@peteorrall @SrRochardBunson @ajroach42 @stefano
> #DragonflyBSD is a FreeBSD fork focused on the desktop.
That doesn't sound right? GhostBSD and NomadBSD are desktop-focused, but I wouldn't call dragonfly that. It has other things going for it though
#BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!
People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.
Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!
Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
- https://libera.chat/guides/connect
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD
NetBSD is in that late 1990s Linux state where you have to pick your hardware very carefully. Maybe try #OpenBSD or #FreeBSD on that machine? I'm curious to give #DragonflyBSD a try sometime, as well. ^___^
In my case, I literally bought this laptop (X260) at the recommendation of the official NetBSD fedi account, and it's a great machine for any of the BSDs or Linux.
I'm not saying I'd stick with it, because I like i3wm/sway too much, but I gotta say that the stock #NetBSD GUI/X11 setup is the coolest/cleanest/slickest of the #BSD OSes I've tried so far. :D
#OpenBSD's is fine, but a little too colorful. #FreeBSD of course, doesn't have a stock/default GUI... yet!
Haven't tried #DragonflyBSD yet.
Here you can read how ROBUST the HAMMER2 filesystem is
https://www.dragonflybsd.org/hammer/
#DragonFly #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #freeBSD #OpenSource #Lightweight #HAMMER2 #FileSystem #technology #programming
I'm also happy to learn that DragonFly BSD was created by Matt Dillon who is an Amiga programmer and freeBSD programmer before he forked freeBSD 4.8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSD?wprov=sfla1
#DragonFly #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #freeBSD #OpenSource #Lightweight #HAMMER2 #FileSystem #technology #programming
DragonFly BSD is an Operating System which has a lot of fantastic features.
There's so many that you're better off reading about it yourself.
What's important is that the Dragonfly runs as light as possible on your hardware or in your VM on almost any computer in fact, which means blistering speed at anything it does.
You should also learn about the HAMMER2 file system. IT IS PHENOMENAL
DragonFly BSD has been around for a couple of decades!
Now go read learn and elevate your Energy
#DragonFly #DragonFlyBSD #BSD #freeBSD #OpenSource #Lightweight #HAMMER #FileSystem #technology #programming
We just provide #BSD like #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #midnightbsd and several other ones, but also #opensolaris with #tribblix #omnios #openindiana. So, we’re also pretty niche and that’s totally fine ;)
Where Have You Been for the Last 20 Years?
Walking away from the BSDCan final reception at Lowertown Brewery, Ottawa. The perfect end to a life-changing experience.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/17/where-have-you-been-for-the-last-20-years/
#BSDCan #MyNotes #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Life #BSDCan2025 #LiveLife
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115566280074527897
"Just" 270 MB for...an idle server?
Debian is still a great distribution but let's measure the ram consumption of a freshly installed *BSD or Illumos based server. The numbers are totally different.
Would #rclone work for you (plural) as a #Dropbox client?
It's in #FreeBSD ports (and thus #DragonFlyBSD, #GhostBSD, et al.), #NetBSD pkgsrc, and #OpenBSD ports.
https://freshports.org/net/rclone
https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/rclone/index.html
https://openports.eu/ports/sysutils/rclone
FreeBSD ports and OpenBSD ports also both have rclone-browser, but that's not currently in pkgsrc.
For completeness, I note that rclone (but again not rclone-browser) is in the #Tribblix and the #OmniOS packages collections.
https://pkgs.tribblix.org/tribblix-m38/
https://pkg.omnios.org/bloody/extra/en/catalog.shtml
Tribblix has a #WINE overlay, but I know nothing about it. On the gripping hand, @ptribble is actually here on the FediVerse. (-:
Last week I had a chat with a colleague who is highly specialized in Microsoft solutions. Young but not too young, smart, not very up to date simply because he has little time for anything else. His specialization depends entirely on where he works, not on personal interest. Lately he seemed a bit disillusioned with some choices made by "other operating systems", and he was starting to consider moving his personal projects toward Microsoft as well, since he already had the experience. Still, he said it with boredom. With the attitude of someone who is tired of wasting time.
He had heard of the BSDs but had never tried installing them. He was convinced that there were no decent hypervisors outside the Linux world and that KVM belonged to Linux alone. I had the terrible idea of showing him the BSDs, how great bhyve is, and how nvmm on NetBSD uses qemu underneath, making it almost a replacement for KVM in many setups. He lit up with the look of someone waking up from a long sleep. I also had the terrible idea of showing him illumos and its distributions. He had no clue it existed and thought old, great Solaris had been dead for years thanks to Oracle.
He called me a little while ago. He was furious. He spent the whole weekend doing tests and now he has no idea what to use among FreeBSD with bhyve, NetBSD with nvmm, and illumos with bhyve or kvm. He is slowly starting to explore jails and illumos zones. He was annoyed (in a positive way) because now he does not know what to pick since everything feels so different from what he was used to, and he found advantages in each option.
I am obviously happy about it, but I also wonder: instead of reinventing the wheel every time, would it not sometimes be better to simply broaden our horizons?
#IT #SysAdmin #OperatingSystems #FreeBSD #Linux #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #OpenIndiana #Tribblix
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden/115564165835643603
I look forward to the @vermaden weekly newsletter as much as I anticipate a perfect tiramisu after a superb lunch. It is truly the cherry on top.
That special something that helps me kick off the week in style.
#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #IT #SysAdmin
Are you working on something involving a BSD system that you would like to share with others?
The Call for Papers period is open for AsiaBSDCon until November 30th, 2025 and for BSDCan until January 17, 2026.
Check out the websites linked in the article, and get that submission in!
What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out! https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html #asiabsdcon #bsdcan #bsd #dragonflyBSD #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #conference
The Call for Papers period for both #AsiaBSDCon and #BSDCan are open, until end of November for AsiaBSDCon, until Jan 17 for BSDCan.
If you can, submit!
Or read "What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html if you want some background information #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflyBSD
Pssst! BoxyConnect comes soon to @BoxyBSD!
BoxyConnect allows you to create a private network / private link between multiple boxes at BoxyBSD. And the best? You can even create this over different locations/countries to provide you more flexibility.
You can simply assign any RFC1918 addresses on your new additional network interface on both sites and communicate in your own private network - even miles away.
This feature is currently in beta and will hopefully be available to everyone (just like all other services of course for free). Enjoy #RUNBSD!
This new feature is powered by @gyptazy!
#BoxyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #SmolBSD #Hosting #SelfHosting #Provider #BSD #FreeVPS #VPS #opensource #community #education #openeducation
