I was thinking today about my diversity of hardware and systems I maintain.

Sure, I've got a few standard VPS cloud systems (vultr, hetzner) running #FreeBSD. These do the heavy lifting for my web, DNS and other services.

My least standard setup is an RPI4 installed in an RV. The electronics are 100% solar powered and connected to the internet via Starlink. Starlink was also converted to 12v and the router replaced with an openWrt powered system.

What's your most unique setup?

#NetBSD #Linux

🧠 Did you know?

You can run the top command in "batch mode" and have it stop after gathering information once.

Great for getting information and sorting it, for example by processes consuming the most memory.

Could be a useful alias if you need it more than once.

This also works for the BSDs, but with slightly different options.

Would you like more of these tips? 🔁

#Linux #LinuxTips

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Output of top command

@Elizafox yeah, the slopification is extreme.

I know folks that are now deciding to go full "Anti AI - Action" and DIY their own minimalist OS/distro because they want "[…] something simple, something auditable […]" and if that means something weird like " toybox + musl / illumos " then that's okay.

• Cuz in the end they only want a smol rescue system to SSH into things.

What's really bitter is how Linux got slopified.

• I hope someone forks it pre-AIslop (6.6.x-longterm) and keeps maintaining i486 support and proper ISA drivers.

#commentary #sarcasm #Enshittification #TechBros #IT #collapse #AntiAIaction #AIslop #Linux #toybox #illumos #i486 #fork #i486 #ISA #SSH #tech #AntiAI #noAI #tech #programming #coding

RE: https://cyberpunk.lol/@mxchara/117072168428690503

OK! After running this poll about X11 vs. Wayland vs. other application environments on #Linux or #BSD or other #UNIX type operating systems, let me ask...what TOOLKIT, what general-purpose widget set or GUI toolkit, is your preferred option:

C is what made the #Linux miracle possible and the #tech elite are very into that.

There's not space here to go into the disastrous corporate corruption underlying the Linux community and fanbase, or the way in which the words #FreeSoftware have come to mean basically nothing in a world where "open source" is a mere buzzword in the mouths of Sam Altman and Elon Musk. There's not a particle or glimmer of actual #freedom anywhere in this scene, all because Linux nerds have tended to like money and power. Lots of it, all the time.

(cont'd)

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📢 Call for Sessions NOW OPEN for Everything Open 2027! 🚀 Got a talk or tutorial on Linux, open source, open hardware, open AI, or open data? We want your proposals! 🎁 Accepted speakers get a complimentary Professional conference pass! Formats: ⏱️ 45-min Talks ⏱️ 25-min Short Talks 🛠️ 90-min Hands-on Tutorials Specialist Tracks: Kernel Dev | Ops & Security | Public Sector 🗓️ Closes 6 Sept 2026 (AoE) Submit your proposal today! 👇 https://2027.everythingopen.au/news/call-for-sessions/

SolidStart 2 est sorti : le framework fullstack de SolidJS avec routing par fichiers, API routes, SSR sync/async/stream, CSR, SSG, streaming, TypeScript et adaptateurs de déploiement (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare) ⬇️
https://github.com/solidjs/solid-start

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-2cw

I'm finally switching from ack to ripgrep for quickly searching through text files.

https://ripgrep.dev/vs/ack/

I kept using ack because it's quite fast and being written in Perl, Ack has perfect Perl regex support.

But ripgrep is 10x faster on my projects, popular across teams and has good-enough Perl regex support.

(I recall some bug in the past where another tool get a Perl regex wrong but Ack got it right, but I'm not 💯 it was ripgrep at fault.)

#Linux

Grafikart présente Herdr, un multiplexeur de terminal façon tmux pensé pour les workflows agentiques : panneau d'état des agents (actifs, terminés, en attente), gestion des workspaces et création de git worktrees en un clic ⬇️
https://grafikart.fr/tutoriels/herdr-multiplexer-2351

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-dRa

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Interface de terminal affichant Herdr, un multiplexeur de terminal pour la gestion d'agents, avec plusieurs panneaux de code et de documentation visible en arrière-plan, accompagné du logo du projet représentant un mouton stylisé.

