#FreeBSD 's #pkg 2.7.0 is out!

Highlights:
- Per-package triggers (with pkg_upgrade variable)
- Install directly from http://, https:// or file:// URLs
- Switched back to libfetch
- Solver fixes for multi-repo setups, fewer spurious reinstalls
- autoremove now aware of install/delete/upgrade
- search -S comment-description, query %y/%Y for provides/requires
- Tons of crash, memory leak and portability fixes

https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/releases/tag/2.7.0

Sylve is now in the FreeBSD ports tree!

You can install it with `pkg install sylve`, or build it from ports: `cd /usr/ports/sysutils/sylve && make install clean`

Really happy to see this land; thanks to @dch for all his help porting this! 🙌

https://sylve.io
https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve

#FreeBSD #Sylve #RunBSD

I just realized an article one of our users wrote (and I reposted) https://iptechnics.com/blogs/from-proxmox-to-freebsd-and-sylve-in-our-office-lab, just hit the frontpage on hackernews!

#Sylve #FreeBSD #RunBSD

So happy to see the new influx of users to https://sylve.io ! We are so, so back folks. 2026 is the year of vanilla FreeBSD in the homelab scene!

Feedback from a new Sylve user (from our discord) 👇🎉

#Sylve #FreeBSD #RunBSD

The FreeBSD Foundation is now accepting travel grant applications for BSDCan 2026 / FreeBSD Dev Summit, taking place June 17–20, 2026, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

📅 Application deadline: April 23, 2026

We encourage eligible community members to apply.

Learn more about eligibility requirements and how to submit your application:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/grants/travel-grants/

#FreeBSD #BSDCan2026 #OpenSource #FreeBSDFoundation #CommunitySupport

The European BSD conference, EuroBSDcon 2026 will be in Brussels, 9-13 September 2026.

You can send your talk, tutorial, BOF or other session submission to our program committee before June 20th, see https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

For more about the BSD conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #programming #devops #bsd #conference @EuroBSDCon

I'm back with another #FreeBSD question, specifically about `periodic`. I'd like to use `periodic daily` to occasionally scrub my ZFS pools by setting `daily_scrub_zfs_enable` to `"YES"` in `/etc/periodic.conf`. This works great on a server, because it's always on, but not so great on my laptop, because the cron is scheduled at night. I could change the time, but then it'll only run if my laptop is on at the right time.

Is there a way to schedule this so the `periodic` crons are run after booting, in case there are "missed" runs? What is the recommended approach here, use e.g. Xfce's autostart applications for this?

Edit: solved! The answer is anacron

Thanks for reading :)

#cron #periodic #zfs

#forgejo #freebsd anybody out there who has implemented a forgejo runner in a freebsd jail?

blog posts welcomed, I can't find any!