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2021/06/122021/06/09

In Other BSDs for 2021/06/12

Multiple links from one source is the mini-theme this week.

FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective. (via)
Simple use of Let’s Encrypt on OpenBSD is pleasantly straightforward (as of 6.8).
actually, BSD kqueue is a mountain of technical debt. The comments at the source all disagree.
NetBSD : Enable swap encryption by default. (via)
OpenBGPD 7.0 is out.
LEAP is removed from FreeRADIUS and therefore from OpenBSD.
FreeBSD package building pt. 1: Introduction and test system, pt. 2: Basic Synth, and pt. 3: Intermediate Synth.
Valuable News – 2021/06/07.
Diving into toolchains. Deep dive!
Updating my FreeBSD 12.2 host to FreeBSD 13.0, a test of this ZFS boot environment upgrade post I’ve linked before.
Upgrading a FreeBSD 12.2 jail to FreeBSD 13 using mkjail. You may need this.
pfSense Plus 21.05-RELEASE Now Available.
GearBSD: a project to help automating your OpenBSD and GearBSD: managing your packages on OpenBSD.

2021/06/11

A quick note on contributing

This query had karu.pruun write a short note on how to contribute (device driver) development work to DragonFly. Don’t forget grok.

2021/06/10

BSD Now 406: Jailed Gemini Capsule

Sounds like a space drama: this week’s BSD Now covers some different flavors of virtualization plus notes a Michael W. Lucas interview.

2021/06/09

maxvnodes change in DragonFly

If you are one of those unlucky/foolhardy people running DragonFly with very little RAM, this maxvnodes change will help you out.

(DragonFly is not that RAM-hungry in normal circumstances, anyway; 1-2G is ‘safe’, last I knew.)

2021/06/08

Pageout refactoring in DragonFly

The pageout daemon algorithms in DragonFly have gone through some changes, and Matthew Dillon goes into detail across two commits.

2021/06/062021/06/04

Lazy Reading for 2021/06/06

A short but oddball batch of links this week.

Ambigram StyleGAN faces. Somewhat disturbing but well explained. (via)
How Developers Choose Names. (also via)
Perl / Unix One-liner Cage Match, Part 1 and Part 2. (via)
rpg-cli: Your filesystem as a dungeon! Did I link this already? (via)
Electric Ink Analysis. Product review as category review.
Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins. Video. (via)
RetroForth investigation.
50 Years of Text Games: 1992: Silverwolf.
More 6502 Updates.
Problems with video recreations of classic pinball.
Gun book. (via)
Heavy Metal Parking Lot, the movie, which I am sure I have mentioned before.
A New Session. A telnet-only magazine. (via)

2021/06/052024/04/12

In Other BSDs for 2021/06/05

Literally this is my open browser tabs pasted in order.

Jitsi on OpenBSD, specifically how to make it work.
NetBSD IRC channels are also moved to Libera.
Also KDE on FreeBSD — IRC channels.
Gaming on NomadBSD – Based on FreeBSD 13. (via)
Guide to FreeBSD Desktop Distributions. “Distributions”. (via)
Updating GCC GNAT (Ada) in pkgsrc/NetBSD. (via)
NetBSD on the Vortex86DX CPU.
June 2021 FreeBSD Developer Summit, next week.
HardenedBSD May 2021 Status Report.
NetBSD 9.2’s new default package DB location.
FreeBSD 13 on the Panasonic Let’s Note CF-RZ6. It is adorable.
What you can’t install with NetBSD’s pkgsrc.
Harsh resource limits on CGIs set for the MirBSD server.
aiomixer, X/Open Curses and ncurses, and other news.
FYI – Upcoming 1.17 release requires JDK 16 (and thus -current). For Minecraft on BSD users.
Updating my FreeBSD 12.2 host to FreeBSD 13.0.
Upgrading a FreeBSD 12.2 jail to FreeBSD 13 using mkjail.
Rumors of an OpenBSD game console?
Valuable News – 2021/05/31.
Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years. Look at the first comment on the source.
You Can Watch Netflix on FreeBSD. (via)

2021/06/03

BSD Now 405: OOM Killer Feature

This week’s BSD Now talks about starts (NetBSD, DragonFly releases) and ends (preventing memory-based process kills, deleting boot environments).

