Mastodawn

On my way to #Foss-North in Gothenburg, Sweden. I'll be giving a talk about being old and nostalgic and protecting a BBS running on a 386 from the Wild West that is the Internet.

The talk will be given using the 486 PC in the pictures.

#Retrocomputing #DOS #FOSS #fossnorth2026 #fossnorth

Anders Gulden Olstad 2d ago

/\w*(bim)\w*/g 2d ago

retooted with alt

Anders Gulden Olstad 2d ago

FreeBSD Foundation 2d ago

FreeBSD Hackathon | April 24–26, 2026 | Wiesbaden, Germany.

We’re proud to support the FreeBSD Hackathon kicking off today in Wiesbaden, bringing together developers, contributors, and community members for focused collaboration and hands-on progress.
Over the next three days, participants will work together to advance FreeBSD in a productive, supportive environment.
Learn more:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/event-calendar/hackathon-202604/
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Hackathon #Community #BSD

Anders Gulden Olstad 2d ago

kajer :unknown:2d ago

NO JIRA

I don't need to stay updated on my work... because....

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING MY WORK

we dont even use microslop teams

Anders Gulden Olstad 6d ago

Peter N. M. Hansteen 6d ago

A new #openbsd release is due out soon. By way of preparation, "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html might be useful reading.

You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks.

Anders Gulden Olstad 6d ago

BastilleBSD

6d ago

SYNOPSIS
bastille console [-ax] TARGET [USER]

DESCRIPTION
The bastille console sub-command will enter a jails shell. If a user is given, it will enter as that user.

EXAMPLES
Console into myjail:
# bastille console myjail

Console into myjail as bob:
# bastille console myjail bob

Console into a stopped jail as bob:
# bastille console -a myjail bob

#ManpageMonday #BastilleBSD #FreeBSD

Anders Gulden Olstad Apr 19

Fosstodon Apr 18

Hi all, we've made the decision to defederate with mastodon.cloud, due to the unfortunate neglect of the server. Mastodon.cloud was already limited by Fosstodon. We will complete the defederation in 72 hours. Please reach out to accounts you still follow on mastodon.cloud and encourage them to move, while you can still contact them as the defederation will break your follow.

Anders Gulden Olstad Apr 19

h3artbl33d

Apr 18

Pet me hooman #caturday

Anders Gulden Olstad Apr 18

NetBSD Foundation 🚩Apr 18

Windows 11 or NetBSD 11... only one will never have ads in the default install.

Anders Gulden Olstad Apr 18

andersgo Apr 18

Enable media keys in Xorg on FreeBSD 15 (Solved!)

One of my biggest "frustrations" when migrating from OpenBSD to FreeBSD as my daily driver, was the loss of of working media keys on my Das Keyboard - especially the very convenient volume jog wheel.

After some poking around i confirmed that the usbhid driver was working - and also default enabled in FreeBSD15 kernel. Xev tool printed the correct keycode events

keycode 122 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 123 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume keycode 172 = XF86AudioPlay [...]

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/273

Enable media keys in Xorg on FreeBSD 15 (Solved!)

One of my biggest "frustrations" when migrating from OpenBSD to FreeBSD as my daily driver, was the loss of of working media keys on my Das Keyboard - especi...

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