Justine Smithies

Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother & Wife
Loves cooking
Linux, BSD chick
Mobiles: #Fairphone4 #OnePlus6T #OnePlus6 #PinePhonePro
Watch PineTime
Hand wired #Pico #QMK #Keyboard builder
#ThinkPad owner
Daily driver - #FreeBSD with #RiverWM and #Eww as my bar running on a native encrypted #ZFS filesystem
Editor: #HelixEditor
HomeLab: #FreeBSD

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justine@snac-smithies-me-uk.mostr.pub

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2025-04-12 14:19:49

You know what I really like about the #BSD community ? Earlier I posted about maybe trying #OpenBSD for my desktop instead of my current #FreeBSD and nobody said "No" use the other. If I'd said that about a #Linux distro I'd have had folk from all corners shouting use this distro or that. The BSD community chime in when you ask for help or when they see a way that could be better for you. I'm probably going to sent to Coventry for saying this but ah well bite me. Free speech and all. 🤣

2025-04-01 21:22:40

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You can use nmap from the terminal.
https://www.howtogeek.com/423709/how-to-see-all-devices-on-your-network-with-nmap-on-linux/

2025-03-06 20:15:33

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Thank you !

2025-02-08 17:01:58

Was looking around at Gemini browsers and stumbled up on Vimini a desktop gemini browser inspired by qutebrowser and Vim.
https://sr.ht/~lufte/vimini/
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/df537fdc576e33db40f6f4295b2ea8a0.gif

2025-01-02 11:00:16

Hmmm me thinks it's snowing here in Aberdeenshire. #Scotland
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/97db336b57de7450e712d9e6f34d567e.jpg

2024-12-04 16:00:23

So to fix my amdgpu issue ( blank screen instead of tty ) after updating #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s to 14.2-RELEASE I did the following:
Changed from quarterly to latest
Grabbed the FreeBSD source for 14.2-RELEASE
doas git clone -o freebsd -b releng/14.2 https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git /usr/src
Then installed the ports git repo
doas git clone https://git.FreeBSD.org/ports.git /usr/ports
As I'm running an AMD Renoir GPU I need the following to be built against the new kernel.
So change into the source directory.
cd /usr/ports/graphics/drm-61-kmod/
Then install the port and cleanup after.
doas make install clean
Then simply do a reboot and as long as you still have the amdgpu module loading in your /etc/rc.conf then all should be good.
Others might tell you differently and they possibly are right as I'm still kind of a newbie to FreeBSD. Feel free to correct me and i'll amend as applicable.
#RunBSD

2024-11-12 22:41:53

Requested my data from X as there is some stuff that I'm proud off and i was privelaged to meet and dine with the likes of Sir Ian Mckellan and Mary Portas. Plus there are photos of me giving a talk on stage at the first Isle of Wight Pride as well as the South Korean TV crew that flew over to film my my family. But once I've got my data that I'll be deleting my account.

2024-11-12 20:22:40

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Nice I did not know about that package. Thank you. :beastie:

2024-11-10 11:42:18

Just mind me testing another custom emoji on my #snac instance. :runbsd:

2024-11-09 20:49:00

Does anybody see the emoji or just text?
Testing emojis on my #snac instance. Images may change until I'm satisfied. :freebsd:
#FreeBSD

2024-11-08 18:57:53

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🤣🤣🤣

2024-11-08 18:48:14

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Shhh they're penguins. 😉

2024-11-08 18:43:32

I wonder if you get little #FreeBSD Beastie figures like my sort of #Linux Tux figures that my children got me years ago ?
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/8b337403647cc99403d9cd95204ba890.jpg

2024-11-08 18:38:56

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Yes I know that I could do that but I also don't want to step on the maintainers toes either. I possibly will start updating some ports if folk don't have the time or inclination to maintain them ???

2024-11-08 18:07:31

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That's your totally your choice. 😉
CC: @npub1sc3…x7pn

2024-11-08 17:46:46

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I run it on my own server at home hosting my got repo, website and various other services in jails. I also run it on my ThinkPad AMD P14s which I browse, print, scan and code. I'm also going to give my midi keyboard and equipment a shot at some point maybe. As for experience it's been a fantastic learning experience as I do love a challenge. The documentation is first class as are the community should you need to ask a question. It runs really well too and trust me I know as have been a Linux user for 20+ years.

2024-11-08 16:55:56

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I presumed quarterly not at PC just now as I just installed the FreeBSD 14.1 release.

2024-11-08 16:17:24

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I'm not sure if my posts numbers show for you as I know my followers and following don't show because I'm using a #Snac instance. But I do follow folk and have followers.
So folk might to take things like that into account too as they maybe on a snac2 instance.

