A little late linking this, but never mind: BSD Now 315 includes, among its other usual links, a recap of the vBSDCon experience, from the just-completed event.
Vintage Computer Festival this weekend
Mentioning it here because it’s timely: the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is happening this weekend, and if I wait until the normal day I would post this – Sunday in Lazy Reading – it will be too late. Go if you are anywhere near. (Credit goes to joshua stein on the ChiBUG mailing list – don’t forget their meeting next Tuesday.)
vBSDCon 2019, tonight
vBSDCon 2019 starts tonight and runs for 2 days – go if you are near.
Lazy Reading for 2019/09/01
I am starting to think I need an Apple ][ tag.
- COLOR vs COLOUR in the Acorn.
- World’s oldest orrery. Source has pictures in the attachments.
- Vintage Tech, a series of Believer columns about older technology like ballpoint pens, and fortune cookies; enjoyable reads.
- John Cleese, advertising for Compaq. (via)
- Purposeful noise in 3D rendering.
- Black Box Record Club, Vinyl Me, and Vinyl Moon, all record delivery services. (via)
- Secretly Public Domain: Update. Further details on a significant change in knowledge.
- Mining Bitcoin on an Apple II, a highly impractical guide. (via)
- Juiced.GS, a quarterly Apple II journal.
- Chaos Communication Camp 2019 video. (via)
- No CLI Ads. (via)
- Ola Bini’s Letters from Detention. The reason I link to the commentary is the pull quote; the idea that “[C]ode and architecture are more important than laws.” Laws are public; code often isn’t. Which is an argument for open source, certainly.
- Many ways to pop balloons. Not sure if that’s the actual intent.
- ASCII-Mapper. (via)
- Bookhunter, the comic. (via)
- The Sound of D&D.
- Transporting a portable system: Unix to an IBM minicomputer (1983) [pdf]. (via)
- Turing Tumble – Build Marble-Powered Computers. Like Rocky’s Boots, but physical. (via)
- Obscure plugin game consoles. (via)
- The Hathi Trust, another source for out-of-copyright books comparable to Gutenberg. (via)
- GNOME Terminal Cursor Blinking Saga. (via)
In Other BSDs for 2019/08/31
I have a number of BSD user group notifications here – please tell me if you have a group and I’m not regularly posting about it.
- NYCBUG meeting on the 4th: Setting up a convenient working environment, with Ivan Ivanov. I’ll post a reminder.
- ChiBUG is meeting on the 17th. RSVP on the mailing list if you are going. I’ll post a reminder.
- vBSDCon 2019 is happening next weekend, on September 5-7, in Reston, VA. Go if you are near; every report I read about last year’s event said it was a rollicking good time. The schedule is up.
- FreeBSD on RISC-V as a voting machine test. BSD is common for embedded, high-security hardware – and people tend to not know because it’s embedded, high-security hardware. (via)
- What happened to Bitrig? I haven’t heard anything in some years.
- ‘Cube 2: Sauerbraten‘ on FreeBSD.
- Checking your pf.conf file without leaving the editor.
- The Sudo Mastery hardcover.
- Gcc 4.2.1 to be removed before FreeBSD 13, a firm timeline. (via)
- Add [FreeBSD] kernel-side support for in-kernel TLS. (via)
- Project Trident 12-U4 now available.
- GSoC 2019 Report: Adding NetBSD KNF to clang-format, Final.
- GSoC 2019 Report: Implementation of compat_netbsd32 DRM ioctl/Getting DRM applications running under compat-linux.
- Adapting TriforceAFL for NetBSD, Part 3.
- Enchancing [sic] Syzkaller Support for NetBSD, Part 3.
- Making sense of OpenBSD ‘
pfctl -ss‘ output for firewall state tables. - Valuable News – 2019/08/26.
- OPNsense® partners with Sunny Valley Networks.
- OPNsense 19.7.3 released.
- [ports] Datadir added to default postgres flags.
- link-local address change.
- Using FreeBSD with Ports (1/2): Classic way with tools.
In Other BSDs for 2019/08/24
Incidentally, my employer, REDCOM, uses FreeBSD as a base for its main product, is deployed in rough areas and in high-security government locations, and is one of the few electronics manufacturers still working entirely in the U.S.. REDCOM also has jobs to fill in New York, where I work. Please, apply if you see a job that interests you – and tell me.
- DistroTest.net, which happens to have runnable online versions of GhostBSD, FreeBSD, HardenedBSD, MidnightBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OPNSense, and DragonFly. (via)
- The VBSDCon schedule (Sept 5-7, very soon!) is up.
- Update webmin/usermin if you have them installed.
- Impact of Tariff Increases. Eventually relevant even if you aren’t a U.S. reader.
- Project Trident 12-U3 and 19.08 now available.
- Valuable News for 2019/08/14 and 2019/08/19.
- Porting wine to amd64 on NetBSD, third evaluation report.
