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Neither. Its not a distribution but an entire OS. It holds all the cards and can't be pulled around by all the little projects that make it up. However, smaller distributions (like GhostBSD) can certainly be made from it.

homeadm Your argument is rather poor. AI (Claude) is owned by Anthropic which is a legal entity and might, one day, be sued over its AI stealing code. Of course, when one publishes their code online, they leave themselves open to theft but...

You have a translation rule somewhere, that redirects an incoming connection on $ext_if to 10.10.0.2:5101. External firewall? Are you trying to do a double NAT (or redirection) here?

Can't see the logic of that. Which of those Gnome components need what files or devices to exist? Same for systemd. Are there any binary programs involved? I'm no linux user but what's a significant difference between linux systemd and FreeBSD...

Im using mstsc and connect from outside to the server... clear_tmp_enable="YES" syslogd_flags="-ss" hostname="FB-FSN-FW02" keymap="de.acc.kbd" ifconfig_vtnet0="inet 10.10.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.252 up" defaultrouter="10.10.0.1"...

I would suggest putting everything in one pf.conf, at least until you figure out how the rules are processed.

FreeBSD hasn't adopted X for that matter. It's an option, not a requirement. Wayland would be the same way. An option, not a requirement. Now, systemd is a different story.

How are you testing it?

Also, other rules are entirely skipped. rdr pass on $ext_if proto tcp from any to 1.2.3.4 port 13389 -> 192.168.10.3 port 3389 block in on $ext_if from $badguys to ($ext_if) The block rule will never get evaluated. If the pass modifier...

/pkg/usr/local/etc/gitup.conf Can fetch with success from GH: "ports" : { "host" : "github.com", "repository" : "/freebsd/freebsd-ports.git", "branch" : "main"...

I beg to disagree. This reminds me the typical "use systemd or else...", which is the one and only "argument" systemd lovers have. It basically says use systemd or get a PDP-11. Even though systemd plagued the Linux world, there are systemd-free...

Rebooting is for wimps.

Didn't it come from Baron von Munchausen, bootstrappinhg himself out of a well?

What I remember from 2010, it was politicans "who are so used to lying that it is their nature".

Oh, with regards to building from source (which is what you're going to need to do); https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#makeworld And also build, src.conf and make.conf. Yes, yes, I know, pkgbase exist. But I believe it's...

There's no pass rule for port 21. Also # FTP proxy rdr on $int_if proto tcp from $int_if to any port 21 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8021 Translate traffic incoming on the $int_if with a source address of $int_if? That's exactly nothing, packets with...

You should probably try to build a -STABLE version first. Get some experience. https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/topics-about-unsupported-freebsd-versions.40469/

What will I do if KDE no longer supports FreeBSD, if ever? Nothing, because I don't use it. If I were using it, I would simply use one of more than a dozen other desktop environment.

The future of freebsd, I hope, is to continue to be a free operating system, that is free as in freedom, which implies free as in zero cost, free as in free speech, and freedom from undesired content shoved in front of you like ads in the start...

Time for a joke, switch to Ubuntu my friend.

I'm an "audio man". Many dacs here. Scarlett 8i6 fails big time. [Routing problems,only windows drivers...] Scarlett 2 , ok , but no good quality. Hmmm, buzz. Must retry my Beringer U-Phoria UMC404HD. Not bad ...

Category tree, option for private link, key exchange system, encryption layers, groups, invitation-based entry. User validation or rejection could be a democratic system to rule out abuse.

So you only need one communication channel. Actually, more than one. One for kernel developers, one for port developers, one for users and that might be it. The rest are just idle chit chat and time wasters--like reddit.

We distinguish by the use of the same operating system...

There are too many social and other media sites

Is there any FreeBSD org community portal? I think that should be part of the future. Don't let it be mailing lists, forums and social media only. Some more encouraging communication channels would be an improvement. They could be a tiny bit...

And no matter where you go, there you are.

I don't have an answer, but I believe the urxvt main creator is often on irc (libera chat) on a channel called, (I think) #urxvt. I haven't been, but a friend used to go there frequently, and I believe they would respond reasonably quickly. I...

I don't have an answer, but I believe the urxvt main creator is often on irc (libera chat) on a channel called, (I think) #urxvt. I haven't been, but a friend used to go there frequently, and I believe they would respond reasonably quickly. I...

I just started using urxvtd and noticed that if I add it to my .xinitrc it spawns two processes, one as my user and another as root. Anyone know why? Seems like an unnecessary security risk.

:) I linked that 'cause it has the eye candy. There's plenty of source in other sub-projects: https://github.com/gershwin-desktop

Put in another hour, but finally—Chinese input is working, and I got the right sound channel set as the default. For now, I’ll just stick with GhostBSD and wait for FreeBSD 15.1, or 16, maybe even 17... whenever it actually starts to feel right...

A lot of people genuinely enjoy working on UI. They're often people with a different skill set to those who work on WiFi drivers anyway - in fact the ability to hack WiFi drivers plus access to suitable hardware for testing is very much a...

A disturbing theme in this thread is that lack of hardware support is a conscious choice. It most certainly is not. Hardware support requires component manufacturers to disclose their product control API, which most do not, unless licensee is...

Indeed. To clarify, the conscious choice is not to specifically lack certain hardware support; but instead to not compromise the platform by bending over backwards for ridiculous hardware vendors. Not when there is so much choice of better...

I had an original Mac (the beige box with the 9inch B&W screen) then a couple iterations of macOS. The biggest draw was consistency. Applications were consistent. Window decorations, open/close/minimize etc. Up through I think the 2009...

In lieu of OpenCode, I will say that emacs with gptel + gptel-agent works pretty well and can connect to basically any LLM API and handle tool calling, etc. It's going to be significantly more lightweight too. There are some things I like better...

What will I do if KDE no longer supports FreeBSD, if ever? Nothing, because I don't use it. If I were using it, I would simply use one of more than a dozen other desktop environment.

Not a very useful discussion, in my mind. With all electronics, I expect the bathtub curve: High failure rate in infancy that rapidly drops off Flat, very low failure rate for the useful life of a system/component Increasing failure rate towards...

What will I do if KDE no longer supports FreeBSD, if ever? Nothing, because I don't use it. If I were using it, I would simply use one of more than a dozen other desktop environment.

The Network Autotuner was conceived as a mechanism for dynamic adjustment of kernel networking parameters in real time, particularly under high network load conditions where static sysctl values are insufficient. Primary purpose: • Monitor live...

This is just another doom thread based on a premise that to my knowledge is not true. Can you link to a statement where KDE says they will not support FreeBSD anymore? (and not their stupid display manager that is systemd integrated, I don't use...

I think you mean it needs root to build. All desktops need root to install.

Maybe here? https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/gershwin-desktop-environments.101213/

I installed mail/hydroxide but it does not work: sudo service hydroxide oneinit Enter mail account id:fred@proton.me Password: 2026/05/07 16:34:27 request failed: POST https://mail.proton.me/api/auth: [9001] For security reasons, please complete...

OK, so I got a brand new pair of beyerdynamic DT 990's and have been burning in the Aune dac with 24-hour a day playing the lofi live stream. It's gotten really nice now, I'm pretty sure the one I have doesn't have fake op-amps. I'm going to...

I don't know much about the general UI on macOS, I only use the window manager. And that one sucks.

I'm also having the issue

Security updates have been merged to the quarterly branch, but the builds there haven't been done yet.

Nice. That is shaping up quite well. I particularly like their policies of not spraying 3rd party programs all over the UNIX filesystem. Weirdly I was never into the Mac OS X interface, I found it a bit clunky but at this point, anything from...