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mms :runbsd: :emacs: :c64:

Oh, #anubis is already in #FreeBSD :latest ports freshports.org/www/go-anubis/

ergo: my server is going :latest

www.freshports.orgFreshPorts -- www/go-anubis: Anti-scraper web proxy using browser-based proof-of-work challengesAnubis is a web proxy that protects upstream resources from scraper bots by using a short hash-based proof-of-work challenge. It "weighs the soul of your connection" to determine if you're a legitimate user or an automated bot. Anubis serves as a protective layer for websites that are being aggressively scraped by AI bots and other automated systems that don't respect robots.txt standards. It provides an alternative to services like Cloudflare when those options aren't available or desired. The proof-of-work system requires clients to solve a computational challenge before accessing protected content, effectively deterring most automated scrapers while allowing legitimate users through with minimal disruption. It should be noted that Anubis may cause problems for accessibility of protected websites, potentially confusing screen readers for blind users, or other problems for assisted interaction. Please consider carefully.
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Michael Engel

There are a number of mainboard options available for Ampere Altra ARM-based servers.

I would ideally like to buy a 128 core or higher 1U or 2U rackmount machine for running a (if possible, type 1) hypervisor and several Linux and FreeBSD instances on top.

Which boards/vendors can you recommend, which should be avoided? Are there any ARM-based alternatives you could recommend?

#Ampere#Altra#ARM
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Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64:

I figured #swad's password file management tool (swadpw) should really *ensure* that when reading a password from the #terminal, prompts are printed to exactly that terminal.

Well, I already check whether standard input *is* a terminal. In that case, I assume it *should* be writable. It certainly *is* writable on #FreeBSD and #Linux. But I can't find any guarantee looking at #POSIX specs 🤔.

Ok, so I wrote a weirdo function to provide fallbacks. 🤪 Is this taking it too far? And how would I ever test these fallbacks? 🙈

A function to write a prompt to a terminal connected to stdin, first trying stdin directly, then a new fd opened from the ttyname stdin points to and finally stderr IF this is a terminal as well ...
#C#coding
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Justine Smithies
Don't know what's going on as I've never had an issue in 20+ years dd an image to a usb but for some reason #NetBSD 10.1 image won't run up when selected it says root not found. Yet I have managed to get it to run the installer twice. I've tried like 6 times and re done the usb image. Going to try another USB memory stick just incase but I know this one would work with #FreeBSD .
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meka

I re-wrote my blog post on Neural Amp Modeling and creating your profile. I hope I gave enough context this time and explained some problems that I encountered. meka.rs/blog/2025/04/15/neural. It is done on #FreeBSD, but I guess you can use the same process on any operating system.

Goran Mekić · Neural Amp ModelingRe-amping Let’s say you’re a guitar player and want to record your track of a song. Typically you would enter the studio with your guitar, amp and cabinet and spend record what’s needed. But let’s say you decide to record your guitar without any processing by pedals or amps, glue the good takes together and then process that track with pedals and amps. That process is called re-amping. Now let’s say you want that guitar track processed by a plugin, not hardware. The process of recording would be almost the same, but the process of getting the plugin to sound like an amp is quite a challenge. Today if we want to emulate the whole rig, it is best if it’s done in two parts: NAM and IR. IR is much older, and it stands for Impulse Response. NAM stands for Neural Amp Modeler and it’s just a few years old. IR is used to capture the sonic characteristic of reverb and guitar cabinets, the most. It can do other things, but for now let’s just say that IR in our case is used to emulate guitar cabinets. NAM in our case is used to capture and emulate preamp. It can also capture full rig but you can’t use any effects that are time based, like reverb or delay. The reason why I like NAM for preamp and IR for cabinet is because that way I can use IR cabinets captured over past two decades. As NAM is relatively new, it still doesn’t have such a huge ecosystem.
#guitar#NeuralAmpModeler#NAM
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rvstaveren

#FreeBSD quarterly seems to have settled, only 4 packages that would be removed instead of the +30. Wonder why it isn’t build in a staged area and then switch it as the next quarterly? Probably a good idea to subscribe to freebsd-ports-announce@FreeBSD.org

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continue

bsdfetch is a simple tool to show information about a running #FreeBSD / #OpenBSD / #MidnightBSD / #NetBSD / #DragonflyBSD system.

