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I have seen this pattern since late RPI 3 times ... with RPI 3/4/5 you get board only - with 'fixed' RAM and you still need case/fan/radiator/case/hat/... and not so recent - especially AMD Ryzen based - Mini PCs - are dirt cheap - offer 4-6/8...

Not used to do it but 1 problem with"shitposting" is that you get accused of it for being too complicated or out of the cult-track, or just being critical while substantial. I don't mind if it's another way. It's fun to read some nonsense now and...

Depending on what exactly it is that you want to do. You're either going to want to dive into the installer scripts and init system or just plan on using the FreeBSD base system and layer the appropriate ports/pkgs you want on top of that. It...

This is what Reddit is for and its only purpose

The "expensive hobbies" thread has some nice flames.

Plane engine fires seem like less of an issue (foam it and hopefully get somewhere with the other engines), and plenty of people fly in pressurized metal containers alongside fuel daily no problem :p

3I/ATLAS very strange object

When shall I be free... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8TKYCWOF2E And some hubble photos of 3i/atlas, apparantly showing three symmetric jets at 120 degree intervals... from...

I note (I guess it's a sign of the times) that more and more of the items are youtube videos. vermaden, that's not a complaint, I, like most here, appreciate the work you put into rounding up things that will interest many of us, and it's easy to...

eternal_noob you did make me laugh, though I'm not sure I agree with you. Or, at least I'd say, depends upon the forum. I think these forums are pretty good at sticking to tech stuff, and everyone active here knows not to go too far off the rails.

What's your target hardware? Assuming the source-based approach, probably the first thing you should arrange is a computer that does a full system compile within acceptable time for the purpose of trying out different directions fast. You also...

Just the volume of news that Vermaden compiles about topics related to BSD is outstanding.

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I'm not sure if it is true, but java/eclipse should work with openJDK21 ot grater. If you installed openJDK22, eclipse should install and use openJDK22, because of: JAVA_VERSION= 21+ in its Makefile. editors/jedit also has in its Makefile...

The problem is version mismatch on those Linux Mounts probably exists much deeper. System is seriously out of wack. First look at freebsd-version -kru to evaluate your rollback. Hopefully freebsd-update can fix it. Since you are using iwm...

I've primarily been using GUI text editor for my programming tasks. You bet I knew about vi[m] and have for sure seen people talking about it here (and not only here) for years. But I never really decided to try it. I just didn't want to for...

Installed, patched, and looks good!

I forgot to mention, you need to mount the root ( / ) Z file system to access all the configuration files: zfs mount zroot/ROOT/default.

I forgot to add context about 'login manager' ... fixed in that form: KDE Removes FreeBSD Support in Plasma Login Manager Because They Rely on systemd/logind Linux Daemons. Should be mess misleading now. Thank You for reporting. I was...

Just the volume of news that Vermaden compiles about topics related to BSD is outstanding.

You're clearly mis-understanding. I'm not attacking anyone including you. Just wrote facts only. Provide all version of drivers that whichever of them works for anyone (some need A, but others need older B, so provide both) would be ideal, but...

14.3-RELEASE is at patch level p7/p6. You should have upgraded 14.3 to the latest patch level before upgrading to 15.0. This is the recommended procedure. Try to upgrade 14.3 to the latest patch level and check pciconf again.

My recent online search into TPM states that Microsoft is mandating TPM 2.0 for security purposes An official statement from Microsoft...

Exactly. Example: /boot/loader.conf screen.font="6x12" will load /boot/fonts/6x12.fnt.gz The font specified in screen.font must exist in /boot/fonts/.

Take a look at the .../VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu/Logs/VBox.log, maybe it shows what happening during the slowdown. The timestamps should show the slowdown phase, check what's happening during that phase.

The FreeBSD installer media has a read-only file system, the /zroot mount point for the file system can not be created at the file systems root ( / ). You can create a mount point under /tmp (which is a tmpfs) and import the pool with the -R...

I do believe this thread should be renamed art generated with GenAI...

No, that book doesn't cover booting. The boot process, especially early stages is kind of black magic and doesn't have books. The systems programming manuals from AMD and Intel cover some things.

A mention for ls from chflags: You can use "ls -lo" to see the flags of existing files. ls -l (The lowercase letter “ell”.) List files in the long format, as described in the The Long Format subsection below. -o...

See if we were allowed serious flamewars...

We've all been there. Does the boot menu show up?

Most of us are more serious and come here for technical discussion. Silliness or fluff can often get ignored. I've been here more often lately due to the weather. I also come here when on a break between serious activities but don't often post.

You have little experience with BSD but already know you want to create a derivative. What part of FreeBSD do you want to change? Be exact. Good book. You might want to get the second edition though. The first edition isn't bad but it's mostly...

You're clearly mis-understanding. I'm not attacking anyone including you. Just wrote facts only. Provide all version of drivers that whichever of them works for anyone (some need A, but others need older B, so provide both) would be ideal, but...

That reminds me of this accident I drove by right after it happened some time last year. It was barely flickering one minute before. I was amazed how much heat I felt sitting in my car that far away.

Maybe there should be a program with root permmsions that analyzes all available system resources and generates a tree of possible applications of the hardware. A webserver is almost possble on any system of the past 30 years but a home cinema...

By default, the system provides a set of Terminus fonts in /boot/fonts [1], applicable from /boot/loader.conf with the screen.font="6x12" variable. Have you tried those? Once the font set in /boot/loader.conf, it shouldn't effect the size when a...

That one is wrong by the way, you only give it the resolution, not the number of color bits. So kern.vt.fb.default_mode="640x480"

This seems more like the typical don't even try in case it's broken on a platform we're not promising to support. If it's just a string like that, then it's easy enough to jury rig something to test in a FreeBSD VM and see if any problems arise.

Just an observation.... The goals of the FreeBSD Foundation are not tied to the goals of the FreeBSD Core team. There is of course some overlap but to my knowledge there is no direct hierarchy in play - they are independent entities.

I searched the meaning of florping. Quite sure Urban dictiionary is wrong. What? :oops:

Mostly because I'm learning how to use podman and it was easier to do than something that benefits more from it like a web browser. It's not really something that I'd particularly advise people doing for that program, or at least I haven't found...

I'm not sure courting end users should be the goal. Look at what Gnome, Wayland, and even newer Firefox versions are doing. They are requiring more and more Linux-only software and design choices (pulseaudio, Wayland only, systemd, etc). To run...

I'm quite keen on FreeBSD. I have a slightly different vision of the future. I don't want FreeBSD to become a desktop OS. Linux has tried to do too much, and recent changes that negatively impact Linux's abilities as a server are being pushed by...

The article (which is 13 years old) makes no such claim.

I think you are overthinking it. Look at any Linux forum which has more activity. Is it "good" activity? I don't think so in many cases. Anyway, if you want more FreeBSD action you should join a couple mailing lists.

It's a terrible website, but I've gotten good boot disk images from them for all sorts of different operating systems. https://www.bootdisk.com/ I presume you need a DOS boot disk for a BIOS/UEFI firmware update? Maybe they have a UEFI shell...

That's why I read it :) It's just that this particular one seems to have been affected by the snow storm or something.

That's an SSL/TLS issue. Is the date/time correct on the machine?

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. You are right. I fixed up the date/time disparity (was UTC) and presto, 'pkg update' worked perfectly. Thank you (again!!!), SirDice. ( I'm rather liking this pkgbase system)