Although I'm the Barista at BSD Cafe and illumos Cafe, I've always enjoyed using some Linux distributions as well.

Just as I did with my article and installation script for Void Linux on ZFS (which I've since updated to use a TUI, although it still needs some polishing before I publish it), I'll be sharing articles and other material about Alpine Linux over the coming weeks.

And something I've been using for quite a long time already will, I believe, be particularly interesting to many of you.

Stay tuned!

#AlpineLinux #ITNotes #Linux

Remember everybody, if you are a recently updated #tmux user who has been losing their mind because you can no longer select text like a sane person.

This is the answer:

echo set -g mouse off >> ~/.tmux.conf

Then just restart all your sessions.

The alternative, IIRC, is to hold down shift while selecting, but who the frack would want that?

#Linux #UNIX #BSD

Those of us who are already #Linux users have been saying this for years if not decades.

#Canada could develop it's own version of GNU/Linux for use by the federal, provincial/territorial and municipal public sector and break #Microsoft's stranglehold once and for all.

Many governments around the world are already doing this.

#cdnpoli #digitalsovereignty

https://theconversation.com/canada-could-save-millions-by-developing-its-own-operating-system-instead-of-relying-on-microsoft-windows-294027

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@midtsveen/117331278381810538

Let’s not talk about Fedora 31, which was released on this day seven years ago! 🙃

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Unix #Linux #BSD #Meme #Memes #Humor #SpongeBob

𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑️🤪 boosted

Erik L. Midtsveen » 🌐 2026-09-25
@midtsveen@mastodon.bsd.cafe

When you say ‘I use Linux’ and accidentally summon the entire BSD family.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Unic #Linux #BSD #Meme #Memes #Humor #SpongeBob

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Six-panel cartoon featuring SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward. Patrick says, “I use Linux.” Squidward asks, “What is Linux?” SpongeBob replies, “It means he is afraid of BSD.” Squidward responds, “No it does not.” The next panel lists “FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD,” while Patrick looks funny. In the final panel, SpongeBob raises his hands in panic as Patrick says, “Stop it Patrick! You’re scaring him.”

Why am I being so hard on the @FreeBSDFoundation and developers associated with #FreeBSD in general? Because as someone who worked on Windows directly for a significant portion of my career, yet switched immediately to #linux the moment Microsoft announced the OpenAI partnership only to watch Linux embrace the slop I need to know the stand of wherever I go next.

Linux just wasted four years of my time. I want to know if FreeBSD will have better standards and ethics. It's a reasonable ask

#noAI

What ARE we gonna do with our desktop-toy project, which might be impossible with Wayland? I can't overemphasize how dispiriting the situation is. At the moment, aiming at non-Wayland targets still makes some sense if only because Wayland support is so irregular and inconsistent, to the point that it's easier simply to avoid dealing with Wayland entirely. Right now on our #Linux desktop we're running a Wayland environment but only because we can drop out of it at any time and log back in to an X11 desktop environment where graphical applications (whether pre-packaged or homemade) can be expected to work more consistently.

But you know how the #foss culture is: when those nerdbros are determined to make something impossible, they'll do it. There's already Wayland cops out there as I've described, people who seem to exist on programming forms only to shit on people who have problems with Wayland. Bullies like that wouldn't exist unless they felt that they had inevitability of enforced obsolescence backing them up.

Why is it bad that some #Linux systems, e.g. #Debian or #Alpine , plan to let *some* #AI #code in as long as it's well-reviewed?

🎥 Watch here: https://youtu.be/C8gsyvTttfs

Note: I don't agree 100% with what's said in there, but the basic gist seems good.

Watch how #Linux going #pro #slop might also being a #social concern: 🐧 https://youtu.be/l9ARF2KcDgc - it includes a #NetBSD shoutout!

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Notes:

- My apologies that some of the wording in this videos is a bit strong. But I think the core message is relevant.

- I'm not a lawyer, I don't know if these videos are accurate. judge for yourself.

#noslop #noai #ensloppification #slopnation #slop #foss #floss #dev

Is there a way to backup a system using btrfs features? I feel like snapshots aren't a real backup because they depend on the original data?

#techsupport #tech #linux #filesystems #btrfs #backup

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/valuable-news-2026-10-26/

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

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

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/valuable-news-2026-10-26/

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

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

The don't call it Pawsix for nuthin' #Linux

BOMBSHELL TAPE STUNS THE PRESIDENCY

#content_review #omarchy #linux #runbsd #freebsd #comic #art #fediverse #programming #ai #neverslop

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Funhole Content Review OMARCHY 'ok, but can it suck my dick?' TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: you're not getting any money for porting it to freebsd, sucker! UNFAIR TREATMENT: I lost more friends by installing omarchy than when i killed my wife. If you dont stop, bryan is going to make a video about this. again. my friend lunic is still a little sick in the head. drawing the swastika: 7 helpful tips Interview with a victim of circumstance ONE FREE RUBY COUPON We need female models asap. dm if interested -FSF

@stefano I thought, silently, of many things when I moved from the Cafe.

