I'm thinking of replacing an old laptop's Windows 10 system with a #BSD system instead of #Linux.

Most of the articles I see on the BSDs tend to downplay user interface. I'm very comfortable with the command line, but I want my GUI too.

Has anyone had any daily experience with this sort of setup? I am leaning towards #FreeBSD or #DragonflyBSD but I don't know about the available desktops.

#NetBSD #OpenBSD

Cyclic (graph) history: I used to tinker and enjoying #Linux whilst having Windows 98 and then 2000 as my "last resort" system for gaming and tasks that weren't easy to do on Slackware. Proprietary software just felt weird to use, honestly, on a personal level.

25 years later I have a #NetBSD box that I'm getting used to while having Linux as a reserve/occasional gaming OS. Slopware just feels weird to use, honestly, on a personal level :)

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Larvitz/117439985621962261

Absolutely! I daily-drive FreeBSD as my desktop OS, and it’s genuinely fantastic.

FreeBSD is more than capable of being a full-fledged desktop OS. People really need to move past the “servers only” stereotype.

The performance, stability, power efficiency, and ZFS integration make it a fantastic desktop experience! ❤

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #Unix #BSD

Jason Bowen 🇺🇦 boosted

Larvitz » 🌐 2026-10-14
@Larvitz@mastodon.bsd.cafe

"FreeBSD is only for servers" needs to be permanently retired.

Running FreeBSD 15.1 on the trusty ThinkPad T480, and the desktop experience is outright sublime:

- Idle power draw: hovering at an absurd ~2.0W package power
- Wi-Fi: 802.11ax rock-solid
- Hardware video acceleration: fully working in both Firefox and Chrome
- Webcam and audio: working flawlessly
- Productivity: Xfce 4.20 on X11 flying along on ZFS
- Yes, even Factorio runs like a dream

Between the battery efficiency, sane base system, and native ZFS, this machine feels faster and quieter than it has in years.

2026 really is the year of the BSD desktop.

#FreeBSD #ThinkPad #T480 #Unix #BSD #OpenSource #Xfce #Factorio

I know zero Linux.

There is praise of NetBSD, I’ve been wanting to shift an old laptop to Mint (still a long time before I can do this).
Linux has gone AI, but isn’t that all sorts of distributions, are all of them affected?
Does NetBSD have pretty options? The website suggests it is very utilitarian.

#linux #netbsd

RedGem : un moteur de jeu 3D et son éditeur qui vous laissent écrire votre gameplay en Ruby, avec Blender pour construire vos niveaux.

Les builds partent en un clic vers Linux, Windows et Android. Physique Jolt, interpréteur mruby, multiplayer via relay inclus ⬇️
https://github.com/carlosdanielpohlod/redgem

#Ruby #Linux #Android #Gaming #GameDev

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I made a meme, totally unrelated to the #Linux kernel going full SLOP

#NetBSD #AI #NeverSlop

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Old Swedish Chef meme from a decade or two ago, chasing orc and a few animals, captioned "NetBSD" chasing "AI maintainers" "AI SLOP" "EXPLOITS"

Sometimes I joke about this timeline being a dumpster fire, but then I see that an official Fortnite client is coming to Linux. Which ALSO means pigs HAVE learned how to fly. And I smile a bit...

(No, I don't play Fortnite, but the biggest game in the world finally getting official Linux support is a massive thing, and it WILL start a positive snowball effect.)

#Gaming #Linux

🚀 #Gitte 0.11.0 is out!

* Search the commit graph by message, author or commit ID
* Filter branches, tags & remotes in the sidebar (Ctrl+K)
* Commit trailers with templates & sign-off
* Amend the previous commit, including unstaging changes to remove them
* Choose your initial repository view
* Custom repository logos

Plus UI improvements & lots of fixes.

Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/de.wwwtech.gitte
macOS: https://gitlab.com/dehesselle/gitte_macos/-/releases/v0.11.0-180
Repo: https://codeberg.org/ckruse/Gitte

#git #gnome #linux #macos

So, how's BSD for people who are more in the "general demographic" end of the spectrum? Games (including Proton-like compatibility tools)? Browsing? Office tools?

Think someone who currently uses Linux Mint, Ubuntu, etc.

