The FreeBSD Music Collection
This is my FreeBSD music collection. It consists of songs inspired by FreeBSD releases, experiments, and desktop and server experiences that have become part of everyday life. It was built using Suno AI and then tweaked and polished each one.
“FreeBSD From 14 to 15” Song
Context: I recently upgraded my server from FreeBSD 14 to 15.1-RELEASE-p1, which went smoothly. To make the song I used old melody that I had before, modified it 19 times in Suno to tweak the voice, melody, rhythm, lyrics, and voice accents. Then, I polished it in Ableton Live 12 and combined the best parts of different tracks and lyrics into one song.
Verse
Fourteen served us, day by day,
Now Fifteen takes the load away.
Fetch the bits, reboot once more,
Free-B-S-D at the core.
Chorus
From Fourteen up to Fifteen now,
Same old shell, just faster somehow.
One command, then let it be,
Hello, new Free-B-S-D.
“FreeBSD Rap with Jungle Mashup” Song
Context: a rap track with a Jungle mash up about FreeBSD quietly powering streaming, consoles, and everyday systems.
Intro
FreeBSD, FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Built to hold, built to breathe
Verse 1
FreeBSD in the stack, yeah, deep in the frame
Quiet little engine, but the world know the name
Netflix on the rails, keep it moving all day
Millions of streams ride smooth, no delay
PlayStation in the code, that’s under the hood
Stability on the line, make the whole thing good
Nintendo got a system from the kernel tree
Same old bones, just tuned for the family
It don’t need to flex, it just gets it done
Built for the long run, not a flash in the sun
From servers in the dark to the living room glow
If you know, you know, that BSD flow
Pre-Chorus
Count the machines
Hear that hum
Same old core
Still number one
Chorus
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Runs the world quietly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Under the hood, where it should be
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Rock solid, endlessly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Built to hold, built to breathe
Verse 2
Netflix on a server farm, feeding that demand
Fast little packets in a well-tuned hand
PlayStation boots up, clean when you press play
Steady in the system, never in the way
Nintendo on the rise with a custom touch
Same hard roots, just polished up much
They took that code and made it fit their lane
Different front door, same backbone vein
Not a headline star, but it powers the scene
The kind of base layer holding up the dream
So when the screen lights up and the players move
That’s FreeBSD in the groove
Pre-Chorus
Count the machines
Hear that hum
Same old core
Still number one
Chorus
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Runs the world quietly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Under the hood, where it should be
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Rock solid, endlessly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Built to hold, built to breathe
Bridge
From data halls to game nights
It never asks for fame
Just keep the system steady
And keep the signal tame
Final Chorus
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Runs the world quietly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Under the hood, where it should be
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Rock solid, endlessly
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Built to hold, built to breathe
Outro
Quiet code, loud impact
Whole stack on its back
FreeBSD, FreeBSD
Yeah, that’s the fact
“Kirk, Kirk, BSD” Song
Context: a short drum and bass tribute made to pay respect to Kirk McKusick’s work on BSD.
Intro
Oh, yeah,
Verse
Give me one for my answer
Give me two for the dancer
Give me three to dance with Kirk below
Chorus
Kirk, Kirk, BSD,
Keeper of the Unix tree.
Soft updates, clean and bright,
Guard our data through the night.
Chorus
Kirk, Kirk, BSD,
Keeper of the Unix tree.
Soft updates, steady flow,
Keep our data safe below.
“Rock Solid Every Single Day” Song
Context: a short FreeBSD desktop anthem about using a clean, fast, reliable system every day.
Verse
Boot it up, smooth and bright,
FreeBSD all day and night.
Fast and clean, feeling right,
My desktop’s flying out of sight.
Chorus
FreeBSD, that’s my way,
Rock-solid every single day.
No drama, no delay,
FreeBSD, here to stay!
Bridge
Ports and power at my hand,
Built to last, built to stand.
Final Chorus
FreeBSD, can’t you see?
Best desktop for me!
FreeBSD, wild and free,
Running happily!
