Dragon of BSDCafe :freebsd:

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Hello! I'm a software engineer earning money with #java and having fun with #c and #lisp.

Here I'm writing about my main hobbies: #cycling #diyelectronins #dragons #leathercraft #photography #retrocomputing. Also, there are toots about #FreeBSD and #Emacs. Some of my toots will be autodeleted every month.

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Move slow and fix things

#noai #nobridge #noindex

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2026-08-28 14:40:25 UTC

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Huh, it looks like very familiar :drgn_blush_giggle:
Mine keyboard is the same, just without keypad (and the knob-like thing on the top-right corner :drgn_think_confused:).
The sound of keypresses and the touch feeling are good. Sadly, few switches are broken from the factory and send multiple keypresses at once.
The model: Red Square Keyrox TKL Classic Pro
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/117/173/647/290/214/440/original/0c3f51fbb3b586a3.png

2026-08-22 08:06:15 UTC

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Whoops, looks like I'm missing a tons of (inter)cultural things and references by not re-reading the Bible :drgn_bottom:

2026-08-21 22:31:37 UTC

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Nerves made from steel :drgn_aww:
In Russia we have a special proverb about such people, who fly on airplanes, but like to blame a car owner for air pollution: "(S)he sees a speck in someone else's eye, but doesn't notice a log in his/her own eye" :drgn_blush_giggle:

2026-08-19 22:05:45 UTC

Wrote a few lines about my Mastodon.el configuration — mostly about 2 custom functions to use Nerd Icons instead of default emojis:
https://eugene-andrienko.com/2026-08-20-emacs-mastodon.html
#Emacs #MastodonEl

2026-08-18 07:03:13 UTC

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Wait, not a some PBX installation, like Asterisk? :drgn_shocked:
AHAHAHAHAHA!! :drgn_laugh_sweat:
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2026-08-12 11:31:41 UTC

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> Sometimes the Raspberry Pi is the infrastructure. 😃
Yep, some years ago I tried to run PostgreSQL database on the Raspberry Pi 1st gen. It launched :drgn_blush_giggle: , but the performance was incredibly non-bearable.
@npub1xf8…6rvp

2026-08-12 07:15:03 UTC

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> Second one is false or the software is incomplete.
Ughm, why? :drgn_confused: IIRC even Mastodon could be used without the JavaScript via Brutaldon frontend.
It is not a rocket science to display some feed contents with HTML+CSS, updatable via F5; and with some HTML-form to post new toots

2026-07-20 20:53:25 UTC

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The best part about cwm is that it's binary is 92 Kb size! :drgn_aww:
I don't think that I'll be able to build stumpwm binary with my configuration and with comparable binary size :drgn_blush_giggle:

2026-07-19 11:51:19 UTC

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Oh, I'm also was considering stumpwm, but found that it is not so easy to build it with ECL, since the grep in the source tree showed me a lot of SBCL-specific functions :drgn_cry:
This should be a fun work to rewrite it to compile with ECL, but not this time :drgn_flat_sleep:
#stumpwm #ecl #sbcl #CommonLisp

2026-07-18 22:24:18 UTC

Ooh, looks like constant exposure to the mine, well-formed and curated, Fedi timeline — finally led me to the cwm :drgn_aww:
The best window manager is non-existing window manager: no window decorations, hotkeys managed by the sxhkd, menus managed by rofi, nice effects managed by picom; simple X applications to display some necessary info: xclock for time, xbatt for battery info, gkrellm for some system stats.
The more time passed, the more my FreeBSD installation reminds OpenBSD, lol. Doas for privileges elevation, cwm as a window manager, got instead of git, etc :drgn_blush_giggle:
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #minimalism #cwm
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2026-06-29 16:28:18 UTC

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Yep, I heard one cool story about a guy, who was riding alongside cafe with free WiFi, while his phone has no 3G connection — and these seconds of bad WiFi connection was enough for XMPP client to load new messages from the server. So, possibly, the XMPP over Meshtastic will be a thing :drgn_aww:

2026-06-29 12:01:12 UTC

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Isn't this some kind of Unix heritage? :drgn_think_confused: I see that for packages in my #NetBSD box it is a common thing: all rc scripts installed to somewhere like /usr/pkg/share/examples/… and package installation script suggests to copy them to the /etc/rc.d/ if I want to start them with /etc/rc.conf
I suppose, this is for package reinstallation without removing the rc scripts for them? :drgn_think_confused: I have some modifications in some scripts and they aren't lost after package reinstallation.