- USBNET: A story of networking and threads that won’t stop pulling.
- Getting the GNU gdbserver to work.
- Fuzzing NetBSD Filesystems via AFL. [Part 2].
- GSoC 2019 Report: Adding NetBSD KNF to clang-format, Part 2.
- Brutal Doom 64 on OpenBSD.
- OpenBSD -stable gets package updates! Release OpenBSD doesn’t normally get packages?
- Blueprint and progress status for mixed environment multilevel backup. Really, the thing to see is a spreadsheet.
- When a hacker tries to infiltrate an OpenBSD machine. Pufferfish reference.
- CFT: CBSD project switched to its own cloud images.
- Instant Workstation.
In Other BSDs for 2019/08/10
A reminder: if you have a BSD user group and I’m not posting about your meetings, please make sure I know about it.
- The OpenBSD Ada Library. (via)
- BSD Link Roundup 7.29.
- Project Trident 19.07-U1 now available. No, wait, 12-U1 now available.
- Valuable News – 2019/07/29.
- Nvidia optimus drivers for FreeBSD. (via)
- OpenBGPD 6.5p1 released.
- Something blogged (on pkgsrcCon 2019).
- Installing Owntracks recorder on FreeBSD.
- Mod-able voxel engine written in common lisp. (via)
- Thief-like FOSS stealth game “The Dark Mod” running on OpenBSD. (via)
- Obviously related: Let’s Try on OpenBSD: The Dark Mod (Thief-inspired stealth game).
- Upcoming changes to LISA and SREcon.
BSDNow 307: Twitching with OpenBSD
BSD Now 307 accomplishes another trifecta week, mentioning Free, Net, and Open, and also mentioning that vBSDCon’s call for papers closes tomorrow – I’m mentioning it now cause it’ll be too late to mention for In Other BSDs this weekend.
In Other BSDs for 2019/07/13
Done early, for once! I managed to complete this by Thursday night.
- LLDB: watchpoints, XSTATE in ptrace() and core dumps.
- OpenBSD Community goes Platinum for 2019!
- Streaming to Twitch using OpenBSD.
- High quality / low latency VOIP server with umurmur/Mumble on OpenBSD.
- OPNsense 19.1.10 released, and then OPNsense 19.7 RC1 released.
- vBSDCon’s Call for Papers is out. (via)
- What to try first, of Michael W. Lucas’s BSD and non-BSD books?
- Project Trident 19.06 Available. (via)
- FreeBSD 11.3 released.
- July 10 Plugins Update.
- fixing telnet fixes.
aggr(4)driver added to -current. I read it as aggro, can’t help it.- Replacing a (silently) failing disk in a ZFS pool. (via)
- FreeBSD security issues in DragonflyBSD perspective.
- Announcing the pkgsrc-2019Q2 release. (via)
- Valuable News – 2019/07/08.
- Implementation of DRM ioctl Support for NetBSD kernel.
- Incorporating the memory-hard Argon2 hashing scheme into NetBSD.
- Exploiting FreeBSD-SA-19:02.fd. (via)
In Other BSDs for 2019/06/22
Done at the last minute!
- Porting NetBSD to the RISC-V. (via)
- FreeBSD 11.3Beta3 available.
- What’s in there in BSD for a Ubuntu user?
- pkgsrcCon 2019 in Cambridge, UK. (via)
- Sponsor Sudo Mastery, second edition, in print or ebook form.
- Celebrate UNIX50 and SDF32. (via)
- First Taste of DragonFly BSD. (via)
- Firewall appliance comparable to Netgate pfSense.
- ZFS vs. OpenZFS.
- Open ZFS vs. Btrfs | and other file systems.
- Lenovo and non-Windows operating systems.
BSD Now 300: The Big Three
The newest BSD Now (300? wow!) has, among other things, a summary of their recent trip to BSDCan 2019.
In Other BSDs for 2019/05/25
Watch for post-BSDCan slides and material and ideas to show up in the next few weeks.
- NetBSD 8.1-RC1 is out.
- BSDCan 2019 papers are showing up, plus this iXsystems recap.
- pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 now available.
- WANT TO PLAY A GAME? Ooh, look at the simulated phosphor! (via)
- Valuable News – 2019/05/20.
- How does BSD benefit you personally?
- NetBSD For The ODROID-C2. (via)
- g2k19 hackathon report from Claudio Jeker.
- RunHyve. (via)
- FreeBSD 11.3-b1 is out.
- Automount Synology NFS shares from OpenBSD. (via)
- FreeBSD Desktop with MATE. Don’t run the script via fetch like it says. (via)
- OPNsense 19.1.8 released.
- FreeNAS as your server OS. I didn’t know there was a hypervisor option within FreeNAS.
In Other BSDs for 2019/05/18
I have more links than I expected.
- Brief netbsd.org outages tomorrow.
- SEMIBUG vmm hypervisor demo on the 21st.
- WireGuard on OpenBSD. (via)
- No itch to scratch.
