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The updates are now landed on latest (main) branch of ports tree. https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=536352bd7c13b49c985d0e07474d7258ba793fbe

@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

https://github.com/maxsteciuk/freebsd-rtl8821ae … 802.11ac WiFi — PCIe kernel driver extending the rtwn(4) framework Bluetooth 4.0 — setup automation for the ng_ubt(4) / rtlbtfw(8) stack (RTL8821AE only; RTL8812AE is WiFi-only) … Please note, testing does not mention wake from sleep (resume from suspend). #AI

Thanks! Shared in Reddit (with a link back to Billboard): An AI audit of FreeBSD - Calif : r/freebsd Since we started this campaign of hacking the Internet with AI, we’ve learned something many of you already knew: the Internet runs on volunteers. … We feel like we owe these maintainers something. … … Thanks To the FreeBSD team, for working with us and for taking the work seriously. To OpenAI and Anthropic, for the tokens. And to all maintainers who keep the Internet running with very little credit and very few hands: thank you.

Linux Foundation Releases OpenMDW-1.1; NVIDIA Adopts OpenMDW for Cosmos, Isaac GR00T, Ising and Nemotron, AI Model Families Updated OpenMDW-1.1 license advances open model ecosystem through permissive licensing and intellectual property protections https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-releases-openmdw-1.1-nvidia-adopts-openmdw-for-cosmos-isaac-gr00t-ising-and-nemotron-ai-model-families

Thanks for sharing, I will need this soon!

I came across this [1] nice post detailing how to customize the ksh(1) experience. I came for the tab completions but it has some general ksh wisdom. Sharing it as ksh(1) is the default shell on OpenBSD and it's a great shell in general. [1] https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20210102

Let's Learn Linux: Customize and use the shell environment — Lesson 3/3 Learn how to customize and use the shell environment in Bash — this is lesson 105.1 from the LPIC-1 exam curriculum (102-500). https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/dP34rjVzPGEVThnJgEQjc6

mdo on FreeBSD 15: Base-System Privilege Delegation with mac_do FreeBSD 15 ships mdo(1) and the mac_do(4) policy module in the base system. It replaces sudo and doas for most of my hosts, needs no ports, and configures with a single sysctl. This article walks t... https://blog.hofstede.it/mdo-on-freebsd-15-base-system-privilege-delegation-with-mac_do/

Thanks! Also: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@crocidb/116611958551695049 from the author @crocidb@mastodon.gamedev.place followed by links to Reddit, Lobsters and Hacker News https://mstdn.social/@osnews/116619768376945905 @thomholwerda@exquisite.social https://fosstodon.org/@governa/116621801865414113

https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/future-software-when-ai-writes-code-what-do-humans-do Below the four key takeaways, which I'll not quote here: At Oregon State University’s AI Week in mid-April, a panel of academic and industry experts, … confronted a question increasingly central to computing, education, and industry: If artificial intelligence writes most of the code, what role remains for human software engineers? The conversation blended historical reflection, a realistic outlook on the trajectory of technology, and a candid discussion about jobs, changes to university curricula, and public anxiety surrounding AI’s rapid advance. … Additional tag: #AI (can not be entered in NodeBB).

I built a native ambient sound generator … : r/freebsd https://github.com/elytraVIII/ElytAmbience a native ambient sound generator built for the BSD desktop. It is a high-performance rewrite of the popular Blanket application, specifically optimized for FreeBSD and GhostBSD. On an old train, listening to birdsong. Perfect. [image: 1779517938538-f481c96c-ccac-4503-a48e-c763242ab1bc-image.jpeg]

Not a showstopper, as far as I can tell. If I use the File menu of Firefox to Find in Page… Ctrl+F – without using the keyboard shortcut – then a match is found but may be invisible, and Control-G advances to the next match. In the screenshot below, the matched word is not either of the pink highlights. The match should be visible with a green highlight. [image: 1779446124270-5d953904-e611-475a-b78a-72d540242090-image.jpeg] It's weird, but usable.

thanks. my friends. have a good day:)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@emaste/116597496244280489We booted Debian and FreeBSD 15 using QEMU accelerated with bhyve/vmm for the first time. This is an epic milestone for the FreeBSD community and beyond ! : r/freebsd <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tk0eja/we_booted_debian_and_freebsd_15_using_qemu/> – Mario Zio.＂Further development is needed...a lot of development...but anyway this is a storic moment....we can use another hypervisor. This time in cooperation with the storic and mature QEMU. FreeBSD is second to none.This success has been possible thanks to the competence of Abhinav Chavali who started this project for the GSOC 2025 ; thanks bro.It's built on top of dumrich's work. …＂#FreeBSD #bhyve #QEMU #Linux #Debian @freebsd SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU - FreeBSD Wiki — <https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2025Projects/VMMAcceleratorSupportForQEMU>Cc @stefano @dexter @seanwbruno @dch

[image: 1779402791145-3d230b19-00a3-4225-8320-d2fa5e496ccf-image.jpeg] Reporting Lumina as functional and in a good state. At least for the default locale.

https://posixcafe.org/blogs/2024/01/05/0/ @moody@hj.9fs.net I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine about some talking points that Jonathan Blow made regarding the "UNIX Philosophy" during his interview on Oxide's On The Metal podcast. I'll place an excerpt of the provided transcript here. … … There is this idea that to be UNIX means you have multiple tiny programs talking to each other over pipes, and some even take it further to implicate that this communication must be plain text. This classification is a deep misunderstanding of the ideas put forward by UNIX, and yet is a position I see many of my peers share. … Also: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@jutty/113028308196028999 @jutty@tilde.zone https://lobste.rs/s/dysrh2 Misconceptions about the UNIX Philosophy – Jacob Moody, Posixcafe : r/unix

An overview, including clickable links to CVE records: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tjaceg/20260520_freebsd_errata_notice_and_seven_security/ Via https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116611475150461633

@gta1998 We have an issue with a realtek device and vnet/bridges starting with FreeBSD 14.4, maybe try ifconfig re0 -txcsum -rxcsumand see if this helps.

Exactly! Its goal is to reduce GAFAM's dominance (particularly: Google) It "launch" another excellente/amazing/terrible initiative named "Les Chatons" (real FR term, translated too in EN) : CHATONS – kittens in french – is the Collective of Hosters Alternative, Transparent, Open, Neutral and Solidarity. This collective aims to bring together structures offering free, ethical and decentralised online services in order to allow users to quickly find alternatives that respect their data and privacy to the services offered by GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft). CHATONS is a collective initiated by the association Framasoft in 2016 following the success of its campaign De-google-ify Internet. See: https://www.chatons.org/en