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LUKS in OpenBSD

• Last week, we were surprised to find out that DragonFlyBSD has support for dm-crypt, sometimes referred to as LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup)
• It looks like they might not be the only BSD with support for it for much longer, as OpenBSD is currently reviewing a patch for it as well
• LUKS would presumably be an additional option in OpenBSD's softraid system, which already provides native disk encryption
• Support hasn't been officially committed yet, it's still going through testing, but the code is there if you want to try it out and report your findings
• If enabled, this might pave the way for the first (semi-)cross platform encryption scheme since the demise of TrueCrypt (and maybe other BSDs will get it too in time) ***

FreeBSD gets 64bit Linux emulation

• For those who might be unfamiliar, FreeBSD has an emulation layer to run Linux-only binaries (as rare as they may be)
• The most common use case is for desktop users, enabling them to run proprietary applications like Adobe Flash or Skype
• Similar systems can also be found in NetBSD and OpenBSD (though disabled by default on the latter)
• However, until now, it's only supported binaries compiled for the i386 architecture
• This new update, already committed to -CURRENT, will open some new possibilities that weren't previously possible
• Meanwhile, HardenedBSD considers removing the emulation layer entirely ***

BSD at Open Source Conference 2015 Nagoya

• We've covered the Japanese NetBSD users group setting up lots of machines at various conferences in the past, but now they're expanding
• Their latest report includes many of the NetBSD things you'd expect, but also a couple OpenBSD machines
• Some of the NetBSD ones included a Power Mac G4, SHARP NetWalker, Cubieboard2 and the not-so-foreign Raspberry Pi
• One new addition of interest is the OMRON LUNA88k, running the luna88k port of OpenBSD
• There was even an old cell phone running Windows games on NetBSD
• Check the mailing list post for some links to all of the nice pictures ***

LLVM introduces OpenMP support

• One of the things that has kept some people in the GCC camp is the lack of OpenMP support in LLVM
• According to the blog post, it "enables Clang users to harness full power of modern multi-core processors with vector units"
• With Clang being the default in FreeBSD, Bitrig and OS X, and with some other BSDs exploring the option of switching, the need for this potential speed boost was definitely there
• This could also open some doors for more BSD in the area of high performance computing, putting an end to the current Linux monopoly ***

Interview - Eric, FSF, John, Jose, Kris and Stewart

Various "man on the street" style mini-interviews

News Roundup

BSD-licensed gettext replacement

• If you've ever installed ports on any of the BSDs, you've probably had GNU's gettext pulled in as a dependency
• Wikipedia says "gettext is an internationalization and localization (i18n) system commonly used for writing multilingual programs on Unix-like computer operating systems"
• A new BSD-licensed rewrite has begun, with the initial version being for NetBSD (but it's likely to be portable)
• If you've got some coding skills, get involved with the project - the more freely-licensed replacements, the better ***

Unix history git repo

• A git repository was recently created to show off some Unix source code history
• The repository contains 659 thousand commits and 2306 merges
• You can see early 386BSD commits all the way up to some of the more modern FreeBSD code
• If you want to browse through the giant codebase, it can be a great history lesson ***

PCBSD 10.1.2 and Lumina updates

• We mentioned 10.1.1 being released last week (and all the cool features a couple weeks before) but now 10.1.2 is out
• This minor update contained a few hotfixes: RAID-Z installation, cache and log devices and the text-only installer in UEFI mode
• There's also a new post on the PCBSD blog about Lumina, answering some frequently asked questions and giving a general status update ***

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Tailoring OpenBSD for an old, strange computer

• The author of this article had an OmniBook 800CT, which comes with a pop-out mouse, black and white display, 32MB of RAM and a 133MHz CPU
• Obviously he had to install some kind of BSD on it!
• This post goes through all his efforts of trimming down OpenBSD to work on such a limited device
• He goes through the trial and error of "compile, break it, rebuild, try again"
• After cutting a lot out from the kernel, saving a precious megabyte here and there, he eventually gets it working ***

pkgsrcCon and BSDCan

• pkgsrccon is "a technical conference for people working on the NetBSD Packages Collection, focusing on existing technologies, research projects, and works-in-progress in pkgsrc infrastructure"
• This year it will be on June 21st and 22nd
• The schedule is still being worked out, so if you want to give a talk, submit it
• BSDCan's schedule was also announced
• We'll be having presentations about ARM on NetBSD and FreeBSD, PF on OpenBSD, Capsicum and casperd, ASLR in FreeBSD, more about migrating from Linux to BSD, FreeNAS stuff and much more
• Kris' presentation was accepted!
• Tons of topics, look forward to the recorded versions of all of them hopefully! ***

Two factor auth with pushover

• A new write-up from our friend Ted Unangst
• Pushover is "a web hook to smartphone push notification gateway" - you sent a POST to a web server and it sends a code to your phone
• His post goes through the steps of editing your login.conf and setting it all up to work
• Now you can get a two factor authenticated login for ssh! ***

The status of GNOME 3 on BSD

• It's no secret that the GNOME team is a Linux-obsessed bunch, almost to the point of being hostile towards other operating systems
• OpenBSD keeps their GNOME 3 ports up to date very well, and Antoine Jacoutot writes about his work on that and how easy it is to use
• This post goes through the process of how simple it is to get GNOME 3 set up on OpenBSD and even includes a screencast
• A few recent posts from some GNOME developers show that they're finally working with the BSD guys to improve portability
• The FreeBSD and OpenBSD teams are working together to bring the latest GNOME to all of us - it's a beautiful thing
• This goes right along with our interview today! ***

Interview - Joe Marcus Clark - marcus@freebsd.org

The life and daily activities of portmgr, GNOME 3, Tinderbox, portlint, various topics

Tutorial

The FreeBSD Ports Collection

News Roundup

DragonflyBSD 3.8 goals and 3.6.1 release

• The Dragonfly team is thinking about what should be in version 3.8
• On their bug tracker, it lists some of the things they'd like to get done before then
• In the meantime, 3.6.1 was released with lots of bugfixes ***

NYCBSDCon 2014 wrap-up piece

• We've got a nice wrap-up titled "NYCBSDCon 2014 Heats Up a Cold Winter Weekend"
• The author also interviews GNN about the conference
• There's even a little "beginner introduction" to BSD segment
• Includes a mention of the recently-launched journal and lots of pictures from the event ***

FreeBSD and Linux, a comparative analysis

• GNN in yet another story - he gave a presentation at the NYLUG about the differences between FreeBSD and Linux
• He mentions the history of BSD, the patch set and 386BSD, the lawsuit, philosophy and license differences, a complete system vs "distros," development models, BSD-only features and technologies, how to become a committer, overall comparisons, different hats and roles, the different bsds and their goals and actual code differences
• Serves as a good introduction you can show your Linux friends ***

PCBSD CFT and weekly digest

• Upgrade tools have gotten a major rewrite
• You have to help test it, there is no choice! Read more here
• How dare Kris be "unimpressed with" freebsd-update and pkgng!?
• Various updates and fixes ***

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