Theo de Raadt changed the version string for the OpenBSD development branch (i.e. -current) to 7.5-beta. With the upcoming release expected to appear in May, testing is particularly welcome. 7.5-beta snapshots are already appearing on the mirrors.
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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The article describes a method to install FreeBSD on a computer or virtual machine with a single command, bypassing traditional installation methods.
The second 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.
New CIS® FreeBSD 14 Benchmark: Secure Your Systems with Expert-Guided Best Practices, Accelerating ZFS with Copy Offloading: BRT, The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops, Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail, Make Your Own Read-Only Device With NetBSD, ex/vi/nvi editor: .exrc advanced.
The Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit is just around the corner, featuring two exciting days of talks, collaboration, and networking. The summit is open to the public, with a registration fee of $150.
There is so much software available in the FreeBSD repository that sometimes gems can go unnoticed... so in this monthly series they'll highlight some of these interesting & useful programs.
Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open source Unix operating system (386BSD) it continues the legacy that the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) began in 1978 until its final release in 1995. The related NetBSD project saw its beginnings somewhat later after this as well, also forking from 386BSD. NetBSD saw its first release a few months before FreeBSD’s initial release, but has always followed a different path towards maximum portability unlike the more generic nature of FreeBSD which – per the FAQ – seeks to specialize on a limited number of platforms, while providing the widest range of features on these platforms.
The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems.