https://interfacecraft.online/tags/freebsd/Recent content in FreeBSD on Alexander Deplov, AI artist, product designerHugoenWed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/freebsd-music-collection/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/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.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/how-to-fit-the-freebsd-logo-in-a-perfect-circle/Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/how-to-fit-the-freebsd-logo-in-a-perfect-circle/The FreeBSD and Apple logos are quite similar. Both have a heavy base and leaves / tails on top. This is how Apple fits its logo into a circle With guides: Apple tries to keep heavy center closer to the center of the surface: So the mass aligned to the center: We can apply that same logic to the FreeBSD logo too For social mediahttps://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/desktop-phone-connected-to-freebsd-server/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/desktop-phone-connected-to-freebsd-server/I turned a Panasonic KX-T2315 desk phone into a physical menu for my FreeBSD server. When I pick up the handset, the phone adapter calls Asterisk, waits for one digit, and triggers a predefined script on the FreeBSD server. This post covers the phone restoration, HT801 setup, Asterisk configuration, Lua dialplan, Python AGI dispatcher, and the full config download. The basic flow looks like this: [Panasonic KX-T2315 analog phone] | | FXS phone cable v [Grandstream HT801] | | SIP + RTP v [FreeBSD 14 + Asterisk] | | AGI v [Python dispatcher] | v [Predefined server-side scripts] What It Does Now Right now, the phone works as a small command menu for the server.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/how-i-match-freebsd-youtube-speed-on-macos/Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:55:15 +0100https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/how-i-match-freebsd-youtube-speed-on-macos/On FreeBSD, YouTube seeking feels instant: click anywhere on the seek bar and playback resumes immediately. On macOS, Firefox gave me a short pause after each seek. The fix that worked for me was not global macOS TCP tuning. Those system-wide tweaks can affect other apps. The stable solution was Firefox-only: keep HTTP/3/QUIC enabled, give Firefox a much larger media cache, reduce media throttling, and prefer the faster MP4/H.264 path over AV1/WebM MSE.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/mate-on-freebsd-macos-like-setup-guide-font-rendering-ui-tweaks-and-settings/Fri, 23 May 2025 20:38:13 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/mate-on-freebsd-macos-like-setup-guide-font-rendering-ui-tweaks-and-settings/Font rendering settings Keyboard and mouse settings Interface settings Turn on TearFree Wallpapers macOS theme for Mate Spotlight replacement As I mentioned earlier, I noticed similarities between FreeBSD and macOS—after 20 years of using macOS, returning to FreeBSD feels like coming home. But I don’t like the font rendering used in non-macOS systems. Partly because Apple did it very well — Steve Jobs had a great understanding of typography — and partly because I’m just used to it.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/how-to-install-freebsd-amdgpu-driver-beelink-ser5-5560u/Thu, 22 May 2025 22:45:11 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/how-to-install-freebsd-amdgpu-driver-beelink-ser5-5560u/After installing FreeBSD 14.2 fresh on my Beelink SER5 5560U, I installed the GPU driver and enabled the TearFree option for better desktop usage by following these steps: 1. Speed Up Keyboard Repeat Rate # kbdcontrol -r fast Edit /etc/rc.conf: keyrate="fast" 2. Install Xorg # pkg install -y xorg 3. Add User to Necessary Groups # pw groupmod video -m username # pw groupmod wheel -m username Verify with: # id username 4.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/freebsd-vs-macos-for-daily-use-my-personal-migration-story/Mon, 19 May 2025 22:15:36 +0200https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/freebsd-vs-macos-for-daily-use-my-personal-migration-story/As a designer I’ve been using macOS since 2005, but with each new update, I dislike the direction Apple is heading in. They add unnecessary features that use system resources and can’t be disabled. My seven-year-old MacBook Pro with an Intel processor became so slow and unresponsive with the latest macOS version that I can’t use it at all anymore. If your Mac can’t handle the latest macOS version, the only solution is to buy a more powerful Mac.https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/can-cheap-minipc-with-freebsd-14-outperform-macbook-pro-m1-pro/Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:25:51 +0100https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2025/can-cheap-minipc-with-freebsd-14-outperform-macbook-pro-m1-pro/TL;DR I put my €1800 MacBook Pro M1 Pro head-to-head with a €300 mini PC and found the cheaper option surprisingly fast. While the mini PC couldn’t completely replace my Mac for work due to some software and hardware limitations, it made me question the need for expensive purchases. Do we really need the latest and greatest hardware to be productive? Or are we being pushed to constantly upgrade for features we might not even fully utilize?