I had Zabbix 6.4 running on a #FreeBSD old laptop but fouled up the 15.x upgrade. Missing a dot so file. So i wiped the drive and did a fresh install from DVD.
Trickiest part was again forcing #Zabbix to use PostgreSQL instead of MariaDB because that needs port not pkg, which takes longer on an older machine. Restored templates and a couple hosts and now running Zabbix 7.4, pgsql 16.

I had Zabbix 6.4 running on a #FreeBSD old laptop but fouled up the 15.x upgrade. Missing a dot so file. So i wiped the drive and did a fresh install from DVD.
Trickiest part was again forcing #Zabbix to use PostgreSQL instead of MariaDB because that needs port not pkg, which takes longer on an older machine. Restored templates and a couple hosts and now running Zabbix 7.4, pgsql 16.

#FreeBSD #Podman installation dialogs based on bsdinstall:

https://gitlab.com/ly2en/podman-installer-dialogs

Inspired by the the alfix/kde-installer-dialogs repository.

I hope you will enjoy #OCI #containers on #FreeBSD.

#FreeBSD #Podman installation dialogs based on bsdinstall:

https://gitlab.com/ly2en/podman-installer-dialogs

Inspired by the the alfix/kde-installer-dialogs repository.

I hope you will enjoy #OCI #containers on #FreeBSD.

Oh my goodness. All hope is lost:

https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-CI/feedback/issues/297#issuecomment-9582068

#ai #noai #freebsd #codeberg

Oh my goodness. All hope is lost:

https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-CI/feedback/issues/297#issuecomment-9582068

#ai #noai #freebsd #codeberg

New blog post: Managing FreeBSD Jails with Ansible.

I wrote jailexec - an Ansible connection plugin that lets you manage FreeBSD jails without running SSH inside each one. It connects to the jail host via SSH and uses jexec to run commands, just like you would manually.

Features:
• Single Python file, easy install
• Supports doas and sudo
• Secure two-stage file transfers
• Works with any jail manager

Blog: https://blog.hofstede.it/managing-freebsd-jails-with-ansible-the-jailexec-connection-plugin/

Code: https://github.com/chofstede/ansible_jailexec

#FreeBSD #Ansible #DevOps #SysAdmin #Jails #Automation

AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.

This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.

Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.

In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.

#IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #News #UnderstandingText #Disinformation

Seems KDE's new login/session manager which is supposed to replace sddm dropped FreeBSD support and will be systemd only.

I could rant about this being a typical techbro linux move (and about fedora, as far I can see in this case) or ask on the kde discuss what's the real deal, but I am tired of this, so tired...
It is sending exactly the wrong message to other OS ports and it's why I left the GNU/Linux world. Move fast, break things...

*sigh* Ok, I should start worrying about plasma6's general direction now and slowly looking for another DE here on FreeBSD. It's not worth the struggle.

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/e78f33aefd6512b542af21c3542516f38cbf678d

#kde #sddm #plasma6 #freebsd #openbsd #linux

I'm running Debian on my desktop, Fedora on my laptop, and FreeBSD on my little home server. Doesn't get much more diverse than that. Does, however, get a little confusing at times. 😀

#Debian #Fedora #FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource

Yesterday I've tried #FreeBSD on a decent laptop again.

I prefer Gnome/GDM over Plasma so just went by the handbook tutorial. Based on my findings, GDM is broken for 6 months on #FreeBSD and nobody cares, despite the budget of $750,000 allocated in Q4 2025 to the "Laptop Support and Usability Improvements Project".

I will try to find a fix for this next week for free. This post is not quite a rant but more like a bookmark:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287955

Yesterday I've tried #FreeBSD on a decent laptop again.

I prefer Gnome/GDM over Plasma so just went by the handbook tutorial. Based on my findings, GDM is broken for 6 months on #FreeBSD and nobody cares, despite the budget of $750,000 allocated in Q4 2025 to the "Laptop Support and Usability Improvements Project".

I will try to find a fix for this next week for free. This post is not quite a rant but more like a bookmark:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=287955