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2020/11/072020/11/05

In Other BSDs for 2020/11/07

Virtual BUG meetings could be fun (see links); I’d like to attend even if it’s not local. If I can put aside time…

2020/10/13

ChiBUG meeting, now

The ChiBUG monthly meeting has gone virtual, so go now if you are interested. The thread about it also includes some notes on how to connect under BSD that may be useful beyond this immediate event.

2020/09/052020/09/04

In Other BSDs for 2020/09/05

It’s a good mix this week.

ChiBUG’s next meeting is in a few days, the 8th. I’ll post about it again.
FreeBSD 11.3 EOL.
Modernizing the OpenBSD console.
Valuable News – 2020/08/31.
FreeBSD Cluster with Pacemaker and Corosync.
6.8-beta tagged in CVS. (OpenBSD)
PPP Over a WiFi232. Incidentally, how to run a PPP server in OpenBSD.
GSoC 2020: Report-2: Fuzzing the NetBSD Network Stack in a Rumpkernel Environment.
Find which package provides a given file in OpenBSD.
The roles of OSs have changed. I like the alternate world suggestion.
Running Wine in a 32-bit sandbox on 64-bit NetBSD. (via)
In Unix, what do some obscurely named commands stand for? If you’ve been reading this Digest for some time, I bet you already know many of these. (via)
My Broadcast [The UNIX rwall problem]. (via)

2020/08/10

ChiBUG meets tomorrow

This can’t wait for the In Other BSDs weekend: ChiBUG is meeting at Giordano’s, in Oak Park, 6 PM on the 11th. Go if you are anywhere near Chicago.

2020/07/09

BSD Now 358: OpenBSD Kubernetes Clusters

This week’s BSD Now has a word combo I didn’t expect for a title, plus a number of useful learning links. This week’s highlight: more Yubikey BSD support.

2020/07/042020/07/04

In Other BSDs for 2020/07/04

This should be prime convention season, darnit.

Smallest device running BSD?
Android in FreeBSD bhyve. (via)
The FreeBSD binary package manager cheatsheet. Applies to DragonFly too. (via)
BSDCan 2020 Charity Auction Results.
BSDCAN 2020 talk on Using OpenBGPd as a Control Plane for an ISP.
Graphical view of the x86 OpenBSD boot process.
Command Line Bug Hunting in FreeBSD. (via)
The Era of Fragmentation, Part 4: The Anarchists. Touches early BSD UNIX.
Announcing FreeBSD Fridays: A Series of 101 Classes. (via)
pkgsrc-2020Q2 released.
End of support for NetBSD 7.
ChiBUG has a poll up about meeting. Vote, if you are near.

2020/04/182020/04/17

In Other BSDs for 2020/04/18

Accidental theme of video links, which I would not have expected for a BSD summary.

Speculoos, a FreeBSD (and Citrix) specific vulnerability. You know you’ve made it when you are a target.
January to March 2020 FreeBSD Status Report.
OpenBSD on the HP Envy 13. (via)
Ars Technica – Not Actually Linux Distro Review – GhostBSD. (via)
FuryBSD 12.1 overview. (video, via)
Ubiquiti UniFi Controller Installation on FreeBSD from ports/packages. (video, via)
3-Antivirus Protection using OPNsense Plugins. (video, via)
Northgard currently Free for the Weekend on Steam. (Can run on OpenBSD at least.)
FreeBSD progress on Slimbook Base14. (via)
Using OpenVPN with Multi-WAN. I’ve done this; it’s easier than it looks. (via)
mksh R59 released. (MirBSD Korn shell)
TrueNAS CORE is the New FreeNAS.
Setting Up Users, Permissions, and ACLs on FreeNAS. Or TrueNAS Core?
Running X Applications on a Jail created with Bastille.
Valuable News – 2020/04/13.
RIP Romeo, host of many NYCBUG events.
SEMIBUG, still meeting remotely through May.

2020/04/112020/04/10

In Other BSDs for 2020/04/11

BUG meetings are canceled, but this can’t be surprising at this point.

Installing FreeBSD for Raspberry Pi 1/2/3. (via)
Tale of two hypervisor bugs – Escaping from FreeBSD bhyve. (via)
SNMP Mastery is out. (related: The Print Book Trade, and Money)
NYCBUG meetings are suspended for obvious meetings, but there’s online chat.
BSDCan 2020 will be online-only.
No April ChiBUG meeting.
FreeNAS and TrueNAS are merging.
OpenBSD andIPv6.
WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN. Linked cause there’s BSD support too. (via)
Announcing the pkgsrc-2020Q1 release.
BSD Link Roundup 4.8.
Wifi renewal restarted.
LLDB work concluded.
Valuable News – 2020/04/06.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin on OpenBSD!
Testing AGS games on OpenBSD! That’s Adventure Game Studios.
OPNsense 20.1.4 released.

2020/03/102020/02/25

ChiBUG meeting, tonight, at a new location

ChiBUG meets tonight, and it’s at the Oak Park Library, not the usual place. Go, if you are near, and especially if you were too far away, before. This spot may be more accessible.

2020/03/022020/02/15

NYCBUG, Vixie: “Operating Systems as Dumb Pipes”

Dr. Paul Vixie is giving a talk at NYCBUG’s monthly meeting, titled “Operating Systems as Dumb Pipes“. It’s tomorrow. Go, if you are near; this is one of the people who built basic blocks of the Internet’s infrastructure.

2020/03/022020/02/06

BSD Stockholm meeting, tomorrow

If you are near Stockholm, go to the Stockholm BUG meeting, tomorrow. I’m posting it a bit ahead of time to account for time zone difference.

