just my random notes

  • welcome to my blog (or more precisely collection of random thoughts)
  • mostly Linux, FreeBSD and various ARM-based SBCs (Raspberry Pi still resonates deeply in my heart 🥰)
  • occasionally HW design (custom PCBs) and poking around with SDR

Let's jump on the FreeBSD bandwagon, shall we?

After playing with FreeBSD from time to time on VMs and occasionally on the Raspberry Pi (I’ve got plenty of them, nevermind), eventually the time was ripe for joining the party for (hopefully) a little bit longer. With this end in view and without much hesitation I ordered cheap (550 PLN = $150) used 13" MacBook Pro (early 2013) with Retina display. After changing the battery (a twelve year old factory one was swollen) and dumping system info from ancient macOS High Sierra, it was the right time to boot FreeBSD from USB flash drive and wipe the ancient SSD with Marvell 88SS9174-BLD2 controller. ...

September 6, 2025 Â· jkm