2024-11-08 15:37:03

Now I'm running #FreeBSD as my daily I was looking at a particular pkg version and noticed it was 2 releases behind. I'm not going to name the package or pkg maintainer but I decided to send an email stating I was new to FreeBSD so forgive my lack of how things work here but is there a reason your pkg is behind ?
I really didn't expect a reply TBH but got one explaining not only had their PC died recently which is now resolved but they had been busy with other pkgs. They were really nice about it and even said that the update is in the pipeline for the pkg I enquired about.
I have to say the #BSD community so far have been amazing and I have absolutely no regrets moving from #Linux . 👌
#RunBSD

2024-11-07 20:10:09

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Your loving room made me chuckle and I now need to know is that like the red room in 50 shades ? Do you have a safe word ? Just kidding I now it was a typo honestly. 🤣

2024-11-07 19:55:52

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I never get tired of the views on the west coast.

2024-11-07 18:59:17

Right that's me got password-store and my email client #aerc working again on my #FreeBSD daily driver. Wan't too much hassle although I did note a message after the aerc pkg installed a dependency getop. It basically said that getopt is depreciated and will be removed on or after 31-10-2024. Consider using getopt from the pkg util-linux. I'll investigate that later I think.

2024-11-07 10:35:50

Views over Assynt on the way home via Ullapool been as its a nice day. 😍 #Scotland
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/cf2a89ea715c4062c0a4e8080fa4b1e2.jpg

2024-11-07 10:32:32

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No it's Banff registered. BF 😉

2024-11-07 09:33:03

Been on the road since 4am driving up to bonnie Kinlochbervie on the north western coast of Scotland for work. Got some electronic scales to repair and other odds and ends. It's a beautiful sunny day though and 14°C.
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/0ed6167ddf71f6937be273e790860f63.jpg

2024-11-06 17:59:15

I'm needing some #FreeBSD 14.1 sed assistance as my blarg blog script is now failing under FreeBSD.
When this line runs:
echo "$filename" | sed -r 's|\w+/(.*).md|build/\1.html|'
I get this error:
sed: 1: "s|\w+(.*).md|build/\1.h ...": RE error: trailing backslash (\)
I tried removing the \ before the w and the error goes away but the sed line doesn't do anything then ?
It is supposed to change any .md file paths into build/*.html
For example if it gets posts/my-first-freebsd-server.md it should output build/my-first-freebsd-server.html
This worked on #ChimeraLinux and #VoidLinux
I have noticed this but not sure if it's relevant ????
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253893#c11
Any ideas please and thank you ? ❤️

2024-11-05 22:38:51

Couldn't resist ordering some #FreeBSD case stickers. One for Beastie my #HomeLab server and one for my trusty #ThinkPad. #RunBSD
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/8093bb36ba29c0bc25349beedb7c14f9.jpg

2024-11-05 21:26:53

Haha got my battery status script converted and working on my #Eww bar from #Linux to #FreeBSD and discovered a new to me utility apm -- control the APM BIOS and display its information
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?apm

2024-11-05 19:09:53

So on #FreeBSD #RiverWM doesn't build so far from source at the moment like it did under #Linux . I may find the missing package that I need or get help. Or maybe I'll stick with the pre-compiled pkg ?
The error I got is:
/home/justine/Git/river/.zig-cache/o/06b1e7dc1fc49d5f70f756116958d43b/cimport.h:4:10: error: 'linux/input-event-codes.h' file not found

2024-11-05 18:14:05

So chuffed not that I have my usual #RiverWM setup with my bar made using #Eww and river-bedload plus various scripts. Even better that I'm now running it all on #FreeBSD !
I did cheat and use a pkg for river and eww when I usually just build river from source as I just did with river-bedload. I may give building river from their git repo a try next ?
Once again thank you to all those that have helped me and put up with my constant toots. ❤️
#RunBSD

2024-11-04 20:49:41

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Yes I did use pkg. OK I'll give that a try thank you Gonzalo.

2024-11-04 20:38:32

Ok #FreeBSD #Qutebrowser users I am struggling to find /usr/share/qutebrowser/scripts/dictcli.py in any location. Does anyone know where it is located on FreeBSD please ? #RunBSD
Please boost and thank you.

2024-11-03 22:27:57

I wonder if by successfully running my #HomeLab server on #FreeBSD and now my #AMD #ThinkPad P14s daily driver, Do I qualify for my FreeBSD badge ? 😜
#RunBSD
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/d9077855177f33db47167d731f526f03.png

2024-11-03 09:11:06

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You see they've replaced K9 with the beta version of Thunderbird if you search K9 ?

2024-10-30 21:34:08

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Not sure what to say other than I do agree that life is full of ups and downs that leave us with memories. Whatever happens we learn from it and go on living. Hope that you're okay though ?

