Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/04/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

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

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

that is how do it. what about you? sudo -i? sudo -s? su -? gksudo? runuser? pkexec? See https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/command-line-hacks/linux-run-command-as-different-user/ for more on those commands.

#linux #unix #macos #freebsd

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Linux meme: Winnie the Pooh prefers sudo -i over repeatedly using sudo.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/04/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

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

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

Why did the bash user get confused in their own terminal?

Because they had so many aliases, they couldn't remember what `gl` even meant anymore!

#linux #unix

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A screenshot of the Cool Retro Term application, which emulates the look and feel of old cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors, showing the ~/.bash_aliases file on Linux.

Is this reproducible with non-FreeBSD VirtualBox hosts?

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=113472

― Snapshots of installation of Manjaro Linux: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)

#Manjaro #Linux #FreeBSD #VirtualBox

Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #blogging #bssg #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #ssg #web

If you are a fan of the #ThinkPad X220 laptop for running #Linux, I have one on auction now, bidding starts at just $18! Includes 8G ram and 128G SSD.

Touchpad and trackpoint not currently working.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127035754903?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=c4DN55D8TBW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=c4DN55D8TBW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Yes you have seen it correctly, I'm now including __links__ the sh & console based browser, in my workflow, since it uses few resources, doesn't understand many of the modern languages, which results in pleasure and fun on the internet. You can even use links on a serial console like my Wyse terminal!

An Adblock is not need in this modus operandi.

The places which are properly coded, do not need even JavaScript are where I frequently get my information from

#POSIX #RetroComputing #csh #sh #ksh #bash #fish #Terminal #16550AF #Serial #Console #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ghostBSD #Linux #JavaScript #programming

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The image shows a computer screen displaying a DuckDuckGo search page for "joe sample." in links, the sh console based browser The page is in a dark theme, with the DuckDuckGo logo at the top. The search bar is filled with "joe sample," and the search button is visible. Below the search bar, there is a "Zero-click info" section that provides a brief summary of Joe Sample, an American jazz keyboardist and composer. The summary mentions his role as a founding member of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the group's name change to "The Crusaders" in 1971, and his involvement in the group until its final album in 1991 and a 2003 reunion album called "Rural Renewal." The Wikipedia link is provided for more information. The page is part of a larger search result, as indicated by the "Next Page" button. The background of the search results page is dark, with a faint image of a person's face visible behind the text. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.248 Wh

Nouveau sujet, aller plus loin avec Fail2ban ! Direction https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #linux

This is terrible in so many ways, it's a huge waste of resources.
If you are an individual, there is a huge worldwide community that is happy to help you upgrade to #Linux and #LibreOffice
If you would like some help, HMU.
If you are an organisation, I do contact work helping companies migrate from M$ products to free alternatives. There is no reason to continue paying the M$ tax.
Avoid #eWaste!
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/04/03/microsoft-doc-says-recycle-windows-10-pcs-if-they-cant-upgrade-to-windows-11/

#Linux how can I debug this strange issue?

My keyboard seems to be spamming some keys, maybe Enter, to the host when waking some sleep.

It seems to be a keyboard firmware bug, as people are reporting it across keyboard models and on Windows.

https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/issues/23523

But on the Linux side, how I better diagnose what the host is receiving to improve the issue report for the developers?

Details 4/4

Die Kraftwerkbetreiber haben dich kontaktiert, um das Blatt zu wenden. Erlange wieder Admin-Zugang, bevor es zu spät ist. Also ran an die Tastatur, bevor das Licht ausgeht. 💡"

Mehr: https://ctf.potsdam-cyber-games.de/

#Cybersecurity #CTF #Blackout #KRITIS #Pwn #PLC #Unix #Linux #OT #OperationalTechnology

Hands-On Cybersecurity Übung (nicht nur) für die Energiebranche im Rahmen der Potsdam Cyber Games des Hasso Plattner Institute: Operation Blackout 💡⚡️

Details in den Kommentaren.

Mehr: https://ctf.potsdam-cyber-games.de/

#Cybersecurity #CTF #Blackout #KRITIS #Pwn #PLC #Unix #Linux #OT #OperationalTechnology

Seems that most important part of Minecraft server article was first sentence about FreeBSD Jails security.

After lots of questions on Hacker News/Lobsters I decided to add 'UPDATE 1' about it.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/minecraft-server-freebsd-jails-container/#jails-versus-podman

#verblog #freebsd #linux #jails #docker #podman #containers

Learn Why 'less' is Faster Than 'more' Command for Effective File Navigation

After years of using 'more' finally got around to finding out about 'less'
"...less is more with more features." 😂

https://www.tecmint.com/linux-more-command-and-less-command-examples

#Linux

31 years ago, Geir Ivarsøy and I started working on the Opera browser. A year later we founded Opera Software.

