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Kubernetes and back - Why I don't run distributed systems

NetApp’s strategic contributions to FreeBSD: a deep dive into upstreaming efforts

News Roundup

Make your own E-Mail server - Part 2 - Adding Webmail and More with Nextcloud

Poudriere on Apple Silicon

One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC

Beastie Bits

• Powering up the future: the new FreeBSD cluster in Chicago
• Dragonflybsd 6.5 Snapshot Release on Acer Nitro AN515-51/58-XXX Series Laptops

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Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3

FreeBSD History Series - Understanding the Origins of DTrace

News Roundup

Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails

Initial support for guided disk encryption in the installer

Dynamic host configuration, please

BSDCan 2023 Tutorial: OpenBSD Storage Management

Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal

loader: Add support for booting from a ZFS snapshot

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Prototyping an Onboard Scheduler for the Mars 2020 Rover

• The mars rover runs VxWorks, which is based on BSD, and uses the FreeBSD networking stack. While there has been a lot of type about the little helicopter that was inside the rover running Linux, the rover itself runs BSD. *** ### Practical Guide to Storage of Large Amounts of Microscopy Data > Biological imaging tools continue to increase in speed, scale, and resolution, often resulting in the collection of gigabytes or even terabytes of data in a single experiment. In comparison, the ability of research laboratories to store and manage this data is lagging greatly. This leads to limits on the collection of valuable data and slows data analysis and research progress. Here we review common ways researchers store data and outline the drawbacks and benefits of each method. We also offer a blueprint and budget estimation for a currently deployed data server used to store large datasets from zebrafish brain activity experiments using light-sheet microscopy. Data storage strategy should be carefully considered and different options compared when designing imaging experiments. *** ## News Roundup ### OpenBSD guest with bhyve - OmniOS > Today I will be creating a OpenBSD guest via bhyve on OmniOS. I will also be adding a Pass Through Ethernet Controller so I can have a multi-homed guest that will serve as a firewall/router. > This post will cover setting up bhyve on OmniOS, so it will also be a good introduction to bhyve. As well, I look into OpenBSD’s uEFI boot loader so if you have had trouble with this, then you are in the right place. *** ### NextCloud on OpenBSD > NextCloud and OpenBSD are complimentary to one another. NextCloud is an awesome, secure and private alternative for propietary platforms, whereas OpenBSD forms the most secure and solid foundation to serve it on. Setting it up in the best way isn’t hard, especially using this step by step tutorial.

MySQL Transactions - the physical side

So you talk to a database, doing transactions. What happens actually, behind the scenes? Let’s have a look.

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TrueNAS 12.0-U2.1 is released

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HardenedBSD 2021 State of the Hardened Union - NYCBUG - 2021-04-07

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Beastie Bits

• FreeBSD Journal: Case Studies *** ###Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions

• Al - BusyNAS

• Jeff - ZFS and NFS on FreeBSD

• Michael - remote unlock for encrypted systems

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NetBSD 8.2 is available!

The third release in the NetBSD-8 is now available.

This release includes all the security fixes in NetBSD-8 up until this point, and other fixes deemed important for stability.

• Some highlights include:
  • x86: fixed regression in booting old CPUs
  • x86: Hyper-V Gen.2 VM framebuffer support
  • httpd(8): fixed various security issues
  • ixg(4): various fixes / improvements
  • x86 efiboot: add tftp support, fix issues on machines with many memory segments, improve graphics mode logic to work on more machines.
  • Various kernel memory info leaks fixes
  • Update expat to 2.2.8
  • Fix ryzen USB issues and support xHCI version 3.10.
  • Accept root device specification as NAME=label.
  • Add multiboot 2 support to x86 bootloaders.
  • Fix for CVE-2019-9506: 'Key Negotiation of Bluetooth' attack.
  • nouveau: limit the supported devices and fix firmware loading.
  • radeon: fix loading of the TAHITI VCE firmware.
  • named(8): stop using obsolete dnssec-lookaside.

NextCloud on OpenBSD

NextCloud and OpenBSD are complementary to one another. NextCloud is an awesome, secure and private alternative for proprietary platforms, whereas OpenBSD forms the most secure and solid foundation to serve it on. Setting it up in the best way isn’t hard, especially using this step by step tutorial.

• Preface

Back when this tutorial was initially written, things were different. The OpenBSD port relied on PHP 5.6 and there were no package updates. But the port improved (hats off, Gonzalo!) and package updates were introduced to the -stable branch (hats off, Solene!).

A rewrite of this tutorial was long overdue. Right now, it is written for 6.6 -stable and will be updated once 6.7 is released. If you have any questions or desire some help, feel free to reach out.

News Roundup

X11 screen locking: a secure and modular approach

For years I’ve been using XScreenSaver as a default, but I recently learned about xsecurelock and re-evaluated my screen-saving requirements

NetBSD and RISC OS running parallel

I have been experimenting with running two systems at the same time on the RK3399 SoC.
It all begun when I figured out how to switch to the A72 cpu for RISC OS. When the switch was done, the A53 cpu just continued to execute code.
OK I thought why not give it something to do!
My first step was to run some small programs.
It worked!

• Thanks to Tom Jones for the pointer to this article

Several weeks ago we covered a story about switching from Linux to BSD. Benedict and JT asked for community feedback as to their thoughts on the matter. Allan was out that week, so this will give him an opportunity to chime in with his thoughts as well.

• Jamie - Dumping Linux for BSD
• Matt - BSD Packaging
• Brad - Linux vs BS
• MJ - Linux vs BSD Feedback
• Ben - Feedback for JT
• Henrik - Why you should migrate everything to BSD

Beastie Bits

• ssh-copy-id now included
• OPNsense 20.1.3 released
• A Collection of prebuilt BSD Cloud Images
• Instant terminal sharing

Feedback/Questions

• Ales - Manually verify signature files for pkg package
• Shody - Yubikey
• Mike - Site for hashes from old disks
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