2024-10-30 14:09:15

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Neil you could always use obtanium to get the release from here if you're desperate.
https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/releases/tag/THUNDERBIRD_8_0
CC: @npub1d8j…asfc

2024-10-25 18:21:54

Just browsing #FreeBSD videos and came across one where they compared a FreeBSD based desktop with a Debian based LMDE. They then proceeded to compare memory usage using neofetch and said Linux uses way less memory than the FreeBSD desktop. OMG Noooo ! First the FreeBSD setup was using #ZFS which will obviously use more memory and secondary Neofetch CANNOT be used to compare memory usage between the two.
Sorry I'll go back to chilling in the bath. Rant over. 🙄

2024-10-23 18:03:43

Although I've migrated my followers to my new self hosted #Snac instance on my #HomeLab . I'm not going to delete my bsd.cafe account as if things don't work out in the future then home i'll return. That's if @npub14ca…0nj8 will still welcome me back. 😉

2024-10-23 17:25:20

I'm so chuffed with this new #Snac release that I'm going to celebrate by making myself a nice hot cup of earl grey. I'm easily pleased. 😉🫖

2024-10-23 17:23:19

I have to say that considering I've been running my #Snac instance for a week or two, It is very light weight. The #FreeBSD #Bastille jail in total is only 629M. I'm actually really impressed and yes some will say that I don't have all of the features of #Mastodon that is true. But I have all the features that I require and it is easily administered, Upgraded and extremely low on resources. 😍

2024-10-23 07:05:08

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Wait you blog too ? 😜

2024-10-22 19:44:58

Question for #ZFS folk and this may be a stupid one but I'm not sure so I'll ask ?
If I make a snapshot using `doas zfs snapshot zroot/home@test1-snapshot'
Can I use the following to zfs send it to my server but in a different location like below and would the target on zdata which would be home-backup have to exist first ??
doas zfs send zroot/home@test1-snapshot | ssh server zfs recv zdata/home-backup
#FreeBSD

2024-10-22 10:28:13

Stumbled up this blog by Pat Maddox where by they successfully install #FreeBSD onto their #ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 AMD laptop. So it does give me hope that I'll be OK with my P14s AMD.
#RunBSD
https://patmaddox.com/doc/trunk/www/lenovo-t14-gen2-amd-a-fine-laptop-for-freebsd.md

2024-10-21 17:39:59

So I've successfully migrated from #Mastodon to my #Snac instance without issue. That's one less thing to procrastinate about, which just leaves possibly migrating to #FreeBSD on my #ThinkPad P14s #AMD .
What to do ? Hoping folks will chime in here with some pro's or con's of migrating to the other side. As I'm nearly convinced that I'm not going to miss much. Yes I'll have limited WiFi speeds for now until the fantastic work on the ax200 drivers and others ramps up. Also I'd have to replace my Focusrite Scarlet 6i6 as FreeBSD doesn't support it. But that's not a show stopper as I'll just purchase a 2x2 with midi compatible audio interface.
Boosts appreciated and thank you ❤️
#RunBSD

2024-10-19 11:54:12

So I've been running my own #Snac instance for the past week and I have to say that I'm actually loving it. It hardly takes up any resources and the inbuilt web interface is easily configurable with nothing more than #CSS .
There are some things that folk used to running #Mastodon might not like. For example it does not show any follower or following numbers to any instances. So people using Mastodon will see 0 followers and 0 following even though those Snac uses may have 100's of followers .
You do get a people tab on the snac interface that is just a list divided into people following you and people you follow but no numbers. This is an intentional design feature by the author @npub1p77…0jxq who stated.
I haven't implemented a simple count of following / followers on purpose; I consider all metrics in network media inherently toxic, because it's a way of comparing the relative success of people. This is also why, as seen from other Fediverse implementations, snac accounts always report 0 / 0 connections.
Also not all features work with android / iOS apps but most of the essentials do. I occasionally use #Tusky when I'm not just using the web interface for Snac which I just find easier. I think I will be staying with this fantastic lightweight piece of software and look forward to see what new features get added in the future. A wish would be to have a way of importing followers from Mastodon to Snac, which I think the dev is working on at the moment. Oh and I nearly forgot to say that you can import the CSV file of people that you are following through the command line and it's fairly simple to do too. I'd 100% recommended giving Snac a try if you're looking for a no nonsene lightweight #Fediverse instance.
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

2024-10-18 18:11:17

Bella's pink beanies. 😍
#CatsOfMastodon
https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine/s/e43c95091201c52e5b0df84f7686989c.jpg

2024-10-18 18:09:44

OK here is my last test to do on my new #Snac instance. It is uploading a photo as @npub14ca…0nj8 said he'd nearly DDoS his network connection in doing so. I've been a little worried about trying this but fingers crossed my 1G FTTP connection will be fit for this as all the other instances grab the image from my next toot ?
See you on the other side or not ? 🙃🤔

2024-10-16 19:35:32

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Yikes. Hope there was a backup ? It's easily done though. Complacency is a terrible thing.

2024-10-14 19:37:03

Just updated the packages on all of my #FreeBSD Bastille jails with one line. What magic is that you might ask ?
bastille pkg ALL upgrade
That is it. Simples. 🙃

2024-10-13 11:40:15

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Thank you Stefano I'll revert that change then. :)

2024-10-13 10:05:30

Right I've set how long my #snac instance keeps local posts to 180 days until I see how much space this instance might eat up. If it's not too bad I may increase it or put it back to it's default of 0 which means keep all local posts. Only time will tell. ;)

2024-10-12 19:18:10

Just a first test toot from my own self hosted #snac instance running on my #FreeBSD server Beastie.
#SelfHosted #HomeLab