From nobody Mon Jun 30 18:40:31 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4bWFNL45NPz60m5f for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:40:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from development@kd2ycu.com) Received: from mail.kd2ycu.com (okayamatan.kozuka.jp [174.136.99.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4bWFNL1pf5z3sJF for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:40:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from development@kd2ycu.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from smtpclient.apple (syn-098-015-251-083.res.spectrum.com [98.15.251.83]) by mail.kd2ycu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0093E4F1E4; Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:40:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Anderson Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_485214F4-2D50-40FA-BC9E-BCFED560E4CB" List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.600.51.1.1\)) Subject: Re: Hi! Available to help Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:40:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20250630161838.23196978.40034626.72116779@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org To: Milan Obuch References: <3BE02ABD-776F-46AF-8266-12AB93AB0E50@kd2ycu.com> <20250628075502.48308911.40034626.82209601@dino.sk> <30CB7E73-AB81-4083-8173-6D95DF8098B9@kd2ycu.com> <20250630161838.23196978.40034626.72116779@dino.sk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3826.600.51.1.1) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4bWFNL1pf5z3sJF X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:25795, ipnet:174.136.96.0/20, country:US] --Apple-Mail=_485214F4-2D50-40FA-BC9E-BCFED560E4CB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > How are you accessing those VMs? You need some desktop PC or notebok > for this, I think... which OS does it run? You can set there = additional > FreeBSD, either a VM or in dual boot mode=E2=80=A6 I run an M1 Macbook and SSH into my VMs. Support for M1 isn=E2=80=99t = full as far as I can tell, which is also why I would be interested in = helping as well=E2=80=A6. >=20 > Using FreeBSD as standard desktop is often not easy for setup (depends > on requirements), but helps greatly to understand the OS and various > quirks/issues and brings more experiences with it. So I=E2=80=99ve run various Linux distributions as my main desktop for a = long time. At some point my workplace moved to macbooks for a variety = of reasons, but essentially I install homebrew, run X, and remote into = any VMs. I use Emacs + TRAMP to access files, and I=E2=80=99m really = comfortable on the command line. =20 I=E2=80=99m mostly interested in the console and not anything graphical = (KDE/Gnome) >> I think the best thing for me would be to pick up small tasks to get >> my feet wet. I=E2=80=99m more familiar with Linux than FreeBSD but = it=E2=80=99s >> interesting to learn, and I think picking up small tasks like bugs is >> a good way to get my feet wet. Also I=E2=80=99m happy to update >> documentation or test cases... >=20 > A good way to start would be looking in official documents (project's > web site, man pages...) and maybe forums, mailing list archives for > some ideas, wiki,freebsd.org could be good = resource as well. >=20 >=20 >=20 Great tip, thank you!= --Apple-Mail=_485214F4-2D50-40FA-BC9E-BCFED560E4CB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
How are you accessing those VMs? You need some desktop PC = or notebok
for this, I think... which OS does it run? You can set = there additional
FreeBSD, either a VM or in dual boot = mode=E2=80=A6

I run an M1 Macbook and = SSH into my VMs.  Support for M1 isn=E2=80=99t full as far as I can = tell, which is also why I would be interested in helping as = well=E2=80=A6.


Using FreeBSD = as standard desktop is often not easy for setup (depends
on = requirements), but helps greatly to understand the OS and = various
quirks/issues and brings more experiences with = it.

So I=E2=80=99ve run various = Linux distributions as my main desktop for a long time.  At some = point my workplace moved to macbooks for a variety of reasons, but = essentially I install homebrew, run X, and remote into any VMs.  I = use Emacs + TRAMP to access files, and  I=E2=80=99m really = comfortable on the command line.  

I=E2=80=99= m mostly interested in the console and not anything graphical = (KDE/Gnome)

I think the best thing for = me would be to pick up small tasks to get
my feet wet. I=E2=80=99m = more familiar with Linux than FreeBSD but it=E2=80=99s
interesting to = learn, and I think picking up small tasks like bugs is
a good way to = get my feet wet. Also I=E2=80=99m happy to update
documentation or = test cases...

A good way to start would be looking = in official documents (project's
web site, man pages...) and maybe = forums, mailing list archives for
some ideas, wiki,freebsd.org could be good resource = as well.



Great tip, thank = you!
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