There's a KVirc (https://www.kvirc.net/) update approaching for #FreeBSD ports, and more and more we're getting "do we update this for Qt6 or not?" I think there's going to be a sea change to Qt6-based things "soon".
(for me personally, that would require VirtualBox to go to Qt6 as well, although I'm not afraid of having multiple UI toolkits installed)
The other day I have also committed an update to the sync(8) manual page, which documents that running sync three times in a row hasn't been necessary since the 80s.
I started a simple project called checkrc that validates the /etc/rc.conf file on #FreeBSD. I'm still a beginner in C programming, but I'm giving it a shot with something usful:
The project is still a work in progress, right at the beginning, so don't expect too much yet. But I'll be working on it every day. :blobfoxcofecute: :blobfoxcomputerowonotice: One day I'll be great!
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What a wonderful conversation, discussing BSDs, communities and the joy of using cough legacy software, with @stefano, @gyptazy and a few more people whose handles I don't know yet.
With the deprecation of the armv7 architecture in pfSense's upstream operating system, FreeBSD, it looks like pfSense+ 24.03 will probably be the one of the last major releases that I'll be seeing for my Netgate 3100 firewall.
I'm debating on replacing it with one of their newer appliances (either a 4200 or a 6100, as the 2100 doesn't have any 2.5 GbE ports) or getting a cheap-ish N100 or N300 passively-cooled system and pay for a pfSense+ subscription.
If I use NFSv3, then all my shares are full of #AppleDouble files (i.e., with the "._" prefix).
If I use #NFSv4, then "git fetch" just hangs forever and never finishes.
If I use #Samba, then either 1) everything is 755 but I cannot delete files xD or 2) (after applying https://askubuntu.com/a/1126633/413683) the permissions are correct, but something is wrong with my .git: ad_convert: Failed to convert [.git].
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Hey everyone, I'm studying #C and planning to contribute to some open-source projects soon. I have a question: in #FreeBSD, do you usually use #gmake, #bmake, or #cmake more frequently? (I'm a beginner, but I got the impression that cmake is the most comprehensive). Is there one that's more universal and can be used across all projects, or does it depend on the project? And for #Emacs, which one helps more with configuration?
I speak a few languages (and none of them well). Maybe one day, I don't know how soon, I'll speak #English well (verbally). I was extremely disappointed because I was invited by the #FreeBSD Foundation for an informal interview, and... well, my English let me down again... it's just so sad. :revblobfoxdead:
Made a decision.
For the longest time I've always had too many distros that I tried to run and support.
I need to fokus on something in the end... and not drift around all the time.
So, #Debian it is - only
I use #Debian all day / every day.
It does not make sense for me to run any other distro.
On the #BSD side I will focus on #FreeBSD - that's it.
The many distros / derivatives have learned me a lot over the years... and I'm very thankful for that. But, less is more.
Addendum:
I sometimes check out how #OpenBSD is doing - to see what awesome stuff they come up with. #Debian and #FreeBSD it is in the end.
(You can spot me pushing awesome #OpenBSD stuff If there is something to share thou)