- Simple shared folder with Samba on OpenBSD 6.5.
- Confusion with used/free disk space in ZFS.
- Valuable News – 2019/05/09.
- BSDCan 2019 Auction Items, and next Beaks novel.
- Video of live reading of “FreeBSD Journal” column.
- Overview of ZFS Pools in FreeNAS.
- Intel MDS. A problem not specific to any one BSD, really. (via)
- Bad utmp implementations in Glibc and FreeBSD. (via)
- syzkaller found a bug.
- Keep Crashing Daemons Running on FreeBSD. First three words are a potential band name. (via)
- HumbleBundle Spring Sale – OpenBSD Highlights.
BSDCan registration, session details – updated
If you didn’t see the email: here’s details on how BSDCan 2019 is starting up, this weekend. Go, even if you aren’t near.
Update: corrected registration details.
BSD Now 297: Dragonfly In The Wild
It’s on the RSS feed but not in the normal place, and it’s early, so I bet this week’s BSD Now is put together early because of travel. I’m linking to it early for similar reasons.
In Other BSDs for 2019/04/27
I have cleared out my backlog of general BSD stuff but am still a month behind on DragonFly news, which is the opposite of usual.
- OpenBSD 6.5 released.
- Michael W. Lucas’s FreeBSD Mastery: Jails is out.
- FreeBSD Mastery: Jails – Bail Bond Denied Edition.
- Related: Lucas is presenting for something like 24 hours straight at Penguincon 2019, including BSD topics. The ice cream-related presentations sound the most fun.
- pfSense VLAN Configuration, a question.
- Valuable News – 2019/04/22.
- Categorizing OpenBSD Bugs. (via)
- fh: file history with ed(1), diff(1), awk(1), sed(1) and sh(1). Almost BSD. (via)
- OS108-20190422 released with added splash. (via)
- powerpc64 architecture support in FreeBSD ports. (via)
In Other BSDs for 2019/04/13
Straight open tab dump, again!
- FreeBSD ARM64 AMIs are now available for Amazon EC2. (via)
- Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and OpenBSD.
- Small NAS questions. Follow the thread; there’s many suggestions.
- Challenge accepted: OpenBSD on a laptop. (via)
- Encrypted (LUKS) HAMMER1 master/slave NFS fileserver : 9 months later.
- [packages] libreoffice and password-protected .od* files. Not strictly BSD but could surprise someone.
- t2k19 Hackathon Report: Putting the hack(6) in hackathon, and other stories.
- t2k19 Hackathon Report: Stefan Sperling on 802.11? progress, suspend/resume and more.
- t2k19 Hackathon Report: Ken Westerback on
dhclient,disklabel, and more. - Our plan for handling TRIM’ing our ZFS fileserver SSDs.
- Playing Slay the Spire on OpenBSD.
- From Zero to NVMM.
- Introducing funlinkat.
- Valuable News – 2019/04/08.
OPNsense 19.1.5 releasedno wait OPNsense 19.1.6 released.- April Plugins Update.
- Run S3 Object Storage on FreeNAS and TrueNAS.
- “FreeBSD Mastery: Jails” Print Sponsor Gifts Threaten to Topple. The book is available to order now.
- NOWBSD.
A late update: BSDCan 2019 registration, plus an update.
BSD Now 292: AsiaBSDCon 2019
BSD Now 292 has a nice recap from attending AsiaBSDCon 2019, along with the normal news roundup. I advise everyone to go to a BSD convention if possible; they are always fun.
In Other BSDs for 2019/03/23
Heading towards spring, and I have weekend work, so pasting in everything I’ve got handy:
- Setting up RRDtool for OpenBSD.Amsterdam. (via)
- EuroBSDcon CFP is open. (via)
- SPARCbook 3000ST – The coolest 90s laptop. (via)
- FreeBSD Desktop – Part 18 – Global Dashboard.
- Fix Broken Dependency on FreeBSD. This seems dangerous.
- Using an OpenBSD Router with AT&T U-Verse.
- openrsync, the site. Apparently becoming another integrated Open* tool. (via)
- [tmux] style syntax changes. Not necessarily BSD-specific.
- pfSense 2.5.0 Development Snapshots Now Available.
- Valuable News – 2019/03/18.
- Installing Snort on OpenBSD 6.4.
- rdist(1) – when Ansible is too much. (via)
- Sync Dropbox with TrueNAS and FreeNAS – Issue #65.
- FreeBSD Journal Jan/Feb 2019 Edition. (via)
- BSD Router Project 1.92. (via)
- A few questions from someone who used Linux.
- Getting ‘FreeBSD-10.2 is vulnerable’ messages on a 12.0 host.
- ZFS Encryption is still under development (as of March 2019).
AsiaBSDCon 2019 happening soon
A reminder: If you are near Japan, AsiaBSDCon 2019 is on March 21-24, in Tokyo. Go if you are near.