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Erik Wintr ☛ Dipping my toes in OpenBSD, in Amsterdam
Originally I planned to make this post a simple recipe. Just follow these steps, and you have your website running in no time. But now I know it won't work like that. At least not for everyone. Instead, I'll just give you the list of resources I used and the first version of the configuration files that worked. The ingredient you need to add is some time and effort.
I think it is worth it, though. It all feels rock solid. Technology that is simple and boring in the best way possible. Something you can depend on.
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FreeBSD ☛ February 2025 Laptop Support and Usability Project Update
Laptop Sleep — Sleep using S0ix and s2idle low power states. A new power management driver (acpi_spmc) has been developed that can understand device power requirements and help laptops enter deeper sleep states.
Faster WiFi rates — WiFi 4 (802.11n) and WiFi 5 (802.11ac) support is now available to test for data rates at high throughput and very high throughput on modern iwlwifi (AX2xx and BExxx) chipsets.
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Eugene Andrienko ☛ My way to remove “Linuxisms” from FreeBSD
This is where I see the pattern. If in the Linux world there are many examples of throwing away software that has served people for years or decades and can (and should, I think) be updated to adapt to the changed reality (e.g. ifconfig). Then in the FreeBSD world such software just … gets the necessary updates and continues to be used.
In my journey to install and use the simple system with the good old software I encountered some problems. Sometimes, when I install a simple program, like conky or dunst — the pkg tries to install Wayland as a dependency! Or PulseAudio (thankfully, there is no SystemD in the FreeBSD world). Of course, I do not want these things in my simple system based on the X server, OSS and good old initialization scripts.
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[Old] Mathieu Aumont ☛ Why do I run FreeBSD for my home servers.
Everything is simple , everything is documented, everything make sense. Ok things are probably a bit “old-school” and use the old Unix-way to do thing.
But this is what we like/needs in production : simplicity and stability !
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Multiple Bypasses in Ubuntu discovered
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has reported three security bypasses in Ubuntu’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions. Qualys confirmed it responsibly disclosed these vulnerabilities to the Ubuntu Security Team in January, 2025.