A single-user instance was amongst my thoughts. It's a possibility, however I can't imagine it becoming a priority.

I'm more interested in spending my "IT" time on stuff that's directly related, or adjacent, to FreeBSD.

#Mastodon #FreeBSD #UNIX #Linux

5/n Of course if there is a way to upgrade the system, OS, client software over major release updates that is "trivial". I understand is less of a problem if the underlying OS is of the rolling update type. So might this be a reason to choose a #Linux kernel based OS over say NetBSD?

As with many of my projects both computer related and DIY I end up with dependencies.

So if I want to use NetBSD for this project then this I need to get properly familar with NetBSD first.

@argv_minus_one good thing about #NetBSD or BSDs in general is it is hard for big techs to control it due to side effects of it's permissive license choice. #Linux for better or worse has already been taken over by big techs. No matter how anyone tries to promote Gpl advantages it doesn't help.

Why would the bottom address of a v6 /64 route to loopback? There's literally no entries in the routing table for interface lo.

#Networking #Linux

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# ip route get fd8c:3969:1494:: anycast fd8c:3969:1494:: from :: dev lo table local proto kernel src fd8c:3969:1494:0:fb29:9db1:ddbc:94db metric 0 pref medium # ip route get fd8c:3969:1494::1 fd8c:3969:1494::1 from :: dev eno1 proto ra src fd8c:3969:1494:0:fb29:9db1:ddbc:94db metric 1024 pref medium # ip -6 route show 2403:581e:ab78::/64 dev eno1 proto ra metric 1024 expires 86345sec pref medium fd8c:3969:1494::/64 dev eno1 proto ra metric 1024 expires 86345sec pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1::/80 via 2403:581e:ab78:0:48a2:b796:c065:dd46 dev eno1 proto kernel metric 1024 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:1::/80 via 2403:581e:ab78:0:df67:ffa6:45bc:8557 dev eno1 proto kernel metric 1024 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:2::/80 via 2403:581e:ab78:0:fe78:6929:cb86:5a7c dev eno1 proto kernel metric 1024 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:3::/80 via fd8c:3969:1494:0:cb78:b332:ff40:137f dev eno1 proto kernel metric 1024 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:4::/80 via 2403:581e:ab78:0:2b8:5903:8164:7aa7 dev eno1 proto kernel metric 1024 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:5::b180 dev cilium_host proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fda6:3c52:d12b:1:5::/80 dev cilium_host proto kernel src fda6:3c52:d12b:1:5::b180 metric 1024 pref medium fe80::/64 dev eno1 proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev cilium_net proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev lxc_health proto kernel metric 256 pref medium fe80::/64 dev lxcd7dc4287ae9e proto kernel metric 256 pref medium ...

@jmcunx @argv_minus_one Even if Debian hadn't voted for AI, all of the freedesktop projects and the Linux kernel make heavy use of AI. There's no way to use Linux without using AI code. #linux

@clf yes, sadly, which is why i like others have been exploring possible escape routes...

• #haiku tested, & i love it, but it's not yet able to do what i need
• #OpenIndiana researched, but noooooooooooo
• #GhostBSD tested, looked a great prospect with its old MATE pre-slop DE, til i learned of its dangerous security flaw viz apparently running the desktop as root
• #OpenBSD currently in early test phase atm
• #NetBSD - still to test
• #FreeBSD - still to test

🥺

@jmcunx @argv_minus_one

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
#FuckGenerativeAI #FuckSlopbots #AntiAI #NoAI #EscapeFromLinux ?

I know most people are aware on how Linux can save old hardware, but here's to the folks that like to complain that GNOME is "bloated" and "runs poorly":

Today I salvaged this old laptop from going to the junk, added an old 4GB DDR3 RAM stick I had, popped the GNOME OS Nightly USB I had just to know what the specs were on this thing, and well... the screen is dying a slow and painful death but damn, this runs really, really well for a 13 year old chip that was already close to e-waste by the time it was produced and a just as old and slow HDD.

I obviously won't keep using it as a desktop due to the screen, but I'm baffled at the optimization work that is going on these days that enables this to be actully smooth and usable on hardware this bad.

#gnome #linux #hardware

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GNOME OS Nightly running on a 13 year old Lenovo G405 laptop with a faulty screen.

I have made a survey about showing icons on your desktop and how it should behave when screen changes. I would hope as many replies as possible! You don't need to use KDE Plasma to reply to this survey! It should take around 5 to 10 minutes.

https://survey.kde.org/355778

And if you want to read a bit more about the "why", here's mine and Nates blogpost:

https://akselmo.dev/posts/akademy-2026-desktop-icon-bof/

https://pointieststick.com/2026/10/23/help-shape-the-future-of-desktop-icons/

Thanks!

https://survey.kde.org/355778

#KDE #Linux #KDEPlasma

The Register: SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendrive https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/23/sparkyos-lightweight-general-purpose-arch-on-a-pendrive/5304984 @theregister @lproven #Linux

Does anyone here have any experience with #m4vgear for converting movies bought in iTunes? Does it work well? Is it legal in the #EU?

