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  • News, updates, and important notices from the BSD Cafe staff. Pull up a chair and stay informed.

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  • The main counter - pair your favorite BSD with good conversation.
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    CiotBSDC
    ⇒ (06/05) Aggressive caching for a Mastodon reverse proxy: what to cache, what to never cache, and why content negotiation will eventually betray you how to cache Mastodon with nginx on FreeBSD while handling content negotiation correctly, covering cache keys for HTML/ActivityPub/JSON variants, bypass rules for private traffic, and TTL strategies for assets, media, and dynamic pages. The guide includes production-tested configurations for thundering-herd protection, failover, and logging to verify cache behavior. https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/06/05/aggressive_caching_for_a_mastodon_reverse_proxy/

  • Where the sun never sets.
    Discussion on illumos-based operating systems and their ecosystems.

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    ptribbleP
    One thing about Tribblix on SPARC is that it tracks x86 pretty closely, but actual releases come at different times. What this means right now is that while Tribblix on x86 is effectively in freeze while I work through a bunch of breaking changes, many of those changes are now available on SPARC. While this may seem a bit odd, the reality is that not all the breaking changes apply to SPARC at all (I'm not planning to update perl or gcc there, even though I want to, because the updates won't even build properly), and even those that do are less appropriate (such as desktop updates like bumping the Xfce version). The one visible change that people might see is the python switch from 3.12 to 3.13.

  • Where the community meets face to face. Talks, travel tips, and hallway conversations - before, during, and after.

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    elena@aseachange.comE
    @Edent @stefano I spotted you within 2 seconds ​

  • Grab a drink, take a seat.
    Off-topic chat, introductions, and anything that doesn't fit elsewhere.

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    CiotBSDC
    IT Meme! (Plz, only meme, not discuss) [image: 1780666022796-fc7adadc-be0f-458a-8480-8e7b82f8ad87-image.jpeg] [image: 1780666059066-0266db1d-c2aa-46fd-9098-ec1dbf043bf6-image.jpeg] [image: 1780666077317-62df6610-46b3-4f40-8a28-8a72514ee994-image.jpeg]

  • We are inclusive. Linux discussion is welcome at the Cafe too.

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    (06/04) ⇒ Linux 7.2 Will Be Able To Boot On Apple M3 Macs - But Far From Useful For End-Users The upcoming Linux 7.2 mainline kernel is expected to be able to boot on Apple M3 devices including the M3-powered iMac and MacBook products. But before getting too excited it's still a long ways to go before it will actually be useful for any Apple M3 daily usage under Linux with the overall support at this stage still being very limited for these 2~3 year old Apple Macs… https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Boots-Apple-M3 (06/05) ⇒ Linux 7.2 Continues Improving AMDGPU Support On POWER, ARM In addition to AMDGPU finally seeing HDMI 2.1 FRL support in Linux 7.2, another change worth noting in this week's AMDGPU pull request is the continued work on enhancing the AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver support for non-4K page size kernel builds. In particular this helps out with AMD graphics and ROCm for the likes of ARM and POWER… https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-Non-4K ⇒ NVIDIA's Nova Driver Continues Being Built Up In Linux 7.2 Along With Other DRM Rust Code Danilo Krummrich sent out the main set of DRM Rust subsystem changes on Thursday that are targeting the Linux 7.2 kernel. NVIDIA's open-source Nova driver continues seeing a bulk of the DRM Rust work as this modern successor to Nouveau continues taking shape. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-DRM-Rust ⇒ More SpacemiT K3 & K1 Support Landing In Upstream Linux 7.2 In addition to Apple M3 Device Trees for Linux 7.2, the SpacemiT RISC-V SoCs are seeing some notable Device Tree improvements with this next version of the Linux kernel. https://www.phoronix.com/news/SpacemiT-K1-K3-Linux-7.2

  • Dust off the old hardware. Vintage systems, retrocomputing, and the machines that started it all.

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    CiotBSDC
    Retro Connoisseur is building the Amiga 4000 into a LEGO block case, and the project already feels like the kind of wonderfully unlikely machine that could https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/05/17/lego-amiga-4000-build-commodore-classic-reimagined-as-the-amiga-cd3200/

  • Break things here, not in production. Testing, experiments, and sandbox shenanigans.

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    grahamperrinG
    grahamperrin said: … experimenting with Mastodon addresses at the foot of the page! … More precisely, at the foot of the post. Compare with this morning's https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/189, where the first two shares were below the opening post: the first share appears as a boost by Mastodon ID @announcements@bsd.cafe at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano@billboard.bsd.cafe/116373336660957859 in the BSD Cafe Announcements area the second share, by @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe, is not visible to me at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/with_replies – I imagine that @stefano sees the share, as himself in Mastodon, as a mention.

  • Got a question? Ask away!

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    grahamperrinG
    @stefano hi, do you have any thoughts on allowing two-character tags? The Newsmast AI Channel – https://newsmast.community/@ai – automatically boosts posts with the #AI tag. Automation is impossible for posts such as the one below, because I could not add a suitable tag in NodeBB: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin@billboard.bsd.cafe/116661000862569351 Thanks

  • Blog posts from individual members

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    mware@ottawa.placeM
    @stefano there's even a port & pkg