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@mhoye

Right away this sounds like a task for a "declaratively defined" distros, based on nixpks, guix or any other similar toolkit. There are tools, but no ready-made distro that does that, as far as I know.

The second set that comes into my mind is the "immutable" distros that utilises CoW FS, snapshots of the initial state and some machinery to change it. I'm most familiar with the SUSE famliy, thus I'm thinking of MicroOS, Leap Micro and Aeon Desktop - with snapper and transaction-update one have an access to the post-install state and may replay it anyware.

This kinda similar to what FreeBSD and illumos distros achieve with the ZFS and a "boot environment" concept (administrated via bectl/beadm).

And in the devops world it'd be a packer image applied to a new device.

@suetanvil @paculino

#Linux #FreeBSD #illumos #SysAdmin

Today's rabbit hole:

* gitea broken due to sqlite.go update
* sqlite.go blocked by libsqlite3.go
* libsqlite3.go blocked by libc.go
* fix libc.go
* libsqlite3.go now blocked by upstream sqlite bug
* caused by "-Wl,-R" in shell scripts getting brace expanded when converted to tcl array

Turtles.

#pkgsrc #illumos

I have the code for #GNU #coreutils 9.11 #dd to use #getopt, and here it is in action.

I have no idea how to show the code to the coreutils people, whoever they even are. But it exists, and has finally been done.

So that's two versions of #FreeBSD dd, and now GNU dd. I'll do #NetBSD dd next.

I still intend to set up an #Illumos system at some point, but a patch to #Tribblix/OpenIndiana/OmniOS/SmartOS dd will have to wait on that, unless an Illumos person sees these and is inspired. (-:

@lanodan

Almost certainly on #Illumos as well. It has the @millert code, and has had it since before the open sourcing.

Loads of utilities on Illumos use it, too. Even humble ls has loads of long options on Illumos. Long options are in things ranging from grep to bhyvectl .

https://illumos.org/man/1/ls

@benjamineskola @mirabilos @kimapr
#getopt

Today is my last day with @smartosorg and @triton_dc .

I will still be in greater - #illumos .

Also both #smartos and #triton developers and users are quite a good community!

for my #illumos friends out there i just published a video showcasing doors! i wrote some C, and then showed off some interoperability by adding in some Rust. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq9V8fvE_B0

Firefly – a small failsafe image for illumos based distributions. Firefly is an open-source, minimalistic failsafe boot image designed for illumos-based... https://archiveos.org/firefly/ #solaris #illumos #unix #operatingsystem

@ptribble

Quick question!
I have a SUN SunFIRE v880, but no login to the RSC card and no OS to boot from.

But I am thinking if I can create somekind of LiveCD with Tribblix and run rscadm from that one? Is that possible with Tribblix?

#sun #solaris #illumos

It's interesting to see #illumos listed as slop-free on that list. This made me try OpenIndiana again, and interestingly, besides Linux and FreeBSD (and I guess Windows), it's the only operating system that supports my accursed nvidia 2080 card (it does /not/ support my ethernet card, which seems somehow opposite of the expected way that would turn out).

(Now I wonder though, how much of that is due to the fact that their development just moves slower than anything else,... It'd be nice to see a policy or statement.)

Do you use #OpenZFS? Do you ship a product or service with #ZFS in it? Do you work on a storage- or filesystem-related project and are interested in how ZFS could make it better? Are you interested in the future of software-defined storage?

If any of these are you, you should consider presenting at the OpenZFS User and Developer Summit 2026! Our CfP is open until September 11, and we'd love to hear from you!

https://openzfs.org/wiki/OpenZFS_User_and_Developer_Summit_2026

#Linux #FreeBSD #illumos #NAS #homelab

@Toxic_Flange I'm glad I'm not the only one to suffer USB-type panics in #illumos - it's the only wrinkle I've had using it in production for this database.

I didn't need fast USB (it's just a JetKVM), so I've been using this as a workaround;

echo "exclude: xhci" >> /etc/system

It was hard to swallow the cost of 256GB of DDR5; but I've pushed this poor 2.2TB database as far as I can with a Threadripper 1950X and consumer NVME drives... next iteration:

9550X3D + 256GB RAM
2x7.68TB U.2 NVME Drives (Kioxia CD8)
Optane 990

I'm hoping to triple performance, because my current setup is barely hanging on to it's workload. Next question: #illumos or #linux ?

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/117143645809189838

illumos is great for those platforms

#illumos #SmartOS #OwnYourData

Months ago (or a year ago, by now), I bought a few Intel N150 mini PCs for dirt cheap, between 120 and 150 Euro each (depending on the RAM).
Two of them sat untouched on my desk for months, almost making me regret buying them.
Today, I'm glad I did: considering how high hardware prices are getting, having a little backup supply doesn't hurt.
And one of them is about to host SmartOS.

#illumos #OwnYourData

Two new preprints from my #research center!

"Is Cleaning Costly? Evaluating the -fret-cleanAnti-Return-Oriented Programming Mitigation from the OpenBSD Operating System" — an evaluation and critique of #cybersecurity #engineering: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf (and #blog post about it: https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html)

"Write Your Way to Better Cybersecurity Awareness Training with Active Word Games" — about identifying creating cybersecurity training as a site of learning worthwhile of studying: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Wroblewski_et_al_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf

#academic #academia #professor #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #unix #linux #illumos #solaris #compiler #compilers #cybersec #cyber #informationsecurity #infosec

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.

