If you can read this, #GoToSocial 0.20.1 now runs on #OpenBSD 7.8.

No real problems. The gotosocial binary must be recompiled as a 7.7 binary does not seem to run on 7.8. That's probably a Go thing 🤷

Also, gotta review my partitioning. 10G for the whole system with a bunch of 1-3G partitions leads to way too many "not enough space" when upgrading / updating. My fault here! Luckily, OpenBSD is smart enough to sysupgrade in a custom directory (thanks -b) and have pkg_add delete old packages (and files) before upgrading them.

This week for the #OverUnder series, my guest is @bt!

He gave his thoughts about #Openwrt, #NetBSD, #Qutebrowser, #Braindumps, and #FrozenYogurts!
He also recommendended two #books

#mastodon #fediverse #blogs #blogging #bookstodon #BSD #OpenBSD
https://lazybea.rs/ovr-039

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#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

Me, running #OpenBSD-current on a large number of machines (including servers):

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Stable? That's for horses

Not a lot of visible progress on the #runbsd side project, apart from the old Macbook now running OpenBSD 7.8.

I did change things like firewall rules and distributed a new ssh pubkey to my systems. So the OpenBSD desktop and vlan did get a lot more usable this weekend.

Hopefully next weekend I will look into running GoT and SyncThing on the old Macbook as actual services.

#openbsd #runbsd

There are already to much tech related t-shirts in my closet. But it was decided I really needed another one.

This is just my way to support OpenBSD actually. If they would somehow revive the production of release related stickers, I would definitly overspend on that.

#runbsd #openbsd

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screenshot of order confirmation for the OpenBSD 7.8 t-shirt in purple

@JustinDerrick I know a guy like that who uses an ultra-spartan #OpenBSD laptop with the most horrendous minimalist Window Manager - not a desktop environment. But I respect his minimalist philosophy! There is a rhyme and reason. He is a professional #infosec guy, who sets up #BSD-based server software often

Man I have never ran anything #BSD on bare metal but I have to give a big hand to the folks over at #OpenBSD; #SSH is one of the most useful tools "ever", period. That's not even up for debate. I can do everything from run simple commands, to have one server shut down another when the power goes out and the battery gets low, to literally access remote Windows virtual machines via a GUI on my laptop, all securely via SSH.

I should probably kick them some money sometime.

#Security

ok you #OpenBSD lovers, you got me curious.

I got a still open oDroid HC4 (seems specifically supported), and SDcard.

I have RTFM.

My first question: can I safely tell the installer to use the whole SDcard to install to (with the auto option)?

As in the same sdcard the miniroot just booted from?

Next q: glusterfs server seems possible (found at least 1 link).
can anybody confirm firsthand?

I can probabably just YOLO this and see what happens, but I got other things todo also...

For those of you upgrading to #OpenBSD 7.8, remember that /upgrade.site exists so you only have to think once and spend the rest of your time eating chocolate.

https://holsta.dk/2024/08-30-upgrade-dot-site.html

https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=8626

stickers from @prahou arrived and I love them

The Grendel sticker was immediately confiscated by the 5-year-old (who now is rocking it on his #OpenBSD laptop that he practices his school IT studies on)

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Stickers on a Macbook

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Stickers scattered on a sofa cushion

As I look around for technology that is not behind the orange curtain, in anticipation of the collapse, I become more and more interested in OpenBSD. This little project is a great learning experience!

"Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD"

#openbsd

https://btxx.org/posts/openbsd-router/

Running security patches and updates. Please remain calm. Rebooting all machines, soon. #freeBSD #openBSD #runBSD

@oldperl @ReginaMuehlich Da Linux dank Red Hat und diesem systemd-Quatsch, der immer weniger Freiheiten lässt, zusehends mehr wie Windows wird, könnte man aber auch ergebnisoffen über die freien Alternativen zu Linux nachdenken. #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #illumos :-)

@fasterthanlime
#openBSD user, eh?

I'm a little bit late, but... OpenBSD 7.8 released with support for Raspberry Pi 5, ACPI processor power state support on arm64, updated DRM to Linux 6.12.50, new Qualcomm drivers, SEV-ES support for VMs, LibreSSL 4.2.0, OpenSSH 10.2

https://www.openbsd.org/78.html

#openbsd #bsd

Hrm. I hooked up my little Sansa Fuse MP3 player to my #OpenBSD music server over USB and tried to copy files to its mounted SD card. I am able to copy a few files, then I hit a issue..

Copies seem to hang, getting a directory listing on the device hangs.

run dmesg and I see:
ehci_device_clear_toggle: queue active

Hrm. :(

Might have to set up NFS on my filesystem and mount it on a Linux host and copy that way. Seems convoluted.

@missymisskey please may I also ask if anyone is using a #linux #phone with a fixed QWERTY keyboard? I'd be very interested. I think the #openSource homologue of a #blackberry would run on #openBSD but the hardware hasn't been assembled yet that could credibly take the job on!

(I accept the modem firmware is unlikely to ever be open-source because of archaic and wild differences in global radio legislation).

#degoogle

@exquisite Wow, how do you managed to install in on the #OpenBSD ? I'm currently reading installation instructions at nfty site and there are only deb/rpm/Docker/prebuilt Linux binaries

When I am upgrading openbsd to 7.8, during downloading the sets my laptop lock to screensaver, when sets downloaded it says

fw_update: package database already locked awaiting release

and waiting and wating is there any options how to unlock it manually to continue?

#OpenBSD

doas rcctl set sndiod flags -f rsnd/0 -F rsnd/1
doas rcctl restart sndiod

snaps v1 is released! a backup program to backup untrusted hosts and protects for example against the rsync exploits from last year (https://phrack.org/issues/72/11_md#article)

After running the beta release since 2018 reliably, it is time to call it stable.

https://github.com/timkuijsten/snaps

#openbsd #backups

Push messages via ntfy

Some Mastodon clients use ntfy.sh for push messaging - which is a decentralised, more privacy-friendly way. However, the official instance regularly ratelimits connections

We have setup our own ntfy instance! You can now use ntfy.exquisite.network for all your push messaging needs

We do not log anything. And ofcourse, it runs #OpenBSD

Happy Tooting and Pushing you all!