Once, someone asked what was the weirdest platform you run GtS on. Well...

This message was sent from #GoToSocial running on an #OpenBSD #arm64 board (#ODROID HC4).

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Here is a direct link to the submissions form https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/submit/ew426G/info/

@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #conference #development #devops #sysadmin #freesoftware #libresoftware

In #openbsd what is called #vi is actually #nvi, and when you install #nvi from ports, it is #nvi2.
To danes with our national characters æøå we need the latter because #vi prints two byte hex sequences for æ, ø, or å. #vi handles them correctly except for the printing of them.
#vi and #nvi use the same #man page.

#OpenBSD now has 2 AI commits.

https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/9c2b8e445a0bdfafdd6148b1760f00aa5429627b
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/e9af5eb5a61d189327b553b24d0d31f19c64b63f

Adding to: https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware/pulls/230

Fuck AI, still.

I got #Slackware 15 on a #ThinkCentre M73 SFF (i3-4160 with 4GiB and an SSD), no sweat.

Then installed #OpenBSD on it just fine, it's running now.

However, #NetBSD fails on "no root devices" or similar and #FreeBSD, which is what i'd really like to install due to native #ZFS, just freezes on the boot screen.

These are all ISOs on the same Ventoy USB disk.

Boosts and suggestions appreciated.

Who needs gparted on #OpenBSD to change partitions layout from

#                size           offset  fstype [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:             1.0G               64  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /
  b:             1.2G          2097216    swap                    # none
  c:            50.0G                0  unused
  d:             3.3G          4685888  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /tmp
  e:             5.2G         11520928  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /var
  f:             5.4G         22392384  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr
  g:             1.0G         33701024  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr/X11R6
  h:             6.9G         35798176  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr/local
  k:            26.0G         50250272  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /home

to

OpenBSD area: 64-104857600; size: 50.0G; free: 0.0G
#                size           offset  fstype [fsize bsize   cpg]
  a:             1.0G               64  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /
  b:             1.2G          2097216    swap                    # none
  c:            50.0G                0  unused
  d:             2.0G          4685888  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /tmp
  e:             5.0G          8883936  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /var
  f:             5.0G         19374368  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr
  g:             1.0G         29864832  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr/X11R6
  h:             4.0G         31969344  4.2BSD   2048 16384 12960 # /usr/local
  j:            30.7G         40371328  4.2BSD   2048 16384     1 # /home

when only a 6 times spells like:

# mount <mp>
# tar cpf <wherespaceis> <mp>
# umount <mp>
# disklabel -E -F /etc/fstab <disk>
# newfs <part>
# mount <mp>
# tar xpf <wherearchiveis> -C /

are enough? #RhetoricalQuestion

 #SysAdminSuccess #RunBSD

I can confirm that on my #OpenBSD -current #367 machine hw.blockcpu=L works for enabling SMT instead of the soon to be obsolete hw.smt=1

Theo de Raadt has introduced a new hw.blockcpu sysctl to #OpenBSD -current to offer more control over which CPU core types (Performance, Efficiency, and SMT) are available to schedule processes on. Modern Intel (and ARM) CPUs additionally have slower LP-E (low-power) cores that severely hinder system performance.

deraadt@ modified src/sys/*: Some new intel machines have a new 3rd tier of cpus called LP-E which are E-core (Atom) without L3 cache. These cpus are Lethargic, and it sucks when processes migrate to them.
This introduces sysctl hw.blockcpu= which takes a sequence of 4 letters.
S (for SMT), P (regular performance cpu), E (efficient cpu) generally 80% to 50% as fast), and L (lethargic cpu) which are even slower.
By setting this, you can select cpus to kick out of the scheduler. The default is SL.
The hw.smt sysctl remains for now but we will eventually delete it.
hw.smt changes and follows hw.blockcpu=S.
ok kettenis mlarkin

any recommendations?

#RunBSD Recent obsession is about reusing #arm64 boards that sleep unplugged.. So today, here are two sets of notes regarding #OpenBSD support.

Running on the #ODROID HC4 is pretty decent now. It already runs the DHCP, DNS and the WireGuard gateway. More is to come, if everything goes well.
https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/running-openbsd-7.8-on-odroid-hc4/

Running on the #Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is fairly unstable as-of now.
https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/openbsd-7.8-on-raspberry-pi-zero-2w/

(T_T)

i really hope that slop doesn't make its way into #openbsd's base. lately it feels like i'd have to fork everything i care about...

Fucking tmux is AI slop. #openbsd #tmux #floss https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Contributing#use-of-ai

Just a reminder that if OpenPorts.pl is down you can use https://pkg-add.vip instead. #OpenBSD

@passthejoe The #OpenBSD #Zola port is 0.18 on 7.8-stable (https://openbsd.app/?search=Zola), but 0.22 in -current (https://openbsd.app/?search=Zola&current=on; now 7.9-beta per https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260311062921)

It takes aaaaaaaaaaages to compile #GoToSocial for #OpenBSD on a #Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W... but it's a good stableness benchmark. So far, it has not hanged - now that I use another Ethernet Hat and POE adapter.

https://github.com/lichray/nvi2

EDIT OK thanks to @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe I'm now at 39 lines long. 🤣

I don't want to be a downer, so from now on I'm gonna talk more about what I like and less about what I don't like. I really like #OpenBSD. I also really like #herbstluftwm, #zathura, #mpv and #anonradio (and of course #slackware and #beer).

Do with this information what you will.

Alt...

Screenshot of zathura displaying Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd Ed.) and mpv playing anonradio.

Do I know anyone running #snac on #openbsd?

but feels like if i'm looking for mainstream content (e.g. movie trailers) there isn't no second best. youtube is the only place

TIL that, if you have a USB soundbar connected to your #OpenBSD laptop, it is better to use sndiod -f rsnd/0 -F rsnd/1 than sndiod -f rsnd/1 (to force USB only). The first one works nice. The second seems to bring high latency on mpv and weird sound rendering on vlc.

TIL that the trunk(4) #OpenBSD manual page has an EXAMPLES section that describes how to "(...) set up roaming between wired and wireless networks using two network devices (...)". Which means you don't have to access the OpenBSD FAQ to do it. And that's fscking great when you brought your laptop to the and forgot to configure the automatic switching!

#RunBSD

All this years of #OpenBSD installations with <Enter> as sane answers to installer questions…

Then, you miss the "add user to additionnal group" question during #FreeBSD installation and you end up with a (remote) server on which you can’t connect using SSH as root (expected) but can connect using the regular user (expected); which can’t ˋsubecause it’s not part of thewheel` group (documented in man page but unexpected).

• firefox is slower (at speedometer 3.1: 6.99-7.49 vs 7.96-8.18)
• ungoogled-chromium crashes

  GPU process isn't usable
  

• trackpad: ok (got fixed?)
• trackpoint: not ok (still not working)

# rm -rf /
rm: "/" may not be removed
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