A set of NVIDIA counterpart of graphics/drm-612-kmod are under review as D57206.
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57206

Also available via Bug295519 (actually the same patch).
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295519

Anyone having issues with graphics/nvidia-drm-66-kmod{-580|-devel} or previous version (at DRM6.9) of graphics/nvidia-drm-latest-kmod{-580|-devel} and not hesitating to build ports locally can try my above-mentioned patch if you're on 15.1{-BETA*|-RC*} or upcoming -RELEASE, or recent enough stable/15 and main.

Note that, as graphics/drm-612-kmod and graphics/drm-latest-kmod bumped to DRM6.12 are NOT available on 2026Q2 quarterly, NVIDIA counterparts shouldn't appear on 2026Q2 even after the patch lands onto main (aka latest) branch (would appear on upcoming 2026Q3).

Generally, the value of two-character tags is questionable.

That said, can an exception be made? As a tag:

• ai

Topics such as https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/227 would fit.

The alternative, twenty-three characters, is way beyond the fifteen-character maximum:

• artificial intelligence

Thanks

Elsewhere, https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/544567 drily noted that "… Any suggestions to implement a two-char search limit will be met with a ban …" however that was with regard to searching within body text, not metadata. XenForo with MySQL.

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

An AI audit of FreeBSD

15 kernel bugs, including 3 RCEs, 5 LPEs, and 1 bhyve escape.

• https://blog.calif.io/p/an-ai-audit-of-freebsd

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

I'm looking to set up a WireGuard VPN on OpenBSD and found this helpful article: https://www.n3s0.tech/feed/build/wireguard/personal-wireguard-server-on-openbsd/

My use case: I am exposing some local/home services to the Internet but want added security, so I am placing them behind a wg(4) VPN. I've never done this so I am sharing this in case one finds it useful.

Happy hacking

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

• https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/gzg5J3EN5XCvT472GAvniS
• https://linuxrenaissance.com/courses/LPI-Learning-Material-102-500-en.pdf

Let's Learn Linux: Customize and use the shell environment — Lesson 2/3

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/1oraSgNwmyFBKWSaYv54ib
• https://linuxrenaissance.com/courses/LPI-Learning-Material-102-500-en.pdf

ping: https://framapiaf.org/@darth@watch.linuxrenaissance.com/116592507515831960

“The server feels slow.” It is the most common ticket text in the world, and the least useful. Before you can fix anything you need to know whether the box is CPU bound, memory pressured, waiting on disk, saturating a NIC, or simply running a runaway process in one jail that is starving everyone else. On jail hosts, the second half of the problem is attribution: not just what is overloaded, but which jail is responsible…

• https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-resource-monitoring-accounting-and-troubleshooting/

ping: https://framapiaf.org/@Larvitz@burningboard.net/116560508989633469

This blog has been running on a Digital Ocean VPS for over ten years. A machine hosted in New York City, running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. An LTS that hasn’t been in support for at least 5 years. It was about time to change it. After some considerations, I migrated to a Hetzner virtual machine that is way better than my old Ubuntu one, less than half the price of what I used to pay, and just across the country from me. Not only that, but I took the challenge to move my stack to FreeBSD. It’s a long text, but stay for a cool introduction of FreeBSD Jails with Bastille and some interesting site load benchmarks.

• https://crocidb.com/post/this-blog-ran-on-ubuntu-16-04-for-10-years-i-migrated-it-to-freebsd/

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.

grahamperrin said:

… searching within a page (Control-F) is very weird, I can not yet understand what's going on.

Part of the disorientation is when content can not be found.

For example, the third paragraph of https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/https%3A%2F%2Finfosec.exchange%2Fusers%2Ftinker%2Fstatuses%2F116340133804624101 (Mastodon original: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/116340133804624101) begins with the word:

Nextcloud

BSD Cafe Billboard can not find the word:

@stefano does something in or around NodeBB needs a nudge? Or is this, maybe, a limitation of NodeBB?

Thanks

Cc @ciotbsd @tinker@infosec.exchange

@gta1998 asked:

… how to delete my post in this forum ?

To delete a topic (opening post) or a reply, use the menu at the bottom right of the item.

A screenshot:

RE: https://mastodon.social/@emaste/116597496244280489

We 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

This additionally adds gnome and kde support too.

also there's a wip installer for the script for the time being while its not in the official openbsd ports collection.

I plan on re-submitting the ports to ports@ once the ports tree unlocks again.

https://github.com/outpaddling/desktop-installer/blob/master/OpenBSD/getting-started.md

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

Framasoft

https://framasoft.org/, for anyone who's interested.

A non-profit association founded in 2004, …

Framasphère (diaspora*)

Long ago I was a member of https://framasphere.org/, which no longer exists. The original address redirects to https://alt.framasoft.org/framasphere and then (for me) to a language-specific version of the page. In both languages:

• https://alt.framasoft.org/en/framasphere
• https://alt.framasoft.org/fr/framasphere/

I made a place for myself at diaspora.psyco.fr in 2025, but rarely used it: Graham Perrin.

Framaforms

https://framaforms.org/

As far as I can tell, from my browsing history in Firefox, I was refused access in July 2025 – "Accès refusé / Identification requise".

Framapiaf

I can not log in (I am not a registered user), and https://framapiaf.org/about explains that registration is closed ("Les inscriptions sont fermées").