Eighty

OpenBSD 8.0, vmd(8), WebZFS has reached BETA3, HardenedBSD updates and more...

NOTES

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Headlines

Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 1

OpenBSD 8.0 Released undeadly article

dlg@ highlights - vmd(8) multi-cpu support for guests, How OpenBSD handles MTU vs MRU on interfaces through PPPoE work and vmd(8) gets network checksum offload support for guests

brynet@ highlights - Clang/LVM 22 the default, SPARC64 switches to Clang, DRM uplift to Linux 6.18.53, vmm/vmd(8) SMP to 64vCPU per guest, accelerated swap using CPU AES and lots more

News Roundup

WebZFS has reached Beta3

HardenedBSD 08-09/2026 Status Report

Mocka - a desktop built from scratch for GhostBSD

SmartOS: The illumos Way of Thinking About Servers

Beastie Bits

• NetBSD smashes funding goal for 2026, set $50K, currently at $124K
• dbupdate added to -current and backported to 7.9 and 8.0
• emulators/wine (re)entering OpenBSD Ports

Tarsnap

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Feedback/Questions

• Reese - Casio BBS ``` Team,

I really enjoyed the Casio BBS article. I might build one. I am an amateur radio operator and I love doing cw and using my scolding iron.

Thanks
Reese

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