At Opera we wrote all our own code from scratch.

In 2011 I left Opera due to disagreement with investors about the direction Opera was heading.

Two years later, I co-founded Vivaldi to build a browser for you.

So I have been building browsers for 31 years. I think I know what it takes to build a browser.

Our Vivaldi team is for the most part in Norway and Iceland with a few people distributed around Europe and a couple of business people in the US.

Vivaldi is available for your computer and your phone, unless you have a very specific setup. Vivaldi might even be available for your car as well.

We go out of our way to provide you with a browser that matches your needs. I hope you like it.

#Vivaldi #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Computer #Mobile

@dch @valpackett is this March 2024 comment about drive encryption still relevant?

<https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/18qmfmd/my_review_of_kde_neon_after_months_of_daily/ku8gzge/>

#Linux #encryption #Neon

🌐📡 Open Source Experiences 📡🌐

A podcast for your morning, afternoon, and all other UTC offsets. This episode features the BSD community's renowned leader for all things CFT, OpenZFS, FreeBSD, and many more Open Source topics in-between: Michael Dexter - @dexter

"Open doesn't Always Mean Accessible", from My Open Source Experience Podcast

So then, let's listen to tales of OSS in the episode! Links to various syndicated apps below.

- Podverse: https://podverse.fm/episode/kr9LJXJi3
- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/my-open-source-experience-podcast/id1726085697
- ACast: https://shows.acast.com/my-open-source-experience-podcast/episodes/open-doesnt-always-mean-accessible

#foss #oss #OpenSource #linux #freebsd #bsd #software #engineering #podcast #interview

I love the #fediverse! We have #furries, #linux and #BSD, beautiful photos and #airfryer advices :)

New tariffs soon to be announced on European based #Linux systems.

America will focus on US/California based #FreeBSD now.

American #RedHat company would switch to #FreeBSD and rebranding should not be a major issue as both #FreeBSD and #RedHat logos are red.

Hello

The Slackware-current "All in One" Installer images have been refreshed with the latest version of the Slackware Installer and Slackware package set, and the Install Guides updated.

The new generic EFI bootable ISO has also been refreshed.

Enjoy!

https://docs.slackware.com/slackwarearm:inst_sa64_cur

#slackware #linux #OpenSource

For a switch away from FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT – with KDE Plasma and ZFS boot environments, which of these two Linux distros might be best for me?

<https://manjaro.org/>

<https://sparkylinux.org/>

#FreeBSD #Linux #Manjaro #Sparky

Introducing Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta

https://fedoramagazine.org/introducing-fedora-project-leader-jef-spaleta/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #RedHat #FedoraProjectLeader #FPL #BeefyMiracle

How #Linux Kernel Deals With Tracking CVE #Security Issues: https://thenewstack.io/how-linux-kernel-deals-with-tracking-cve-security-issues/ via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

And why, all too soon, most #opensource projects must also manage their own Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures.

💾 Rebooting Petabyte Control Node 💾

am rebooting one of the control nodes for a petabyte+ storage array, after 504 days of system uptime..

watching kernel log_level 6 debug info scroll by on the SoL terminal via iDrac..

logs scrolling, the array of SAS3 DE3-24C double-redundant SFF linked Oracle/Sun drive enclosures spin-up and begin talking to multipathd...

waiting for Zpool cache file import..

waiting.. 131 / 132 drives online across all enclosures.. hmm.. what's this now...

> transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x500c04f2cfe10620)

well ffs 😒

> 12:0:10:0: SATA: handle(0x0017), sas_addr(0x500c04f2cfe10620), phy(32),

oh, that's a SATA drive on the system's local enclosure bay for scratch data, it's not part of the ZFS pool.. 😌

next step, not today, move control nodes to a higher performance + lower wattage pair of FreeBSD servers 💗

#stress #systems #linux #zfs #openzfs #storage #datacenter

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terminal screen showing the storage node's system uptijme prior to a service / maintenance reboot. text shows 504 days of uptime with load average: 33.12, 32.96, 32.94

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terminal screen showing a ZFS pool with many SAS3 drives in draid1, with dual optane nvme cache drives + dual deduplication drives and dual spare drives. top of screen shows a system log with some SAS related info from the kernel.

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terminal screen showing kernel logs from SAS3 enclosure debugging, post-reboot stage

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terminal screen showing the same ZFS pool, now having been imported after the node reboot cycle. scrub resilvered nice and quickly, no errors and all spares available.

#FreeBSD users said "Hi" ...

(pain of using contained #USB in a #Linux distribution)
https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface/114263429724683227

(pain of changing FreeBSD API for #Rust software -- "Tell me more🙄")
https://toot.cat/@imperio/114264924208051044

...