Grafikart présente Herdr, un multiplexeur de terminal façon tmux pensé pour les workflows agentiques : panneau d'état des agents (actifs, terminés, en attente), gestion des workspaces et création de git worktrees en un clic ⬇️
https://grafikart.fr/tutoriels/herdr-multiplexer-2351

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-dRa

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Interface de terminal affichant Herdr, un multiplexeur de terminal pour la gestion d'agents, avec plusieurs panneaux de code et de documentation visible en arrière-plan, accompagné du logo du projet représentant un mouton stylisé.

I just adjusted my relay instance which now also finally supports #GoToSocial! Of course, it also supports Pleroma, snac, Mastodon, littlefedi, starling and many other ones!

With relays, your own posted content gets distributed to all connected instances, as well you get the content all other instances. Currently, mostly tech related instances are connected, focusing on #Linux, #Proxmox, #BSD / #FreeBSD, #IPv6 and many other things!

More information at: https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

#socialmedia #fedi #fediwall #fediverse #activitypub #activitypubrelay #relay #social #snac #snac2 #mastodon #gts #gotosocial #littlefedi #pleroma #misskey #services #devops #starling #tech

Chrome décode les petits JPEG à échelle réduite via libjpeg-turbo, ne garde que les basses fréquences, d'où des icônes plus épaisses. Le JPEG reste pensé pour la photo, pas les icônes. ⬇️
https://guillaumetech.github.io/posts/jpg-scaling-chrome/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-Z3k

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Comparaison d'un petit logo en grille de 5x5 carrés affichant une différence de rendu visuelle entre Firefox (à gauche, plus net) et Chrome (à droite, plus flou), illustrant un problème de mise à l'échelle d'images JPEG miniatures.

If you were going to write a lil computer kernel UNIX clone as a little side project to learn about operating systems and hardware, what language would you write it in (as of today, August 12th, 2026)?

#programming #computerScience #kernel #microKernel #monolithicKernel #unix #linux #posix

I found this is misleading, but I read this protest a lot around, and while I understand it, I think it is a misunderstanding.
Linux never got has goal to make run forever all kind of hardware. It is a misconception because the hardware support is longer and many used it for old machines, but this is coincidental, not a stated goal.

If you need a OS that runs "forever" on everything, that's NetBSD: running everywhere is their goal.

https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=8vDSSxaQ7ZU

#foss #linux #netbsd

Perhaps what is really needed around is more awareness to alternatives to Linux too, not just for Windows/MacOsX.

A lot of these drivers that are getting removed from Linux, along the 32bit, are niches that can fall into retrocomputing at this point.
If you fall in it, I could suggest you to pick NetBSD, that has the 32 bit support along many things.
You could even run it on an Amiga68k (the CLASSIC hardware!) even if is a low priority port.

https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/

#foss #linux #netbsd

This #FreeBSD bug is exactly why #HardenedBSD makes using the Linuxulator incredibly difficult and painful: emulation/compatibility layers are extremely complex and tend to have weird issues that can turn into exploitable vulnerabilities if one isn't careful.

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=297426

#Linux #infosec

the people saying you shouldn’t look at the eclipse through a floppy don’t know about this.

#eclipse #linux #floppy

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100MB Zip drive floppy

Am Wochenende noch nichts vor? Die @FrOSCon findet wieder in Sankt-Augustin statt.

Dieses Mal dürfen @Tronde und ich sowohl einen Vortrag (https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/383a9fe1-c572-41d9-8ba6-e479a5aec0fc/) als auch einen Workshop (https://programm.froscon.org/froscon2026/talk/fffc3668-5fc8-4811-a807-068fda1375ad/) zum Thema Patch-Management unter #Linux beitragen.

Das Vortragsprogramm ist dieses Jahr wieder sehr umfangreich. 🙂

#FrOSCon #FrOSCon21

How many complicated one liners that you use on the regular that /should/ be put into a function or a shell program are /actually/ only in your shell history?

😬

#Linux #UNIX

Où voir l'éclipse ce soir ?
Sunset Atlas : carte gratuite qui note la qualité du coucher de soleil en Europe à 30m de résolution, avec forecast nuageux et couche spéciale éclipse du 12 août 2026. ⬇️
https://www.sunsetatlas.ch/?lang=fr&mode=eclipse

#SelfHosted #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-Pdc

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Carte interactive montrant les meilleurs spots pour observer l'éclipse du 12 août 2026 près de Montpellier, avec un score de qualité de 97% de couverture et trois emplacements recommandés à proximité.

