Freshly updated: my AS201379 page.

IPv6-only, FreeBSD + FRR, 2a06:9801:1c::/48.

Now with an at-a-glance table (ASN, AS-SET, contacts), full upstream list and new EVIX alongside LocIX Düsseldorf and FogIXP.

Peering policy is open. If we share a presence at any of those three, I'd love to peer: peering@hofstede.it

hofstede.it/as201379.html

#BGP #IPv6 #peering #FreeBSD #FRRouting #LocIX #FogIXP #EVIX #AS201379

I really don’t need any more peers for my AS201379! (Okay, maybe a few more...)

Started back in December 2025, and now this "little" infrastructure is running:

14 individual eBGP sessions
3 Internet Exchanges
Multiple transit providers
110+ direct peers

All 100% IPv6 (2a06:9801:1c::/48) because legacy IP belongs in the last century.

Powered entirely by FreeBSD : 4 routers on 15.1-RELEASE running FRR and PF.

#BGP #IPv6 #FreeBSD #Routing #Networking #sysadmin

AS201379, part 5: joined EVIX (an IXP whose fabric is VXLAN tunnels, so no port and no new machine), got IPv4 onto an IPv6-only network, and cleaned up four routers' worth of config drift.

Fourteen BGP sessions, all FreeBSD, all still fitting on one Grafana screen.

blog.hofstede.it/running-your-…

#FreeBSD #BGP #IPv6 #Networking

From the engine room: Today, I updated our entire Mastodon infrastructure for burningboard.net to FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p1 and applied all quarterly package updates. This included the Mastodon App-Server, the opensearch cluster and the Grafana monitoring stack.

Also applied the Mastodon 4.6.4 update and did some cleanup (postgresql repack, removal of orphaned media files, search index rebuild, etc).

All looking perfectly stable and healthy: status.burningboard.net 😀

#mastoadmin #updates #freebsd #mastodon @tux

How does the FreeBSD Foundation Board fit into the broader FreeBSD ecosystem?

Following our annual meeting and Board elections at BSDCan, we’re taking a closer look at the role of the FreeBSD Foundation Board and how it differs from that of Foundation staff and FreeBSD Project leadership.

Read more:
freebsdfoundation.org/blog/und…

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDFoundation #OpenSource #Leadership

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Contemplating transitioning off Linux to #FreeBSD or #NetBSD but worried about #accessibility. Does anyone have experience of using #braille displays with the BSDs?

I think BRLTTY claims to run on those platforms, but I have found FreeBSD documentation disclaiming support for braille devices, but perhaps this is outdated.

any experience/suggestions for an arm64 server, best if it runs #FreeBSD and #BHyve and is available in Europe.

EDIT: I'm interested in buying a server, not renting...

If I can't trust that the #Linux kernel won't be slop-free, looks like it's time to consider #BSD for the first time in three decades or so.
Therefore, I'm going to need some input.
Advice on which BSD for desktop use.
Will I be screwed in terms of gaming (my laptop has a 5070) via Steam/wine/Proton?

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #UNIX #LazyWeb #LazyFedi

New to FreeBSD? Choosing the right installation image is a great place to start.

A member of the FreeBSD community recently shared a helpful walkthrough explaining the different FreeBSD installation images and when to use each one, including:
• DVD images
• Boot-only (network install)
• USB memory stick images

Watch the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=2EFG3BO6oV…

Which installation method do you prefer when getting started with FreeBSD?
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #BSD #Unix #TechTips

(URL replace addon enabled for X, YouTube, Instagram and some news sites.)

The Q2 2026 issue of the FreeBSD Journal is now available.

This edition explores Improving Software Quality, with articles covering CHERI-based debugging, modern Java on FreeBSD, software bills of materials (SBOMs), and more.

If you're interested in software quality, security, and the technologies shaping the future of FreeBSD, this issue is well worth the read.

🔗 Read it here:
freebsdfoundation.org/our-work…

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #SoftwareQuality #CHERI

FreeBSD in VirtualBox on Kubuntu

vt(4) is no longer visible when switching away from desktop environments at ttyv8

reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/…

Bugged environments include KDE Plasma and Cinnamon.

#FreeBSD #desktop #bug #VirtualBox #Linux

I just made the new #FreeBSD song.
This time it's rap with jungle DNB mashup.

interfacecraft.online/share/fr…

#music #Suno

FreeBSD 15 + CDE is probably the closest you can get to sitting in front of a high-end UNIX workstation without owning a time machine.

