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OpenBSD on a Raspberry Pi 4B

Minimalist installation of OpenBSD on a Raspberry Pi 4

Ingredients

• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B
• OpenBSD 7.3 arm64 image
• 1 USB flash drive
• 1 ssd
• USB to TTL Serial Adapter
• Done with a macOS Ventura 13.5.1 box, but almost any would do

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OpenBSD on Apple M2 with QEMU

Minimalist installation of OpenBSD on the Apple M2 using QEMU

Ingredients

• Apple M2 running macOS Sonoma 14.4.1
• QEMU version 8.2.1
• OpenBSD 7.5 arm64

Installation

1. install QEMU with Homebrew brew install qemu, also possible with MacPorts
2. Write a script with execute permissions chmod +x qemu_aarch64_install_openbsd.sh for installing the image.

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Cloning (and expanding) a 60GB PS3 HDD to a 320GB HDD

These are the steps that were taken to clone a 60GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) HDD to a 320GB HDD, and then expand the USERDATA partition to the full size of the new disk using a NetBSD VM.

Clone the Drive

The original 60GB HDD was cloned to an image using ddrescue.

Original disk: /dev/loop0 (mounted 60GB HDD image file) New Disk: /dev/sdd (320GB HDD)

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These are the steps I took on Linux Mint using the PS3 HDD decryption helper

Reference discussion: HDD mounting and decryption on Linux

Install qemu for PowerPC64 and download FreeBSD Image

1. qemu-system-ppc64 is used to emulate a PowerPC CPU
   Install via:
   sudo apt install qemu-system-ppc
2. FreeBSD has some instructions for using qemu with PowerPC64 here.
   They have pre-built disk files which you can download here.

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Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

Hence, if you are interested in existing applications to "just work" without the need for adjustments, then you may be better off avoiding Wayland.

Wayland solves no issues I have but breaks almost everything I need. Even the most basic, most simple things (like xkill) - in this case with no obvious replacement. And usually it stays broken, because the Wayland folks mostly seem to care about Automotive, Gnome, maybe KDE - and alienating everyone else (e.g., people using just an X11 window manager or something like GNUstep) in the process.

Wayland proponents make it seem like Wayland is "the successor" of Xorg, when in fact it is not. It is merely an incompatible alternative, and not even one that has (nor wants to have) feature parity (missing features). And unlike X11 (the X Window System), Wayland protocol designers actively avoid the concept of "windows" (making up incompr

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#!/usr/bin/python
from sense_hat import SenseHat
from datetime import datetime
import math,os,random,subprocess,time

#
# Background:
#
# I have seen various electronic devices on paranormal TV shows (most popular
# being the Ovilus by Digital Dousing) that claim to convert "ghost energy" into

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Setup face recognition authentication on ArchLinux and KDE Plasma using howdy

This is surprisingly easy...basically following Arch Wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Howdy

After some investigation, here is step by step and preferences

Install howdy

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Garlic OS Tips (Windows-based)

GarlicOS Cookbook

Follow these instructions for an easy way to get up and going quickly! These are complete instructions, and will be the easiest way to get started on a new RG35XX.

Set up SD Card

Get a high quality SD (e.g. SanDisk Extreme) card, 128GB or larger, 256GB is recommended. Don't skimp here, they're cheap, and don't use the card that comes with the RG35XX as it's crap.

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Cloning (and expanding) a 60GB PS3 HDD to a 320GB HDD

These are the steps that were taken to clone a 60GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) HDD to a 320GB HDD, and then expand the USERDATA partition to the full size of the new disk using a NetBSD VM.

Clone the Drive

The original 60GB HDD was cloned to an image using ddrescue.

Original disk: /dev/loop0 (mounted 60GB HDD image file) New Disk: /dev/sdd (320GB HDD)

c0m4r

FreeBSD installation on OVH VPS

This guide explains how to install the FreeBSD on OVH VPS. This might also work for other VPS providers with the proper rescue system in place.

Inspired by https://www.klajnszmit.net/unix-bsd-linux/openbsd-on-ovh-vps

Table of contents:

• 1. Rescue mode
• 2. Disk preparation
• 3. Download and deploy FreeBSD