Hello self-hoster friends, I have a question that seems to be a little divisive.
I am building a new Proxmox server on an olde computer and I was wondering if I should install the Proxmox OS on an HDD or an SSD.

Another similar question is, should I put the VMs on an HDD or an SSD? I guess it depends on the type of services and access speed to storage they require, but still, what are your opinions?

#selfhosting #self-hosting #linux #homelab #homeserver #proxmox #vm #lxc #stprage #ssd #hdd

PGSimCity : une ville 3D explorable qui modélise le fonctionnement interne de PostgreSQL, buffer pool, WAL, vacuum, tout y est représenté de façon visuelle et interactive. ⬇️
https://nikolays.github.io/PGSimCity/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-bcS

Gonna run a different poll, this one on #OS stuff, namely: have you used (on Intel/AMD hardware) anything other than #Windows, #Linux, or #BSD for more than a quick experimental trial?

EDIT: made it multiple choice. And I'm hoping to find out if anyone's managed to use a weird operating system regularly

Gonna run a different poll, this one on #OS stuff, namely: have you used (on Intel/AMD hardware) anything other than #Windows, #Linux, or #BSD for more than a quick experimental trial?

@flyingsaceur

1. #NetBSD on a nice toaster (aka ASUS eeePC 701)
2. I actually tried to run Linux (see, even more mainstream than #FreeBSD) on a RISC-V netbook, but it has croaked and is stuck in an boot and shutdown cycle.
3. SvarDOS or OS/2 Warp 3 on Pocket 386.
4. Oh, MSDOS 3.22 (from ROM) on HP 95LX.

#netbsd #freebsd #linux #dos #svardos #picket386

Ok, I've spent waayyy to much time, trying to get this thing running by now.

Dear BahnBubble: Is there a way to run DiLoc-Sync with Wine under Linux?
I tried a multitude of dotnet versions, I downloaded the "NET native framework", "NET native runtime" and "VCLibs" and put the missing DLLs beside my exe.

And now it fails with the error from the screenshot.

#BahnBubble #Linux #Wine #Winetricks #DotNETFramework #DiLocSync

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Following is the command line window content seen in the screenshot WINEPREFIX=~/.diloc-sync wine ~/.diloc-sync/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/diloc-sync/CN-ConsultGmbH.DiLocSync.exe 002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 11.0 is a testing version containing experimental patches. 002c:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org. 008c:fixme:seh:WerSetFlags (2) stub 008c:fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation HEAP_INFORMATION_CLASS 1 not implemented! 0098:fixme:process:SetProcessShutdownParameters (00000380, 00000000): partial stub. 0098:fixme:ntdll:EtwEventSetInformation (deadbeef, 2, 00006FFFFAD425B7, 28) stub 0098:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0000000000D4EB50 0000000000000000): stub 00d0:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION 00d0:fixme:seh:WerSetFlags (2) stub 00d0:fixme:heap:RtlSetHeapInformation HEAP_INFORMATION_CLASS 1 not implemented! 00dc:fixme:process:SetProcessShutdownParameters (00000380, 00000000): partial stub. 00dc:fixme:ntdll:EtwEventSetInformation (deadbeef, 2, 79453241, 28) stub 00dc:fixme:ver:GetCurrentPackageId (0100ECCC 00000000): stub 0024:fixme:winediag:loader_init wine-staging 11.0 is a testing version containing experimental patches. 0024:fixme:winediag:loader_init Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org. 0164:err:module:DelayLoadFailureHook failed to delay load mrt100.dll.GetManagedRuntimeService wine: Call from 000000007B5C9977 to unimplemented function mrt100.dll.GetManagedRuntimeService, aborting wine: Call from 7B5C9977 to unimplemented function mrt100.dll.GetManagedRuntimeService, aborting 0164:err:module:loader_init "mrt100_app.dll" failed to initialize, aborting 0164:err:module:loader_init Initializing dlls for L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\diloc-sync\\CN-ConsultGmbH.DiLocSync.exe" failed, status 80000100

Getting back into photography, got a beautiful used Sony a7c ii.

