This is a significant package update for the repository, not just for applications, but also for some of the base system packages. There are a lot of changes from upstream FreeBSD and TrueOS in this release, from additional “-bootstrap” base packages to the renaming of the “zol” flavor of base packages to “nozfs”, as the “zol” version of the ZFS packages was also renamed to “openzfs”. In addition to this, a ton of the default settings from upstream TrueOS were changed.
With funding from the Alpha-Omega Project, the FreeBSD Foundation recently partnered with the offensive security firm Synacktiv to perform an in-depth security audit of critical FreeBSD components, focusing on the bhyve hypervisor and the Capsicum security framework. The comprehensive findings from the audit, available in the full report, highlight several vulnerabilities. Most of these vulnerabilities have been addressed through official FreeBSD Project security advisories, which offer detailed information about each vulnerability, its impact, and the measures implemented to improve the security of FreeBSD systems.
Last month, author decided to leave the OpenBSD as they have not been using OpenBSD for a while. A lot of people asked them why they stopped using OpenBSD, although they have been advocating it for a while. They like OpenBSD, it has values, and it is important that it exists. But it does not fit all needs anymore.
The third BETA build for the FreeBSD 14.2 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites.
This release brings system updates from FreeBSD and better hardware compatibility with some old AMD Radeon and FirePro GPU. They resolved live session startup issues with Legacy BIOS and started to fix some issues with Update Station functionality.
Experience migrating a client’s Windows BIOS VMs from Proxmox to FreeBSD/uefi, using bhyve and ZFS.
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Errata patches for libexpat have been released for OpenBSD 7.6 and 7.5. Binary updates for the amd64, arm64 and i386 platform are available via the syspatch utility.
From Proxmox to FreeBSD - Story of a Migration, FreeBSD At 30: The History And Future Of The Most Popular BSD-Based OS, Using a dedicated administration workstation for my infrastructure, LibreSSL 4.0.0 Released, Plasma6 and FreeBSD 14, Replace gnu diff, diff3, and sdiff with BSD versions, and more.
The FreeBSD community continuously innovates to enhance the Project’s capabilities and support cloud native applications. As part of this effort, the FreeBSD OCI Runtime Extension Working Group recently completed a time-boxed testing program for the experimental implementation of Podman, an OCI-compliant container engine, on FreeBSD. This program ran from September 2, 2024, to October 11, 2024, intending to assess the current state of Podman on FreeBSD and gather insights to guide future development.
The article details a setup for automatically switching the display on an OpenBSD laptop. Author uses USB-C so if you connect your monitor(s) using VGA, DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort, this post will probably not be useful.
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