Some movies I bought years ago (and should own, right?) is the only reason left why I'm not converting my last windows machine (an old tablet) to #Linux...

Switching to @netbsd from Linux has been one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things I have done in the tech world in years.

All of it. The community, the software, reading blogs again to get something to work, joining forums, joining IRC channels. Absolutely all of it.

I'm actually finding joy in tech again.

#netbsd #bsd #linux

WIP of a Halloween drone bot I'm modeling while beta-testing the SDF toolset in an upcoming big update of the Speedsculpt Blender add-on.

#SDF #3D #3DModeling #sculpture #3DRendering #CGI #graphics #editor #app #apps #tools #software #tech #technology #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #Blender #Blender3D #B3D #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #3DArt #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #NoAI #3D #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

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Work in progress impression of a Halloween-themed drone robot 3D model.

For a long time we have made our selves gradually more and more dependent on Big Tech. This applies when it comes to operating system, to browsers, to various services, to storage and now when it comes to AI.

More and more are realizing this was and is wrong.

You can take the first steps to be independent as a person or company. Obviously, given that you are here, you have already taken some steps. Here are some suggestions:

1. Switch browser... to Vivaldi. :)
2. Switch desktop OS. Personally I have switched to Linux. Currently running Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Zorin on different computers.
3. Switch mail service. Proton and Fastmail are good services, but there are others. Choose one that allows use of a mail client.
4. Switch calendar service. Most mail services also offer a calendar service.
5. Switch office package. Personally I use LibreOffice.
6. Switch Web conferencing software. Personally I use Whereby.
7. Switch search. Startpage, Ecosia, Qwant and DDG are great alternatives.

There are a lot of other great choices. The point is to start taking those steps away from Big Tech and Silicon Valley.

#Windows #Linux #Apple #MacOS #BigTech #Politics #Technology #Vivaldi

They made the computer speak to divide us! It's time to love each other again!

hj.9fs.net is presenting: THE NEW UNIVERSAL LOVE/HATE AI LOGO! It doesn't matter what side you're on!!!

❤️

#unix_surrealism #neverslop #claude #programming #linux #runbsd #openbsd #netbsd #chatgpt

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Tomorrow, Saturday, October 24, 2026, I'll be speaking at Linux Day in Modena, with a talk titled "Beyond Linux: A Journey Through the Open Source Ecosystem."

Will I talk about Linux? Of course. But I'll also talk about BSD, illumos, monocultures, and why we should never forget that there are always other paths worth exploring.

Linux proved that an alternative was possible. It would be a shame if that alternative became, in turn, a new imposition.

Because monocultures are a problem, even in the Open Source world. And because freedom isn't about everyone doing things the same way, but about being able to choose a different way.

Open Source and closed minds don't mix.

https://makeitmodena.comune.modena.it/makeitmodena/eventi/24-ottobre-2026-linux-day

#Linux #LinuxDay #IT #OwnYourData #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #LinuxDay2026

Domani, sabato 24 ottobre 2026, sarò al Linux Day di Modena con un intervento dal titolo «Oltre Linux: viaggio nell'ecosistema Open Source».

Parlerò di Linux? Certamente. Ma parlerò anche di BSD, illumos, di monoculture e di quanto sia importante non dimenticare che esistono sempre altre strade.

Linux ha dimostrato che un'alternativa era possibile. Sarebbe un peccato se quell'alternativa diventasse, a sua volta, una nuova imposizione.

Perché le monoculture sono un problema, anche nel mondo Open Source. E perché la libertà non è fare tutti le cose allo stesso modo, ma poter scegliere di farle diversamente.

Open Source e Closed Mind non vanno mai d'accordo.

https://makeitmodena.comune.modena.it/makeitmodena/eventi/24-ottobre-2026-linux-day

#Linux #LinuxDay #IT #OwnYourData #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #LinuxDay2026

Why does the #linux kernel even have an in-kernel samba service?

The 64-Bit Edition of Practical Compiler Construction is out now!
http://t3x.org/reload64/
The image shows my proof copy, which arrived in the mail today.
The book contains some minimal compiler construction theory and lots of code. If you always wanted to know how a compiler works internally, this book is for you!
Unlike previous editions, this one targets Linux on the x86_64.
Of course the book is completely AI-free!
#compiler #books #linux #NoAI

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A copy of the book "Practical Compiler Construction" sitting on a wooden desk. The cover states the author, "Nils M Holm", and then the title in bold, capital letters, each word in a separate line. At the bottom of the page, it says "A No-Nonsense Tour through a C Compiler" and "64-Bit Edition"