#Linux #BSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD

Linus "left behind" Torvalds

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=whTs09_ozN+e09GU68N1wPP56MUzDjrg9rnKxQUa0A_4Q@mail.gmail.com/

#linux #kernel #aislop #vibecoding

I started filling my new OS with my files and projects.
I connected an external drive… There is no lsblk on FreeBSD? Well, I decided to setup syncthing first. Installed it. There is no ss to list open ports? Ah, found sockstat - very similar. Okay, it’s running on its weird 8384 port. Next, decided to create separate ZFS datasets for folders I was going to sync. zfs create and zfs allow. Seems easy but two folders always mount as root:wheel and only the third as my user. Is this because I ran zfs create without sudo, strange…
#linux #freebsd #syncthing

My favorite #Linux distro is #NetBSD

*runs*

#FlagLinux #shitpost

Anyway I just finished the (preliminary) #OpenZFS support patches for #Linux 7.4. I'll just hold on to it until at least 7.3 appears 🤷

"NetBSD seems to be thriving of late: as the Linux world goes pro-AI, some of the AI-averse are turning to this explicitly AI-free project.

The NetBSD project’s Mastodon feed reports that it received a record 120 donations last month, and it has far exceeded its target:

“We received $120,282 USD in total. Naturally, this has completely filled up our donations target bar which was set at $50,000. Time to fund some projects!”

It’s a welcome contrast to the usual stories of under-funded FOSS projects, and it follows a visible uptick in people asking about NetBSD in the FOSS Unix groups we read, ever since Emperor Penguin Torvalds said that Linux was not an anti-AI project back in July, and the following month, the Debian project polled its developers on AI use, and they chose to permit AI-generated contributions."

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/13/netbsd-may-have-found-a-new-role-the-ai-free-foss-os/5302818

#OpenSource #AI #GenerativeAI #FLOSS #BSD #NetBSD #Linux

Let's settle this once and for all! 👻

Linux vs. BSD! 😈

Which side are you on? 🐧🐡

#Linux #Debian #Arch #ArchLinux #Fedora #FedoraLinux #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD

I found a new toy for Linux
Adobe Paintshop has been cloned for Linux.
PhotoCraft is available here
https://photocrafthub.com/photocraft-for-linux
#linux
#graphicseditor
#software

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PhotoCraft v0. 8.2

@chadmccullough @toxy my information might be outdated, but:

✨ Whatever BSD you choose, it will be great. They are all great. ✨

If you're coming from #Linux, you might feel more at home in #FreeBSD, it has many features that are similar to common Linux distros.

If you thinking about contributing, #NetBSD could use some love (I'm biased, it is my favourite) and I heard their source is pleasant to read.

Depending on how much you want to focus on security, #OpenBSD will make you smile a lot.

I have used all three of them a gazillion years ago, especially with old PowerPC macs and some servers I had lying around.

An advice would be to take all three of them for a spin on a virtual machine, get a feel for setting them up to your liking.

Lots of pretty active bsd people here, you might find a good community. I don't know now but:

https://www.unitedbsd.com/

used to be a great resource and community.

It has circulated in the news already, but the final version of this #paper is now ready: « #TrustingTrust #Attack against an Entire #Linux #Distribution through Binary Manipulation » https://upsilon.cc/~zack/research/publications/scored-2026-trusting-trust.pdf

In it we show how to generalize the historical Ken Thompson's attack to an entire distro, when its bootstrap seed isn't trusted.

Kudos to my co-authors A. Sharma, M. Monperrus, @Zimm_i48 and especially @luj who led this work.

To be presented at #SCORED26 next month. #supplychain #security

Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

A new branch named "noref-filemap-read-with-llm" contains kernel improvements he's been working on with the help of AI / LLMs, Claude Code specifically

"The code, the test programs, the review behind the list above and the first draft of this text were done with an LLM coding assistant (Claude Code) under my direction. The measurements were run on my machine."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code

#linux #ai

Does anyone know of a serious study (not just conjecture) of why #Linux became more popular than #BSD?

In a way I'm almost glad that Linus Torvalds is turning out to be such a turd (as if it weren't already possible to guess): single-handedly he might be doing more to wreck the privileged position that #Linux has held in amateur computing and thank heaven for that because it's likely to mean diversification in the field (in time) as more and more people get disgusted with the Linux scene and start agitating for alternatives. Linux really is the Microsoft Windows of hobby OSes, which isn't entirely a bad thing I admit

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 🍁

Thank you to the volunteers, members, educators, developers and community partners who help make Linux and open source more accessible across the country.

Whether you’re with loved ones, working or enjoying a quiet day, we wish you a warm and peaceful Thanksgiving.

— Linux Association of Canada

#Thanksgiving #Linux #OpenSource #Canada

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Warm Thanksgiving table with pumpkins, autumn leaves, glowing candles and rustic place settings. Bilingual text reads “Happy Thanksgiving” and “Joyeuse Action de grâce.” The Linux Association of Canada logo appears at bottom left, with “Image generated with AI” at bottom right.

