The OpenBSD Foundation is excited to announce that it has received the first 2018 Iridium level donation. This year the first $100K+ donation came from Handshake (https://www.handshake.org).
We thank Handshake for its very generous support! This donation will no doubt fund many exciting projects in the coming years.
This release includes 9 months of bug fixes and a few new features after the 10.0 release in March. It also gives those still using older release a good reason to finally update to the NetBSD 10 release branch, even if they avoid dot-zero releases by all means.
In this episode, Benedict shows some of the tools he loves to use including Markdown (producing PDFs and other docs using Pandoc), AWK, and Graphviz. A lot of tutorials and getting-started links in this practical-oriented episode for you.
As 2024 comes to a close, the FreeBSD Foundation reflects on a year defined by significant technical accomplishments, strategic collaborations, and tangible growth for the FreeBSD Project.
As the winter chill sets in, here comes a special holiday roundup that explores problem-solving, featuring stories and guides that showcase the investigative work Klara has done on OpenZFS and FreeBSD. Whether you're a seasoned sysadmin or just exploring OpenZFS and FreeBSD, these stories will equip you to tackle your next technical challenge with confidence and insight.
Seamonkey has been gone from FreeBSD for a few years now, but not any longer - run the 64-Bit Linux version with no (or very little) effort. The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey Internet Application Suite which follows the famous Mozilla Internet Suite from a few years back.
Author got an HP Color Laser 150nw wireless printer some time ago and never really tried to use it with OpenBSD. But after discovering that it works well on their wife’s Slackware Linux laptop (better than on Windows 10), they decided to give it a try using OpenBSD.
As you already know, choosing the right technology stack is critical to building secure, reliable, and future-proof products. While Linux is often the default choice for open-source operating systems, it’s not the only option—and it may not be the best one. FreeBSD offers unique advantages that align with the priorities of security-focused organizations, providing a strong, stable foundation for your product’s success.
Open-Source Software Is in Crisis, A Brief History of Cyrix, Userland Disk I/O, OPNsense 24.7.9 released, GhostBSD 24.10.1 Is Now Available, Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering, Keep your OmniOS server time synced, and more.
FreeBSD 14 introduces DMA, the lightweight Mail Transport Agent from DragonFly BSD, as the default replacement for Sendmail. This article outlines the reasons behind the change, highlights the benefits of DMA, and provides a step-by-step guide to configuring it for efficient email handling on minimal systems.
"A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System" - the official description of GhostBSD, and it's not wrong. Here we have a look at GhostBSD 24.10.1 and see how things are currently with this user friendly FreeBSD-based OS.