To the #freebsd crowd, I just created a bhyve vm with the latest debian, using the grub loader, I was able to install it via console, but once it reboots it stays in the grub shell. What is the trick here? Does debian only works with uefi loader? I would rather use console than vnc. #boost

Some weekend fun with #rust #javascript and #freebsd

Don't be a fool (like I was) when it comes to #jails on #FreeBSD. I ignored them despite using FreeBSD for decades, because I had no problem that could not be solved w/o them and thought "why learn yet another technology I barely need".

But it's not only about solving problems. It gives you a super lightweight and fast tool to test things (and trashing them with zfs destroy) without cluttering your configs or interfering with production services.

E.g. I hesitated to run a webserver for publishing content because I didn't want a publicly accessible Apache on my mail relays, nor on my Nextcloud instance at home.

With jails, the MX is left unmodified. If I feel like it I could move it to a different system just using tar or cpio or zfs send.

All I needed to accomplish that was a few shell scripts to initially generate a jail template and, of course, the invaluable book "FreeBSD Mastery: Jails" of @mwl .

What motivated me to get started? All the
speakers at #EuroBSDCon showing what incredible things they do with Jails. Especially >>IMUNES: A Network Emulation and Simulation Tool Built on FreeBSD<<.

If you want to watch the IMUNES talk you can find the link on my jailed webserver here https://pub.v32bis.cc/eurobsdcon.html

FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 1 is now live!

The first beta version of FreeBSD 15.0, BETA1, is now live and available for download to the public for those who like testing pre-release operating systems. This version of FreeBSD aims to be more welcoming to new users and to maintain the reproducible builds, alongside many improvements to come.

The ISO images can now be downloaded using the below button. It will take you to the file list that lets you select what kind of image you want to download, in terms of architecture, install source, and image type.

The release schedule for FreeBSD 15.0, which describes the expected deadlines to meet for every release stage, such as the second beta which will be released next week, can be located here.

FreeBSD 15.0 brings security fixes and other fixes to essential and other system components to ensure that both stability and security are guaranteed. It also introduces new features, such as, but not limited to:

• The adduser(8) utility, used by bsdinstall(8), will now create a ZFS dataset for a new user’s home directory if the parent directory resides on a ZFS dataset. A command-line option is available to disable use of a separate dataset. ZFS encryption is also available.
• The usbconfig(8) utility now reads the descriptions of usb vendor and products from /usr/share/misc/usb_vendors when available, similar to what pciconf(8) does.
• The date(1) program now supports nanoseconds. For example: date -Ins prints “2024-04-22T12:20:28,763742224+02:00” and date +%N prints “415050400”.
• Add flags to filter jail prison and vnet variables in sysctl(8) output. So users do not have to contact the source code to tell whether a variable is a jail prison / vnet one or not.

Additionally, updates to various programs, such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL, have been integrated to the FreeBSD 15.0 release, making it more secure and reliable. The kernel has also been tweaked to add support for more devices and to incorporate general improvements. FreeBSD 15.0 now supports reproducible builds since Alpha 2.

The below release notes can be found here, though it’s work in progress.

I have checksum mismatches for a file from a UK mirror, <http://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/>.

Mismatches for the same file when downloaded from <https://download.freebsd.org/>.

The Q3 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal is here!

This edition focuses on Embedded FreeBSD and features articles covering:

- Starting Firewall Development: Interview with Igor Ostapenko
- FreeBSD, Home Assistant, ant rtl_433
- Writing Effective Bug Reports
- Implementing a Quantum-Safe Website on FreeBSD

And much more!

Read it here https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/embedded-2/

FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p3 on Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with XFCE.

- 5 Ghz WiFi working like a charm with iwlwifi and really good speeds
- System runs stable, reliably and snappy.

Very very well usable, even without wifibox yay

For the Sunday after the social @ 09:30 this is pretty impressive for the *BSDs . ​

Posljednji dan European *BSD event of the year!

Nadam se da ste svi imali odličan društveni događaj!

Hope you all had a great social event! The last day of the event starts today!

Registration and starts at 09:00

The second keynote starts at 09:30 in D1, AI slop attacks on the curl project by Daniel Stenberg.

After the break at 10:30, there will be three tracks, also streaming via Youtube (different for day 2) and Peertube:

- D1
https://youtube.com/live/FgtTVzYFEF0
https://exquisite.tube/w/ihyyuEHX75AjdC9heZL4Rr

- D2
https://youtube.com/live/wEM-E-IJ6sY
https://exquisite.tube/w/abJfJUz6wWst2hF5s1QnWy

- Gray Hall
https://youtube.com/live/Ub9DTESfsh0
https://exquisite.tube/w/jqVwYsirSTxr8B5ScG72hk

There is a 15 minute break between each talk to give you plenty of time to move from one room to another and grab some
Lunch will be served at 12:15, during lunch we will also take a family picture.

At 18:15 the closing session of EuroBSDCon will be in D1.

You can find the full program and streams at: https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/program.html

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia September 24-28, 2025

@justine

@DianeBruce could also speak to this. I know I've seen her at just about every bsd conference that I've been to.

FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha 4 is now live!

The fourth alpha version of FreeBSD 15.0, ALPHA4, is now live and available for download to the public for those who like testing pre-release operating systems. This version of FreeBSD aims to be more welcoming to new users and to maintain the reproducible builds, alongside many improvements to come.

The ISO images can now be downloaded using the below button. It will take you to the file list that lets you select what kind of image you want to download, in terms of architecture, install source, and image type.

The release schedule for FreeBSD 15.0, which describes the expected deadlines to meet for every release stage, such as the first beta which will be released next week, can be located here.

FreeBSD 15.0 brings security fixes and other fixes to essential and other system components to ensure that both stability and security are guaranteed. It also introduces new features, such as, but not limited to:

• The adduser(8) utility, used by bsdinstall(8), will now create a ZFS dataset for a new user’s home directory if the parent directory resides on a ZFS dataset. A command-line option is available to disable use of a separate dataset. ZFS encryption is also available.
• The usbconfig(8) utility now reads the descriptions of usb vendor and products from /usr/share/misc/usb_vendors when available, similar to what pciconf(8) does.
• The date(1) program now supports nanoseconds. For example: date -Ins prints “2024-04-22T12:20:28,763742224+02:00” and date +%N prints “415050400”.
• Add flags to filter jail prison and vnet variables in sysctl(8) output. So users do not have to contact the source code to tell whether a variable is a jail prison / vnet one or not.

Additionally, updates to various programs, such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL, have been integrated to the FreeBSD 15.0 release, making it more secure and reliable. The kernel has also been tweaked to add support for more devices and to incorporate general improvements. FreeBSD 15.0 now supports reproducible builds since Alpha 2.

The below release notes can be found here, though it’s work in progress.

#EuroBSDCon2025 #bhyvecon a #podman on #FreeBSD Lightning Talk - podman in 5 minutes

https://docs.skunkwerks.at/s/9u_rZ8qd-p

longer docs of debatable quality

https://docs.skunkwerks.at/s/fUiAmi4pE

@EuroBSDCon

I još jedan European *BSD event of the year!

Already on our third day!
Another full day of summits and tutorials, even another con within a con!

Registration and starts at 09:30.

- Eurobhyvecon (check the program for the program)
by Michael Dexter

- An Introduction to the Filesystems and Networking in the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System
by Kirk McKusick

- Automating Infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and Salt on FreeBSD
by Roller Angel

- An Introduction to awk: from awk-ward to awesome
by Benedict Reuschling

- Using Ansible and SSH to manage FreeBSD systems at scale and reproducible
by Albert Dengg

You can find the full program at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia September 24-28, 2025

The #eurobhyvecom will be streamed here https://youtube.com/live/623VvrCDf7o

I randomly want to break this stereotype...

Dear, #freebsd users
do you really come from macOS?

5 things I Use FreeBSD For!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJ1QW3awNU

#RUNBSD
#FreeBSD

Still counting down, and getting really close now, to the European *BSD event of the year!

Big thank you to our partner sponsor: OpenBSD Amsterdam
https://openbsd.amsterdam/

You can check out the program at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

Vidimo se u Zagrebu!!

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia
September 25-28, 2025

All BSDs should also focus on the Desktop side of experience #DragonflyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD
#GhostBSD trying but I think we need more united effort to promote.

#FreeBSD has supported ZFS since 2008 and is considered a Tier 1 platform.

Ubuntu has supported ZFS since 2016 and is not.