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Learned about Java tracing :D A game wouldn't do OpenGL/DirectX acceleration on Windows with 64-bit Java, but after enabling tracing I found a Can't load this .dll (machine code=0x14c) on a AMD 64-bit platform line and got a surprise it was storing the libraries/cache in a hidden C:\Windows folder. 32-bit Java loaded it up with OGL/DX perfectly!

I thought that might be easier to figure out on FreeBSD but now wonder how the libraries would support it 😅 (doesn't look like JOGL and libs look 32-bit only)
 
That Java project required JDK 8 for building, but seemingly Adoptium's JDK on Windows does something different than JRE for GUI (app won't do OGL/DX with JDK8 but it's fine JRE8).

That client was the oddest Java set-up I had so I was going to pull-in JDK and JRE 8 just for it (other apps can use Java 17/25 and I system-wide install those), but a day ago the maintainer switched the project to Gradle. Even though I couldn't javac it with JDK17 before, Gradle seemingly handled it fine with a JDK17 JAVA_HOME point (didn't need to explicitly download JDK8/Gradle might have cached an older JDK even though it didn't like starting with JDK25 JAVA_HOME).

So now I'm thinking I only need to have 32-bit JRE8 for this client (server luckily builds/runs JDK 25); making notes for all that is fun, and it'll be fun to finally play it :p
 
I did it. I feel proud of myself.

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I just fully replaced Java (a remnant from my old Solaris days) with Python, and I am hyped.

Meaning: this wasn't just about purging, this is also about rewriting and rebuilding so many Java programs I made in the past.

Not only did this actually work.. I got so much better results too! Screw Java "packages", gimme Python modules!

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Yesterday I found out that I can zoom in xterms with shift-alt-(numpad) +
For the past 50 years I only knew how to zoom out with ctrl-shift-(numpad) -.
X.org: "🤌"
 
MG said:
Yesterday I found out that I can zoom in xterms with shift-alt-(numpad) +
For the past 50 years I only knew how to zoom out with ctrl-shift-(numpad) -.
X.org: "🤌"
Click to expand...
if you hold down ctrl and click each mouse button in the viewport you get a menu
 
atax1a said:
if you hold down ctrl and click each mouse button in the viewport you get a menu
Click to expand...
I know that a long time. Interesting would be to change the size of those menus.
These keyboard shortcuts are the same as the small/medium/large sizes of the right button menu. I can't read it on 1920x1080, unfortunately, and it doesn't change with the terminal font size. The menus are a different bold font. Never checked the source. It might be easy to change.
 
New bylaws were approved by a vote of active committers on May 27, 2026.

⚙ D57281 bylaws: New bylaws and next election

reviews.freebsd.org reviews.freebsd.org
They have not yet entered into force.
These revised bylaws will take effect in 2028, unless the Core Team elected in
2026 decides by two-thirds majority vote of the entire Core Team that they will
take effect immediately, and announces this decision to the community.

Edit: The changes include
Two members will become substitutes. (This effectively reduces the number of members.)
Elections are held every year, and the term of office is divided into one-year and two-year terms depending on the results.
Consecutive terms of office are limited.
 
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