>… The project is only days old, according to its GitLab page, which shows it was created on June 23, 2026, and currently has no tagged releases. We will, for sure, watch closely to see how it unfolds over time.
In the queue for a sub, we have a suspiciously large number of removals with a red cross against my avatar. I don't remember removing so many things.
The screenshot below is of a post that appeared to be removed by me.
After approving, I checked the previous actions:
The log, part of which is in the shot, agrees – I never removed the post.
Screenshot: after approving a post that was never removed by me
Maybe relevant: the opening poster's account is suspended.
A suspension by Reddit of someone else's account should not cause my account to be associated with removal (the red cross) of something that I had approved.
# nextbsd-version
NextBSD 20260703-213757
# freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU
20260701-100854
15.1-RELEASE-p1
NextBSD Kernel Version 20260701-100854; Wed Jul 1 10:08:54 UTC 2026; root@8571f16ee8a6:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/NEXTBSD amd64 1501000 1501000
# mount
<above>:/cow on / (unionfs, local)
/dev/md0 on / (ufs, local, read-only)
devfs on /dev (devfs)
devfs on /dev (devfs)
/dev/iso9660/NEXTBSD on /media (cd9660, local, read-only)
/dev/md1.uzip on /rofs (ufs, local, read-only)
tmpfs on /cow (tmpfs, local)
devfs on /rofs/dev (devfs)
# pkg repos -e | grep -B 1 url
pkg: Setting ABI requires setting OSVERSION, guessing the OSVERSION as: 1500000
FreeBSD: {
url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest",
--
NextBSD: {
url : "https://github.com/nextbsd-redux/nextbsd-pkg/releases/download/continuous-amd64",
#
I would have installed k11/kde, for fun, however it's currently not packaged for FreeBSD:15:latest on AMD64.
Another example of how not to use NextBSD: the second screenshot was of an earlier session, awaiting appearance of a termbin.com URL. It would have been a long wait.
>At BSDCan 2026, I attended the pkgbase in Production: A Practical Overview talk. What impressed me was the ease with which one could upgrade from 15.0 to 15.1 etc. Included in the demonstration was pkgbasify (“Automatically convert a FreeBSD system to use pkgbase”). …
Via:
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freebsd-hackers@ discussion
>… The result: you can install rcd on a running system, reboot, and everything works exactly as before – except boot is faster because services start in parallel where the dependency graph allows.
Current status and what I need
I would like to commit this to main soon so that people can start testing it on their machines. …
Video, twenty-eight minutes. AI is not detected.
>… how to create a pkg cache with nginx. You can use this to serve FreeBSD packages to your (intranet) machines and to more quickly install software and perform system updates.
>Type to search across 36,691 FreeBSD packages by name or description.
>… stream of BSDCan 2026. …
BSDCan 2026 all days – the schedule.
>A New Way to Connect on Reddit: Video in Comments is Now Available for Users
the third image (my second addition)
Not a mistake.
It seems that Reddit places images in reverse chronological order, and I can not drag them into the required order.
>STOP USING LINUX
His words, not mine. Don't shoot the messenger.
This sixteen-minute video, published in 2025, was originally entitled:
>How to Install and Configure FreeBSD (2027 Edition)
tonybanters was mentioned two hours ago, let's share this one …
Video, eighteen minutes.
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE. Part one was on Sunday 14th June, two days before 15.1 was announced. Hardware:
Some key points, with spoiler alerts:
kde would install X.Orgstartx and TWM … eventually – much excitement>… if you guys want me to make a second video about this, tell me to try other things, well, maybe I will. …
SDDM and Plasma are usable, but not yet with a mouse (Kensington Orbit Trackball on USB).
I tried some of what was discussed in 2023:
– I can't guess what to try next.
I use Virtual Machine Manager, not the command line, for QEMU.
>A major upgrade example: 14.4-RELEASE to 15.1-RELEASE
Amongst the key points:
>do not reboot the operating system – ignore the on-screen advice from freebsd-update
In the absence of a traditional scroll bar, it's not obvious that the hamburger menu has an invisible menu option (below the Table option):
The shot above is somewhat exaggerated, but it's simply not good UX.
