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Adding a couple of more OpenBSD VMs from OpenBSD.Amsterdam

Posted on za 18 november 2023 in runbsd

To do some more OpenBSD fiddling without fiddling with actual hardware, I was looking for some extra virtual machines. I asked around for other options, but not many came up, and they were not particularly more interesting than OpenBSD.Amsterdam.

So yesterday I asked Mischa to set up two now …


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Attended first full day #bsdnl meetup

Posted on za 11 november 2023 in runbsd

Today was the first all day meetup for #bsdnl in Utrecht. It was really nice to meet a diverse set of *BSD fans!

Apparently the goal is to organize a couple of these events a year. Sounds good to me!

bsdnl artwork

Thanks to Mischa, Jeroen and others for making this possible …


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OpenBSD desktop running on Slimbook

Posted on za 11 november 2023 in runbsd

So over the week I spend some time configuring the Desktop on top of OpenBSD 7.4. Installing OpenBSD it self was rather pleasant. The X server and drivers for various devices (Wifi etc) just worked without any manual intervention from my side.

That was last week, but to be …


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Dual booting Zorin/OpenBSD anyway

Posted on vr 03 november 2023 in runbsd

So last May my dual boot setup of Linux/Windows on my Slimbook PROX got fscked up. I figured I would give up on dual booting.

But that was last May. And the first BSD NL day is coming next week which I plan to attend. And there was no …


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Using Nextcloud news instead of Inoreader/Feedly followup

Posted on zo 29 oktober 2023 in rss

So after a couple of days there are issues that need resolving:

  • One of the feeds keeps coming up with hundreds of old headlines presented as new (nrc.nl)
  • The Nextnews iOS app appears to have it's own administration of read and unread items

One of the feeds keeps coming …


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