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Making stuff easier for appeal is what had Wayland years-early, systemd, and Docker-reliance everywhere :p I have the opinion learning should be encouraged with self-interest; I wanted FreeBSD, looked into it, and had it on my server and laptop...

I would install a small FreeBSD on the nvme , create a NVME 32GB cache log and special device to use with ZFS on the NAS. Use this freebsd install to setup ISCI connection to NAS drive where I would create a ZPOOL to use previous cache log...

That's only for the base OS. It would be backuped on a 2nd USB stick, so if it breaks eventually, I can get the system up again quickly. Because I don't know in advance which data needs fast access and which doesn't? Or maybe the data labeled...

You might want to ask on more appropriate C++ specific forums than this freebsd one. A general advice for any language is to study carefully some existing programs in it and try to modify the. As well as write toy programs to explore specific...

The problem is then you shift the effort into searching for, maintaining and generally juggling bindings and other dependencies. And that is a worthless task. At least memory management is a transferrable skill. C++ is a gross language but one...

Why? If you are trying to solve one relatively simple problem, and don't know C++ yet, the most likely learning C++ and all its complexity is not an good way to go about it. These days, the only advantage of C++ over other programming languages...

This chart is helpful for determining which container to use in which situation.

"You can't just kick them out of an airlock. You know how low we are on supplies! First strip them down, THEN kick them out of an airlock!" And one of my favorite 10 seconds is that oh-so-not-sorry speech.

So you already experienced data loss and want to use USB sticks? Also: on such a small NAS you definitely won't need an L2ARC. And no, you also won't need a SLOG device. Depending on the use case (read: how fast the data is supposed to be...

You always need a console in case something goes wrong as it might. if you have a serial console you can install easily.

These laws have either been voted already or are about to. Good luck overturning them, especially when practically all tech corporations support this (and are probably behind it), when wacky activists support this (and are definitely behind it)...

cracked.com often has a collection of allegedly funny tweets. Most are mediocre, but this made me laugh. Tailgating me while I'm going 80 in a 45 zone is crazy. And those red and blue lights on top of your car look stupid.

I'm with you 99% ...except with this. These folks repair our roofs, drill our teeths, etc. pp. They have every right on earth to have access to good IT stuff. I really think it's a matter of attitude. Why is Linux so omnipresent in consumer...

Either use mfsBSD or mount a FreeBSD installer image (rw!), chroot into it and manually start sshd once (to generate the host ssh keys). Add your own public ssh key to /root/.ssh/known_hosts, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config at will and then add...

After 2 SSD crashes within 4 years with data loss, I decided I want a NAS box. Found a neat used semi-professional SOHO NAS box, only 3-4 years old, and since it's fairly decent hardware I'll also use it as a general-purpose server at home. For...

cracked.com often has a collection of allegedly funny tweets. Most are mediocre, but this made me laugh. Tailgating me while I'm going 80 in a 45 zone is crazy. And those red and blue lights on top of your car look stupid.

FreeBSD on WSL might be cool! With Windows infrastructure I need something for php-posix (I'd prefer to not have systemd anywhere) Diablo II on UE5 looks interesting; I'd totally try that in VR (comment mentioned Barbarian whirlwind 😅)

cracked.com often has a collection of allegedly funny tweets. Most are mediocre, but this made me laugh. Tailgating me while I'm going 80 in a 45 zone is crazy. And those red and blue lights on top of your car look stupid.

There's some state California law that applies to operating systems. One of the desktop BSD's put it in their license that it can't be used in California, bc they didn't want to get fined over some regulations. It may not be the fault of...

Last I tried KDE did not allow a different window manager to run (with KDE). So you want to use a DE without a mouse?

An innocent newbie would not even attempt this, they would drag a monitor and keyboard to the closet. Or get an IPMI capable mainboard. How is a newbie going to figure out which IP address the thing lands on after USB boot?

cracked.com often has a collection of allegedly funny tweets. Most are mediocre, but this made me laugh. Tailgating me while I'm going 80 in a 45 zone is crazy. And those red and blue lights on top of your car look stupid.

Hey all, Finally, after a while, I'm ready to "pour" FreeBSD on a laptop and see if it can be a daily driver as a desktop. Reason is that I'm scared Systemd in Linux may end up doing/permitting age verification. Now...I am 62 yrs young, so any...

