<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Life with BSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:feed</id><updated>%FT%T%z</updated><author><name>Life With BSD</name></author><entry><title>2026-04-07 The Laptop Integration Testing project</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2026-04-07-the-laptop-integration-testing-project/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2026-04-07</id><updated>blog/2026-04-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p><a href="https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/call-for-testing-introducing-the-laptop-integra…</summary></entry><entry><title>2026-01-02 Migrating from bastille auto-starting jails from deprecated bastille_list</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2026-01-02-migrating-from-bastille-deprecated-bastille-list/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2026-01-02</id><updated>blog/2026-01-02T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Happy New Years! Let&apos;s get right into it...
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<p>I had a lingering problem after some…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-12-23 Understanding more about the pkg-status service for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-12-23-understanding-more-about-the-pkg-status-service/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-12-23</id><updated>blog/2025-12-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>If you&apos;re interested in porting software for FreeBSD and not afraid to jump into code …</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-12-07 Trying out flow control binaries for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-12-07-trying-out-flow-control-binaries-for-FreeBSD/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-12-07</id><updated>blog/2025-12-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Here is the &apos;quick start&apos; method as mentioned on their website. 
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<pre><code cl…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-11-07 Swift nightly preview for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-11-07-swift-nightly-preview-for-freebsd/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-11-07</id><updated>blog/2025-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p><a href="/blog/2025-09-17-waiting-on-swift-mainline-for-FreeBSD/">Earlier</a>, I wrote abou…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-11-02 Using jujutsu in a git compatible way to track freebsd ports</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-11-02-using-jujutsu-in-a-git-compatible-way-to-track-freebsd ports/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-11-02</id><updated>blog/2025-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div></div>
<div><h2 id="one-97b89d55b1">A JJ crash primer</h2><div><p>If you&apos;ve not heard of <…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-10-28 The sherlocking of the gemini protocol</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-10-28-the-sherlocking-of-the-gemini-protocol/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-10-28</id><updated>blog/2025-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>If you are not into off the beat technologies then the term Gemini in techie speak probably…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-10-09 How to change the options in a freebsd port</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-10-09-how-to-change-the-options-in-a-freebsd-port/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-10-09</id><updated>blog/2025-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>If you are into using the FreeBSD ports system, at some point you will have stumbled across…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-09-16 Waiting on Swift mainline for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-09-17-waiting-on-swift-mainline-for-FreeBSD/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-09-17</id><updated>blog/2025-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Looks like <a href="https://www.swift.org/blog/swift-6.2-released/">swift 6.2</a> has been …</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-08-25 Dmesg for Cable Matters USB 3.1 to 4 port Gigabit Ethernet Adapter</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-08-25-dmesg-for-cable-matters-usb-31-to-4-port-gigabit-ethernet-adapter/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-08-25</id><updated>blog/2025-08-25T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Picked up an interesting <a href="https://www.cablematters.com/pc-1273-138-usb-31-to-4-port…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-08-15 Generate a QR code with typst</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-08-15-generate-a-qr-code-with-typst/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-08-15</id><updated>blog/2025-08-15T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>I stumbled across this neat <a href="https://typst.app/universe/package/rustycure">package<…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-07-31 Fixing jujutsu and leaky ascii escape sequences on FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-07-31-fixing-jujutsu-and-leaky-ascii-escape-sequences-on-freebsd/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-07-31</id><updated>blog/2025-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p><a href="https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj">Jujutsu</a> is a different spin of a <a href="https:…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-07-31 Swift now available as a package for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-07-31-swift-now-available-as-a-package-for-freebsd/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-07-31</id><updated>blog/2025-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Awhile <a href="/blog/2025-06-24-swift-relands-in-the-freebsd-ports-tree/">back</a> I noted…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-07-28 The FreeBSD project clarifies its stance on gen-ai powered contributions</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-07-28-the-freebsd-project-clarifies-its-stance-on-gen-ai-powered-contributions/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-07-28</id><updated>blog/2025-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>I stumbled across the following when browsing the <a href="https://bugs.freebsd.org">FreeBS…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-07-28 The rustup