Now it's time for the photog/linux nerd crossover:

What are our favorite OSS Lightroom replacements?

#photography #linux #oss

@aproposnix @murena

Hey,
I have a #fairphone5 and installed #eOS on it. Since some time I can't use my WiFi at home anymore (FRITZ!Box 7590). If I open a guest WiFi it works, but not my WiFi I use with my #Linux laptop.
This way I can't share things ( #KDEconnect ).
Other WiFi works. I tried to reset my router and change settings ... not working.
And no help from eOS.
What is your issue?

A wild #blog post appears!

I discuss a new #research publication: an empirical evaluation of the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag. We examine the history of the mitigation, measure its costs, and deliberate whether or not it is worth keeping.

Worth the read if you like security and/or compilers.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity

Do you guys still listen to music files locally on your PC? If so, what player do you use? Feel free to comment on which file formats you play and whether you adjust the sound to your liking using an equalizer.

#music #audio #player #multimedia #software #freeware #entertainment #equalizer #sound #mp3 #amp4 #m4a #flac #winamp #aimp #vlc #mpc #foobar2000 #playlist #microsoft #windows #linux #apple #macintosh

To play music files, I use:

Getting back into #FreeBSD purely for fun. It’s where my *NIX journey started many years ago.

Setting up my server, Jails, VLANs, and some public facing services came naturally. The two Raspberry Pi conversations were easy with the public docs. Laptop setup has seen many improvements over the years (well, suspend issues aside 😉).

What surprised me is the friction with Linux compatibility—finding a solid guide to run modern, bloated Electron apps is tough! The Linux distros haven't made it easy, changing libraries and systems. But I'm still surprised.

Once I finish reinstalling this laptop for the Nth time and get it sorted, I’ll share my docs here.

#Linux #BSD #SysAdmin

@thomholwerda almost all Linux desktops appear to be slop-infested as per their own policy,, including KDE, GNOME, LxQt, XFCE, and more.

River is the only desktop project I've found so far that bans AI: https://codeberg.org/river/river#strict-no-llm-no-ai-policy But that one also needs a WM, where the only one alike a regular desktop is perhaps this one: https://gitlab.gwdg.de/leonhenrik.plickat/tarazed But doesn't even have a basic task bar, from what I can tell.

TL;DR: it's looking grim in beginner-friendly desktop land when it comes to LLM use.

#aislop #sloppening #slop #ai #opensource #linux #desktop #foss #floss #noai

> Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' #Linux kernel updates the new normal. https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/10/linus-torvalds-says-ai-has-made-huge-linux-kernel-updates-the-new-normal/5285268

One *major* concern I have about this, entirely aside from any concerns about generative #AI? Are these massive pushes to the git repos getting enough human eyes on them to make certain no one is sneaking in Trojans and Back Doors? (Even accidentally, given the way #LLMs work…)

#security

RE: https://cyberpunk.lol/@mxchara/117072168428690503

I decided to put in the "other graphical environment" without knowing whether such a thing exists for #Linux or #BSD partly as a place for things like HaikuOS or Redox (which hasn't worked for me yet), but also because I've wondered whether such a thing couldn't exist. Why not simply start from scratch using OpenGL or libsdl or something similar in order to handle the low-level graphics?

There's answers to that of course, lack of interoperability, but it would seem a reasonable stopgap to implement an X11 server like Wayland does.

#Linux-Subsystem verbietet #LLM-Patches & #NetBSD 11 mit #RISC-V – #LinuxNews

#LinuxNationDE

https://youtube.com/live/-Tjv2uTHTWE?is=8gTFT_RVpVAJ6g2s

curl: Nobody wants to work with Windows

https://www.heise.de/en/news/curl-Nobody-wants-to-work-with-Windows-11409147.html

#windows #Microsoft #curl #programming #Linux #security

I think no one is asking to be able to run the latest Linux 7.** kernel on a 486.

People who are running that hardware are very likely on older versions on Linux (or other retro operating systems) and not looking to run the latest Linux anyway.

However, on the other side of the argument, why remove it? I do not believe there are any pressing security issues with keeping the code that supports those CPUs. If there are problems, they could just be left with notices of what doesn't work for the three people in the world that may affect.

I don't really think it matters either way.

If someone wants to run a current OS on a 486, there's NetBSD.