“Eyes on the FreeBSD Kernel” Song
Context: the source of inspiration for that song become a six month project that uses AI assisted analysis and security researchers to find, verify, and help fix vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel and userland before they can be exploited.
Chorus
Eyes on the kernel, light in the code
Finding the cracks before they explode
AI finds the flaws before things go wrong
FreeBSD guarded all night long
Outro
Keep pushing forward, go Pierre!
Repeating Hook
Eyes on the kernel
Eyes on the kernel
Eyes on the kernel
Light in the code
Eyes on the kernel
Eyes on the kernel
Eyes on the kernel
Eyes on the kernel, light in the code
Final Chorus
Eyes on the kernel, light in the code
Finding the cracks before they explode
Eyes on the kernel, light in the code
Finding the cracks before they explode
AI finds the flaws before things go wrong
FreeBSD guarded all night long
Outro
Keep pushing forward, go Pierre!
Keep pushing forward, go Pierre!
Keep pushing forward, go Pierre!
Eyes on the kernel
Go Pierre!
“FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE” Song
Context: the song is inspired by FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE. A significant milestone for the project, delivering major improvements in hardware support, virtualization, performance, and overall system reliability.
Verse 1
June heat on the console,
fifteen-one comes alive,
second spark of stable branches,
kernels burning, systems thrive.
Wireless signals glowing,
newer code beneath the sky,
packets cut through ember
where the old machines still fly.
Pre-Chorus
Choose your path at boot time,
let the scheduler blaze,
spin the disks or wake the cloud,
light the daemon through the haze.
Chorus
Boot into the red,
FreeBSD, full speed ahead,
from amd64 highways
to riscv64 spread.
Write it to the memstick,
send it through the cloud,
fifteen-one is rising,
bright and fierce and proud.
Verse 2
Base comes packed in images,
first boot strikes the flame,
updates like a flare line
calling out a brand-new name.
C speaks toward tomorrow,
twenty-three in sight,
Unicode keeps glowing
with four thousand sparks of light.
Pre-Chorus
Checksums in the firelight,
signatures held high,
trust is not a slogan,
it’s the proof the bits comply.
Chorus
Boot into the red,
FreeBSD, full speed ahead,
from armv7 footpaths
to powerpc tread.
Write it to the memstick,
spin it on ZFS,
fifteen-one is rising
with a hot and steady breath.
Bridge
For Peter, draw the boundary,
capability and care,
old ideas still guarding
new machines everywhere.
From Multics ghosts to modern hosts,
security’s refrain:
the lessons that we carry
are the roots inside the chain.
Final Chorus
Boot into the red,
FreeBSD, full speed ahead,
clouds and boards and servers
all waking from the dead.
Livefs for rescue,
ports beneath red stars,
fifteen-one is ready—
the future boots from where we are.
“FreeBSD 14.3-RC1” Song
Context: inspired by the FreeBSD Foundation news about final release candidate before FreeBSD 14.3.
Verse 1
June 1st morning, I wake up to the sound,
FreeBSD’s rolling out, new RC’s inbound.
14.3 release, it’s a code lover’s dream,
amd64, ARM cores, running fast and clean.
Pre-Chorus
PowerPC, RISC-V, the ports keep growing wide,
i386 and aarch64, we test them with our pride.
From kernel to userland, the patches fly in streams,
In the land of the daemon, we’re chasing coding dreams.
Chorus
Code like the wind, test what we find,
RC1’s dropping, no bugs left behind!
Mirror sites waiting, ISO’s in the sky,
Let’s spin up our systems, give this build a try!
Verse 2
PowerPC64le, and powerpcspe,
The architectures dancing in perfect harmony.
armv6 and v7, holding steady and strong,
In the spirit of free software, we all belong.
Bridge
No matter the system, no matter the core,
FreeBSD’s the engine, opening doors.
With every commit, we’re building the tide,
For a stable tomorrow, with the code as our guide.
Chorus
Code like the wind, test what we find,
RC1’s dropping, no bugs left behind!
Mirror sites waiting, ISO’s in the sky,
Let’s spin up our systems, give this build a try!
Outro
So fire up the console, and pull down the tree,
FreeBSD’s calling—come set your system free!