Running Common Desktop Environment in 2026 feels strangely refreshing. No blur effects, no Electron, no notifications fighting for attention, No ai written code, just Motif, terminals, man pages, and a desktop paradigm that was already mature before I was born.

Current setup: • FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE • CDE • dtwm • bhyve • Motif everywhere

Today’s activity: reading bhyve(4) manuals and pretending I'm a UNIX admin in 1996.

#FreeBSD #BSD #CDE #Unix #Motif #bhyve #OpenSource #UnixPorn #RetroComputing #FOSS

New post: Monitoring our FreeBSD Mastodon instance.

burningboard.net runs as a stack of Bastille jails on FreeBSD, so I watch it from a separate box with Prometheus, Grafana and Loki. The interesting part is the FreeBSD-shaped gaps: no native ZFS metrics, nothing for the Mastodon API or our S3 media bucket. A small textfile collector fills all of it.

This is how I keep an eye on the very instance I'm writing this on:

blog.hofstede.it/monitoring-a-…

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #Prometheus #Grafana #SelfHosting

From the engine room: Built a new overview dashboard for our Mastodon instance burningboard.net with all the important stats:

- System overview
- Sidekiq statistics
- Database health
- S3 Bucket utilization
- Mastodon statistics

Starting to look really good and helpful 😀

#mastoadmin #mastodon #freebsd #grafana #monitoring @tux

Our Mastodon instance "burningboard.net" is now running on the newly released FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE

Everything looking fine. No unpleasant surprises. Upgrade process went completely smooth!

Our Stack now:

OS: FreeBSD 15.1-RELASE with Bastille
Mastodon: 4.6.0-rc.2
DB: PostgreSQL 18.4 / Valkey 9.0.3
Search: Opensearch 3.5.0

#mastodon #mastoadmin #fediverse #selfhosting #freebsd @tux @Mathias @AlienJay

FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE has been officially released.

Notable changes include Linux v7.0-based wireless drivers, Unicode 17.0 support, C23 language progress, cloud image improvements, and boot-time kernel scheduler selection.

A well-rounded update that improves hardware support, cloud deployments, and developer tooling.

🔗 opensourcefeed.org/freebsd-15-…

#FreeBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Unix #SysAdmin #DevOps #FOSS

FreeBSD 15.1: WiFi-Treiber von Linux 7.0, mehr Cloud und viel KI

FreeBSD 15.1 profitiert vom KI-Hype, verbessert die Unterstützung für Notebooks, erweitert Hardware-Treiber und möbelt Virtualisierung und Netzwerke auf.

heise.de/news/FreeBSD-15-1-WiF…

#Betriebssystem #BSD #CloudComputing #FreeBSD #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Linux #Notebooks #OpenSource #Virtualisierung #news

FreeBSD: Rechteausweitungslücke mit augenzwinkerndem Codenamen

Auch in FreeBSD haben IT-Forscher eine Sicherheitslücke gefunden, die die Rechteausweitung ermöglicht. Name: „Bumsrakete[tm]“.

heise.de/news/FreeBSD-Rechteau…

#FreeBSD #IT #Security #Sicherheitslücken #Updates #news

Database cleanup work:

$ psql -c "SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('mastodon'))"
pg_size_pretty
----------------
38 GB
(1 row)

$ pg_repack mastodon
INFO: repacking table "public.account_aliases"
....

$ psql -c "SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('mastodon'))"
pg_size_pretty
----------------
32 GB
(1 row)

Nice 😀 Another successful maintanance ! Also patched up the entire machine and all jails to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p10 and verified our backups work and are restorable.

#mastodon #mastoadmin #postgresql #selfhosting #freebsd

Finally! The upgraded adaptive #filesystem I have been looking for. Abstracted from #FreeBSD, #linuxbased, #MacOS, #iOS, and #Windows OSes.

This layout should be sufficient to simplify the app packaging process making the entire production pipeline clean and tidy.

Enjoy!

github.com/ChewKeanHo/research…

DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1786456…

🇬🇧 Ever wondered how burningboard.net actually runs?

Fully self-hosted in Germany, no trackers, no external logging. Isolated FreeBSD jails, a strict firewall, ZFS and encrypted off-site backups (restore-tested twice a year). Sovereign and transparent. All the details: meta.burningboard.net/infrastr…

🇩🇪 Wie läuft burningboard.net eigentlich?