question</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-07-28-the-rustup-question/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-07-28</id><updated>blog/2025-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>In previous posts, I have highlighted specific projects in Rust that are known to work (and…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-07-08 Goodbye old friend, a tale</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-07-08-goodbye-old-friend-a-tale/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-07-08</id><updated>blog/2025-07-08T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>An interesting observation on (male) relationships and the transactional nature of the rela…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-30 Configuring FreeBSD to network with  a postmarketos phone over usb</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-30-configuring-freebsd-to-network-with-a-postmarketos-phone-over-usb/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-30</id><updated>blog/2025-06-30T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>If you run a <a href="https://postmarketos.org/">postmarketOS</a> device one thing you migh…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-25 swift (re)lands in the FreeBSD ports tree</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-24-swift-relands-in-the-freebsd-ports-tree/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-24</id><updated>blog/2025-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Swift has landed (<a href="https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/commit/fe6e400fbd9f45b1…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-24 typst a rust powered typesetting tool aiming at latex</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-24-typst-a-rust-powered-typesetting-tool-aiming-at-latex/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-24</id><updated>blog/2025-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>If you need to use a typesetting program to do the following:
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<ul><li><p>write an academ…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-19 Open Source Two Worlds thoughts</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-19-open-source-two-worlds-thoughts/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-19</id><updated>blog/2025-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>I recently read <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OpenSourceTwoWorlds"…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-14 Taking a look at repolocli</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-14-taking-a-look-at-repolocli/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-14</id><updated>blog/2025-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p><a href="https://repology.org/">Repology</a> is an interesting tool for checking whether a …</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-09 Zig master builds now with FreeBSD support</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-09-zig-master-builds-now-include-with-FreeBSD-support/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-09</id><updated>blog/2025-06-09T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>In a brief break from looking at Rust things for FreeBSD. While reading <a href="https://ww…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-07 Finding rust dependencies in Makefile.crates</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-07-finding-rust-dependencies-in-makefile-crates/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-07</id><updated>blog/2025-06-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>One of the patterns in the ports tree that a potential porter would find when dealing with …</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-05 Ripgrep or ripgrep-all</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-05-ripgrep-or-ripgrep-all/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-05</id><updated>blog/2025-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>While looking through the ports tree I noticed there is also a variant of ripgrep called ri…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-06-02 Ripgrep a nice Rust utility for ports spelunking</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-06-02-ripgrep-a-nice-rust-utility-for-ports-spelunking/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-06-02</id><updated>blog/2025-06-02T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>In keeping with the <del>talking</del> blabbing about the <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-05-31 Get started with gpui on FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-05-31-get-started-with-gpui-on-freebsd/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-05-31</id><updated>blog/2025-05-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>I am interested in the <a href="https://crates.io/crates/gpui">gui</a> framework that power…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-05-29 Query freshports with Deno</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-05-29-query-freshports-with-deno/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-05-29</id><updated>blog/2025-05-29T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p><a href="https://freshports.org">https://freshports.org</a> is a really handy website to ke…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-05-27 Trying out Defuddle an npm tool via Deno</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-05-27-defuddle-deno/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-05-27</id><updated>blog/2025-05-27T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div><p>Having access to Deno, also means having access to the npm ecosystem without having to inst…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-05-25 Deno for FreeBSD</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-05-25-deno-for-freebsd/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-05-25</id><updated>blog/2025-05-25T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div></div>
<div><h2 id="one-e3f2e00824">Deno for FreeBSD</h2><div><p>One of the topics I would like…</summary></entry><entry><title>2025-05-23 A new beginning</title><link href="https://lifewithbsd.org/blog/2025-05-23-a-new-beginning/" /><id>urn:lifewithbsd-org:blog/2025-05-23</id><updated>blog/2025-05-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary><div></div>
<div><h2 id="one-a29cbb7d96">New blog but not quite new blogger</h2><div><p>I am not new…</summary></entry></feed>