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2014/07/262014/07/23

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/26

Part of this was done while traveling, but still a decent week for links.

A BSD-licensed timeout(1).
DiscoverBSD roundup for 2014/07/21.
NetBSD has a start of a radeon driver.
FreeBSD has a Phabricator site, which is getting linked in some commits.
The OpenBSD cvsweb was down but appears to be back now.
Lua in NetBSD went from version 5.1 to 5.3.
Yay cross-pollination, sorta?
“*BSD on the desktop for an intermediate Linux user?“
NetBSD got a slight binary loading speedup.
OpenBSD + OSX/iOS and IPsec/l2tp setup, the thread and the followup.
Trying to establish the longest trust chain possible for an OpenBSD install.
OpenBSD’s new httpd is now installed by default. Lynx is no longer. (partially via)
ldapd/OpenBSD users may need this thread when upgrading.
DIAGNOSTIC does not slow down NetBSD.
Bitrig is nearing 1.0, according to an email on their tech@bitrig.org list. But I can’t find a way to link to the summary of what they have done. There’s the Bitrig roadmap, I guess?
An early draft (“prerelease”) of Michael Lucas’s next book, “FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials“, is available.
Undeadly has a lot of articles written by recent OpenBSD Hackathon participants. Instead of linking to specific ones, I’ll just point you at the site. (undeadly.org can’t tag or search to a summary page.)
BSD, the movie. (via).

2014/07/192014/07/18

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/19

More than the usual source commit messages this week.

LibreSSL got another point release. And complaints. (via)
NetBSD 7’s branch date is planned.
FreeBSD 9.3 is released. EoL for 9.2 has been extended, too.
Cloning a FreeBSD/ZFS Machine with ‘zfs send’.
An OpenBSD hackathon means a lot of articles.
Troubleshooting Large, Stalling git/ssh Transfers.
pkg == systemd == government conspiracy. Surely, the writer can’t be real.
Installing and Using TarSnap. A BSD-friendly service.
DiscoverBSD’s 2014/07/14 roundup.
OpenBSD has OpenSSH and put together LibreSSL. OpenSSL bought… libressh.org? Use whois libressh.org to see. (no link; use your own whois lookup.) (via)
NetBSD has updated to dhcp 4.3.0.
OpenBSD has imported ucpp. (hope that’s the right ucpp; there’s lots out there)
One of those times it’s OK to store passwords in cleartext.
PC-BSD is now using Samba 4.1 by default.
OpenBSD has a new httpd(8). Bonus long-in-the-tooth joke, too.
Yay, SSL library cross-pollination.
Cross-cross-cross pollination, here. (someone do it in DragonFly, too)
ssh (on OpenBSD) now supports Unix domain socket forwarding.
EruoBSDCon 2014 is happening in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September. The FreeBSD Foundation is funding travelers.
A FreeBSD 10 Desktop How-to.

2014/07/18

Interlock Roc: Linux Workshop

There’s an open source meetup at a hackerspace near me, happening tomorrow. Well, today by the time most people read this. Anyway, it’s at Interlock, starting at noon. I don’t think I’ll make it, but I’m always happy to see this stuff happen in my own town.

2014/07/182014/07/17

BSDNow 046: Network Iodometry

BSDNow 046 interviews Brian Drewery, talks about tunneling through DNS ports (an useful trick to get around network paywalls, if it’s what I think it is), and of course more general discussion of BSD topics.

2014/07/17

H.O.P.E. starts tomorrow in NYC

HOPE X starts tomorrow in New York City and runs through the weekend. There will be some BSD people there. (see first line of link.)

2014/07/15

SYSRET fixed even if not broken

There’s a recently talked about bug in SYSRET that apparently affects a lot of operating systems, including Linux and several BSDs. It looks like DragonFly is not affected, but Matthew Dillon has put in changes just in case.

2014/07/122014/07/12

In Other BSDs for 2014/07/12

Finally, a much more eventful week. I already noted LibreSSL’s release.

DiscoverBSD’s news summary for 2014/07/07.
PC-BSD Digest 31 – there’s now a PC-BSD IRC channel.
Your server can probably tell you the temperature.
Future of pf in FreeBSD? Follow the thread. (via)
DragonFly’s pf alterations discussed for OpenBSD. It wouldn’t be easy without some of the underlying DragonFly architecture, but something for everyone to remember: Henning Brauer is generous with his time and will help people updating pf.
mfiutil on FreeBSD.
ia64 processor support is gone from FreeBSD.
NetBSD now has BIND 9.10.0-P2.
FreeBSD now has bmake-20140620.
OpenBSD now has lynx 2.8.8rel2.
OpenBSD’s relayd now has a new filter language.
pkgsrc 2014Q2 binaries are out now for several platforms.
FreeBSD has a new core team.
More cross-pollination – also from Android?
OpenBSD-current users will need to update their kernel.

2014/07/11

Portable LibreSSL out

The portable (meaning ready to be brought into other operating systems) version of LibreSSL is out.

2014/07/10

BSDNow 045: ZFS War Stories

BSDNow episode 45 is up. This one is an interview with Josh Paetzel of iXSystems. No tutorial this week because Allan Jude is at the devsummit in the UK, an event I totally did not know existed.

2014/07/052014/07/05

In Other BSDS for 2014/07/05

Another ‘quiet’ week – lots of commit activity in the other BSDs, but not a lot to point at directly.

