Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 01, 2026

• Undeadly ☛ OpenBGPD 9.0 released

  The OpenBGPD project have announced their new release, OpenBGPD 9.0.

• Mailing list ARChives ☛ 'OpenBGPD 9.0 released'

  This release includes the following changes to the previous release: [...]

• Andrew Nesbitt ☛ Open Source Activity in 2025

  It’s been a busy year for me working full time on open source software. Here’s the stats breakdown: 9,485 contributions, 8,893 commits, 127 pull requests (117 merged), 101 issues opened, 336 PR reviews, and 53 new repositories.

  I co-founded the Package Metadata Working Group within CHAOSS and continued working with Tobias Augspurger on Open Sustainable Technology, reviewing hundreds of his pull requests to curate open source projects for climate and sustainability.

• The New Stack ☛ Is Neovim Your Next Favorite Development Tool?

  Neovim is a very powerful text editor that, with some upfront configurations, could replace your current editor for programming and much more. Yes, it has a step learning curve, but the built-in tutorial will go a long way to helping you out.