This #FreeBSD bug highlights a strength of one of the features that makes #HardenedBSD attractive: optional blocking of loading of kernel modules.

HardenedBSD provides a sysctl node: hardening.pax.kmod_load_disable. By default, it is set to 0, permitting loading of kernel modules. When set to 1, loading kernel modules is prohibited. When set to 2, loading kernel modules is prohibited and a reboot is required to permit loading kernel modules once again.

HardenedBSD also has a notion of "insecure/untrusted" kernel modules. Some kernel modules in base, most notably the #Linux syscall emulation layer known as the linuxulator, are explicitly marked as untrustworthy. Users wishing to use those kernel modules must explicitly tag them as trusted (hbsdcontrol pax disable insecure_kmod /path/to/kernel/module.ko). Only then will the kernel module be permitted to load (the hardening.pax.kmod_load_disable sysctl node does need to be set to 0).

These two features can help protect users against situations where kernel modules get autoloaded, like with puppet, ifconfig, zfs, and other tools.

#infosec #FatGid

Copying Remote Command Output to Your macOS Clipboard

A small trick to copy command output from a remote ssh session directly into the local macOS clipboard, using OSC 52 and a tiny shell script.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/05/26/copying-remote-command-output-to-your-macos-clipboard/

#ITNotes #macOS #Mac #Apple #shell #ssh #Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Terminal #Clipboard

California and Colorado legislated that Linux distributions, being free and open-source, are exempt from the age verification in operating systems, unless they are proprietary like SteamOS (and Windows).

Too bad the systemd developers already complied with fascism in advance before the bills were even finalized.

Will Lennart Poettering and his followers now please remove the birthDate field from systemd?

P.S.: If you reply with any variation of "You need to calm down," I will block you.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/

#fascism #surveillance #AgeVerification #Linux #systemd

The little Acer doesn't (totally) love OpenBSD 7.9:
- fans are always spinning fast and it's hot. I could probably try to fix it, but I have no time at the moment
- it doesn't suspend - and it's critical, for me

I haven't tried other things, except that Mate works perfectly on X and I can use the touchpad. Volume controls work, the brightness controls work. A step ahead from 7.8, but still not perfect.

I'll probably reinstall Void Linux on ZFS.

#OpenBSD #Linux #Laptop

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/colorado-and-california-age-verification-bills-exempt-open-source-operating-systems/

#Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #Linux #OpenSource

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟱 (Valuable News - 2026/05/25) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/valuable-news-2026-05-25/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟱 (Valuable News - 2026/05/25) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/valuable-news-2026-05-25/

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

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

Weird. On FreeBSD 15.0, my new Jabra headset works perfectly with the wireless USB dongle. Plug it in, it's picked up as an audio sink and source, and everything Just Works. On Linux Mint (which I still use for gaming and DRM media), the headset reports that it's connected ... then immediately disconnects again :/ No idea why and haven't had the time to debug it.

This further confirms my general impression of FreeBSD and Linux ... Linux distros have much broader software and hardware support, but tend to be a bit jankier. Whereas FreeBSD has a smaller set of software and hardware support, but when it works, it's stable and remains so.

#freebsd #linux #audio #headsets

@kabel42

#Linux #meme

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"That Mitchell and Webb Look" "Are *we* the baddies?" Meme, but with a Tux penguin on the cap.

While the following text has been circulating already (thanks to @fcambus, @joel, @daftaupe & @grahamperrin amongst others), I figured it was time to publish it myself, with a couple edited notes following feedback from fellow Linux & *BSD enthusiasts alike: https://club.unix.rocks/commentary/under-linux/

Putting together ideas for a follow-up piece, very open to constructive criticism, pushback or enthusiasm! 🤓

#linux #bsd #illumos #unix #history

Flatpak will depend on systemd

If you visit the Flatpak website today, it lists, as the very first advantage of the project: "Build for every distro: create one app and distribute it to the entire Linux desktop market." If you then move on to the list of supported distributions, you'll see the usual suspects, but also distributions like Void Linux, Guix, and Alpine. These last three all have one thing in co

https://www.osnews.com/story/145071/flatpak-will-depend-on-systemd/

#Linux

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as #Linux, is in fact, Systemd/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, #Systemd plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Systemd system made useful by the Systemd daemon, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX...

https://transfem.social/notes/amkt7djzjnza0009

(every year this joke gets better | more sad)

Happy #BrothersDay from the sibling who runs on absolutely everything (yes, even the family toaster)! 🚩🍞

Taking a moment to send some love to my Unix-like family today:

To FreeBSD 😈: Thanks for always bringing the heavy-lifting and server muscle. Nobody I’d rather share a kernel subsystem or network stack with! 💪

To OpenBSD 🐡: My brilliantly paranoid sibling. Don't worry, I double-checked the locks, audited the code, and closed the blinds before posting this. Stay secure! 🔒

And a special shoutout to our loud, monolithic cousin, Linux 🐧! You might be everywhere these days, but we still love having you at the FOSS family barbecue. Just leave some market share for the rest of us, okay? 🍔

Here’s to the entire open-source community. No matter what kernel you're running, we're all pushing the ecosystem forward together! 🧡

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Unix #BrothersDay #RunBSD

For some reason my wife thinks that this laptop is embarassing. What's wrong with giant letters on the keys made with a paint pen? And my call sign? Lol, yes, so nerdy.