2026-06-29 07:16:37 UTC

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Possibly, the #XMPP could be used first — e.g. the #Prosody installation and configuration could be dead simple and it supports all necessary encryption out of the box.
As practice :drgn_blush_giggle: shows, the authoritarian governments usually one step behind the tech, the society is using. So, first time the simple solution, like Prosody on the server out of reach of Five eyes countries, bought for crypto and without logins logging, will be enough I think.
When the next generation of politics will learn about XMPP — well it's time to deeper and mass use mesh networks. As I heard, there are big communities of #Meshtastic in the Europe, especially in Germany.
Look at this as an endless battle between sword and shield.
@npub1vwl…xs67

2026-06-22 19:41:47 UTC

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+1 about that. While reading the article I started to feel that these brands from China simply don't want to make an opensource driver. And there are no technical reasons, but possibly some marketing/financial reasons to do that :drgn_think:
Maybe they think that it is more profitable to spend developers time for polishing Win/Mac drivers? Maybe they think that Linux/BSD people are not the main customers and the companies didn't get enough money per time to help with these opensource drivers? I dunno :drgn_think_confused:
But I know that an East is a delicate matter (Восток — дело тонкое) and sometimes the polite answer means a hard NO.

2026-06-19 07:21:21 UTC

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I successfully updated my laptop from 15.0 to 15.1 — looks like the iwlwifi driver for my card was improved :drgn_excited:

2026-06-03 23:24:27 UTC

Nice, with a great help of https://www.programmingfonts.org/ (URL was found in the lost toot of one fedizen), I finally found the ideal font which I was searching a lot — a monospace Serif font, which looks like font from a book! :drgn_aww:
A Monaspace Xenon font and a Monaspace Radon font (the last is hand-writing like monospace font). Luckily, the support of Cyrillic symbols was added in the latest version of font, literally few weeks ago.
Finally, my desktop is closer to the mine ideal :drgn_aww:
#FreeBSD #AwesomeWM #Emacs #unixporn #fonts
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2026-06-02 03:44:46 UTC

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Wait, isn't ibm-public/postfix used as default MDA in the default NetBSD installation? Interesting, what will you do when it breaks, like rsync? :drgn_think_confused:
Stick to the latest working version or write a NetBSD-specific patch (if it will be possible)?
@npub1rqe…0wqq

2026-05-22 17:02:08 UTC

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As I've heard it is uncontrollable :drgn_blush_giggle:
@npub18w3…qzze @npub1k8y…5mtl
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2026-04-16 07:42:07 UTC

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Wait, Internet connectivity still doesn't restored?
Fucking authoritarianism :drgn_knife_angry: . I have had some hope, after the autocrat No.1 was killed, that Western officials finally understood that peaceful protests work only in democratic countries, but looks like no :drgn_cry_loud:

2026-04-10 13:39:41 UTC

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Same question!
While the replacement parts (in form of second laptop) are inside your closet — they are not a e-waste, they are very necessary and important spare parts for computing!

2026-03-25 20:58:52 UTC

LOL, the first vibe-coded commit landed in the FreeBSD. The fun part — in this commit was changed literally one line in one file. And this required the use of LLM, LMAO?! :drgn_blush_giggle: :drgn_blush_giggle::drgn_blush_giggle:
#FreeBSD #LLM
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2026-03-24 20:47:06 UTC

Wrote new article — about how to use some ThinkPad-specific keys with FreeBSD. Most of the Fn-keys and volume control separate keys could be uses "as is" — the OS passes the proper and well-known keycodes (like XF86audioMute, etc) to the X server. But some keys needs some "black magic" (devd and acpi_ibm kernel module).
The bonus point — how to use ThinkLight to signal about low battery level with Morse code :drgn_aww:
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
#ThinkPad #FreeBSD

