISO-IMAGES/15.1/

Seems like it went OK. When I run 'freebsd-update fetch', I get this:

% doas freebsd-update fetch
Password:
freebsd-update is incompatible with the use of packaged base. Please see
https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase for more information.

In general, is there a foolproof way to check if a FreeBSD system is using pkgbase?

#freebsd #pkgbase

https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify

Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right – Umair Khurshid | Klara Systems

<https://klarasystems.com/articles/jails-not-containers-freebsd-isolation-done-right/>

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 <https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/857> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v5nkno/jails_not_containers_freebsd_isolation_done_right/>

#FreeBSD #jails #Linux #containers

New episode of my uneven fight with Asus Meteor Lake based laptop on #freebsd :)

I did not surrender :)

I found new way to make my OLED display work after loading i915kms. And it doesn't bork console forever. Meaning I can switch back and forth X11 --> console --> X11.

These three lines made things work (actually two):

hw.i915kms.enable_guc="3" <--- this is old
efi_max_resolution="2880x1800"
kern.vt.fb.default_mode="2880x1800"

After having console problem out of the way, the only "small" problem left were GPU hangs. Ugh...

Guess what... The same person that was helping me on github with display problems said "here is a patch for i915, try it". It consists of three small changes.

Aaaaand - it works ! I'm using this laptop on #freebsd for three consecutive days and I had no GPU hang. Not even one !

Now a blatant word to #freebsd devs :) Maybe it would be worth reading those github issues from time to time ? There are a lot of skilled people around the world.

And BIG thank you to anonymous person that helped me. I do appreciate your time and effort.

Situations like that make me be believe in people again.

Happy Friday #FreeBSD

Hanser Fachbuch bringt im Jahr 2026 ein neues Buch (!) zu BSD (!) raus: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. Nicht, dass ich persönlich das brauchen würde, aber ich finde das sehr mutig vom Verlag und freue mich über diesen Mut: https://www.hanser-fachbuch.de/BSD-Praxis-kompakt-FreeBSD-NetBSD-OpenBSD/978-3-446-48783-3 #bsd #unix #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd

#Anubis #FreeBSD #PortsLife a new Anubis version has landed https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58431 but with lots of very exciting changes https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/releases/tag/v1.26.0

Please let me know if you have any issues that should be addressed in a pkg message! I expect to commit it sometime next week.

FreeBSD ports frozen https://lobste.rs/s/h9gdj8 #freebsd
https://www.osnews.com/story/145593/freebsd-ports-frozen-after-someone-commits-the-entire-150mb-linux-copilot-binary/

if you try building a GENERIC kernel for powerpc.powerpc64, you get an extremely unhelpful error:

--- all_subdir_accf_data ---
ld: error: accf_data.o is incompatible with elf32ppc_fbsd
*** [accf_data.kld] Error code 1

i feel like we should be able to do better here... somehow.

#freebsd

FreeBSD ports frozen after someone commits the entire 150MB Linux Copilot binary

A rather unusual announcement was made late last night: the FreeBSD project has frozen their ports repository. For more than 48 hours now, no changes have been accepted or made to the tree, and here's why.

A 150MB binary file was recently committed to the ports tree and, as

https://www.osnews.com/story/145593/freebsd-ports-frozen-after-someone-commits-the-entire-150mb-linux-copilot-binary/

#FreeBSD

How does the FreeBSD Foundation Board fit into the broader FreeBSD ecosystem?

Following our annual meeting and Board elections at BSDCan, we’re taking a closer look at the role of the FreeBSD Foundation Board and how it differs from that of Foundation staff and FreeBSD Project leadership.

Read more:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/understanding-the-foundation-boards-role-in-the-freebsd-ecosystem/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDFoundation #OpenSource #Leadership

I just checked mine and noticed that the #Bastille jails exports had stopped all because I wasn't passing the --live option. All fixed now but still that could have been a disaster for me.

#FreeBSD

All running FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p1

https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify

Today, the Linuxulator did its job, and it did it very well.
A client is experimenting with moving from Docker to FreeBSD and jails, and they seem very happy with it so far.
The issue is that part of their build process - as so often happens - relies on Node dependencies that only compile on Linux, macOS, etc., but not on FreeBSD, due to a missing binary that isn't provided for it. Currently, they build on their local machines and push the output to the server, but sometimes they need to make quick changes on the fly.

So, I set up a Linux jail (Ubuntu) using BastilleBSD, installed the dependencies, set up a bind mount, and granted them access to the jail. The result: now they can compile right from there too, improving their overall workflow.

The Linuxulator - and even more so, illumos's lx zones - are truly remarkable pieces of technology.

#FreeBSD #Linux #RunBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #Tribblix #Linux #IT #SysAdmin

i wonder why we build mandoc as a bootstrap tool. is this for catpages? (i don't think those exist anymore...)

#freebsd

Yet another toot regarding #FreeBSD and #tvheadend with a #Hauppauge WinTV duoHD - while it is possible for me to pass the #v4l2 driver via #webcamd to the userspace and actually get DVB devices like /dev/dvb/adapter01 etc. the programs I want to use with these devices just won't work properly.

Unfortunately, tvheadend or the commad line tool w_scan simply can't find any station over DVB-C. Using the same hardware that works without problems on Linux. Meh.

So one solution I found is to set up a #bhyve instance on your FreeBSD desktop system runing Linux/tvheadend and then pass the #usb #dvb device through to that bhyve instance.

Sounds a bit like cheating - after all I want to replace my infrastructure Linux server (serving CUPS, dnsmaq and tvheadend) with FreeBSD .

