Friday evening + homelab VM + bad ideas = RHEL 9.7 on ZFS root.
I patched convert2rhel until it stopped saying no.
New blog post: https://blog.hofstede.it/rhel-on-zfs-root-an-unholy-experiment/
Friday evening + homelab VM + bad ideas = RHEL 9.7 on ZFS root.
I patched convert2rhel until it stopped saying no.
New blog post: https://blog.hofstede.it/rhel-on-zfs-root-an-unholy-experiment/
System Administration: Week 4: Package Management
In this video, we continue our discussion of the difference and relationship between the operating system and so-called "add-on software". We conclude that in order to install and maintain all such software, we want to use a package manager, and illustrate common features by example of the 'dpkg', 'rpm', and #NetBSD's #pkgsrc tools.
This semester, I'm teaching my class on System Administration / Internet Operations once again.
The syllabus and all course materials are available here:
https://stevens.netmeister.org/615/
All videos for the lectures and exercises are public and available for free on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/cs615asa/videos
If you want to follow along, I'll be posting lecture videos and related links in this thread throughout the semester.
Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/timetable/timetable-Network-Management-with.html at #bsdcan now concluded, new slides up at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fullday.pdf -- now with during-session updates (labs available for attendees only, sorry)
#openbsd #freebsd #pf #packetfilter #firewall #networking #devops #sysadmin #security #networktrickery
Some random photos from OSDay 2025. I gave a talk about the BSD family and why to use them in 2025.
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#OSDay #OSDay25 #OSDay2025 #Conference #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #OSS
I’m collaborating with the #FreeBSD docs team on a potential refresh of the web site. Aside from a style refresh, also looking to make the content a bit more attractive to a newcomer. If you have ideas or feedback, please let me know here or on the FreeBSD discord documentation channel.
Mock-up:
https://freebsd.markmcb.com/
Especially could use input on the features page to call out things a new user may be unaware of.