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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/valuable-news-2026-07-20/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

#BSD #Beastie #FreeBSD

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I think the time is right to follow Torvalds advice 😅 and finally "upgrade" my laptop to NetBSD.

I was trying to figure out whether to stick with stable or current, and also whether I should encrypt the entire disk or just /home and then the swap partition via rc.conf (if I understand correctly, that’s possible, right?).

Current is "solid" enough for daily use? Any advice? It's not my first time on NetBSD but I'm not an expert 😆

Found these tutorial online:

https://www.dwarmstrong.org/netbsd-encrypt-install/
https://vsis.online/posts/2024-05-27-uefi-full-disk-encryption/

#netbsd #bsd

@BrideOfLinux

With Microsoft (M/S) being a huge contributor to the Linux Foundation (LF), we all know M/S will never support fully open file formats..

What needs to happen is all governments need to mandate 100% Open Standards like they did with POSIX.

We also know the US will never do that, but I had hopes for the EU. Seems the EU want M/S money instead.

#linux #bsd #libreoffice

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

GrapheneOS update: new exec spawning, app toggle, July 2026 security patch:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/grapheneos-update-new-exec-spawning-app-toggle-july-2026-security-patch/

OPNsense 26.7 debuts on FreeBSD 15.1 with firewall, networking & future-proof enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/opnsense-26-7-debuts-on-freebsd-15-1-with-firewall-networking-and-future-proof-enhancements/

FreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving With WiFi, GPU & Audio Driver Work:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026

FreeBSD Intern Working On Porting AMD ROCm To The BSD World:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCm

FreeBSD Desktop Installer Option Working Through NVIDIA Driver Handling, Licensing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIA

GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Hurd-Q2-2026

scrcpy 4.1 launches with VP8/VP9 video encoding, FFmpeg 8.1, and several enhancements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/scrcpy-4-1-launches-with-vp8-vp9-video-encoding-ffmpeg-8-1-and-several-enhancements/

Mesa 26.2.0-rc1 and 26.1.5 Released: OpenCL 3.1 Support, Vulkan Updates, and Stability Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mesa-2620rc1-and-2615-released-opencl-31-support-vulkan-updates-and-stability-fixes/

FastFlowLM Joins AMD to Advance AI Inference:
https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/fastflowlm-joins-amd-to-advance-ai-inference.html

ROCm 7.14: TheRock Goes Production and Expands AMD’s AI Software Platform:
https://rocm.blogs.amd.com/ecosystems-and-partners/rocm-7.14-blog/README.html

Open Book Touch is Crowdfunding: A Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17379351/open-book-touch-crowdfunding

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #GrapheneOS #OPNSense #FreeBSD #GNUHurd #BSD #Scrcpy #Mesa #FastFlowLM #ROCm #OpenBookTouch #FosseryTech

Un visualizzatore immagini leggero ma ricco di funzioni arriva con una nuova versione piena di strumenti per modificare e organizzare fotografie direttamente dal desktop.

#Linux #OpenSource #ImageEditor #BSD #macOS

https://www.linuxeasy.org/classicimageviewer-combina-visualizzazione-rapida-e-strumenti-di-editing-su-linux/

📢 EuroBSDCon2026: The Schedule is Here! 😈⛳️🐡

The schedule is now published!!
You can find it at: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/

Grab your tickets 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/

For everything else, peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #Register

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Cutout of the EuroBSDCon 2026 banner. Comic like drawing. First panel has a butler serving a nice Belgium beer. There are two speech bubbles. 1. ...we find this? 2. Etterbeek, Sir. The second panel has Manneken Pis doing his thing.

NextBSD Revives Project to Port Apple's Darwin Code into FreeBSD with AI Assistance

📰 Original title: NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/nextbsd-revives-project-to-port-apple-s-darwin-code-into-freebsd-with-ai-assistance.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social

#technology #bsd #freebsd #ai

NextBSD Revives Project to Port Apple's Darwin Code into FreeBSD with AI Assistance

📰 Original title: NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/nextbsd-revives-project-to-port-apple-s-darwin-code-into-freebsd-with-ai-assistance.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#technology #bsd #freebsd #ai

Episode 26 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e26.php

#darkblueproject #darkblueweekly #linux #bsd #opnsense #freebsd #wayland #cosmicdesktop #system76 #freedesktop #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

I have a better name for this Project.

Slopstep

NextBSD returns to dollop Apple source on FreeBSD

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/18/nextbsd-returns-to-dollop-apple-source-on-freebsd/5273788

#ai #llm #bsd #Darvin #nextstep #openstep #operatingsystem

Sooo we installing bsd OS now?

#bsd

Every few years there is yet another attempt :) - NextBSD is revived again. https://nextbsd.org #bsd #darwin #xnu

So, das Paket ist doch schon heute angekommen. Ist ein Thinkpad X260 - das hab ich günstig bekommen und mir geholt für Experimente mit #BSD. Ich hatte die letzte Woche schon mit #NetBSD auf einem Uralt-Teil rumgespielt.

Auf dem x260 war die Erfahrung mit NetBSD (11.0 RC6) aber ernüchternd. Langsam, Grafikprobleme und Firefox stürzte ab. Videomeetings (BBB) gingen gar nicht. NetBSD als Daily Driver kann man damit vergessen. Der Einsatzzweck dieses Systems ist beschränkt auf exotische oder alte oder sehr begrenzte Hardware.

