My transition from #macOS to #FreeBSD continues. I set up most of the shortcuts in #Mate to use CMD instead of CTRL, including those in #Firefox. This time, however, I'm changing the shortcuts on a per-app basis rather than globally, since the latter approach didn't work well.
CMD+C/V, CMD+TAB, CMD+W/Q works well and it's very nice.
I'm also thinking Dock's theme or even code, to match macOS better. In macOS it has a margin to the edge.
After some days of troubleshooting FreeBSD networking and pf firewalling (and learning a lot in the process!), I finally made an article about FreeBSD VNet jails behind a dedicated firewall jail, that works with both IPv4 AND IPv6:
Internet <-> firewall-jail <-> application jail
I hope, someone might find that helpful. The detailed article is here in my Codeberg gists:
https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2025/20250517-FreeBSDFirewallVnetJail.md
My next step is trying to get IPv6 address support into the marvelous tool jmore from @vermaden and sending him a pull-request for that :)
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After some research, it was easier than I expected.
I followed https://xyinn.org/blog/freebsd/zfs_manual_partition_encrypted to setup GELI. I also configured encrypted swap using the example from the geli man page. Then I switched over to https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot to setup the zpool.
After installation dropped into the shell and made sure to add all incantations from both blog & wiki to loader.conf and fstab.
Reboot, done! #freebsd
@snonux I really like #NetBSD for its simplicity and love for old architectures, the others choose to abandon. But it really feels so much slower than #FreeBSD or #Debian. They just seem to prefer simple/portable code much more than speed (even if it makes a huge difference).
Just compare:
https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/trunk/usr.bin/yes/yes.c
with
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/master/usr.bin/yes/yes.c
or even
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/yes.c
(I guess the rest of the code follows similar patterns and this is completely fine!)
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Day 16 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD 
I'm happy with how my Openbox config is coming together! This time around I'm not using any kind of panel/taskbar and have set windows to open maximized by default:
https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads
Next up: further configure `.xinitrc` to run some helper applications at `startx`.
Onward!
got a very old machine from a friend that has like 64 gb of ram, installed freebsd on it. we are finally getting somewhere
it has been 0 days since taco has installed #FreeBSD
Hello, #FreeBSD friends! What settings do I need to configure if I'm using FreeBSD as a desktop?
It's still on my "to-do" to try/review it, but you might like:
https://github.com/austinhyde/ansible-sshjail
It allows to manage the #FreeBSD #jails through an SSH connection on the Jail host.
You can also use #OCI #Docker style containers on FreeBSD. Even #Linux containers work on FreeBSD.
I don't think there is solution to run FreeBSD containers on #Linux ;-)
After a while of fiddling, I got dual-stack for FreeBSD (IPv4 and IPv6) VNet Jails working properly and reliably 
The important lessons, I've learned:
/etc/sysctl.conf:
+net.link.bridge.inherit_mac=1
/boot/loader.conf:
+if_epair_load="YES"
/etc/rc.conf:
+create_args_bridge0="inet6 auto_linklocal -ifdisabled addm vtnet0"
+ifconfig_vtnet0="up -tso -vlanhwtso"
+rtsold_enable="YES"
+rtsold_flags="-i -m bridge0"
Then, configuring ifconfig_bridge0_ipv6 as well as ipv6_defaultrouter for the host to have IPv6 connectivity as well as the network-configuration in the jail via $jail/etc/rc.conf (The jail of course needs it's own IP on the same subnet as the host)
Screenshots of the fully working configuration with a connectivity test are attached :-)
Today's real champion is this one. One of my PC Engines APU devices - I don’t remember the exact year I bought it, probably 2017.
It worked at my home as a router/firewall with OPNsense for several months, then in 2018 I installed it at a client’s site, "as a temporary emergency solution". Still running OPNsense, always kept updated, and it hasn’t missed a bit since then.
During a severe thunderstorm, the access point and switch connected to it were fried, but it kept going - silently and reliably. Zerotier, Wireguard, port forwarding, bandwidth graphs - all handled in a hot office, often with the air conditioning turned off during holidays.
It did everything, and it still works.
The client moved to a new location this morning, and the APU was replaced with a more powerful device (in anticipation of a future Internet upgrade). I decided to take it back with me (technically, it’s still mine) - they couldn’t find the power adapter, probably still packed in boxes, but up until 07:30 this morning (the last time I connected to the server behind it via VPN), it was perfectly reliable.
I’ll probably keep using it - I have others - maybe in the office as a file server with two attached drives.
Honor to the device, honor to OPNsense, honor to FreeBSD.
Packages repositories for kernel modules from the ports available for all arches and version of #FreeBSD (starting FreeBSD 14+)
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2025-May/000189.html
Note there is a typo s/src/srv/ :(
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I've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM
One more cup of coffee before I go...
To configure a new FreeBSD server! 
