A little evening thought: Lately, I go to bed thinking, with enthusiasm, about what I'll do the next morning as soon as I turn on my computer.
I can never give enough back to the open-source world to repay the good it has done in my life.

#OpenSource #OSS #ThankYou

🎥 Introducing the FreeBSD Meetings YouTube Channel!

We’ve launched a new dedicated space for meeting-style content.

Our main YouTube channel will continue to host technical videos, while the new channel will feature community calls, working group updates, and more.

👉 Subscribe here to stay connected: @freebsdmeetings https://www.youtube.com/@freebsdmeetings

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #YouTube #TechTalks

This is the most punk thing I've ever heard of. This guy got his physics phd then proceeded to use it to create open source plans for everything you need to start a civilization.

Definitely going in my digital apocalypse kit (wait, you don't have one?!), and this guy is now one of my heroes.

https://www.opensourceecology.org/

#OpenSource #solarpunk #diy #punk #RightToRepair

/me laughs in #OpenSource

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/

Here is some cognitive dissonance to start your day. Do you believe both:

1. #OpenSource is a gift that maintainers give to the public. Thus, maintainers deserve our respect and gratitude, because they do not benefit from their selfless participation in the commons.

2. You should not use #Omarchy because investing your time and attention in his work benefits DHH and his hideous political project.

@imil @stefano @nixCraft

Thank you for the correction

I shall do that immediately

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

@stefano @nixCraft @imil

Here on Debian {in MX Linux} I had to add the following tools since the machine is not configured for programming

bmake

`apt install bmake`

bsdtar

`apt install libarchive-tools`

then success

>> log

# $ ./startnb.sh -f etc/sshd.conf
* using console: viocon
using QEMU version 7.2.19 (Debian 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u16)
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD 11.99.3 (MICROVM) Notice: this software is protected by copyright
[ 1.0000000] Detecting hardware... (QBOOT 000000000000)
[ 1.0257426] done.
[ 1.0345973] kernel boot time: 51ms
Created tmpfs /dev (1835008 byte, 3552 inodes)
add net default: gateway 10.0.2.2
Starting sshd.
Server listening on :: port 22.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.

>> End of log

^Z

I pressed ^C to enter the server to add the needed passwords for the user and root

login was a success then

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

For those wanting a deeper dive into the inner workings of our funded projects, take a look at the FreeBSD Foundation All-Projects Notes repo.

You’ll find regular updates, progress reports, and documentation from teams driving Foundation funded FreeBSD development.

🔗 Explore the repository: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/all-projects

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #TechUpdates

TIL about the existence of smolBSD an amazing minimal BSD Unix system. It boots in {milli}seconds!

Site:

https://smolbsd.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

Thanks to @nixCraft

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced "Librephone," a new project aimed at achieving complete mobile phone freedom for users from Google and Apple. The initiative will work to reverse engineer obstacles until its goal of a fully free mobile phone environment is realized. Can they be successful where industry leaders like Ubuntu failed previously?

https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project

#linux #opensource

In this FreeBSD Journal article, Vanja Cvelbar combines FreeBSD, Home Assistant, and rtl_433 to build a smart home weather & sensor integration system.

It’s a great example of how FreeBSD supports real-world embedded and automation use cases.

🔗 Read more: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/embedded-2/freebsd-home-assistant-and-rtl_433/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #EmbeddedSystems #HomeAutomation #OpenSource #Community

Registration is now open for the November 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit!

On November 6–7, join FreeBSD developers and industry partners at NetApp’s headquarters for two days of direct collaboration, technical discussion, and strategic planning.

Don’t miss your chance to participate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2025-freebsd-vendor-summit-registration-1763651331609

#FreeBSD #VendorSummit #OpenSource #Collaboration #Community

wireguard-fpga: Full-throttle, wire-speed hardware implementation of Wireguard VPN, using low-cost Artix7 FPGA with opensource toolchain

https://github.com/chili-chips-ba/wireguard-fpga

#wireguard #fpga #opensource

🎓 2025 Google Summer of Code participant Aaron Espinoza ran a project to test FreeBSD device drivers written in Rust. Here’s a short introduction to that piece of work.

