This week’s BSD Now talks about some recent history articles, and links to CultBSD, a new based-on-FreeBSD… distribution? I’m not sure what to call these based-on-a-BSD products.

2021/11/092021/11/03

ChiBUG meeting tonight

ChiBUG is meeting tonight at 6PM at Giordano’s. Go if you are near Chicago.

2021/11/062021/11/04

In Other BSDs for 2021/11/06

I’ve been on the road but had travel time just sitting there, so I was able to construct this a bit more calmly for once.

2021/11/052021/11/02

Me, interviewed

I was interviewed by email a short while ago by Alexandre. He’s collecting them from other people, so start with me and keep reading with Vermaden.

2021/11/04

BSD Now 427: Logging is important

I sure hope you don’t disagree with this week’s BSD Now episode title. Among other things, it talks about pot.

2021/10/302021/10/28

In Other BSDs for 2021/10/30

I finally cleared out most of my BSD RSS. Now everyone has to post more stuff and refill!

The OpenSSH server has limits on what user authentication you can use.
V7 Unix had no stack size limit, and when Unix acquired one. 4BSD like everything else.
OpenBSD hardware recommendations.
OpenBSD on a Framework computer.
SOLVED: FreeBSD nfsv4 client/server protocol prob err=10026.
SOLVED: linker_load_file: /boot/modules/openzfs.ko – unsupported file type.
Advanced ZFS Snapshots.
LLDB serial port communication support.
OpenBSD Webzine issue 3.
My FreeBSD laptop… without a GUI!? A good idea; try it!
Benchmarking compilation time with ccache/mfs on OpenBSD.
Reuse of OpenBSD packages for trying runtime.
Measuring power efficiency of a CPU frequency scheduler on OpenBSD.
Valuable News – 2021/10/25.
FreeBSD 12.3 BETA is out.
Catchup 2021-10-08 for OpenBSD Journal.
Realtek wireless firmwares imported!
pfSense Plus Software Version 21.05.2 is Now Available for Upgrades.
September 30th, 2021 syspatches: some assembly might be required.
Fall 2021 Advocacy Update.
OpenBSD on the HiFive Unmatched. (via)
Advanced Documentation Retrieval on FreeBSD. Necessary skills, for sure. (via)
Best BSD to try out GNUSTEP + Windowmaker?

2021/10/28

BSD Now 426: OpenBSD 7.0 Hero

This week’s BSD Now talks about OpenBSD and OpenZFS – but not at the same time; don’t misread this.

2021/10/232021/10/25

In Other BSDs for 2021/10/23

Live in-person meetings are happening, slowly, finally.

Register Today for the November 2021 FreeBSD Vendor Summit.
How BSD Authentication Works. (via)
Valuable News – 2021/10/19.
Other FreeBSD Version in ZFS Boot Environment.
Explaining top(1) on FreeBSD.
Manipulating a Pool from the Rescue System.
Building Your FreeBSD Developer Workstation Setup. Software and hardware.
FreeBSD switches the default root shell from csh to sh. Muscle-memory issues may get you. (via)
Open Source Summit 2021 Conference Recap. Live people?!
FreeBSD Foundation October 2021 Fundraising Update.
The State of Gaming on OpenBSD in 2022. Stick with it.
One step closer to my new FreeBSD tower.
GhostBSD 21.10.16 ISO is now available.
Experimenting with a new OpenBSD development lab.
Story of making the OpenBSD Webzine. (There’s 2 issues so far)

2021/10/21

BSD Now 425: Releases galore

This has been a good week for BSD releases, hasn’t it? This week’s BSDNow gets into RISC-V, too.

2021/10/18

SEMIBUG and Emacs presentation

SEMIBUG’s monthly meeting is online, and it’s tomorrow the 19th, at 1900 hours (-0400, Eastern) via Jitsi. It’s going to be about “the advantages of Emacs”, given by a group member. Go, see, even if it’s just to shake your fist at the screen and mumble “viiiiiiiiiiii”.

2021/10/162021/10/14

In Other BSDs for 2021/10/16

Somewhat short this week, but there’s several releases.

2021/10/152021/10/14

BSD Now 424: Unveiling OpenBSD’s pledge

This week’s BSD Now is 50% OpenBSD, 50% FreeBSD, plus a whole lot of Beastie Bits.

2021/10/142021/10/13

St. Louis UNIX Users Group, today

SLUUG, which has the best acronym, meets tonight at 6ish PM Central time on Zoom.

2021/10/12

Hamilton BUG meeting now

It’s not on their web page but it’s on Jitsi, so you can join now. (alerted via)

2021/10/122021/10/06

ChiBUG online meeting tonight

ChiBUG is meeting tonight, virtually, at 6:30 PM Central. “The Writing Scholar’s Guide to *BSD“.

2021/10/11

BSD Now 423: RACK the Stack

I managed to miss it last week, but last week’s BSD Now talks about NetFlix’s usage of FreeBSD to serve a ridiculous amount of data, among other things.