FUN FACT: Yesterday, I updated my LibreWolf OpenBSD port to version 151.0.1-2. Please read: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port

LibreWolf is a privacy- and security-hardened fork of Mozilla Firefox. It removes telemetry otherwise present in Firefox, attempts to resist fingerprinting techniques, and so on.

My current thread on the mailing list is quite large, and I've made several design changes throughout; I will start a new thread for my port, which I intend to have merged before OpenBSD 8.0 is released.

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories.

https://minifree.org/

Libreboot is free/opensource boot firmware, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI. I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer, and I use sales to fund the project.

Libreboot gives you better security and customisation. As a Free Software project, Libreboot democratises the boot firmware, giving you control. It's your computer, nobody elses.

Debian Linux, other distro or a BSD of your choice can be preinstalled.

Been a bit ill the last few weeks. I'm back at work fully as of today. And with that, I say.

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories:

https://minifree.org/

I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer. Sales fund the project. It replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, providing faster boot speeds, better security and better configurability.

Debian Linux preinstalled, or you can ask for a different distro or a BSD.

Free Software democratises computing, giving you control of the machine.

A Libreboot contributor added ThinkPad X280 support to Libreboot a while ago, but I never got round to setting up mine until today. No idea wtf I did wrong when *I* tried adding it, but hey, it works.

Thank you "AlguienSasaki" for adding it, and thank you Johann C. Rode for porting this wonderful ThinkPad to coreboot!

And I installed OpenBSD on mine. Because of course I did. Why the hell would I *not* install OpenBSD on every computer that I own? OpenBSD is the best thing since the telephone.

I have important news: my LibreWolf port for OpenBSD now *works perfectly*!

See: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port

Latest patch: https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port/commit/b66909dff671dfae9350b3db84c60b0a32cff9e9

I compiled the master branch on OpenBSD -current (7.9 snapshot).

I rewrote the port again, this time making only the most surgical changes relative to www/mozilla-firefox.

LibreWolf uses mozconfig, so OpenBSD CONFIGURE_ARGS has no effect; I provide a patched mozconfig at build time.

*Everything works*. I rocked out to some tunes, and read some news.

update regarding my librewolf openbsd port: everything i said earlier about mozilla's allocator is a load of bollocks. firefox is the same code (where the allocator is concerned. librewolf doesn't touch it) and builds perfectly without patching, and runs perfectly.

rather than fix my cursed port, i'm just doing it from scratch, properly this time - no removing www/mozilla. i'll just make it piggyback off of www/mozilla, like other moz projects in obsd.

eg. www/tor-browser also uses www/mozilla

GOOD NEWS! https://codeberg.org/vimuser/librewolf-openbsd-port/commit/8f89ab81334425a3b8446710bb8fdd0fbb674d20

My LibreWolf port for OpenBSD *should* build and work perfectly now!

I did a stable-7.8 branch with LibreWolf 143 last week, that works perfectly, but LibreWolf 149 didn't build on -CURRENT (7.9).

This patch fixes it. Mozilla has its own memory allocator that intercepts real malloc to handle lots of small allocations (inside one big allocation) efficiently, but there was an ABI mismatch with OpenBSD. Fixed now.

Will show LW 149 running when it has compiled.

Free Software is awesome. I know most people on Mastodon probably know all about it. Most of us probably take it for granted. I've used Linux/BSD since 2005.

Well, when you use Linux for 20 years, and no longer know how to use modern versions of the proprietary systems, and then you see a proprietary system (such as Windows or Mac, but also ChromeOS, and arguably many vendor-supplied Android systems now).

You learn to appreciate freedom. It is not guaranteed; it must be preserved at all costs.

FUN FACT: You can use 64GB RAM on a Libreboot Dell OptiPlex 3050 Micro, when you install certain CPUs, such as the i3-9100T. Libreboot adds support for these CPUs, unlike Dell firmware.

I tested it today and it works perfectly. I'm using it in my own machine. I now offer 64GB RAM, on the Libreboot 3050 Micro sold here:

https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-3050-micro.html

I'm Libreboot's founder. Sales fund the project. Libreboot replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Debian Linux or your choice of distro/BSD installed.