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Looking at the previous 5-year hypes before it, we don't specifically have the following categories: social-media (net-im?) vr blockchain So I don't think AI is *much* different.

You should be able to link against the static FLTK library rather than dynamic. Check out the -static (or -l:libfltk.a) flags when invoking the compiler.

Well it took Jose offline pushing to get me going. I now have the visual part down now how do I assign command line actions to buttons? Need to adjust font size. Modified from centered example code. #include <FL/Fl_Double_Window.H> #include...

Original article here. Consider this when replying. The fourth BETA build for the FreeBSD 15.0 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv7, aarch64, powerpc64, powerpc64le, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites...

Well it took Jose offline pushing to get me going. I now have the visual part down now how do I assign command line actions to buttons? Need to adjust font size. Modified from centered example code. #include <FL/Fl_Double_Window.H> #include...

I believe T-Daemon went away for a second and meant dsp1.

You need Windows.

There is a multitude of PR-s on this topic. Multiple ports were / are affected, many have a common theme related to environ and __progname. I think that 285401 with 68 comments is the most prominent. Another informative one (and a slightly...

I believe T-Daemon went away for a second and meant dsp1.

You don't need to load snd_driver necessarily, the audio card is detected automatically in most cases. With default_unit=0, the microphone is configured on pcm0 (note "(play/rec)") Try to record something: ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp3 test.mp3...

https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003523.html I don't think 15.0-BETA4 is out as binary update yet.

Just install the same package file on both machines? Trivial if you build yourself or you fish it out of pkg on one machine.

Tl;dr stop spreading FUD. I have three different pkgbase BEs on a single machine, 14.3-S 15-S and 15-R: started from 14.3-R; converted to pkgbase; created a new BE and upgraded to 15-R; created a new BE and upgraded to 15-S; went back to 14.3-R...

I don't know how others feel, but for me another obstacle is that many marketable languages are not fun. C++ is huge and grows every 3 years by a degree that I disapprove of. But at least it has a sane library mechanism - just stuff everything...

Deploying what things? Database involved? If yes, how does the database hold up in Docker? I typically ssh directly into the target platform and develop there. Regardless of what my terminal is.

Agree 100% (or more if I can). The best way for me to learn something is to have a need. Work, writing code? Requirements, what language? I'll do more than learn syntax. My best work/team stuff was me doing technical lead (system engineer)...

I've just bought a mini PC to run FreeBSD so I can test on it directly. Cost £300 but works fine. 32GB of RAM, 16 core CPU and 1TB SSD.

Brave New World? Probably better than 99.99% of music ever released. Vermaden using it as a title for pkgbase article makes me pretty optimistic for the pkgbase.

Hello, Lately I’ve been feeling really tired of all the endless terminology chaos in our industry. It’s always the same ideas — networks, virtual machines, configs — but every platform has to give them a new shiny name to sound “innovative”...

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vermaden, Thank you for your efforts!

I whole heartedly agree. Learning the principles are the largest hurdle, and how they apply towards a need. From there choosing the language that accommodates the need to then learn the syntax is the way to go. `C` and `C++` principles are...

A lot of this is just repackaging that the food industry has done for decades. They put the same thing in a different box and advertise it as "New!".

I think relying on another to teach a language is only good for learning principles, but moving towards understanding is a series of failures to learn what actually works, to then gain a renewed appreciation as to why things are the way they are.

Ok so degreed EE but been doing SWE pretty much the last 40 yrs. Software can be quick, easy to get a result. Hardware takes longer. So what did I wind up? mostly OS level stuff. OS level you need to understand hardware, but be able to...

I am talking about repo in repo which is not prohibited but that's what submodules are used for. Sorry I may've gone astray to scenario where whole home dir is under source control. You were speaking about just using git to track same version...

Distractions have always been there but it is much worse now where most everything in the "social" media is screaming for your attention! If you can focus your attention on things *you* want, that is half the battle won! This is why books like...

Without a simple tool implemented to update the pkgbase system to the RELEASE, STABLE, CURRENT version, introducing pkgbase is pointless. because in such a case, the only method of updating to the chosen release remains compiling the base...

I am sad to hear that. For me it has worked out somehow, a rather fun career. I had worked one month after college as a Microsoft developer. I closed couple of tasks, shook hands with the owner, took a monthly pay and never tried that experiment...

Hm. Tell me more. I for my part tried the code producing thing once, and I found it unsatisfying (the expectation was not just eggs from the cage-kept hen, it was rather golden eggs). Consequentially I for my part then found something a lot more...

Has been newly started (or continued) here: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/best-way-to-keep-two-machines-in-sync-with-freebsd.99898/ To prevent the discussion from getting smeared across two threads I've closed this one.

Yeah, sometimes it takes a bit longer for some people to realize what the real problem is. And in all honesty, with you specifically, I think you're probably in the normal range for the amount of time it takes. I'm glad this thread did help...

I notice that my keyboard config is much simpler root@kg-core2:~ # more /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard-no.conf Section "InputClass" Identifier "keyboard defaults" MatchIsKeyboard "on" Option "XkbLayout" "no"...

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/schedule/ gives the schedule. When it comes out, FreeBSD will have an upgrade process documented. My guess is that it will be to use freebsd-update as usual, but that's just my guess. So it looks like it's...

Hello, my name is Ian. Yesterday I decided to get FreeBSD 14.3 and had a go at installing on a Sony Vaio - damaged audio connector, battery charging not working and WiFi adapter not working. Having installed the OS I got to the point of having a...

I bought a Beelink ME Mini, and put some SSDs in it. For the data drives I used 4TB Lexar NM790's (I wanted 8 TB, but couldn't afford the expense). I put FreeBSD on it. Pleasant surprise, everything works out of the box (well, I haven't tested...

They're listed in the plist file under the port path. You can also view them with freshports.

He specifically said he's on 14.3:

Yeah it helps when you have a need to reach a goal. A desire isn't enough for some of us. Learning how to program a database was a lot more interesting to me once I had a need cause I never had a desire. In fact, learning how to set up a server...

i guess too

How about adding a new category for AI ? For example, the existing port misc/claude-code might be better in ai category.

Hello, Lately I’ve been feeling really tired of all the endless terminology chaos in our industry. It’s always the same ideas — networks, virtual machines, configs — but every platform has to give them a new shiny name to sound “innovative”...

You can use dtrace to print a message when a file is being updated, with a backtrace. Do you would know approximately what is doing all the open calls. First order of business, though, is to sort out that error message to be specific, to print...

Yeah mer, good example of how complicated this can get. Because you can't sync git in git (nor any other SCM afaik).

Mostly all 'classic' developers are self taught after all...

PMc there is a world of difference between a coding job, a code monkey house and a software engineering company. One should seek a job in an engineering environment, not some project churn-out human burnout factory. In my city, those bad jobs...

What do I need to do to update from 14.3-RELEASE to 15.0-RELEASE? When will the new release be available?

Yes there is a good way using pip. 1. Always use pip as regular user, never as root 2. Always give the parameter "--user" when installing. So pip will stay out of your system directory. Pip always installs in...

The background might be that there actually is no innovation. I remember somewhere a cultural discussion (don't find it anymore), where it was explained that we can somehow measure the amount of revolutionary innovation - and during the last 50...

To rcbsdpge I would say that firstly, you should avoid large graphics when possible, a link to it might have been better, or putting your question in text. As for Arch level fame/infamy, my own first response would be OpenBSD as Arch is...