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It’s clear to me. I will adapt the next space installer to get it working on #FreeBSD Its embarrassing that Linux users have a better NeXT approximation than BSD users do.

The devs have lovely shell scripts in place and the missing patches I can likely pull from ports. It should be possible.

github.com/trunkmaster/nextspa

NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux. Contribute to trunkmaster/nextspace development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubnextspace/Documentation/NEXTSPACE_Screenshot.png at master · trunkmaster/nextspaceNeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux. Contribute to trunkmaster/nextspace development by creating an account on GitHub.

#FreeBSD hint :freebsd:

If you want to rename your network interface you can simply use:

$ sudo ifconfig em0 name lan0

(Renaming the interface to "lan0")

To make this permanent you can put the following into rc.conf/rc.conf.local:

ifconfig_em0_name="lan0"

Just upgraded the home router to #OPNSense 25.7 which not only updates a ton of packages, it also upgrades the underlying OS to #FreeBSD 14.3.

As usual, the upgrade was flawless and retained/converted all of my config including a bucketload of VLANs and ipv4/ipv6 BGP sessions to my ISP.

Maybe overkill if you just want a set-and-forget home router, but if you want to tinker a bit or have custom requirements, I cannot recommend #OPNSense highly enough.

Unfortunately they are not on the fediverse, but if enough of us ask, perhaps that will change...

forum.opnsense.org/index.php?t

OPNsense ForumOPNsense 25.7 releasedOPNsense 25.7 released

💡 KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer • Linuxiac

「 Developers are currently working to integrate a KDE desktop installation directly into the FreeBSD installer (bsdinstall), creating a user-friendly experience right from the start 」

linuxiac.com/kde-desktop-envir

KDE Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer
Linuxiac · KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 InstallerFreeBSD 15.0 aims to introduce a KDE desktop installation option, allowing users to boot directly into a graphical login with minimal setup required.

Wrote a blogpost about simple (I mean with a shell and a text editor) #X11 configuration.

Covered topics:
1) #Trackball configuration for left hand. Also remapping of some buttons to have scrolling and middle button (not exists out of the box).
2) Theming: #GTK2 #GTK3 #QT , installing cursor(s), fonts and icons.
3) #Xrandr for multimonitor configuration
4) #Xserver settings for #HighDPI
5) #XDG utils and #Emacs as a system file manager
6) #XDM login window

eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/202

Dragon’s notes · How to configure X11 in a simple way
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@stefano I want to follow up with I am confident #FreeBSD can achieve eight year uptimes. Unfortunately I just have not been around enough FreeBSD systems to witness it. Your systems are rather impressive.