2020/02/292020/02/28

In Other BSDs for 2020/02/29

Happy leap day!

RSVP to the ChiBUG mailing list if you are attending the March 10th meeting, in its new location.
The Vixie talk at NYCBUG is this week; this is worth making an extra trip for.
Critical OpenSMTPd update.
FreeBSD 12.0 EOL.
A Q&A with the FreeBSD Foundation.
Valuable News – 2020/02/10, 2020/02/17, and 2020/02/24. Clearly I am behind.
FreeBSD Enterprise Storage at PBUG.
dig(1), host(1) and nslookup(1) moved to /usr/bin.
a2k20 Hackathon Report: Ken Westerback on xhci(4),dhclient(8), and scsi.
OpenBSD Foundation 2019 campaign wrapup.
FOSDEM 2020 videos available.
OPNsense 20.1.1 released.
Warning! Active Directory Security Changes Require TrueNAS and FreeNAS Updates.
Full name of root account in BSD. A chunk of history I had never heard.
Managing a database of vulnerabilities for a package system: the pkgsrc study case. (PDF, via)
Low power BSD-based AP/router?
HashLink port for running Dead Cells. (via)

2020/02/182020/01/24

SEMIBUG, tonight

The next scheduled meeting for SEMIBUG is tonight. Go, if you are near.

2020/02/112020/02/10

Chicago, Polish, Hamilton, and Dusseldorf BUG meetings tonight

ChiBUG is having their monthly meeting at the normal place, Giordano’s, tonight. Next month is a new location.

Hamilton, Ontario, is having what I think is the inaugural meeting for their BUG, tonight. That’s I think the closest one to me so far.

Also, the Polish BUG is meeting tonight. I say “tonight” for both of these, but they are very different time zones.

The Dusseldorf BSD.nrw BUG is also also meeting tonight. Second Tuesdays are popular!

2020/02/06

BSD Now 336: Archived Knowledge

This week’s BSD Now has links to a number of about-BSD articles, as usual. Take note – there’s links to two European BUG meetings I didn’t have noted, under Beastie Bits.

2020/02/042020/01/29

NYCBUG meeting tomorrow

NYCBUG meets tomorrow, at Chartbeat. You can bring in food, too! Go, if you are near.

2020/01/252020/01/24

In Other BSDs for 2020/01/25

BUGs BUGs BUGs this week. I’ll make sure to note the events again when they get closer, too.

Cataclysm – Dark Days Ahead. Turn-based apocalyptic survival, open source and probably runs on BSD. (via)
NYCBUG is looking for speakers for I assume February and April; March was I think filled after this was written.
SemiBUG’s next meeting is February 18th.
ChiBUG’s next meeting is February 11th at the normal place; the March 10th meeting will be at the Oak Park Library.
OpenBSD on DigitalOcean.
An Excess of Operating Systems. Not directly BSD related, but the logo is there.
rebound(8) removed. (OpenBSD)
Valuable News – 2020/01/20.
The prekern architecture. (via)
BSD Weekly Issue 4. I missed the first 3. (via)
Migrating FreshPorts from one db server to another.
FreeBSD translations via Weblate.
The History of BSD and IP Stacks with Rodney Grimes, a podcast.
u2k20 Hackathon Report: Tracey Emery on GotWeb.
u2k20 Hackathon Report: Alexandr Nedvedicky on PF anchors work.

2020/01/232020/01/23

BSD Now 334: Distrowatch Running FreeBSD

BSD Now 334 is posted, with juuuust the right mix of items; some advocacy, some license confusion (for Linux), etc. I notice linked in the bottom section the ~~February~~, er March NYCBUG meeting will have Paul Vixie talking at their meeting, which hasn’t even been mentioned on the NYCBUG site yet.

2020/01/212020/01/17

SEMIBUG, SNMP, tonight

SEMIBUG’s next meeting is tonight, with Michael Lucas talking about SNMP. Go, if you are near.

2020/01/182020/01/17

In Other BSDs for 2019/01/18

Unofficial theme: conventions. There’s lots of options this year; you should go. If you are reading this, you’re the right demographic to enjoy one.

- Upgrading FreeBSD from 11.3 to 12.1.
- VVVVVV seems to work fine on OpenBSD (6.6-current #595).
- ReDoomEd – works on BSD. (via)
- BSDCan 2020 is June 3-6 in Ottawa, and the Call for Papers ends tomorrow.
- Other BSD-related conferences. (via)
- SEMIBUG’s next meeting is next Tuesday, with Michael Lucas talking about SNMP. He knows.
- The slides from the January 8th NYCBUG meeting are available, showing off notqmail. For further edification, here’s a podcast on the same topic.
- iked(8) automatic IPv6 blocking removed. (OpenBSD)
- Improving the ptrace(2) API and preparing for LLVM-10.0.
- Working towards LLDB on i386.
- GSoC 2019 Final Report: Incorporating the memory-hard Argon2 hashing scheme into NetBSD. Completed just in time for GSoC 2020.
- OPNsense 19.7.9 released.
- Pinebook-Pro with Manjaro Linux running accelerated qemu-system-aarch64 FreeBSD -current. Emulated, so the comment there led me to this tweet about NetBSD on Pinebook.
- LPI and BSD working together.
- Switching DistroWatch over to FreeBSD – AMA.
- Valuable News – 2020/01/13.
- Using the OpenBSD ports tree with dedicated users.
- Run broot on FreeBSD. Can’t use without saying “I am broot!” over and over.