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Running "pkg upgrade" on FreeBSD results in:

Updating FreeBSD-ports repository catalogue...

sits there for ages

ran with -d:

DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> connecting
DBG(1)[71664]> (fetch) libfetch> fetching from: https://pkgmir.geo.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/meta.conf with opts "i"

And it never downloads it.

Is libfetch badly broken?

pkg 2.7.4

(works fine in a browser)

#FreeBSD #pkg

Stefano Marinelli · 6d

A wolf just crossed the road. We were less than 10 meters away…

Tom @Tom 1776967808

@nprofile1q... Wolves are amazing! 😍

Stefano Marinelli · 1w

I’m absolutely exhausted and ready for some evening relaxation. But it's been a good day. The trip went well, I was treated to a great lunch at a nice local restaurant, the people were extremely p...

Tom @Tom 1776375969

@nprofile1q... Glad you had a great day! Wish it was 24°C here in rainy, grey 14C England but I know summer is coming

Stefano Marinelli · 2w

My week starts with a request: "I need a server to deploy to production, but the devs have no idea how to do it. They don't know how to use the terminal, they don’t know how to handle certificates, ...

Tom @Tom 1776064781

@nprofile1q... I'm sorry you have to deal with this. Hope they're paying well.

Stefano Marinelli · 2w

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Tom @Tom 1775946939

@nprofile1q... Thanks so much!

Tom

@Tom 1775914959

I was inspired by @nprofile1q... ' blog post back in November that I posted one of my own. Took 4 months but I've posted it!

My Journey to the BSDs:

https://pertho.net/2026/04/11/my-journey-to-the-bsds/

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #Sysadmin

Stefano Marinelli · 2w

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Tom

@Tom 1775827091

On FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE, What's needed to get vulkan working with wine_devel-11.5?

If I set WINE_D3D_CONFIG="renderer=vulkan"
(environment variable) I get "Renderer Creation Failed!"

However, I can run vkcube with no problems.

Are there some WINE dxvk .dlls I need to copy from somewhere? How do people get Vulkan working with WINE 11 on FreeBSD?

Please boost and thanks!

#wine #FreeBSD #gaming #vulkan

Stefano Marinelli · 3w

Da claaaauuud is always on™ #IT #Cloud https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/362/588/377/341/690/original/48eab9572cc70507.png

Tom @Tom 1775595636

@nprofile1q... You simply...

*need moarrr powerrrr*

😂🤣

(and pizza)