The more I (try to) delve into the world of #Linux and Free and Open Source Software generally, the more I am reminded of this #XKCD cartoon (No. 2501). It's true that some people in this community have no interest in trying to reach non-experts, but I think most just genuinely lose sight of how obscure their jargon is to new users. (See "Transcript" on the linked page for a detailed description of the image's content. #AltText) #FOSS
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Familiarity

My partner has confirmed she will NOT be returning my one (1) allocated turbonerd shirt that she borrowed.

Let's all take a moment of silence.

#linux

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dabbing tux penguin "born to be root, not to reboot" tshirt

How to disable a user on Linux? That's easy! And if you don't already know, a quick search will give you the answer:

usermod -L user

Or so you might think. However, usermod -L does actually not disable the user, it only invalidates the user's password. If we are looking at a server and a user who has configured an ssh key, this will do nothing to prevent the user from logging in.

#infosec #linux

💝 OSS Armv9.2 Motherboard 💝

Radxa Orion O6 ... I must have one. I WILL have one!

The first ARMv9.2 open-source motherboard, designed for ai computing and engineering.

Cix P1 SoC CPU
- 4x Cortex-A720 (big)
- 4x Cortex-A720 (med)
- 4x Cortex-A520 (little)
- 12MB Shared L3

Mem, I/O, Net
- 64GB LPDDR5 RAM
- 4x display outputs
- 2x 5GbE networking
- PCIe Gen4 x8 lane (x16 physical)

GPU, NPU
- Arm Immortals: G720 MC10
- Hardware‑based Ray‑Tracing
- OpenGL ES3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
- 30 TOPs, INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16, BF16, TF32

- https://docs.radxa.com/en/orion/o6/getting-started/introduction
- https://arace.tech/products/radxa-orion-o6

#engineering #hardware #systems #arm64 #armv9 #radaxa #ai #machinelearning #embedded #linux #freebsd #oss #opensource

System Administration

Week 1, #Unix History

Exhibiting one of the cardinal virtues of System Administrators — laziness — we're reusing a video from my #programming class to give a whirlwind history tour: Bell Labs, Berkeley & the Unix Wars, USL v. BSDi, the birth of #NetBSD & #FreeBSD, the development of GNU & its adoption of #Linux, all leading to Unix on your fridge, car, and mobile phone.

https://youtu.be/3H7SQWTR6Dw

Last semester's #apue thread:
https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/113087999769442250

#sysadmin #sre #devops

System Administration

Week 2, Moving an EBS Volume across OS

As an exercise to reinforce our discussion of storage models and how kind of magical cloud storage is, we show to move an EBS volume from one #EC2 instance running #NetBSD to one running #Ubuntu #Linux.

https://youtu.be/FxzANp8Z1FA

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE

System Administration

Week 2, Storage Virtualization

In this video, we cover the concept of storage virtualization -- combining individual disks into larger storage pools and utilizing resources from such a pool. This includes a discussion of RAID and some of the different supported levels as well as Logical Volume Management (by example on #Debian #Linux). We also illustrate some of these properties by example of ZFS (on #OmniOS).

https://youtu.be/tw-QTAoYU9w

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE

System Administration

Week 2, Partitions

In this video, we'll talk about how to divide a single disk -- physical or virtual -- and how the partitions relate to the physical structure of the disk. We show examples partitioning disks on #NetBSD, #OmniOS, and #Linux using the disklabel, fdisk, and format tools.

https://youtu.be/vmL9ZUh_j2U

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE

System Administration

Week 3, Resizing file systems

Closing out our week of discussing the Dark Arts[1] of file systems, we show how to resize an existing file system on #NetBSD using the resize_ffs(8) tool. We first increase the size of a 512MB partition to 1GB, then shrink it down to 256MB:

https://youtu.be/9l-g3keN48g

For comparison, we then repeat the same exercise on #Debian #Linux, using resize2fs(8):

https://youtu.be/4V15y5Klo9Y

[1] https://xkcd.com/2531/

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE

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xkcd 2531: Cueball tells whitehat: "Long ago, in another age, I mastered these dark arts. But now I endeavor to live my ilfe such that I never need them. Their power leads only to ruin." Underneath: "My response whenever anyone asks me to mess around with file systems."

System Administration

Week 6, Networking II: A simple request

In this video, we trace a simple HTTP request made via telnet to find out just how exactly our application knows how to connect to the remote server. In the process we learn about the ktrace(1) utility (strace(1) on #Linux), as well as the nsswitch.conf(5), hosts(5), and resolve.conf(5) configuration files.

https://youtu.be/mw1YzFSYuwE

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE