@emaste #freebsd drivers for #rpi5 Ethernet and WiFi would be awesome.
Latest #openbsd has Ethernet working.

Serious question. Probably gonna get me flamed hard core for even asking.

Why doesn't #OpenBSD support #ZFS ? Is it ideological, or just financial?

I'm going to bed. I fully expect to get flamed into the ground for even asking. My phone is set to silent.

I ran OpenBSD as my primary fileserver from 1999 until 2011 or so, when ZFS and #FreeBSD were the far more obvious choice.

🐡 OpenBSD 7.8 Released With Raspberry Pi 5 Support, AMD SEV Enablement / Phoronix

｢ OpenBSD 7.8 also brings multiple improvements around enabling AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (AMD SEV) support with support for the PSP ioctl for encrypting and measuring state for SEV-ES, a new VMD option to run guests in SEV-ES mode, and other enablement work pertaining to that AMD SEV work in SEV-ES form at this point as a precursor to SEV-SNP ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenBSD-7.8-Released

#openbsd #bsd #unix #opensource

Before I crack into the Mac Classic, I've decided to bring my PowerMac G4 (Quicksilver w/ Mirrored Drive Doors) back into service as an OpenBSD server. Was contemplating bringing it back as a Mac OS 9 system, but I'd rather it be useful in the modern era. #OpenBSD #PowerMacG4 #RetroComputing

Power Mac G4 - Wikipedia

Just got my VM at @OpenBSDAms! Next step is to migrate https://pobsd.chocolatines.org on it. #OpenBSD #PlayOnBSD

Morgen, 28.10.2025 ab 19:00h wieder im Fuchs im Hofmanns in #Düsseldorf #Bilk: https://www.meetup.com/bsd-user-group-dusseldorf-bsd-nrw/events/311739006/ #runbsd #bsdnrw #bug #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Last night, while upgrading our computers to the latest #OpenBSD release, I realized I've been daily driving this operating system for almost five years.

I have somehow managed to learn a lot, and still have no idea what I'm doing. :)

#RunBSD

Heads up for people applying the syspatch(8) for #OpenBSD 7.8, which is actually for the syspatch(8) utility itself.

There are instructions in the errata patch for if it fails.

If syspatch fails (probably because /usr is not a separate filesystem), perform these steps:
sed -e 's/.checkfs/#checkfs/g' /usr/sbin/syspatch > /root/syspatch
ksh /root/syspatch
syspatch # re-run new syspatch command as instructed
rm /root/syspatch
dev_mkdb

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=176158489701798&w=2

OpenBSD 7.8 // SYSPATCH // ERRATA 001

Date: October 26, 2025
Name: 001_syspatch.patch
Description: syspatch(8) is confused by aliased /dev/*rootdisk nodes in the database generated by dev_mkdb(8). If syspatch fails (probably because /usr
Link: https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.8/common/001_syspatch.patch.sig

#OpenBSD #Security #Update

@Nickiquote

Yes, but have you heard about #OpenBSD?
7.8 was just released!

😇

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➤ 將 OpenBSD 開發工具鏈帶入你的瀏覽器
✤ https://openbsd.llvm.moe/
這是一個創新的實驗性專案，透過 WebAssembly 技術，讓使用者能在瀏覽器中直接編譯 C 或 C++ 原始碼，並針對 OpenBSD 作業系統進行交叉編譯。該工具鏈基於 Clang 19.1.7 和 OpenBSD 7.7 的 amd64 sysroot 建置，未來將支援 OpenBSD 7.8。開發者分享了建置的動機，主要為瞭解決 Nix 環境下 OpenBSD 交叉編譯的問題，並提供了將此工具鏈整合至 YoWASP VS Code 擴充功能的指引。專案引用了「Reflections on Trusting Trust」的概念，並說明瞭程式碼來源及如何回報問題。
+ 這個專案太酷了！終於可以在線上體驗 OpenBSD 的編譯環境，不用自己設定一堆東西。
+ 很有意思的技術實現。好奇 Nix crimes 和 WebAssem
#編譯器 #WebAssembly #OpenBSD #開發工具

OpenBSD C/C++ Toolchain in the Browser

https://openbsd.llvm.moe/

#llvm #openbsd

Hello #openbsd folks, how was your upgrade to 7.8? Any tricks or tips? I’m going to upgrade my firewall some time this week and would love to hear some feedback before I pull the trigger

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

Alt...

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)

Alt...

Stickers on a Macbook

Alt...

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/