$ git clone https://github.com/jhx0/bsdfetch.git
$ cd bsdfetch/
$ make

OpenBSD on ROCK64 ( @PINE64 )

$ ./bsdfetch
OS: OpenBSD
Release: 7.6
Version: GENERIC.MP#196
Arch: arm64
Host: <...>
Shell: ksh
User: <...>
Packages: 109
Uptime: 190d 0h 25m
RAM: 1995 MB
Loadavg: 0.03 0.04 0.00
CPU: ARM Cortex-A53 r0p4
Cores: 4 of 4 processors online
CPU Temp: 53 °C

OpenBSD on @OpenBSDAms

$ ./bsdfetch
OS: OpenBSD
Release: 7.6
Version: GENERIC#332
Arch: amd64
Host: <...>
Shell: ksh
User: <...>
Packages: 110
Uptime: 113d 23h 59m
RAM: 2031 MB
Loadavg: 0.30 0.26 0.20
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHz
Cores: 1 of 1 processors online
#runbsd
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EuroBSDCon

📢 Calling all *BSD enthusiasts to present at THE European *BSD conference of the year! 😈⛳️🐡

We have already received a good number of great talks, but we want more!

Got a groundbreaking discovery in BSD applications, architecture, or implementation? Or maybe you've cracked the code on performance and security? We want to hear from you!

Don't miss this chance to share your insights on:
- Applications: Show us how BSD-based systems are solving real-world problems!
- Architecture: Dive deep into the inner workings of BSD.
- Implementation: Share your tips and tricks for making BSD systems purr like a kitten.
- Performance: Help us squeeze every last drop of speed out of BSD.
- Security: Show off your fortress-building skills in the world of BSD.
- Economic or organizational aspects: How BSD is making a difference in the real world.

events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp

Deadline: June 15, 2025 🕒

Let's make EuroBSDCon 2025 the best one yet! See you in Zagreb! 🌟

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷
September 25-28, 2025

Picture of Ironman looking apologetic... It has the text: Oops Now we want more
#RUNBSD#FreeBSD#NetBSD
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Shawn Webb

The latest version of the #FreeBSD package manager (pkg) does a lot of extra work in determining dependencies, so much so that it's really prolonging our package builds.

We ( #HardenedBSD ) may need to scale back our monthly installation/updater builds to quarterly because of just how much the new package manager prolongs building packages.

The problem then becomes, what do we do when there's a #FreeBSD Security Advisory? We may have to adopt a more formal approach to handling security advisories for the base OS. That would be a good thing to have overall, but hasn't really been needed until now-ish.

Our exploit mitigations and security hardening techniques generally mitigate a large portion of security advisories, so waiting for the next monthly build has been an acceptable compromise. That changes if we go to quarterly builds.

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Herbert Hertramph

In dem einfachen Betrachter für Fotosammlungen Geeqie stecken erstaunlich viele Möglichkeiten.

Man kann direkt in den lokalen Verzeichnissen arbeiten (also kein Import der Fotos in eine Datenbank). Auch kann man wie in einem Dateimanager seine Sammlung neu organisieren.

Dazu kann man unzählige Plugins einbinden bzw. diese mit Programmen, die man ebenfalls nutzt, verknüpfen.

geeqie.org

#linux#freebsd#foto
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chesheer

The old FreeBSD master Vi was praised by many sysadmins for his perfect understanding of FreeBSD and pure life.
Once some youngster decided to test master Vi's knowledge and asked him: "Tell me, oh Master, how did you configure your servers?"
Master Vi answered: "I don't really know".
Disappointed youngster returned to his own master and told him: "Master Vi is just a pretentious old man, he doesn't know anything. I know every configuration file in all of my Linux installations".
His Master gave him a slap upside the head and said: "Master Vi configured his servers when these mountains were still young and this river was but a small spring. He never needed this knowledge again, because his servers have worked flawlessly ever since. This is why his understanding is perfect".
#FreeBSD

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