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  1. @BRicker I don't think it's really diverged much. begat . Then Oracle unbegat it and the community begat by forking the last free release. There are then a bunch of distributions like and .

  2. #BoxyBSD chat is now also available in #irc!

    People asked for old school possibilities to take part on the BoxyBSD chat and here we go! Finally, you can also simply join #BoxyBSD on Libera (next to your #FreeBSD channels)! This bridge was written by @gyptazy to support additional chat communications.

    Important: This IRC channel is bridged between #Discord and #Matrix to have a unified communications flow without splitting the community. If you don't like Discord, please don't join this channel!

    Infos about how to connect by IRC to Libera IRC:
    - libera.chat/guides/connect

    #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #OpenSolaris #Debian #FreeVPS #VPS #FreeVM #VirtualMachines #OpenSource #BSD #RUNBSD

  3. The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!

    * The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!

    * You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy

    * You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.

    * Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)

    This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!

    #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem

  4. The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!

    * The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!

    * You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy

    * You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.

    * Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)

    This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!

    #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem

  5. The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!

    * The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!

    * You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy

    * You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.

    * Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)

    This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!

    #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem

  6. Solaris 10 was a total revelation back in the day. Kids these days will never witness something like that.

    Cynicism has killed most of genuine curiosity.

    #suntember #solaris #opensolaris

  7. Gerade bin ich zufällig auf #OpenIndiana gestoßen – #OpenSolaris lebt weiter! Es ist großartig, dass solche Projekte dank der Community weiterhin existieren.
    #OpenSource #Unix #SystemV

  8. We just added a free #loadbalancing service to #BoxyBSD!

    This new feature got added by @gyptazy in addition to the newly introduced #NAT64 gateways to make your life easier and is currently tested with a few users! This provides you the ability to make your website also reachable by #IPv4 even your box is only running on #IPv6. This feature can be managed from your self-service portal and simply requires you to add a DNS name that should be balanced and to point the DNS A record to a given IPv4.

    Making the legacy internet life easier, we hope for a higher #BSD adaption where people might be more motivated to try #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD or even #opensolaris with #illumos.

    #hosting #opensource #runbsd #hosting #free #service #saas #community #vps #vserver #server #vm

  9. @lonjil @landley maybe #Google as a Corporation doesn't beg for money whilst offering millions in paychecks?

    Granted, they finance it with their #Adware aka. #Browser and selling off users' data being member if the #PRISM program which AFAIK is still operational and none of the #GAFAMs ever apologized for!

    But maybe that's quite hyperbolic from my POV...

    What is needed however is real competition that is cross-platform and just works.
    Whether one uses #Gecko or #WebKit or whatever is kinda irrelevant.
    ( I can also use #LynxBrowser but we can all agree that none of the "#TechIlliterates" and "#Normies" would accept that level of feature regression nowadays!)

    Google may have droppted their "#DontBeEvil" #Canary but at least Google's #FLOSS-licensed code is 'salvageable' in the worst-case scenario just like #OpenSolaris's & #OpenOffice's code got salvaged into the #illumos and #LibreOffice projects respectably when #Oracle was allowed to buy #Sun and went full "asshole mode" on #OpenSource projects (which is why I don't trust #OracleLinux and won't use it!)...

    youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t
    infosec.space/@OS1337/11185145
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_
    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(

  10. Weil ich's am Wochenende mit jemandem über alte Zeiten hatte, heute in memoriam gleich mal mein Systemhelden-Shirt von ganz, ganz früher raus gekramt 😃 #subscribe10 #podcast #opensolaris