PostgreSQL/FreeBSD performance and scalability on a 40-core machine. (PDF link, via) There’s comparison to DragonFly’s results, mentioned here before. DragonFly’s solution of shared page tables is dismissed because it would require work to do, though I think that’s a symptom of FreeBSD’s more complex locking model rather than complexity of what’s in DragonFly.
pkgsrc-2014Q2 is out.
Here’s some notes on the systemd compatibility GSoC/OpenBSD project.
The FreeBSD ixgbe(4) driver understands RSS, and so does igb(4).
FreeBSD GENERIC kernels can now use vt(4), the replacements for syscons.
FreeBSD images can now boot UEFI.
FreeBSD 9/10 users using the WITH_NEW_XORG option have a temporary binary ports repository to use, to handle the change in the drivers.

2014/07/032014/07/04

BSDNow 044: Base ISO 100

The 44th BSDNow episode is out, with an interview of Craig Rodrigues, a tutorial on creating pre-patched OpenBSD ISOs, and the usual discussion of news items, including DragonFly’s recent pf changes.

(I don’t get the pun in the title this time, darnit.)

2014/07/022014/07/02

Default DragonFly/pf keep-policy changed

Matthew Dillon changed the default keep-policy in DragonFly to:

set keep-policy keep state (pickups, sloppy)

This is to match other BSDs (which? I don’t know) and reduce overhead, according to the commit.

2014/07/01

NYCBUG: Introduction to Timekeeping, 2014/07/02

I am pasting the announcement verbatim because NYCBUG is having some hardware issues with their mailing list archive. It’s interesting for both subject matter and because you get to see the inside of about.com. RSVP soon so you can get in!

2014-07-02 – Introduction to Timekeeping, Steven Kreuzer

6:45, about.com (1500 Broadway enter on 43rd Street, 6th Floor)
Notice: RSVP to rsvp at nycbug.org and bring photo ID. RSVPs must be
received by 2 PM, day-of.

Abstract

Time is a funny thing. You can spend it, save it, waste it and kill it,
but you can’t change it and there is never any more or less of it.
Everyone knows what it is and uses it every day but no one can seem to
define it.

In this talk I will provide a brief introduction to time, timekeeping,
and the uses of time information, especially in scientific and technical
areas.

2014/06/282014/06/27

In Other BSDs 2014/06/28

This week seems relatively quiet; possibly because school is out and the weather in the northern hemisphere is nice?

PC-BSD 10.0.0.2, the release, is out.
The PC-BSD text installer now supports full-disk encryption.
Where KDE is Going, part 1. (via)
Another OpenBSD GSoC project summary.
procfs in OpenBSD is probably going to be removed.
Hooray for more cross–pollination.
Thanks to Emulex for supporting BSD.
csup is gone from FreeBSD; mentioned for nostalgia purposes.
FreeBSD now has fine-grained CTL locking.
The EuroBSDCon 2014 schedule is up. (hey, there’s DragonFly in there!)

2014/06/26

BSDNow 043: Packaging Design

BSDNow 043 talks with Marc Espie of OpenBSD about packaging, goes through updating your BSD system (all of them? I haven’t watched yet), and discusses a number of other links.

2014/06/23

BSDDay 2014 call for talks

BSDDay 2014 is happening August 9th in Argentina, and the call for talks is out – there’s been DragonFly speakers and visitors there before.

2014/06/212014/06/21

In Other BSDs for 2014/06/21

I have a backlog from stuff I missed last week while traveling, so we all benefit!

PC-BSD 10.0.2-RC2 is out.
PC-BSD will be at SouthEast LinuxFest.
Here’s the roadmap for Lumina, PC-BSD’s new desktop environment.
DiscoverBSD’s summary for 2014/06/16.
FreeNAS vs. NAS4Free. Didn’t need to be 8 pages. (via)
Peter’s pf tutorial is very popular.
The freeze for pkgsrc-2014Q2 has started. (I’m a bit late on this one.)
pkgsrc has a new Pkgsrc Management Committee.
This thread, “Best pdf viewer in pkgsrc?” may be useful even if you aren’t on pkgsrc.
NetBSD gained vmx(4) from OpenBSD.
NetBSD now has pigz 2.3.1, which apparently stands for ‘parallel gzip‘.
Here’s one OpenBSD/GSoC project status update; I haven’t seen others.
Another OpenBSD desktop project started.
BoringSSL. (via) Already, benefits.
Ways to test pf.
FreeBSD/gnats has gone away, and none too soon.
Again, I love to see cross–pollination.
The July and August NYCBUG meetings: timekeeping and OpenBSD ports. Here’s some notes on what to expect for the August meeting.

2014/06/19

BSDNow 042: Devious Methods

BSDNow’s 42nd video is up, with an interview of Bryce Chidester and a tutorial on chaining SSH connections.

2014/06/142014/06/12

In Other BSDs for 2014/06/14

Enjoy.

PC-BSD 10.0.2 prerelease is out for testing.
Build a FreeBSD 10.0-release Openstack Image with bsd-cloudinit.
DiscoverBSD roundup for 2014/06/09. Also, there’s now a @_DiscoverBSD.
Dan Langille is using pkg, and his recent posts on seeing download sources, or custom packages in poudriere may be useful. (Applies to DragonFly and FreeBSD.)
Speaking of that, pkg could probably work with pkgsrc packages – that would be interesting. No link for that; I’m just thinking out loud.
Li-Wen Hsu’s BSDCan 2014 con report.
Michael W. Lucas talks about FreeBSD disk partitioning.

2014/06/12

BSDNow 041: Commit This Bit

BSDNow 041 is out with an interview of Benedict Reuschling, along with a lot of news discussion and some interesting NAS notes. Hey, I’m mentioned!