2021/06/02

zalloc progress report

James Cook continues to work on zalloc, and he’s published a small report on his progress.

2021/06/01

Nolan Bushnell conversation Thursday

Normally I’d throw this into the Lazy Reading section, but it’s happening Thursday and that would be too late: Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari (and Chuck E. Cheese) is doing a live Q&A Thursday in conjunction with ICHEG.

2021/06/012021/05/13

NYCBUG: Minimal Scripted Configuration

Tomorrow, for NYCBUG, Minimal Scripted Configuration from Eric Radman. Go, if you’re online.

2021/05/302021/05/29

Lazy Reading for 2021/05/30

Oddball finds week.

explain.dalibo.com, a Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE explainer. (via)
Hifi Wasteland I: 100 Year Old Quick Silver Cloud, the sound of a vacuum tube decaying.
Zosya, modern games for Spectrum ZX machines, I think? (via)
The different types of modern (2021) SSH keys (and some opinions).
Related: Understanding OpenSSH’s various options around keys and key algorithms.
Pinebook Pro review.
Cracking a 35 year old Macintosh Game. (via)
Reviving a Dead Macintosh Classic, from the same place.
System76 announced an open source mechanical keyboard “Launch”. (via)
The Graphics Gremlin: a Retro ISA Video Card. (via)
50 Years of Text Games: 1991: Trade Wars 2002.
Handheld ePaper map.
Roguelike Celebration 2021 open for submissions.

Your unrelated video of the week: “treat the human face like a graphic equaliser for breakbeat“. Hypnotic. (via)

2021/05/292021/05/29

In Other BSDs for 2021/05/29

Some useful setup instructions in here.

2021/05/282021/05/27

DMA cross-platform reminder

I’ve mentioned it before, but this recent update to dma in DragonFly reminded me: “dma” stands for DragonFly Mail Agent, a minimal mail agent created for DragonFly as a lighter, local replacement for Sendmail in a base install. But! It’s cross–platform now, and even “upstream” from DragonFly.

2021/05/27

BSD Now 404: BSD Now Hosts Not Found

This week’s BSD Now is an excellent HTTP joke but is also effectively a guest episode, with some new talkers.

2021/05/26

A volunteer approaches!

James Cook is interested in working on zalloc in DragonFly, taken from the projects page. Follow his questions and the answers if this interests you.

2021/05/232021/05/22

Lazy Reading for 2021/05/23

This is a good link week; several deep dives.

50 Years of Text Games: 1990: LambdaMOO. Still running!
How to write release notes.
Sharing Secrets.
Designing Winterbloom’s Big Honking Button. (via)
Which leads me to Eurorack.
Pinebook Pro first impressions. (via)
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes. (via)
Associations: Penrose Tiling and toilet paper.
Using Xterm to Navigate the Huge Color Space. A deep dive. (via)
A Brief Introduction to Esoteric Languages. Surely you know some of these by now?
Why C is so influential. Video.
The blessing of the leading zero.
SIGGRAPH 2021: Technical papers preview trailer.

2021/05/222021/05/22

In Other BSDs for 2021/05/22

Done early, and I have more BSD-related tabs to get through.

2021/05/20

BSD Now 403: The Linuxulator Investment

This week’s BSD Now, a light run, talks about licensing and industrial automation, but not at the same time.

2021/05/19

POLLHUP for Zig

Matthew Dillon implemented POLLHUP for pipes in DragonFly, in -current and 6.0. I mention it because it was for Zig support, and it’s always nice to get a bug report directly from people developing a tool or language.