But if that's the only way for FreeBSD to handle DVB-T2 devices, then it shall be that way ... (I only hope that it will work) 🤷

I have now installed #FreeBSD on
-- a Dell Latitude 5320
-- a T430
-- a Poweredge R540

and it's remarkably easy. I've got Wayland and LibreOfficeworking cheerfully on the laptops. The server took a little more fiddling because of its own weird hardware issues, but I'm setting up jails for all sorts of things. Refreshingly easy. I really missed BSD. Glad to be back.

Many thanks to the FreeBSD community for being absurdly helpful, and @stefano in particular for setting up infrastructure that lets folks be so supportive.

FreeBSD call for testing: PREFSRC route attribute support <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net/2026-July/009137.html>

this lets you set the preferred source IP address for outgoing packets via a particular route, overriding the default source selection logic.

it's particularly useful for IPv4-over-IPv6 routing; previously, BSD required assigning an IPv4 /32 to every interface for this to work properly; now, you can simply set the IPv4 loopback address as the preferred source.

it's also useful in situation where the router has multiple IPv6 addresses and you want to select which is used, similar to the "net.inet.icmp.reply_src=lo0" sysctl for IPv4 (but it affects all outgoing connections, not just ICMP errors).

it's also useful for IPv4 when you want to control this per-route rather than globally, especially if you're routing in multiple FIBs.

basically, it's really useful for a lot of situations and i'd love to see it land, so please help test it.

it is compatible with the Linux netlink API and works out of the box with BIRD (krt_prefsrc attribute).

the main patch is this one: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58294 - either use the 'download raw diff' link, or use 'git arc patch D58294' to apply it to a tree.

you can send feedback directly to Pouria, or just reply to me and i'll forward it.

#freebsd #ipv6 #networking

When you first started using FreeBSD and like me, you struggled to figure out how to get a desktop installed, this guide from @FreeBSDFoundation is really helpful.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/resource/installing-a-desktop-environment-on-freebsd/

#freebsd

I am not a technical user so this may seem like a silly question, #freebsd friends. I have a computer that has a Broadcom wireless chip. What I’ve read is that in FreeBSD, Broadcom drivers are generally less supported than Intel chipsets. Is this because of anything other than resource allocation? Is there anything specific with Broadcom stuff that makes them more difficult to work with?

Follow up question, is there a driver bounty program that people could contribute to? Allocate some resources to get some better drivers?

Yes, the #FreeBSD ports tree is frozen.
No, it has not been compromised.
Please stand by.

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2026-July/000294.html

I keep checking for a #FreeBSD announce post

New blog post: I Built a FreeBSD Cloud to Use with FreeBSD

https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/i-built-a-freebsd-cloud-to-use-with-freebsd/

#FreeBSD #VPS #Server

hi #FreeBSD ports maintainers/enthusiasts: I notice there is a lack of BSD-ish AX.25 software out there, and I cannot help but feel the urge to introduce my stack, patty, to FreeBSD ports. I know direwolf is a thing already, but, it's got a bit of a kitchen sink approach and I think I have a good alternative worthy of consideration

thoughts? https://kz3rox.us/

#FreeBSD #jails #dtrace #AskFedi

FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Dave Cottlehuber

We are pleased to announce that longtime FreeBSD community member and former Core Team representative Dave Cottlehuber has joined the FreeBSD Foundation Board of Directors following his election during the Annual Meeting on June 15, 2026.

Please join us in welcoming Dave to the Board!

📖 Learn more about Dave, his journey with FreeBSD, and what he hopes to accomplish during his tenure:

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-welcomes-new-board-member-dave-cottlehuber/

#FreeBSD

Set detailed resource usage caps for jails.

EXAMPLE:

bastille limits TARGET add cpu 0,1
bastille limits TARGET add memory 1G

See `man bastille-limits`.
See `man rctl`.

Supported resource limitations:
cputime, datasize, stacksize, coredumpsize, memoryuse, memorylocked, maxproc, openfiles, vmemoryuse, pseudoterminals, swapuse, nthr, msgqqueued, msgqsize, nmsgq, nsem, nsemop, nshm, shmsize, wallclock, pcpu, readbps, writebps, readiops, writeiops

#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #resourcemanagement

Some journeys don't end where you expect them to. Sometimes they bring you right back to where everything began, only with a lot more experience and a much better ecosystem waiting for you.

That's exactly what is happening with BoxyBSD!

In my (longer) blog post I cover my circuit, where I moved from bhyve to Proxmox, developed many tools for Proxmox and now moved back to FreeBSD with bhyve and Sylve.

More details in my blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/boxybsd-moving-from-proxmox-to-bhyve-with-sylve/

#RUNBSD #bsd #freebsd #boxybsd #openbsd #netbsd #sylve #bhyve #opensource #vps #vpshosting #opensource #community #bsdcafe #boxybsd

Alt...

BoxyBSD Returns to FreeBSD and bhyve with Sylve

Mini-guide: Deploying a simple nginx proxy jail with custom file overlay:

PKG nginx
CP usr /
SERVICE nginx enable
SERVICE nginx start

Place overlay files at template root:
- `usr/local/etc/nginx/…`
- `usr/local/www/domain.tld/html`
- `usr/local/etc/ssl/…
…

Simple. Reproducible. Automated.

#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #Rocinante

I've updated a #FreeBSD 15.0 pkgbase host to FreeBSD 15.1

It's wonderfully simple.

Congratulations and thank you to those that made this possible.

Updating a #FreeBSD 15.0 jail to FreeBSD 15.1 using pkgbase.

https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/20/updating-a-freebsd-15-0-jail-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/