Notices by Graham Perrin (grahamperrin@mastodon.bsd.cafe)

The FreeBSD Project is surveying …

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1vthk9s/comment/p4uwki6/

#FreeBSD #AI #LLM #LLMs

@lykso @lianna

@raster

In my limited experience: use of AI in connection with commits to the FreeBSD trees – direct commits (not counting AI-assisted commits to OpenZFS and other upstream projects) – has been responsible, and I do not expect this to change.

A thought from a FreeBSD committer, in response to a comment on a pull request where code is heavily AI-assisted:

"I think its great, you figured out a bug, you reported it in what looks like a good spot and the PR submitter integrated it.

The only suggestion I have is to be mindful that maintainers/PR submitters may not want to read AI output in PR comments and code. I'm not saying your PR comment sounds like Claude or not; it's just something to keep in mind. I suggest that when people submit stuff they actually take the time to go write their own short summary of it and understand it enough to answer questions that the maintainer/PR contributor may have."

👍

<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1w1auhp/comment/p6odzdc/>

The comment in GitHub:
<https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/499#issuecomment-5459886264>.

Please note that the drm-kmod repo is separate from the src tree for FreeBSD base, which includes the kernel.

Cc @erikarn @lykso @lianna

@evan I had to lie, because this poll should be multiple choice …

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rustaceans/116755672316463652

yserver

― a modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust.

<https://github.com/joske/yserver>

"… there are multiple projects on GitHub with this name (but none for X11 servers), the name is subject to change. …"

<https://lobste.rs/s/yy8je0/yserver_modern_x11_server_written_from>

<https://www.phoronix.com/news/YSERVER-Rust-X11-Server>

"… can currently run a full MATE, Xfce, or Cinnamon X11 desktop. The prominent X11 extensions from RandR to DRI3, GLX, MIT-SHM, Composite, and others are supported. And, yes, with working Compiz goodness too:

… open-source under an MIT license. …"

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531394>

<https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u31shc/comment/or1re0p/>

#AI #FreeBSD #Linux #X11 #yserver #Rust

@evan gosh no, let's pause, sorry, I should delete the original post.

@evan thanks.

Weird, I have a crystal-clear memory of microblog posts appearing in normal Google search results for a while, following an announcement of an agreement, and at the time I almost certainly used identi.ca (I wasn't aware of any other interesting alternative to Twitter).

Buzz means nothing to me. Doesn't ring any bell.

Open source innovations that compartmentalise and fragment, behind a facade of seamless integration, are the key ingredients in a cake of crushing defeat.

Our future selves will gleefully embrace the next open thing whilst trampling on the graves of its predecessors.

This is not sustainable progress.

I don't know what's next.

Take a bite. Happy baking, everyone.

#innovation #software

@evan I remember a search agreement between Google and either identi.ca or StatusNet, but not <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz> the Buzz context.

Is my memory playing tricks on me?

@annika I have seen far worse.

Exempt Linux and BSDs from age verification laws

<https://www.change.org/p/exempt-linux-and-bsds-from-age-verification-laws>

― petition started on 22nd March by Konstantinos Apostolidis, Greece.

Via <https://www.reddit.com/r/BSD/comments/1s4646t/a_petition_to_exempt_linux_bsds_from_age/> | <https://old.reddit.com/r/BSD/duplicates/1s4646t/a_petition_to_exempt_linux_bsds_from_age/> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1s6oms1/exempt_linux_and_bsds_from_age_verification_laws/>

#Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #California #Brasil #Brazil #Colorado #Illinois #NewYork #Michigan

The future of LPR and LPD in FreeBSD

<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2026-February/003857.html> | <https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?86wm07xnre.fsf>

Related manual pages:

lp(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lp&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current>

lpc(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpc&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current> does not exist, I guess it should be lpc(8) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpc&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-current>

lpd(8) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpd&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-current>

lpq(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpq&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current>

lpr(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lpr&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current>

lprm(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lprm&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current>

lptest(1) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=lptest&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current>

pac(8) <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pac&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-current>

#FreeBSD #LPR #LPD

@evan I did take minutes of meetings, years ago, before my hearing became too poor.

The rate of increase of twist of my sense of humour is inversely equal to the rate of loss of hearing.

I have a twisted sense of humour …

@evan can you repeat the question? I'm quite deaf.

@evan yes, to not piss myself in my sleep.

It was just a dribble, for the first time since I was a child, but it wasn't how I imagined my first New Year's Eve in my 60s.

@nixCraft did ChatGPT also tell the person to go more than a year without backup?

@evan

"never".

Maybe not interesting to you, but very interesting to me.

@sidereal I can't comment on the time taken to edit video.

As someone who occasionally transcribes: I assure readers that the time required to transcribe can be enormous — COLOSSAL — compared to the duration of the audio or AV content that must be listened to, repeatedly.

I can not speak for @howisyourdog but I typically don't bother with content that lacks captions (subtitles). Substandard accessibility is an immediate turn-off.

Cc @grvsmth @bedast

#accessibility #transcription #captions #subtitles #VLC

@BeAware LOL, I didn't notice the typo earlier!

<https://bsd.cafe/mutes> is 404 not found.

@BeAware thanks, however it redirects to <https://bad.cafe/lander>.

@BeAware thanks!

That's the answer, in the web interface, although:

― the menu icon can not be seen, alongside my icon in the first column, whilst I'm drafting this toot

― I can't find the feature amongst preferences.