2026-03-14 18:40:41 UTC

Checked all little utilities, which I'm using in my daily computing, are they still good old programs or slopware?
I prefer to use little programs, which were created to please the needs of it's creator. And/or some folks which has the same needs. The process of such little program creation usually, if author in sane state of mind, doesn't mimick process of commercial software creation, where developers need to rush to "deliver features" to please management and investors. For now this leds to forcing developers to use LLMs on the workplace — all to "deliver features" faster. So one developer for the same price (salary) able to make more features. Profit!
So, when I see how opensource programmer uses LLM to create some opensource program — it is a red flag for me and I'll try to avoid using such program. Because it means to me that programmer doesn't like the process of creation. Like an artist who don't like to draw or photographer, who don't like to make photos. Also, (s)he possibly has a "corporate mindset" (deliver value and features faster, no fun allowed). So, looks like his/her creature is not a pet, but a cattle. When I prefer to use "pet"-programs — usually they are nicer, simpler and doesn't bring me a lot of problems.
Results are pretty good — only three programs are slopware now. These three programs, installed from repositories of my OS, have versions, when these programs were coded by humans.
Here they are:
1) rsync — version 3.4.1 is good, but the next versions will be slopware, since programming happens with Claude LLM.
2) ImageMagick7 — installed good version 7.1.2-15. But since 7.1.2-16 it become a slopware. LLM the same — Claude, was used in one commit.
3) python3 — installed version 3.11.15. Since 3.13.6, according to commits and release dates, it become a slopware too — there are some commits, where the same Claude LLM was used.
#slopware #rsync #ImageMagick #Python3
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2026-01-22 07:47:42 UTC

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I have the same question :drgn_think_confused: . Since I read handbook for #FreeBSD 14.3 (chapter 4), I learnt that ports are:
> is a set of Makefiles, patches, and description files. Each set of these files is used to compile and install an individual application on FreeBSD, and is called a port.
As I understand, the package is made from port but not the port itself.
@npub17th…w0jm

2026-01-22 01:49:52 UTC

Looks like the maintainers of xlibre packages in the FreeBSD 15.0 did a great work :drgn_aww:
I was able to switch from Xorg to XLibre with just two commands and without any issues, lol :drgn_aww:
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/01/22/freebsd-15-0-xlibre.html
Worth to mention, that any of my tricks described in the previous blogpost (https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/07/24/x11-configuration-simple.html) are working too without any problems.
#FreeBSD #XLibre

2025-12-19 20:45:30 UTC

Started to touch FreeBSD jail and Bhyve VMs, using them for some programming project. Damn, if only I have such unlimited power near 15 years ago, when I was in university!
Need to have a building environment with some libraries for FastCGI and PostgreSQL installed? No problem, write a Bastillefile which enables sshd and mounts my catalog with projects inside the jail via the nullfs magic. Then create thin jail, apply this template to it and boom — I have a ready development environment with ssh access and all necessary stuff. Just connect to it and build the program, all necessary sources are already here.
Need to test program on the NetBSD? No problem — just create Bhyve VM with preinstalled netbsd template, then install OS with comp set and setup some services: Nginx, PostgreSQL, spawn-fcgi, etc… Then type C-x d /ssh:[email protected]:~ in the Emacs, copy sources via Dired and I can test my program on the environment, as close as possible to the my home server.
All things looks so integrated in the OS and console software are so good, that it is incomparable with my Docker trips at work :drgn_aww: When programming become fun again :drgn_hyper:
#FreeBSD #bhyve #Bastille
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2025-10-18 18:48:24 UTC

#photography #water #pool
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2025-10-01 17:11:20 UTC

#photography #sunset #shadows
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/115/300/006/509/337/498/original/60d5b61422c71f25.jpg

2025-08-19 15:49:55 UTC

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If it text based, then probably @npub1vlt…uhe3 or #Emacs EWW may suit you.
I'm using both of them and they are pretty good for browsing smol web :drgn_smol:

2025-08-13 13:47:29 UTC

Found a good fanless, completely quiet PC with a LAN, WiFi, 2 COM ports, LPT, VGA and SSD inside — all that for the price of two good meals :drgn_aww: :drgn_nom_waffle:
It has 1 Gb RAM and Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz (i686, 32-bit). So I have a question to #NetBSD folks — how well NetBSD supports 32-bit architectures?
I want to do some #selfhosting, so I need to install some things: sshd, rsyncd, lighweight HTTP server (nginx?), syncthing, ejabberd, some mail server, etc :drgn_wrench: Any chances that these software still builded for i686 and exists in NetBSD repos?
https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/115/021/753/933/460/001/original/5588d98ea11f6c0a.png