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2016/08/132016/08/12

In Other BSDs for 2016/08/13

The Lumina release is the highlight of the week.

Lumina 1.0.0 released. It’s a BSD-first desktop environment, hooray!
OpenBSD Gaming Resource. I’ve wanted this for all BSDs – just hopping through ports/pkgsrc/dports. (via)
OpenBSD binpatches and package updates.
xautobacklight.
FreeBSD Core statement on recent freebsd-update and related vulnerabilities.
OpenBSD removes armish support. (via)
n2k16 hackathon report: guenther@ on RELRO support in binutils and arch specific cleanup.
tmpfs on its last legs. For OpenBSD.
200 packages with the greatest number of patches. In pkgsrc.
Anyone used a TrueNAS system?
Enlightenment on OpenBSD! Dunno about those last steps…
When BSD and Ubuntu meet on the dance floor, magic should happen.
new shadow passwd functions.
FreeBSD on a tiny system; what’s missing. (via)
Ha!

2016/08/11

BSDNow 154: Myths, Pi’s & Features, oh my!

It’s a good week to learn: BSDNow 154 has no interview, but a lot of tutorials, including ones on GhostBSD, Enlightenment, Steam on FreeBSD, and so on.

2016/08/09

OpenSSH, OpenSSL updates

Because this always happens just after I create a DragonFly release, there’s a new version of OpenSSL. However, this is for version 1.0.2. 1.0.1 is what’s in the release, and it’s supported through the end of the year.

OpenSSH has a major version bump in DragonFly, to 7.3p1. This means some features – specifically patches for High Performance Networking – are no longer there, and you’ll get an error if your config file requires them. Either remove the options from your config, or install OpenSSH from dports.

2016/08/062016/08/05

In Other BSDs for 2016/08/06

Slightly calmer this week.

2016/08/05

Garbage[37]: Throttling

Garbage 37 is out, with talk about their format and timing, OpenBSD material, and more Chromebook discussion.

2016/08/04

BSDNow 153: Big Int Trouble

It’s Thursday, so that means BSDNow 153, with a title inspired by the lead news item, “my int is too big”. (No, not spoon, int.) No interview this week, but lots of links.

2016/08/04

No more page zeroing

After some testing of different ways to pre-zero out memory pages, Matthew Dillon came to the conclusion: page zeroing doesn’t matter any more. The idea dates all the way back to CSRG, and he’s removed it from DragonFly.

2016/08/022016/08/01

NYCBUG InstallFest tomorrow

If you are near New York City, NYCBUG’s InstallFest is happening just before 7 PM Wednesday at the usual Stone Creek bar meeting location. Go, see what strange hardware turns up.

2016/07/302016/07/29

In Other BSDs for 2016/07/30

I did all of this in a hour, because I had so many tabs saved from during the week. Don’t get overwhelmed!

EuroBSDCon 2016 schedule has been released.
OPNsense 16.7 released.
2016Q2 FreeBSD Status Report.
SemiBUG has a Twitter. Here’s their last meeting, and the next is 8/23.
August 3rd: NYCBUG Installfest. Go just to see what weird hardware shows up.
Attacks against FreeBSD Update components. (via)
How do I dual boot FreeBSD 10.3 with Windows 10?
Steam on FreeBSD 11-CURRENT. (via)
ZFS and RAID.
OpenBSD 6.0 pre-orders up.
OpenBSD 6.0 to be released September 1, 2016. (via)
EuroBSDCon 2016 talks and tutorials. (via and via)
DiscoverBSD for 2016/07/25.
Why FreeBSD? by Hamza Sheikh.
pfSense 2.3.2 is out.
AWS VPN config supports pfSense 2.2.5+.
FreeBSD 11 Beta2 is available.
n2k16 hackathon report: Stefan Sperling on dhclient bugs, iwm(4) issues.
Will switching to FreeBSD give me an advantage over Linux when it comes to gaming?
Translation Status for 1.0.0. (Lumina)
one reason to hate openbsd.
Status of wireless support for MacBook Pro (late 2011)
Am I doing it wrong?
VirtualBox 5.x finally on FreeBSD.
Some notes on our new generation of ZFS-based file servers.
A Grand Experiment by Leo Laporte. Shifting to BSD. (via)
Announcing PacBSD (Formerly named ArchBSD). (via)
OpenBSD: Release Songs: 6.0: “Another Smash of the Stack”. (via)

Bonus DragonFly items, sent by Rolinh on IRC:

2016/07/292016/07/29

Media: Laporte Has Landed and ACPI Pals

Recently published: BSDNow 152, “The Laporte has landed!“, with an interview of Leo Laporte and his move to BSD, and also garbage[36], with some OpenBSD release conversation scattered in there.

2016/07/232016/07/22

In Other BSDs for 2016/07/23

Adding a new “BUG” category, cause there’s enough ongoing BSD user group activity these days that it’s a reoccurring theme. That makes me happy.

2016/07/22

garbage[35]: Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution

Garbage 35 is up, with news about ChiBUG, an OpenBSD hackathon, and the ritual shaming of computer equipment.

2016/07/222016/07/21

HOPE starts today

HOPE starts today in New York City, and if you are going, there’s at least one BSD presence at the show that could use volunteers.

2016/07/21

BSD Now 151: Fuzzy Auditing

Fuzzing sounds cute, but it’s about finding security problems, not checking for adorable guinea pigs or llamas or something like that. It’s also episode 151 of BSDNow. It looks like there’s no specific interview this week, but plenty of interesting topics and links listed.

2016/07/162016/07/16

In Other BSDs for 2016/07/16

I’m meeeeellllllltttinng!

About Devio.us
Let’s Encrypt client from BSD in C. (via)
ZFS Deadlock: ‘Directory of Death’. (via)
BSD vs. Linux (2005) Old, but new comments at the source link.
DiscoverBSD for 2016/07/11.
“PAM Mastery” tech reviewers wanted.
pkgsrc-2016Q2 is out.
Errata and patches released! OpenBSD.
my int is too big Related to previous link, I think.
TXLF 2016 Recap.
mandoc-1.13.4 released.
usermount being removed from OpenBSD.
Are you in Scottsdale, AZ, and want to talk about I assume fiction or BSD?
(late update) LibertyBSD 5.9 is out.

2016/07/152016/07/15

garbage[34]: Bursting with excitement

Among other things, garbage[34] brings up joshua stein’s desire to form a BSD user group near Chicago – contact him if you’re near.

2016/07/14

150th BSDNow, with a sprinkler

BSDNow has reached their I think semicentennial episode, “Sprinkle A Little BSD Into Your Life“. For this episode, they interview Jim Brown about BSD Certification and his FreeBSD-running sprinkler system, plus more news.