#illumos — Public Fediverse posts

For the interested, you can read a preprint of our latest #research on the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag here:

https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity

Made a small PR towards Forgejo to allow its build on NetBSD (I found out that the pkgsrc-wip contributor is already working on packaging it, but was blocked) and illumos - as these are broken at the moment, in 16.x branch: pretty much dumb addition or removal of type cast to int64 in one particular module.

#Forgejo #illumos #NetBSD #pkgsrc

@gyptazy Danke Dir! Wir fanden es auch super 1) einen zu haben und 2) soviel Interesse zu sehen! Danke auch an das Team der #FrOSCon21 #illumos

Ansonsten nerden wir ein wenig zu den Themen #illumos, OpenSource und allgemein IT herum. https://fraosug.de/ #fraosug

NexentaStor – a Unix operating system based on the illumos kernel and is a direct fork of OpenSolaris. NextenaStor provides a graphical and text-based interface for system management. https://archiveos.org/nexentastor/ #solaris #illumos #unix

Thank you @FrOSCon team for all your work and making this conference so lovely. Also a big thanks for everybody involved in our #illumos stand. Lots of shirts handed over to old and new people involved. #froscon

If you’ve made any #illumos contribution, be at #froscon - get your illumos shirt for free

Little shout out to the #FOSS worlds underdog #opensource OS projects:
- #illumos
- #HaikuOS
- #DragonFlyBSD
- #Redox
- #GNUHurd
- #ReactOS

All cool projects that always need some extra hands.

Everything is ready for the #illumos stand at @FrOSCon

Submitted a small (and likely not so universal) fix for the #Forgejo dependency to restore the build-ability on #illumos (for the dependency itself and post-16.0.0 Forgejo).

A wild #blog post appears!

I discuss a new #research publication: an empirical evaluation of the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag. We examine the history of the mitigation, measure its costs, and deliberate whether or not it is worth keeping.

Worth the read if you like security and/or compilers.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity

On second thought, I realize only now that part of the team tested littleFedi on FreeBSD and OpenBSD, I also tested it on NetBSD and illumos... and no one has actually tested the Linux builds yet.

The exact opposite of what usually happens 🙂

#littleFedi #OwnYourData #RunBSD #illumos #Linux

Immich deployment is an exercise in a needless dependency tree walking.

By itself, Immich is a Node.js application, you might just run it with a node, using some knowledge bits from the official dockerfiles and scripts.

On the other hand, it is intended to be controlled by the `mise` tool (runtime polyglot manager), so I making some detours.

`mise` isn't in pkgsrc, so you'd need to build it in on illumos from sources on your own.

It is a Rust app, where its requirements `rattler`/`rattler_pty` (of Python/Conda) and `libdbus-rs`/`dbus-native-channel` fail to be built on illumos.

The fix for the first one was just submitted to the upstream, the second would require me to work in its requirement -`libc` crate.

I guess it's not going to go deeper than that (but it is three layers removed from the root already).

#Immich #Rust #illumos

Successfully ported the complete #LLVM stack (version 19.1.7, including llvm's binutils, clang, ldd) to #Solaris 11 Express (snv_151a) #SPARC. This build of #Solaris works on #SPARC machines that Solaris 11 GA (and later) do not support (example: sun4u workstations and servers), as well as machines that #Illumos does not support completely. This may allow for #Zig and #Rust to be ported to this version of Solaris on SPARC. Complete source archives, build instructions, and signed binaries in SVR4 package format (and soon, IPS) will be available for download. #Solaris #SPARC #retrocomputing #Illumos #Sunmicrosystems

CC: @ptribble @SolarisDiaspora

Time for my occasional reminder that the #illumos ptools are amazing and highly productivity enhancing.

On my MacOS workstation this is a common work flow:

ssh $ILLUMOS 'pwait `pgrep something`' ; say {-a other-speaker} SOMETHING IS DONE

Can work on other things until I hear shouting.

Let’s Try Tribblix, the Solaris-Derived x86-64 Operating System https://lowendbox.com/blog/lets-try-tribblix-the-solaris-derived-x86-64-operating-system/ #Editorial&News #openindiana #opensolaris #tribblix #illumos

Today, the Linuxulator did its job, and it did it very well.
A client is experimenting with moving from Docker to FreeBSD and jails, and they seem very happy with it so far.
The issue is that part of their build process - as so often happens - relies on Node dependencies that only compile on Linux, macOS, etc., but not on FreeBSD, due to a missing binary that isn't provided for it. Currently, they build on their local machines and push the output to the server, but sometimes they need to make quick changes on the fly.

So, I set up a Linux jail (Ubuntu) using BastilleBSD, installed the dependencies, set up a bind mount, and granted them access to the jail. The result: now they can compile right from there too, improving their overall workflow.

The Linuxulator - and even more so, illumos's lx zones - are truly remarkable pieces of technology.

#FreeBSD #Linux #RunBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #Tribblix #Linux #IT #SysAdmin

Another day exploring ppt and pcie passthrough on #illumos #omnios
After a year of shaking my fist at it i can finally say i managed.
I did it with a usb card.

But here is something i didn't understand
I have an Atlantic NIC on my motherboard. No drivers available for OmniOS. perfect to pass it through to something.
But i can't find it in /devices Ghost nic?
I remember the device tree from exploring various openboot systems

Well it took me 13months to get here
Thanks for your shoulder.

@lproven

<cough> #illumos </cough> too...

OmniOS Community Edition – an Illumos-based server operating system. OmniOS adopts a minimalist approach suitable for server use. Every fourth stable release is a... https://archiveos.org/omnios/ #solaris #illumos #unix #operatingsystem

New #blog post arrives!

I discovered that, unlike what the documentation says, you in fact do not need GDC to bootstrap GDC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260713.html

#Unix #compiler #compilers #gcc #llvm #clang #gdc #d #dlang #linux #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #illumos #dmd

Assigned OpenCode (running natively on my BashCore OS) a full CTF mission using only BourneCore (my minimal illumos/OpenIndiana Unix live system) and its tools via SSH.

No GUI, no browser, just pure CLI.

BourneCore handled port‑knocking, SSH, RCE, privesc and full flag capture. All from a tiny VM (2 cores, 2GB RAM).

Two different OS working together as one solid cross‑platform lab.

#Unix #illumos #OpenIndiana #CTF #CyberSecurity #CLI #Homelab #BashCore #CrossOS #VirtualBox