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Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>In one month (2025-09-25), there will be a "Network management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" tutorial <a href="https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/tal</span><span class="invisible">k/FW39CX/</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eurobsdcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurobsdcon</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zagreb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zagreb</span></a> To register: <a href="https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2025.eurobsdcon.org/registrati</span><span class="invisible">on.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a></p>
FreeBSD Foundation<p>FreeBSD is making strides toward supporting Plasma as an out-of-the-box installer option by the 15.0 release. That means a smoother setup for folks who want a functional desktop right from install </p><p>Check out the GitHub issue that’s driving this forward:</p><p> <a href="https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/25" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/p</span><span class="invisible">roj-laptop/issues/25</span></a></p><p> Original post by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kkremitzki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kkremitzki</span></a></span>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kkremitzki/114866829934967996" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@kkremitzki/11</span><span class="invisible">4866829934967996</span></a></p><p>It’s an exciting step forward for more desktop usability on FreeBSD. Thoughts?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlasmaDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasmaDesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnixLike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixLike</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>EuroBSDCon 2025 will be held in Zagreb, Croatia; September 24-28, 2025. </p><p>See <a href="https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">2025.eurobsdcon.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Program <a href="https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/sch</span><span class="invisible">edule/</span></a><br>Registration <a href="https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2025.eurobsdcon.org/registrati</span><span class="invisible">on.html</span></a></p><p>Now with updated art!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eurobsdcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurobsdcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesofware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesofware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zagreb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zagreb</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Do you want to be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eurobsdcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurobsdcon</span></a> speaker? </p><p>Submit by 2025-06-21 at <a href="https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Do you want to sponsor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eurobsdcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurobsdcon</span></a>? Go to <a href="https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/sponsorship.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2025.eurobsdcon.org/sponsorshi</span><span class="invisible">p.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>If you haven't already, register now for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSDCan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDCan</span></a> at <a href="https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bsdcan.org/2025/registration.h</span><span class="invisible">tml</span></a></p><p>The main North American BSD conference, in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a></p>
Farooq | فاروق<p>The more <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/sh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sh</span></a> scripting I do, the more I love it and wondering why I didn't learn it earlier. So for <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/wakegp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wakegp</span></a> now I have done this to have 256 runs for different values of <code>deletion_mutation_rate</code> and <code>deletions_per_mutation</code>:</p><pre><code>➜ runs5 git:(main) for i in {0..255}; do <br>for&gt; for size in nanod minid microd halfd thirdd majord; do<br>for for&gt; for r in 1 2 4 8 16; do<br>for for for&gt; w_run p4_"$size"_"$r" $i;<br>for for for&gt; done<br>for for&gt; done<br>for&gt; done<br></code></pre><p><code>w_run</code> itself is a function I defined in my <code>.zshrc</code></p><p>But of course, the syntax is hard. And it's not as easy to learn as something like Python. I wonder if <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> operating systems such as <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> would consider quitting the current sh in favor of something new designed from scratch.</p><p>Last time I remember, in the list of projects <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLnet</span></a> had founded, there was a niche new shell invented for unix like systems. I'm gonna check it out. Also <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> people have something for themselves.</p><p>Edit: I had forgotten to add <code>echo -n "$i "; date +%T</code></p><p><a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/shellscripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shellscripting</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/scripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scripting</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/bash_scripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash_scripting</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/shell_scripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shell_scripting</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
Farooq | فاروق<p>Do you know a utility tool for <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a> with which I can review packages and remove the ones I haven't used in ages?</p><p><a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/LinuxQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxQuestion</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a></p>
Farooq | فاروق<p>A <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/reboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reboot</span></a> is a solution to many tech problems. But if you are on <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, did you know you need to reboot only if your kernel has changed? Otherwise you can do a "soft reboot" and get the same thing. You need to kill the init process and make it respawn. It varies from distro to distro but on <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> ones, you can do <code>systemctl soft-reboot</code> and it'll do the job for you.</p><p>Also if you have problem with your graphical shell, you can simply restart your graphical stuff. Not even a soft reboot is needed. For instance if your display manager is lightdm like me, simply do <code>systemctl restart lightdm</code>. </p><p>I think this applies to other <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> operating systems with the similar kernel and system architecture as Linux. Maybe <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> people can share their experience?</p><p><a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/techtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techtips</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/linuxtips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxtips</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/unixclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixclone</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>New profiling subsystem committed to -current <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250525104147" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250525104147</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Register now for BSDCan <a href="https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bsdcan.org/2025/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and get the Saturday reception for free! (until 2025-05-19)</p><p>Schedule <a href="https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/timetable/?layout=room#20250613.detailed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/time</span><span class="invisible">table/?layout=room#20250613.detailed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsdcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsdcan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unixlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unixlike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a></p>
Farooq | فاروق

What #unixlike operating systems do you know which are easy to port? Something like #NetBSD. I wonder if there is anything written in #commonlisp or #rust

There are some options but I'm not sure how much easy are they to port. I've heard many positive comments about bare metal development using Rust. I wonder how is common lisp in this regard.

I have extensive programming experience but not on bare metal or kernel programming.

Boosts for wider participation in the discussion are welcome.

#foss#baremetal#baremetalprogramming
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Peter N. M. Hansteen

The new #OpenBSD 7.7 openbsd.org/77.html release is out, now go install the thing!

Then you can prepare for the daily tasks by reading "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_ins, and watch for updates over on the OpenBSD Journal undeadly.org

#openbsd #bsd #unixlike #newrelease #devops #development #sysadmin #networking #security #sanity #qualitysoftware #securecode #correctcode (again for those in inconvenient time zones)

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