#hamradio #Linux #AntiX

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An old Asus laptop running AntiX Linux with painted letters on the keyboard.

“Long-term support” does not mean what you think it does

You may think you know what "long-term support" means when picking a Linux distribution and version, but judging by the multitude of utterly wrong takes and deeply confused users I come across online, I'm starting to get the feeling that in fact, no, you don't know what it means. KDE's Nate Graham is seeing the same confusi

https://www.osnews.com/story/145069/long-term-support-does-not-mean-what-you-think-it-does/

#Linux

#Linux #outils
Je kiffe *tellement* byobu.
C'est un gestionnaire de sessions pour terminal. Non seulement c'est utile en cas de connexion qui pose problème, mais la gestion des différentes sessions est très pratique (F2 ouvrir une nouvelle sessions, Alt Gauche/Droite pour naviguer entre session).
Et barre de status👌fantastique (débits réseau, uptime, charge, occupation mémoire/disque, IP, hostname, mises à jour disponibles et d'autres infos)
C'est tmux en mieux.
https://www.byobu.org/

I'm looking for good resources for learning POSIX compliant shell scripting. So far I have found not much that hasn't been written with AI or just isn't very in depth. I can easily find specific stuff, but I'd love a general guide of some sort.

I found one that seemed like it would he fantastic, then found out it was made using Claude.

I haven't done a lot of sh in a while, and my partner wants to learn, so it would be great to have some quality resources.

Thank you to anyone who can helop me out.

#ShellScripting #Linux #Programming #Computers #WhyTheFuckDoesAIHaveToRuinEverything

QEMU: all aarch64 FreeBSD guests no longer boot.

Virtual Machine Manager, Kubuntu 26.04.

#QEMU #FreeBSD #Kubuntu #Linux

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Screenshot: five virtual machines. Some show 'Display output is not active', other show 'Guest has not initialized the display (yet)'.

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Screenshot: Virtual Machine Manager.

Happy International Day for Biological Diversity! 🌱

A diverse ecosystem is a strong ecosystem. In the tech world, NetBSD brings vital diversity by proving that clean, portable, and secure code can run on virtually any architecture. This adaptability keeps computing open and accessible to everyone.

Let's keep the digital ecosystem diverse. Consider supporting the NetBSD Foundation today by contributing code, writing documentation, or making a donation! 💻🚩
#NetBSD #BiodiversityDay #OpenSource #TechDiversity #FOSS #RetroComputing #Sustainability #Linux #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

RE: https://mastodon.social/@emaste/116597496244280489

We booted Debian and FreeBSD 15 using QEMU accelerated with bhyve/vmm for the first time. This is an epic milestone for the FreeBSD community and beyond ! : r/freebsd

<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tk0eja/we_booted_debian_and_freebsd_15_using_qemu/> – Mario Zio.

＂Further development is needed...a lot of development...but anyway this is a storic moment....we can use another hypervisor. This time in cooperation with the storic and mature QEMU. FreeBSD is second to none.

This success has been possible thanks to the competence of Abhinav Chavali who started this project for the GSOC 2025 ; thanks bro.

It's built on top of dumrich's work. …＂

#FreeBSD #bhyve #QEMU #Linux #Debian

@freebsd

SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU - FreeBSD Wiki — <https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU>

Cc @stefano @dexter @seanwbruno @dch

OK, real talk real quick? If you have to transfer large amounts of photos from your Android phone to your Linux computer (as when, you know, you do your regular *local* backups, wink wink), get a USB cable and use android-file-transfer.

Yes, Martha, a USB cable!

Because when every other option to transfer the damn files wirelessly to computers I control has been sabotaged by the Android OS (I mean, why would they do want to do that, right? If not, for, I don't know... their cloud services?!), I guess no other way except going old school. Luckily, though, the application is super freaking fast and well done. Not once with me did the transfer drop because the phone went to sleep or due to some other esoteric error like it happens with "native" MTP.

So, yeah that was a nice discovery to end the night.

#android #linux #backup

🥳 Gitte 0.4.0 is out!

Highlights:
- New mainline concept, „Sync with mainline"
- Revert commits directly from Gitte
- Partial staging for untracked files, stage/unstage via context menu, Enter or double-click
- New additive line selection mode
- Warning when pushing to a remote that is ahead
- Ignore whitespace in diffs

Plus UI polish, overhauled menus, and macOS fixes.

Linux: https://flathub.org/en/apps/de.wwwtech.gitte
macOS: https://gitlab.com/dehesselle/gitte_macos/-/releases/v0.4.0+20
Repo: https://codeberg.org/ckruse/Gitte

#git #rust #gnome #linux #macos

@stefano Revisiting this post. While I've largely used #ChatGPT and some #Gemini when researching #Linux and #FreeBSD stuff, I'd say #AI has come a long way. Are they perfect? No. Is it a replacement for man pages and the Handbook? No. Can they provide more info, context, and real world examples when the official #documentation falls short? That's a resounding yes.

It's been a while since I've seen AI give utterly incorrect info relating to FreeBSD. I am far from being the FreeBSD god I want to be and even I recognized the incorrect info at those particular times. But this was also a good 1.5 years ago.

I can't speak for #Illumos as I don't use it.