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

I’m Just the Barista

The spirit of the BSD Cafe and illumos Cafe is to try to create a serene, open, friendly, positive, and welcoming environment for all who want to be a part of it.
I am just the Barista.
I can't solve the world's problems, but I can try to keep the counter clean, keep the machines running, serve a good BSD coffee, and ensure that, at least here, friends can find a moment of peace and constructive sharing.

We need more bars and fewer shopping malls.

https://journal.bsd.cafe/2026/03/31/im-just-the-barista/

#illumosCafe #illumOS

⚠️ News/Changes:

BoxyBSD will bring in a feature for more advanced users for our free boxes. Instead of only selecting a set of pre-defined BSD based images, you'll soon also be able to create your install simply from scratch with full remote access to your box. This lets you perform custom installations of #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #DragonflyBSD, #MidnightBSD but also of some other niche systems like #illumos

Unfortunately, this might still take some time and fully relies on the spare time of @gyptazy.

#freeVPS #VPS #BSD #Box #BoxyBSD #gyptazy #opensource #education #community #foss #runbsd #hosting #freehosting #learning #ipv6

Tomorrow the #opensource #FOSDEM #conference starts in #Brussels, #Belgium!

Let’s see if we can attract more people to #BSD based systems by providing free #vps running #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #illumos as an #opensolaris solution.

@gyptazy will be onsite to provide you more information or even stickers ;)

#freeVPS #RUNBSD #network #fediverse

Spent a couple of hours this morning fixing low-hanging fruit, broken third-party #pkgsrc software on #illumos.

#taglib uses conflicting offset_t type.

#gst-plugins1-base fails to include sys/stat.h for S_* macros.

#capstone doesn't handle non-const getopt.

#opencv uses ambiguous ceil() call.

#qalculate and #xscreensaver use conflicting "sun" define.

#qgpgme uses conflicting "single" type.

#mbrola has incorrect endian detection and is not MAKE_JOBS safe.

https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc/commits?author=jperkin

2024W07

OmniOS Stable is updated to r151048o
This update requires a reboot
https://github.com/omniosorg/omnios-build/blob/44731424e67c8aaafe5c4e500fe7c4544a22f0f6/doc/ReleaseNotes.md#r151048o-2024-02-15

OmniOS Extras updates include:
— OpenLDAP updated to 2.6.7
— VirtualBox updated to 7.0.14a
— BIND updated to 9.16.48 / 9.18.24
— Unbound updated to 1.19.1
— OpenVPN updated to 2.6.9
— Nginx updated to 1.25.4
— Listmonk updated to 3.0.0
And much more!

SmartOS 20240208T000334Z
Interesting changes include:
— bhyve returns bogus cpuid 8000_001D leaf
— update pkgsrc-setup to 20240116
— Update curl to 8.6.0
— Update OpenSSL to 3.0.13
https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20240208T000334Z

2024-02-15 bhyve Production User Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1joWFfpTX8

Mirroring OmniOS: The Complete Guide; Part One
https://antranigv.am/posts/2024/02/omnios-mirror-one/

Booting OmniOS on Vultr
https://github.com/omniosorg/illumos-omnios/issues/1432

Migrate a FreeBSD bhyve virtual machine to OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/migrate-a-freebsd-bhyve-virtual-machine-to-omnios/

ZFS encryption and notification service on OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/zfs-encryption-and-notification-service-on-omnios/

Configure OmniOS to use an authenticated SMTP relay (smarthost)
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/configure-omnios-to-use-an-authenticated-smtp-relay-smarthost/

Remotely install OmniOS on a Dell R620
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/remotely-install-omnios-on-a-dell-r620/

Dealing with USB Storage devices on OmniOS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/dealing-with-usb-storage-devices-on-omnios/

Running OpenBSD on OmniOS using bhyve
https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/running-openbsd-on-omnios-using-bhyve/

SMB shares using OmniOS, zones and ZFS
https://www.tumfatig.net/2023/smb-shares-using-omnios-zones-and-zfs/

Add support for Emulex LPe35000/LPe36000 32Gb/64Gb fibre channel chipsets
https://www.illumos.org/issues/15391
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/e2d1a4340d8c7e04c758949b4fb4b1934fcf9330

Provide execvpe
https://www.illumos.org/issues/7125
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/a89c0811c892ec231725fe10817ef95dda813c06

Port NFSv41 base
(Allows to enable and disable NFSv4 minor versions)
https://www.illumos.org/issues/15405
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/f44e1126d9eae71c48c5d1de51e24750c6ec20a4

pcieadm decodes readiness time reporting
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16233
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/8a300ed6ab165c8d46fd165c6d8a4de8a5b0b596

Update tzdata to 2024a
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16230
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/e15592c8dabdb93c1b45a4785db35f013e0b49f9

illumos now recognizes QEMU/TCG as a hypervisor
https://www.illumos.org/issues/16139
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/2faf06a0ad863963d95ad569428e5e6e45255ab7

https://news.illumos.am/2024w07/

#bhyve #cpuid #DellR620 #Emulex #FibreChannel #FreeBSD #illumos #NFS #OfficeHours #OmniOS #OpenBSD #PCIe #pcieadm #QEMU #SmartOS #SMB #Storage #syscall #tzdata #USB #Vultr #ZFS

The year is 2024 and bpftrace crashes when there's an extra whitespace.

bpftrace is DTrace 2.0? DTrace my ass. I've never seen DTrace crash because of an extra whitespace.

Hell, I've never seen DTrace crash, ever.

#DTrace #bpftrace #Unix #Linux #sysadmin #illumos