... but I do not think we should expect to run a current OS on a CPU that old. That's what the 'retro computing' genre is about. Just run an old OS on that hardware.

#retro #Linux #486 #NetBSD

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/08/10) available.

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/08/10) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/valuable-news-2026-08-10/

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

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

Dembrandt : extrait le design system d'un site en une commande, couleurs, typo, ombres, logo. Export en tokens W3C, intégration MCP pour Claude Code ou Cursor, suivi du drift via CI. ⬇️
https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-Duf

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Dembrandt est un outil qui convertit automatiquement le design d'un site web en tokens de design réutilisables, permettant d'extraire couleurs, typographies, bordures et autres éléments visuels en une seule commande.

Posta : plateforme d'envoi et de réception d'e-mails self-hosted, alternative à SendGrid ou Mailgun. API HTTP, templates versionnés, gestion des bounces, tracking, campagnes, webhooks inbound, sans dépendre d'un tiers pour votre infrastructure mail. ⬇️
https://github.com/goposta/posta

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev de la semaine → https://l.camilleroux.com/veille-3Fx

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Tableau de bord de Posta, une plateforme d'envoi d'e-mails auto-hébergée, affichant des statistiques clés : 579 e-mails envoyés, un taux de livraison de 88,1%, ainsi que des graphiques de volume d'envoi et des métriques de webhooks avec un taux de succès de 100%.

When you do:

usermod -a -G libvrit bob

..the -a is very important. Saying this as a former member of the sudoers group.

#Linux #Unix #facepalm

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗦𝗜 [FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/freebsd-openshift-democratic-csi/

#verblog #freebsd #linux #openshift #kubernetes #k8s #k3s #csi #miami #storage

Okay, this is literally incomprehensible: on my Alpine v3.24 VPS, drill github.com, nslookup github.com, getent ahosts github.com, ping github.com, lynx https://github.com/, and manually sending hand-written queries to the configured DNS servers all return/use the correct IPv4 address, and return nothing as expected when querying for AAAA records.

And yet, curl and git both have completely nonsense IPv6 addresses returned (they're random Cloudflare addresses) alongside the correct IPv4 address, and then prioritize them. Those tools also completely ignore any overrides in /etc/hosts.

There is literally no possible source for those addresses to be returned when resolving github.com AFAICT and no way to override them other than having to edit literally everything that might touch github to add -4 to those utilities' command lines

#Linux #AlpineLinux

On #resumeFromDisk, how does the handling of open files (for example in plain text editor, graphics software (drawing, photo editing)) work? Am looking of surface, not-in-the-weeds, explanation.
#ELI5 #explainLikeIAm5

Am most interested in handling on #Linux distributions (mainly #Debian, #CentOS) & #FreeBSD, #NetBSD.

#putering #suspendResume

Do mini PCIe hardware security modules or standalone cryptographically strong pRNGs exist? If they do, where can I get one? NetBSD is complaining about low entropy (laptop from 2011) & suggests I keysmash, use an entropy file, or get a USB pRNG. I would prefer to have all of my USB ports free.

I have no idea where to find such a thing & I can't even find USB HSMs besides the one that YubiCo sells. The closest thing I have found is a bunch of TPM2 chips with SPI headers on them & I don't think I have any free SPI connectors in the laptop. For now I'll use an entropy file but I would rather do something better like using a proper RNG device.

I think people watching these tags might know more than I can find with a search engine. Thank you.

#Security #BSD #NetBSD #Linux #Cryptography

#Networking champion's. I need some inspiration.

#VX-LAN on #Linux or #BSD to connect two sites?

Except the man pages I also like to hear how you have done it
#vxlan

#surrealchan can't sleep

#unix_surrealism #comic #fossangel #ai #linux

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Surrealchan can't sleep. She invokes the Fossangel by a prayer. It appears. Fossangel: "I heard a prayer... You wanted to ask something?" Surrealchan: "Fossangel, why do AI generated penguins have human hands?" Fossangel: "Are you fucking serious?" Surrealchan: "I guess..." Fossangel: "Do you have an idea how much power is wasted on me answering to such a meaningless prayer?" Surrealchan: "Nowhere close to generating a penguin?" Fossangel: "Smartass."

#NetBSD uptime

#Linux #runbsd