FreeBSD graphics support reaches a new milestone.

The drm-kmod port now includes the Linux 6.12 (LTS) graphics driver, bringing improved compatibility, stability, and security to modern FreeBSD systems running FreeBSD 15.1 and later.

This update is part of the FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project.

Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4wdtsVV
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Wayland #Graphics #LinuxLTS

Join Klara's FreeBSD After Hours AMA

We're pleased to help spread the word about Klara's upcoming FreeBSD After Hours AMA webinar.

Join Allan Jude, Kyle Evans, and Colin Percival on June 30 for a discussion covering BSDCan highlights, FreeBSD developments, and audience Q&A.

Date: June 30, 2026 | 8:00 AM PDT / 11:00 AM EDT

Register here:
https://klarasystems.com/webinars/freebsd-after-hours-ama-post-bsdcan-recap/

#FreeBSD #BSDCan #OpenSource #Community

It blows me away how many people in #OpenSource have never read @spolsky 's "Strategy Letter V", aka "commodify the complement". This is why big companies support Open Source projects. We can use this to our advantage if we are aware of it. #CommodifyTheComplement

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/

The second #Maintainathon at #UNOpenSourceWeek brought together more than 100 participants across two tracks and 15 sessions: maintainers, governments, NGOs, researchers, OSPOs, and #opensource communities speaking openly with one another about what it actually takes to sustain critical digital infrastructure.

Alt...

Tiffany Farriss hosting the session “Governance at Scale: What Actually Travels”

Alt...

Small group discussion in the capacity-building room.

The #maintainathon is underway at #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026 in New York. For the second year, the Sovereign Tech Agency and the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies are convening #opensource #maintainers and institutional actors to work on the challenge of maintaining increasingly complex critical digital systems.

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View of the audience in the ECOSOC chamber at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

haha. Joke asides, there are few ways to ignore bash aliases. For example, to ignore python alias, type the `command` followed by alias name:
```
command python ...
```
Both \ and " symbols allows you to run real python command and ignore python alias at the CLI:
```
\python ...
"python" ...
```
Or just full path:
```
/usr/bin/python ...
```

more @ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ignore-shell-aliases-functions-when-running-command/ in case if you wish to read.
#unix #linux #opensource

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This is meme about Linux or Unix CLI especially alias feature offered by bash. An inmate in prison asks a small fellow inmate, "What you in for?" The small inmate replies that they added 'alias python=echo "bash: python: command not found"' to a friend's .bashrc file. The large inmate backs away in terror, yelling, "Dude, WTF?!"

#runsnac #snac2 #fediverse #alternatives #opensource
CC: @VasiliWz@hachyderm.io

10 more days until our #CfP is closed.

Remember we moved our dates and #SeaGL2026 is now happening October 23rd and 24th. Same location.

Visit: https://seagl.org for details

#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #ophw #community #tech #seattle #freedom

What many people misunderstand about hosting your own content (like this social media instance) is thinking we somehow NEED a big audience or Big Tech involvement.

I'm perfectly fine if the world faded away and it was just the thousand of us here. It's like the early days of the web when we had small forums, nobody missed Reddit back then. Federation is a big plus, not a requirement.

It's the same with websites or IRC for me. I know people use Discord, but I still stick to IRC even if there are only about a hundred of us left. I know people use AI now and website visitors are dropping, but who cares? I still keep doing it for those who like to read.

I don't need the whole world involved for this to feel worthwhile. It's mine, I own it, and I host it for as long as I breathe. After that, it won't matter to me anymore, but I hope other admins keep things running the way I did.

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenWeb #SocialWeb

GentleOS: A Hobby Operating System for Vintage PCs

Relive the nostalgia or discover for the first time the joy of a vintage computing using GentleOS for 16-bit and 32-bit Personal Computers (PCs).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gentleos-vintage-pc-operating-system/

#blog #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #OpenSource #FOSS

Alt...

A vintage Zenith TurbosPORT 386 laptop folded open with keyboard visible and on the screen displaying GentleOS. Next to the laptop sits bold white title of 'GentleOS' with a subtitle of 'Vintage Hobby Operating System' and '8086+ 16-bit / i396 32-bit' all against a brown wood grain background.

BSDCan 2026 is today!

Live streams are available for each track.

DMS 1110: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream1.html
DMS 1120: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream2.html
DMS 1160: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream3.html

Happy hacking!

#BSD #BSDCan #OpenSource

"But what if it's good? You can't ban AI submissions completely because what if some of them are good?"

Respectfully, I think a number of AI fans have lost the plot with that argument.

For some people, the point of banning AI submissions is that there's been a deluge of slop submissions. The fact that AI bug reports or whatever are improving *may* turn them around on allowing them at some point. But, you know, let them come around on it on their own, mmmkay?

For many others, though, the point is that they don't want AI submissions, period, end of story. The quality could be excellent, but it does not matter. The point is that it's from an LLM and they object to that on principle. Whether one agrees with that or not, respect it, ok?

It's like arguing with a person who's a vegetarian or vegan, "But this tastes excellent! And the chicken was free-range and well-cared for right up until the moment it was killed. Didn't even see it coming. Joe Pecky thought he was going to a party, and then he got a quick one in the back of the head."

It's still chicken. And some people don't eat animals. Respect that, too.

I'm not going to lecture other people on their use of LLMs, etc., here. But please, stop lobbying everybody else to just give up and accept it, especially in open source.

The thing that makes open source special, when it is, is the human factor. It's building a community that cares about a project. Talking to other humans and working with them on problems. It's OK if that moves more slowly. What's the damn rush anyway?

Sure, the project itself is important, but so is the surrounding community. When that just becomes a bunch of prompt fondling and button pressing to unleash whatever the LLM spat out into a CI/CD pipeline to make its way into another CI/CD pipeline... what even is the point?

#LLMs #OpenSource

FreeBSD Day is tomorrow.

We’re feeling a little nostalgic…

What version of FreeBSD did you start on?
Was it a CD, a stack of floppies, or something else?

Drop your first FreeBSD memory below.

Learn more about FreeBSD Day: https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-day/

#FreeBSDDay #FreeBSD #OpenSource #Unix

Find an open source
alternative to anything.

https://opensource.builders/
#opensource #builders

Thx to AI Linux will soon stop being a platform for retrocomputing hardware. Old hw support is getting deprecated to reduce the attack surface.

Meanwhile the Linux Foundation is creating its nth AI/crypto related group.

#opensource #linux #ai #cybersecurity #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Day 1 of the FreeBSD Developer Summit at BSDCan.

The room is full of people who've shaped FreeBSD over the past three decades,  and we also have students who are just getting started. Both groups are having a great time here at the conference.

Thank you to our sponsors, the FreeBSD Foundation and ScaleEngine.

Day 1 Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/A6L_ErsheVM

We'll continue to share highlights throughout the summit.

#FreeBSD #DevSummit #BSDCan #OpenSource