With recent installations of FreeBSD-CURRENT, traditional use of git no
longer works for /usr/ports
<https://mail-archive.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?f3cdbfa2-1231-48f1-bf02-ae4f4dd96132> | <https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2026-February/009895.html>
The best way to watch the Olympics https://thever.ge/s6fR #Entertainment #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Sports #Tech
@__hetz @vantablack it really depends greatly on the specific Game...
Like @fuchsiii has a lot of issues with weird games that are i.e. #32bit but use a #16bit #Installer, require legacy versions of #DirectX / #Direct3D if not #DirectDraw or have other issues.
Obviously this doesn't apply to newer mainstream titles like #Crysis where one just chooses an older version of #Proton / #DXVK and can just game fine.
Obviously #Valve ain't saints but even if I was a #Steam-absent #Developer or #Publisher I'd at least not go out of my way to cockblock people from gaming on it, when it's hardware is roughly on-par with the #Switch2 and unlike #Nintendo's shitbox it isn't a closed-off platform.
And with the expected retail price of the #SteamMachine closer to €1k than €500, it'll be kinda hard for most consumers to justify buying in and thus developers to do more than the bare essentials.
So yeah, #LinuxGaming has issues - I'm not gonna deny that - but certainly these are certainly not due to Valve, but rather:
A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget https://thever.ge/rvMu #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Apps #Tech
Get stuff done by yelling at your phone https://thever.ge/KsDJ #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Apps #Tech
Call for testing KDE installer dialogs
<https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs/-/blob/main/cft.md> | <https://github.com/alfonsosiciliano/kde-installer-dialogs/blob/main/cft.md> @alfonsosiciliano
<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2026-January/007438.html> | <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1qihyal/call_for_testing_kde_installer_dialogs_alfonso/>
Cc @kde @kdedude @FreeBSDFoundation
#CFT #KDE #Plasma #desktop #FreeBSD #installer #install #bsdinstall
Huh. Looks like there *is* a third new software release this month.
https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2026-01/20-appy_an_appimage_installer
#appimage #linux #installer #golang
Is that signing certificate still valid?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/20/is-that-signing-certificate-still-valid/
🆕 Nouvelle vidéo – et dernière (pour l’instant 😉) de la série « Linux, c’est facile ! »
🎥 Dans ce tutoriel, nous voyons comment #installer des logiciels sous #Linux #NIRD, en comparant deux situations concrètes :
– l’installation via la #Logithèque, à privilégier quand le logiciel est disponible ; ✅
– l’installation via un paquet externe, lorsque c’est nécessaire, avec les points de vigilance à connaître. 🕵️♂️
Le #tutoriel #vidéo
👉 https://tube-sciences-technologies.apps.education.fr/w/npSguQ84dgKNAG9iZSdb5P
Une série de vidéos pour montrer que Linux est simple d'utilisation (et même beaucoup plus que #Windows). 👌
Our favorite cozy game is back https://thever.ge/hf4X #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Apps #Tech
The CES 2026 stuff I might actually buy https://thever.ge/kArb #Installer #Gadgets #Tech #CES
One Open-source Project Daily
A command-line installer for Windows.
https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop
#1ospd #opensource #installer #powershell #scoop #windows
GitHub - abusoww/tuxmate: THE MISSING BULK APP INSTALLER FOR LINUX
TuxMate is a web-based Linux application installer that generates distro-specific shell scripts, that aims to be the simplest way to bulk-install applications on a fresh Linux system.
Maybe you've just installed a fresh Linux distro. Perhaps you're setting up a new machine or can't remember all the package names for your favorite apps?
Our favorite stuff of 2025 https://thever.ge/Ew6g #Installer #Gadgets #Apps #Tech
@mason you probably saw "experimental" in something earlier than the final release candidate.
Most users of FreeBSD Installer for 15.0-RELEASE will find the button for packages (not distribution sets) preselected ― the default.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pk1wsg/comment/ntuxsow/>
From <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pa8ait/comment/nrin5g9/>:
＂pkgbase – it's huge, and cooking for more than a decade is mouthwatering, however the time for the Foundation and the Project to really blow their trumpets will be when the cookbook, tools, and conventions come together en route to 15.1. ＂
I like that the Foundation is blowing a trumpet already 👍
It's probably fair to describe the tools and conventions as a tech preview ― this includes the base meta packages for so-called sets ― but in my experience, the (non-meta) base packages are truly production-ready.
The pkgbase(7) manual page <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkgbase&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release> can be corrected and improved, as can the FreeBSD Handbook and other parts of an inevitably sprawling cookbook.
Tasty.
A new old idea about video stores https://thever.ge/SxYC #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Tech #Web
@governa thanks, a few observations.
Nine base sets (minimal plus all eight additions) should be rare, not a norm.
The next screenshot shows 311 packages, that's not consistent with the nine base sets. There should be 488 packages, including pkg itself.
The pictured user has not been added to any groups. They'll not benefit from hardware-accelerated graphics; they'll be unable to use pkg to install software; and (whilst logged in) they'll be unable to perform tasks such as restarting, or shutting down, the system.
Instead of freebsd-version -k, use:
freebsd-version -kru
An all-time great game makes a comeback https://thever.ge/cEFj #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Tech
The 2025 Installer gift guide https://thever.ge/YjfX #Installer #Streaming #Gadgets #Tech