Komplett selbst gehostet, in Deutschland, ohne Tracker und ohne externes Logging. Isolierte FreeBSD-Jails, strikte Firewall, ZFS und verschlüsselte Offsite-Backups (2x im Jahr per Restore getestet). Souverän und transparent. Alle Details: meta.burningboard.net/infrastr…

#mastoadmin #freebsd #zfs #gdpr #digitalsovereignty #fediverse

EuroBSDCon 2026 Travel Grant Applications Now Open!

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that travel grant applications are now open for EuroBSDCon 2026, taking place September 9–13, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium.

📅 Application deadline: July 7, 2026

Learn more about eligibility, guidelines, and how to apply:
freebsdfoundation.org/our-work…

#FreeBSD #EuroBSDCon2026 #OpenSource #FreeBSDFoundation

so some things I've converted, some for decades (like Windows for Linux, and like @thorstenzoeller I've recently started trying out #FreeBSD). Outlook/Gmail for Tuta/Protonmail, ongoing. WhatsApp for Signal/Meshtastic/undecided, but currently required for work at least. GCalendar for DecSync w/ Syncthing. Bitwarden for KeePass atm. And Google Search for Brave Search.

I want to get a hostname for my email, so I can change backend in a whim.

Updated the burningboard.net Mastodon server to FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p9. There were quite some vulnerabilities among the latest patches ... ptrace, file, fusefs, bsdinstall, cap_net, secretd...

#itsecurity #freebsd #mastoadmin

The #freebsd experiment continues as I try to make a proper useful workstation out of it.

I've got video and sound and internet working. But while I work, I need some music.

Maybe I'll install the #spotify app? Nope.. not on BSD.

No problem, I"ll use the web based player.. Also NO apparently as you can't enable #drm in firefox in #bsd ?

Is this true or am I missing something? I'm trying to go pure BSD and not use Linux compatibility. But doesn't seem possible?

We have released a hotfix version of Terminaux v8.4 to fix input bugs related to FreeBSD, v8.4.0.1. Input should work correctly.

#FreeBSD #BSD #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #Terminaux #dotnet #csharp #programming

Un sistema operativo firewall trasforma hardware dedicato in un vero e proprio gateway di sicurezza, offrendo un controllo avanzato sul traffico di rete, accesso VPN, rilevamento delle intrusioni e gestione di policy di sicurezza personalizzate.

Ecco alcuni dei firewall OS basati su Linux e FreebSD più diffusi 😎👇

Per infografiche e notizie dal mondo Linux e sulla sicurezza, segui il gruppo @linux

#unolinux #linux #opensource #sicurezza #unopen #freebsd #VPN

bgp.tools/as/201379#connectivi…

6 Upstreams, 105 direct peers 🙂

My AS201379 / 2a06:9801:1c::/48 has some really solid European connectivity now.

Entirely powered by FreeBSD and FRRouting, no proprietary routers and no legacy-IP (formerly known as IPv4).

#bgp #networking #bgp #freebsd #frr #ipv6

Updated our Mastodon server burningboard.net to latest FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p7 . Everything running smoothly 🙂

#mastoadmin #mastodon #freebsd #bastillebsd #sysadmin

Looking for feedback from as many projects that decline to use #AI as possible.

@FreeBSDFoundation
@tulilirockz
@sharkey@sharkey.team
@Sharkey@shonk.social

Who else?

#NoAI #EthicalSoftware #FreeBSD #Zirconium #Sharkey

New post: Joining DN42. The parallel hobbyist BGP network on WireGuard.

The setup: ASN registered via a git PR, MikroTik CHR on bhyve as border, three WireGuard peerings, FreeBSD jail running PowerDNS + nginx.

The fun part: blog.chofstede.dn42 serves the same content as blog.hofstede.it, but with a TLS cert signed by DN42's own CA and zero packets on the public internet. Two front doors to the same building.

blog.hofstede.it/joining-dn42-…

#DN42 #BGP #FreeBSD #MikroTik #IPv6

105 days unemployed

Anyone have a DevOps or Sysadmin position available? PM me with anything if you can. #Linux #FreeBSD #hardware #academic #corporate

30 years experience.

GhostBSD 26.1: FreeBSD-Desktop mit XLibre und ZFS-Snapshots

GhostBSD 26.1 integriert FreeBSD 15.0p2, setzt auf XLibre und bietet verbesserte Hardware-Unterstützung sowie ZFS-Snapshots.

heise.de/news/GhostBSD-26-1-Fr…

#Betriebssystem #BSD #FreeBSD #IT #Linux #OpenSource #Security #Wayland #Xfce #news

GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2
Release Announcement

ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_26.…

#GhostBSD #FreeBSD
#BSD #FOSS #UNIX