That's a really nice short poem! I still have hope that FBSD becomes even more welcoming to interested newbies. At least AFAICT there has been a lot of improvement concerning this in the last decade. Now I'm going to ask some Q how to set up my...

I say go for it. I'm growing tired of the "nay"'s and "no"'s. What is it to them?

We had a small computer shop in the family. I was waiting for my dad to finish what he was doing with ADI 17" monitor so I could get it back for my home PC. One day he comes in and says the monitor is free to go but he didn't pick it up from the...

We had a small computer shop in the family. I was waiting for my dad to finish what he was doing with ADI 17" monitor so I could get it back for my home PC. One day he comes in and says the monitor is free to go but he didn't pick it up from the...

That's not the point. The point is that some innocent newbie might want to install FBSD on his/her headless box. My intention was to provide an install medium that they can download to do that. I can create it, you can create it, but most...

Look at how a vagrant image is set up.

I've asked Claude to sum up runtime of new series, seems they shot more than 230 hours of "new" material in last 9 years. Compare that to 260 hours of Star Trek TV series shot between 1993 and 2001. About the same time span, about the same...

You mean bsdinstall? Hm yes, a minimal basic install where sshd runs as the only service after boot. Then we don't have to worry about breaking the install procedure, because it does not apply. IIUC that's exactly what mfsBSD does. So 1. I...

What's the objective when installing a new window manager into an existing DE? Do you want to replace the DE, or do you want to run the same DE with a different WM? The latter is possible only in a few DEs.

"We have an open door policy". "And an open airlock policy". The Star Trek guest star really stars in B5.

Any way to pull up the volume of this without walking to the amp? This is way below Youtube in the same browser and I don't see a volume button...

modules.d is directory for third party module configuration files. The files in this directory are automatically included in the httpd config if they name begins with a 3 digit number followed by "_" underscore and ending in ".conf" So if you...

Would it help if the operating system would buffer the incoming TCP-sockets of the individual processes automatically? In this case the program did this and it helped in the problem.

If you are a newcomer, I'd suggest making things as simple as possible and take things step by step. Getting a GUI up and running can be done using pkg install -y xorg lxde-meta and then start it from the command prompt using startx.

Thats's why I told you to use a proper install, configured with your user account, to boot the blind server. There is no need to use an installer image. sysinstall can be started from any installed system.

Apart from DEFAULT, nothing prevents you to spam as many ifconfig_xxx0 entries as you like in the same /etc/rc.conf, in preparation for different interfaces the target machine might have.

Having this in a FreeBSD 14.2 custom /etc/rc: [ -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ] || /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t dsa -f $TARGET_DIR/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N '' > /dev/null [ -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ] || /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t rsa -f...

You're not going to damage your hardware.

... and 3. Where do we have to patch service sshd keygen into the boot sequence?

Another advantage of this other than just as an installer is to have SSH in the installed OS before mounting the 'real' filesystems. This would allow passwords to unlock encrypted filesystems to be provided over SSH (with key login) by a hidden...

Much as I dislike systemd (I've seen it said, though I don't have enough knowledge to comment intelligently that Poettering knew a lot about C, but nothing about system administration) in this case I don't think it can be blamed on systemd, but...

Saw the subject and thought it was a line about the US and government attitude towards immigration. Although, now they seem to be using it to see if it distracts from Epstein...

While I prepare the preliminary patch file version 0.1 (MILESTONE 1: Usable with basic UNIX knowledge AND a UNIX machine to prepare the image (apply the patch)), anyone interested in this topic can 1. dive into the rc scripts of the install image...

Showing your uname -a might be helpful

These signs in fields actually have a really nice story behind them. And, Alain De Vos ... <nitpick> if your dog smells better than you, maybe it's time for a bath? </nitpick> (sorry, that was too good a pun not to make)

But when the password is available on the internet, say it is "FreeBSD-15-STABLE" or the like, or no password at all (empty), it's not secure (an attacker can login). I'd say if it's easy to add some basic hardening, we should do it. Else...

Still don't actually need the INDEX. The database of available packages and versions to compare against the installed packages may be chosen by specifying one of -P, -R or -I or by setting VERSION_SOURCE in pkg.conf(5). If not...