BSD Cafe Billboard

@stefano thanks! I guess that there'll be an unavoidable gap in the timelines, for the Lounge there's nothing more recent than 30th July.

@stefano error 422 when I try to find handles such as freebsd@billboard.bsd.cafe and bsdcafelounge@billboard.bsd.cafe in BSD Cafe Mastodon, is this expected?

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/117059090642402964

@stefano and the Fediverse

Is the content of this article true enough?

It does look convincing, at a glance, however my knowledge of macOS has partly evaporated over the past decade.

FreeBSD

NVIDIA GPU driver version auto-detection

"… A potential solution was presented at BSDCan 2026, but due to licensing issues, it will not be integrated into bsdinstall in the near future. …"

https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/status-updates/blob/main/Alfonso_S_Siciliano/2026-08.md#user-content-challenges-1

@alfonsosiciliano

GPL?

Will detection somehow be automated post-installation, but before first boot of the installed OS?

#FreeBSD #install #NVIDIA

Pictured (a Mastodon 4.6.3 instance): this is close to what I want.

@stefano I guess that BSD Cafe will get it, eventually

I wonder why posts such as https://social.gamefan.net/@techwire/117027442052892189 can't be found with servers such as BSD Cafe …

@stefano an interesting quirk with BSD Cafe Mastodon handles.

If I use an advertised handle @bsd.cafe then a Fediwall finds nothing, for example:

https://fediwall.social/?servers=mastodon.bsd.cafe&tags=&accounts=fbfortune@bsd.cafe&hide=boosts&title=Fediwall+%E2%80%93+testing+handles+@bsd.cafe&theme=auto&autoplay=no&interval=600

If I manually extend the handle to @mastodon.bsd.cafe then the same Fediwall works:

https://fediwall.social/?servers=mastodon.bsd.cafe&tags=&accounts=fbfortune@mastodon.bsd.cafe&hide=boosts&title=Fediwall+%E2%80%93+testing+handles+@mastodon.bsd.cafe&theme=auto&autoplay=no&interval=600

#Mastodon #BSDCafe #handles

@pauamma please see above.

Cc @alfonsosiciliano

@as400 migrating from what, OpenBSD?

NextBSD development updates

2026-07-30

https://github.com/orgs/nextbsd-redux/discussions/404

#AI #NextBSD #FreeBSD #Linuxulator #Linux #Gershwin #Bluetooth #WiFi #CI

FreeBSD Security in Production: Vulnerability Response and Operational Best Practices

https://klarasystems.com/webinars/freebsd-security-production-vulnerability-response-best-practices/

― join Klara’s Allan Jude and FreeBSD Security Officer Gordon Tetlow for a technical discussion on securing production FreeBSD systems.

2026-09-02 15:00 UTC

http://timee.io/e/freebsd-security-202609

#FreeBSD #security #hardening #vulnerability @allanjude

@nixCraft also useful:

sysutils/checkrestart

<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/checkrestart/>

– find processes using stale binaries or shared libraries that may need restarting after an upgrade.

#FreeBSD #restart

@alelab @fwaggle @nixCraft

293519 – shutdown -r now (instead of reboot)

<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293519>

― fixed, and please note the improvement to:

reboot

#FreeBSD #documentation #reboot

@paul @nixCraft it's always k before r, so:

freebsd-version -kru

Smart TVs as residential proxies: a timeline | BSD Cafe Billboard

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/911

– thanks again to @82mhz for tuning me in, with https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@82mhz/117002938483503805

@82mhz @stefano

"The work at Include Security has us working with AI day in and day out (hacking it, using it, training it, etc). .."

Smart TVs as residential proxies: a timeline

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/911

#AI #proxy #scraping #VPN

Your smart TV may be scraping the web for AI – Janko Roettgers | Lowpass

<https://www.lowpass.cc/p/smart-tv-web-scraping-ai-bright-data-proxy-networks> @jank0 (February 2026)

"… The catch? With Bright’s SDK, a viewer’s smart TV becomes part of a massive global proxy network that crawls and scrapes the web. Including apps running on desktop PCs and mobile devices, the company claims to operate 150 million such residential proxies worldwide. Together, these devices gather petabytes of public web data from a wide range of different locations and IP addresses. This approach allows the company to capture localized versions of websites, but also helps to circumvent web crawler blacklists. The gathered data is then resold to companies to train AI models, among other things. …"

#AI #scraping #proxy

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/117001130510043699

@stefano

@pertho <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v6851g/comment/ozolivn/> – current versions, and:

"Whilst the portscout page … does not show 11.14, I should assume that he'll be aware."

Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right – Umair Khurshid | Klara Systems

<https://klarasystems.com/articles/jails-not-containers-freebsd-isolation-done-right/>

Containers play a major role in modern infrastructure, but they are not the right answer for every workload. This article explores how FreeBSD jails provide purpose-built isolation, predictable security boundaries, and deep ZFS integration—making them ideal infrastructure-grade services where stability is essential. …

Via <https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/857> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1v5nkno/jails_not_containers_freebsd_isolation_done_right/>

#FreeBSD #jails #Linux #containers