Posts by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
(DIR) Post #AwnpmZBzxw7gDFLDo8 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-08-03T19:05:54Z
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52 responses.Numbers of participants:— 13 in the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey— 12 in the 2025 Laptop and Desktop Workgroup survey— 20 in the 2025 FreeBSD Community Survey.36 of 52 found the poll in Reddit.(I inadvertently created a fourth choice by changing "The" to "the".)
(DIR) Post #AyugZ9cXEZHgu5Vwyu by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-10-05T15:09:31Z
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FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA5 Now Availablehttps://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003330.htmlFor freebsd-update: ― "THE STEP OF UPDATING YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM FIRST IS NECESSARY …"https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhx8x53/Screenshots below are of a multi-desktop environment system that used pkg for the update from ALPHA4 to ALPHA5.#alpha #Cinnamon #MATE #KDE #Plasma #SDDM #Firefox #FreeBSD #Foundation
(DIR) Post #AyugZJm7TmtQOi4kJE by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-10-05T21:31:30Z
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Possible regression in FreeBSD Installer: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhym5mw/#FreeBSD #alpha #pkg #KDE #Plasma
(DIR) Post #B0FuaDSaCzcP97xnto by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-15T02:27:08Z
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@stefano @ricardo the article mentioned the FreeBSD subreddit and The FreeBSD Forums. Yorick Peterse shared his post in the sub, where it was very well-received. Pictured: insights that are not visible to the public (I very rarely share such things, doing so seems harmless on this occasion). No mention of Discord, Twitter, or X. Also pictured: the wiki for FreeBSD Discord very recently cautioned that the FreeBSD Community Code of Conduct can not be enforced. I do not imagine that this caution relates to any recent misconduct there …<https://www.freebsd.org/internal/code-of-conduct/><https://wiki.freebsd.org/Discord/DiscordServer><https://yorickpeterse.com/>#FreeBSD #Reddit #forums #Discord #community #conduct #misconduct
(DIR) Post #B0Il2rJjCKPQnmikW8 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-16T02:01:05Z
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RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/115547315643919873For more than a day, I was reluctant to boost Stefano's article. After spending some time in Lobsters, I'm ready. <https://lobste.rs/s/l4vg9a/this_isn_t_battle>, in particular <https://lobste.rs/s/l4vg9a/this_isn_t_battle#c_lp9mgb>… thanks.#FreeBSD
(DIR) Post #B0JjVrvnzJSYM2CELo by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-16T20:45:39Z
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@isaackuo loosely speaking, NomadBSD comes closest to the ideal of a single installation of FreeBSD that does not require manual reconfiguration to work with diverse hardware. <https://nomadbsd.org/>#FreeBSD #NomadBSD @spacehobo
(DIR) Post #B0QKW7Ia5UChp5GhH6 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-20T03:05:17Z
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@maikel freebsd-update should work for RC2.
(DIR) Post #B0VwxJhB8pm8oI9Tvc by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-22T18:21:08Z
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This is your last chance to find critical release-breaking issues before the release. Please test!https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/s/qhDcfnqEjjhttps://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-November/003602.htmlFreeBSD 15.0-RC3 Now Available
(DIR) Post #B0d9Ka4cGJHTuiZV4a by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-26T00:38:29Z
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FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Now Availablehttps://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-November/003611.html#FreeBSD #test #RC4
(DIR) Post #B0e6LOFNc1oYouGCy8 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-26T18:32:32Z
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@h4890 I know that support for Wi-Fi is improved in 15.0 (compared to 14.3-RELEASE). Details, I don't know. Release documentation is not finalised.#FreeBSD #WiFi
(DIR) Post #B0e77pnaTkVWAcMQi0 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-26T18:40:47Z
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@BastilleBSD it's no longer scheduled for 15.0. The revised target is 15.1: <https://github.com/orgs/FreeBSDFoundation/projects/1/views/3?visibleFields=%5B%22Title%22%2C%22Labels%22%2C%22Status%22%5D&pane=issue&itemId=84821241&issue=FreeBSDFoundation%7Cproj-laptop%7C25>#FreeBSD #KDE #Plasma
(DIR) Post #B0eEfNF9qv858HCFaS by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-26T18:38:19Z
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It's time to de-duplicate the desktops • The Registerhttps://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/deduplicating_the_desktops/ by Liam Proven, @lproven ＂… There are an almost ridiculous number of Windows-style desktops on Linux – and mostly this applies to the BSDs, too. …＂#UNIX #Linux #FreeBSD #BSD
(DIR) Post #B0hqd2x4hlVfLtw3we by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-28T01:25:21Z
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FreeBSD release/15.0.0 is tagged.Builds have begun.<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1p8haso/git_52f8c56b66b5_create_tag_release1500/> thanks to Colin Percival. <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/releases/tag/release%2F15.0.0><https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/src/branch/releng/15.0> – releng/15.0 in FreshBSD.<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tag/?h=release/15.0.0> tagged: base 7aedc8de6446.<https://freshbsd.org/freebsd/doc/commit/e87da8a9d79761184b27a60d51976e7ef3ca6ca2> – on schedule.#FreeBSD
(DIR) Post #B0l9qlqRaOY6xAyHr6 by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-30T04:14:33Z
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No, syscons has not been removed. A few other issues with the article: <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pa6pxy/comment/nrhhlnq/>I encourage readers to await official release documentation. @vermaden
(DIR) Post #B0mDGou1KmSEzDiWPY by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-11-30T07:33:49Z
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@kaixin FreeBSD-base also moved.Commentary under <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1p92fjf/comment/nrc4gj2/> mentions a source file: usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.quarterly-release<https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify/issues/36#issuecomment-3592302419> is more explicit. A FreeBSD-base configuration is now in: /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf… and so on.
(DIR) Post #B0t4Mi28FOlrwFxpdg by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-12-03T22:49:21Z
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@thedaemon vi was not, is not, in the FreeBSD-ports repo. FreeBSD-vi is in the FreeBSD-base repo.
(DIR) Post #B22cOewyopMp8psi0G by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-12-29T08:39:12Z
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Hetzner― does anyone have a contact there?<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nemrch/comment/ndw7i5e/>
(DIR) Post #B2PfDMtUNcHWSBdOTY by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-01-18T14:23:10Z
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I love the openness of BSD Cafe. People are perfectly relaxed about sharing their experiences with a broad range of distros and systems. https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/p/1768666183.242258 is a neat example of Linux users in the mix.Thank you, @stefano ― I'm grateful for this. Grateful for the mix, and people at ease. Every day. Have a great Sunday. #thanks
(DIR) Post #B2XAAHREO5G55Nh6kC by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-01-22T03:08:41Z
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RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115936315972605814@evgandr the packages are not in FreeBSD, they are in the ports collection. With regard to an organisation such as X11Libre, this is probably a very important distinction.Also, please see my recent first impressions. #FreeBSD #X11Libre #XLibre #X11 #Xorg
(DIR) Post #B2YY5F6AFeFYRHvn9c by grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2026-01-22T21:33:46Z
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@evgandr @kaixin @m0xEE FreeBSD 15 has three package repositories preconfigured: FreeBSD-baseFreeBSD-portsFreeBSD-ports-kmods– base is the operating system, FreeBSD,