Nun kommt #FreeBSD dran. Obwohl die Thinkpads zu den am besten unterstützten Geräten zählen musste erstmal gebastelt werden um die Umschaltung Headphones/Speaker hinzubekommen, siehe https://xyinn.org/md/freebsd/thinkpad_x260 - die nächsten Tage werd ich exklusiv dieses Gerät benutzen

Whelp. Looked into #BSD enough. Think it's time to just download it and put it on my T430 to see if I'll like it.
Wish me luck
#FreeBSD

[lien] How to Install PHP and PHP-FPM on FreeBSD 14.0 Guide | Vultr Docs #tips #gik #bsd #php

#NextBSD is back.

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/18/nextbsd-returns-to-dollop-apple-source-on-freebsd/5273788

#BSD

LINUS: Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects.

NEXTBSD: Hold my beer.

#NextBSD #BSD

@isbm @nixCraft I think the closest to actual *" #UnixPhilosophy "* is #toybox because it's a minimalist #Userland for #Unix-esque Systems like #Linux and #BSD|s…

[lien] NextBSD returns to dollop Apple source on FreeBSD #fanboys #gik #bsd

My internet friend Stefano Marinelli runs a Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pi Zero!

It runs A BSD Flavour and responds pleasingly & blazingly fast on its homepage

#Mastodon #for #everyone #on #Budget #hardware #programming #BSD #Social #Media

Okay, so much for thinking I escaped unscathed, any one else having any issues with GNOME lib issues after upgrading to FreeBSD 15.1? Yes, I run KDE Plasma, but I also run some GNOME apps on KDE... #FreeBSD #BSD #Slackware #Linux

#Wayland isn't the answer! https://dudemanguy.github.io/blog/posts/2022-06-10-wayland-xorg/wayland-xorg.html #linux #bsd #desktop

🎉 BSD Release: OPNsense 26.7 (DistroWatch.com News)

｢ The OPNsense project develops a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system (and a fork of pfSense) designed for firewalls and routers. The latest version of OPNsense is 26.7 which is based on FreeBSD 15.1 ｣

https://distrowatch.com/12896

#OPNsense #freebsd #bsd #opensource

🧑‍💻 FreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving With WiFi, GPU & Audio Driver Work - Phoronix

｢ FreeBSD developers have been working on porting the Linux 6.13 DRM state and is now under review. There is also a Linux 6.14 port that's been worked on as well. In turn their next milestone is moving to the Direct Rendering Manager state from the current Linux 6.18 LTS base. ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026

#freebsd #bsd #opensource

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) introduces its 2026–2027 Board of Directors! 📣🐧

Four newly elected directors – André Bermudes Casagrande, Simone Davide “Simo” Bertulli (re-elected), Sean Davis, and Michinori Nakahara (re-elected) – join fellow directors to help LPI advance #opensource globally. 👏 🎉

Learn more: https://lpi.org/xy3u

#LPI #Linux #BSD #freesoftware #opensource #FOSS #LPIAGM

What's the status of various #BSD forks with respect to accepting or rejecting fake #AI slop?

@bryan im not sure if llm is being used at this point don't care. its just a tool. im still using #linux and #bsd and if they use llm ill accept the risk.

there's quite the difference between johnny-engineer using llm and johnny-twitch-simp using llm one-shots.

where i draw the line is when the rads come in and shamed be for being interested in this stuff.

A little nsCDE on GhostBSD video! - RoboNuggie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9y_5TGMz5c

#nsCDE #GhostBSD #freebsd #bsd

If you are looking to financially support a #BSD, #NetBSD has the most humble budget of the three big ones and is rather behind on its yearly goal.

I think it's a good and reputable place for your donation dollars, and yes, I have put my money where my mouth is.

@radicalabacus @nixCraft @loadhigh @faraiwe @Stefan_S_from_H @geospacedman @marcusxms

All of the major #BSD⁠s allow AI code. Even #OpenBSD. https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware#operating-systems

In light of all the horror stories of vibe coders getting hacked, this seems really really really bad for security. I don't know what OS to use now.

#Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD

To me, it seems clear that the reason that #Linux has more activity and driver support than the #BSD distros is because of copyleft and reciprocity - two aspects of "social justice" that protected contributors from their code being used without giving back.

I wrote about this a while ago: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/04/08/ai-code-is-hollowing-out-open-source-and-maintainers-are-looking-the-other-way.html but it feels like with the advent of #AI people are willing to look the other way to access the technical contributions of people who never consented to their works being infringed.

It looks like a perfect time to start checking thinkpad compatibility rating with different BSD flavors, and HaikuOS.

#ai #bsd #haikuos #vibeslop #enshittification

FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility Matrix

freebsdfoundation.github.io/freebsd-laptop-testing/

#freebsd #bsd #antiai

@rl_dane and #9front is #BSD? I like this decade!

@karlauerbach @cwgrody

Reminds me of one of those embroidery thingy sewing machines my (at the time) new girlfriend said wasn't usable anymore... So I installed Win95c on an old beater lappy I picked up for $10 at the TRW Swap meet, and Voila! that dang thing sprang back to life.

Since then we've seen Win10 and TPM 1.2, followed by TPM 2.0 w/literally Millions upon millions of computers so obsolete they must be sent to the landfills (according to the insinuations of Microsoft) - exactly the same scenario you've just described, except that it's mainstream productivity devices and not IoT infra.

Gawd I loathe Windows - I'm so glad that nobody runs it anymore.

tallship #FOSS #Linux #BSD

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Thank goodness that the introduction of Windows 11 ushered in the deathnell for the Microsoft Windows operating system, pushing the likes of Dell, HP, Samsung, Lenovo, Acer, etc., to offer future laptops with the embrace of Linux/GNU. You all knew that Microsoft had already reached it's EOL a few years back when they switched their EULA from being centric to tangibly possessed and owned software to that of a subscription based (aka "RENTED") cloud tenancy model. You will own Linux and you will be happy :p