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 05:00 PM on October 23
🗣️ "Scan My Brainrot"
👥 Speaker(s): James Sundquist (Living Cartoon Company)
📍 Room: Room 250
🏷️ Track: Performance Art
📝 Bring your questions and get local, offline answers on the spot! Or, just watch a parade of sketche...

#SeaGL2026 #art #networking #linux #ai #FLOSS
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/GJUD9U/

Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

Amos B. Batto has published an incredibly detailed look at the state of Linux on smartphones. It's an excellent read you really shouldn't skip.

Five years ago, Linux phones looked like they were poised to become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly that has an iron grip

https://www.osnews.com/story/146134/will-linux-phones-become-a-viable-alternative-to-the-android-ios-duopoly/

#Linux #Mobile

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/10/12) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/valuable-news-2026-10-12/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/10/12) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/valuable-news-2026-10-12/

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

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

@dalias @Bahay @peppermintos
Also, Hyprland/Omarchy (which I presume this was about, you deleted your post) has bad technical merit as well. Omarchy‘s original code is 100% slop; and Hyprland (or specifically, Hyprportal) has had some bad security holes as well.
#hyprland #omarchy #linux

Hi everyone!

For our upcoming ISO refreshes, we’re shifting from X11 to XLibre.

Xorg is basically in maintenance mode, XLibre is actively getting updates, security patches, and features. Plus, we're sticking with X for the foreseeable future looks like XFCE is supporting both X and Wayland ❤️

If you would like to test our latest build based on (Debian) here is the link.
https://nightly.peppermintos.org/deb64/flagship/

#Linux #PeppermintOS #XLibre #Debian #Devuan #XFCE #OpenSource

Wir suchen Verstärkung im Bereich Linux & Proxmox VE!

Für unser Team suchen wir einen Linux Consultant und Trainer (m/w/d) mit fundiertem Linux-Know-how und Begeisterung für Virtualisierung und Wissensvermittlung.

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#credativ #Linux #ProxmoxVE #OpenSource #ITKarriere

Big announcement, my hacker crew got Linux running on the iPhone 11 ✨ 🐧 🎉

We built a hardware tool we call the PWNie which got us a foothold running code on the A13. After a months of grinding we've VERY close to a Linux patch to bring A13 support to mainline Linux!

Massive props to Jose at @SourceParts for months of slogging and grinding on this!

Be sure to follow and subscribe on Patreon as we work on bringing the PWNie to life!

https://www.patreon.com/partshacker/posts/linux-boots-on-172091834

#Linux #cybersecurity

Pst, we just got Linux booting on the iPhone 11!

https://www.patreon.com/partshacker/posts/linux-boots-on-172091834

#PWNie #iPhone11 #A13 #Linux #LinuxPhone #YearOfLinuxPhone

Not paying for a Windows 11 license: -$139.00
Not paying for Office 2024 Home: -$179.00
Not having to deal with fucking Copilot: PRICELESS

#linux

public urls for anything : un CLI et un SDK qui créent des URLs publiques chiffrées de bout en bout pour les apps qui tournent sur votre machine. Le relay ne peut pas lire votre trafic. ⬇️
https://opentunnel.xyz/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-f8w

Everything seems to be working fine on my NetBSD laptop, but yesterday I realised that the microphone isn’t working (although it is recognised)! It’s not a big problem as I never use it, but I’d still like to sort it out.
I’ll look into it over the next few days...

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

Linus alternative universe
#Linux #NetBSD #noai #nollm #antiai #noslop #RunBSD

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 03:00 PM on October 23
🗣️ "The Small Web Is Huge"
👥 Speaker(s): Romeo Solano
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Community and Culture
📝 It's larger than you can comfortably fit in your head.

#SeaGL2026 #community #web #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/GQZEUY/

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 [FreeBSD Cope with Signal Fuckup] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/freebsd-cope-with-signal-fuckup/

#verblog #freebsd #laptop #linux #signal #ubuntu #x11 #apt #chrome #debian #debootstrap #desktop

I was in my Dad’s garage looking for a tool and found this old stack of CDs that he now uses to deter birds from his garden.

Ubuntu 9.10 server edition. Blast from the past!

#Ubuntu #retro #OldSchool #Linux

upm : un package manager pour npm qui remplace vos installs classiques, en TypeScript pur et sans dépendances. Compatible avec votre .npmrc existant et vos lockfiles npm, pnpm ou bun. Permet aussi de tester un package directement dans le navigateur. ⬇️
https://upm.sh/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-xGx

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Présentation du gestionnaire de paquets upm avec ses quatre caractéristiques principales : rapidité native en TypeScript pur, absence de dépendances, compatibilité npm/pnpm/bun, et API JavaScript avec installation asynchrone.

tinyjs : framework pour construire vos apps desktop macOS, Windows et Linux en JavaScript, sans Electron, en seulement 6 Mo contre 150 Mo pour Electron et 10 Mo pour Tauri, grâce au backend txiki.js et des fenêtres natives. ⬇️
https://tinyjs.app/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-9SP

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Comparaison des tailles d'applications desktop : Electron (~150 MB), Tauri (~10 MB) et tinyjs (~6 MB). Le graphique montre que tinyjs offre les applications les plus légères grâce à son backend JavaScript txiki.js et ses fenêtres WebView natives, sans serveur HTTP ni dépendances supplémentaires.

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 02:30 PM on October 23
🗣️ "Using Debian-Linux Desktop GUI since 2003: a user tour"
👥 Speaker(s): Delib
📍 Room: Room 340
🏷️ Track: Everything Else
📝 I have high demands for my private computing! Data privacy, control over my CPU usage, fast perform...

#SeaGL2026 #tech #debian #linux #cli #performance
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/LYXQ8H/

"Don't talk to me or my child ever again!"

Got both of these older Dells (E4300 and E6410) set up with Debian 13 + XFCE. Pretty snappy given their age (the E4300 has a Core 2 Duo P9300 and 4GB of RAM; the E6410 has a Intel i7 640M and 8GB of RAM; both have low capacity SSDs).

As a nice surprise, both have working batteries! They're reporting 51% and 74% capacity respectively, which is solid given the age.

#laptop #hardware #linux #debian #vintage #upcycle

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Two vintage Dell Latitudes sitting side by side on a bar countertop. One is a newer and slightly larger E6410 and the other is a smaller and older E4300. Both follow similar styling cues, with the same trackpad, keyboard layout, and general housing design.

petition to bring back Keith the diseased rat but as a linux kernel mascot given the sloppy state of things. #linux #AgainstAISlop #sloperators #wakeupandsmelltheshitlinus

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Keith the three legged diseased rat, once a proud mascot of C++ before his fall from grace.

@mirabilos

They render just fine in mine, which does not use BDF in the first place, nor PCF.

It's supposed to be a drop-in upgrade for FreeBSD's, #Linux's, #NetBSD's, & others's kernel #VirtualTerminals; so I wrote it to re-use #FreeBSD's vt font format.

That format has no trouble with the supplementary planes, as it uses 32 bits for code point values, albeit that it is limited in some other ways (which I avoided since I allowed multiple font files to be used in concert).

#nosh

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A terminal session in white on black. A status bar at the top has a digital clock using Unicode 7-segment LED characters, an F1=help message and some ancillary information about the terminal and terminal type. A login dialogue box below is drawn with Unicode MouseText characters for the frame and widgets, and is presenting a 'login:' prompt next to a box cursor in an empty entryfield.

Seems like https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware booted me...

...and I think my crime was 1. bringing up (in what I thought was the nicest way possible) that I think something like "you may use AI for research but we really don't want you do so" doesn't sound like "condoning AI ingestion" to me and 2. then posting what I thought was a fairly tame comment pointing out it had been prematurely locked without leaving me the chance to explain, and appealing to a calm open debate culture -

Whether you agree with me or not, I'm saddened as a previous contributor this was how things went down.

I apologize if this characterization is incorrect, this is just my perspective of course.

(& Please don't pile on the project, I simply want to vent.)

#noai #ai #vent #llm #nollm #slop #noslop #ensloppification #freesoftware #foss #floss #linux

The second anniversary of this post is coming up, and surprise surprise these little "end of life" laptops are continuing to run well with #linux and do what we need then to, which includes spending less on tech so we can buy more actual books for the school library. #schooltech #endof10 #edtech #foss #reading #kidlit

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A mastodon post from October 2024 showing a photo 8 laptops running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and libre office, the post explains the school has added Ubuntu to some old windows 10 devices that their IT support told them were end of life.

Meet SeaGL 2026 keynote speaker Toby Betts, who has spent 25+ years as a system administrator, SRE, incident response engineer, and FOSS consultant. His interests include system security, free cryptography, and fun file systems.

📅 Fri, Oct 23 at 9:10 AM PT
🎤 The mv Command Doesn't Move Things & Other Stuff New Users Don't Know
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/TGRTZU/

#SeaGL2026 #keynote #linux #security #FLOSS