Watch Aaron’s GSoC talk: https://youtu.be/y82-t1tDLWg?si=9n6X3uDZB_Hk3mDr
💻 Explore the code: https://github.com/Acesp25/rustkld

We’re grateful to Aaron, his mentors, and the FreeBSD/GSoC community for advancing this work.

👉 What are your thoughts on using Rust for FreeBSD driver development?

#FreeBSD #GSoC2025 #RustLang #OpenSource #KernelDevelopment

I've been only able to read this IT note today due to band with constraints. It read like a Stephen King short. Horrific!

IMHO, In my humble opinion, the company involved used tactics that I can describe as blatantly criminal.

I have some stories and I may talk about one in another post, using similar of obfuscation techniques

You would be wise to read this story at least twice.

Read between the lines.

Observe that the company was selling open source services yet used criminal tactics to keep people locked in

Link

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08/the-email-they-shouldnt-have-read/

#Story #Stefano #horrible #ethics #unethical #OpenSource #programming #vendor #lockin

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Grateful to see that @sovtechfund has funded @igalia to work on #accessibility for Servo, the Rust-based, next-gen web browser engine.

https://www.igalia.com/2025/10/09/Igalia,-Servo,-and-the-Sovereign-Tech-Fund.html

#OpenSource #FOSS

A cross platform desktop app that works on linux, macos, and windows devices for downloading video and audio files from 100s of different websites.

https://github.com/aandrew-me/ytDownloader

#opensource

It's been a while ... #FollowFriday #FF

@amin @joel @rl_dane
@johnnydecimal
@jedda
@flamed @brianb @ellane @liztai
@thorstenzoeller @immarisabel
@KevinGimbel
@ctietze @artlung @cliffwade @amerpie @monospace @kzimmermann
@basil @srgower @zerok @dusan
@shellsharks @rubenerd @adamsdesk
@markwyner
@robb
@kepano

#mastoart #mastodon #fediverse #FLOSS #FOSS #opensource #bsd #Linux #blog #bloggers #writing

Interview at the fantastic publication unprinted (www.unprinted.design author Ozgu Ozden) about the open source design contributions to civic tech OSS projects workshop from Design Matters Tokyo 25!

https://www.unprinted.design/articles/design-matters-tokyo-2025-oss-workshop/

✨More designers making OSS technology have fantastic user experiences ✨

Thank you to Yuki Kawabe for being my co-interviewee and a fantastic workshop partner.

Also thanks to Code for Japan (https://www.code4japan.org/) for collaborating on this workshop and Fu-Syuan Wang and Shin Okamoto for being the other fantastic designers in OSS supporting the workshop 💐

#designmatterstokyo #opensource #opensourcedesign #design #community #civictech #oss #foss

🎉 Congratulations to Kayla Powell on completing their Google Summer of Code 2025 project with FreeBSD!

Programs like Google Summer of Code give students the opportunity to make meaningful, long-term contributions to FreeBSD while working closely with experienced mentors.

Learn more about FreeBSD’s involvement in GSoC: https://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode/

What advice would you share with students or first-time contributors just starting their open-source journey?

#FreeBSD #GSoC2025 #OpenSource

If you own or have access to an embroidery machine, or if you want to learn how the combination of #Inkscape and the #Inkstitch [1] plugin works, I have created a mirror on #codeberg where you can download all my stitching files as SVG and DST. CC0, so free to use in whatever way you like.

https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/inkstitchMirror

[1] https://inkstitch.org

#OpenFTW #OpenSource #Stitching #Embroidery

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A kitten with a bandana as stitching file.

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The nerdcert logo as stitching file