smolBSD is a tiny BSD UNIX (NetBSD) system creation tool, primarily aimed at building modern, lightweight, fast micro VMs. smolBSD can start a service in (way) under a second, giving it the ability to be used as a virtualized container, thus reducing attack surface and actually isolating workflows.
Because thanks to some recent developments, it's possible to get NetBSD working on this thing and it's the latest version too.
The HardenedBSD December 2024 Status Report outlines key developments and updates. This month saw significant progress, including research on mitigating SROP, collaboration on BATMAN-adv mesh networking, and various security enhancements. Notable changes include defaulting to PIE on all architectures, disabling remote connections for syslogd, and updates to the ports tree. The report also highlights upcoming infrastructure updates and expresses gratitude for community contributions.
The FreeBSD Foundation is proud of its accomplishments in 2024. They launched ambitious projects, grew partnerships and improved their internal infrastructure. All of this success is thanks to the support of donors and the FreeBSD community.
Here are author's notes on running NetBSD 10.1 on their first personal laptop that they still keep, a 1998 i586 Toshiba Satellite Pro with 81Mb of RAM and a 1Gb IBM 2.5" IDE HD. In summary, the latest NetBSD runs well on this old hardware using an IDE to CF adapter and several changes to the i386 GENERIC kernel.
smolBSD is a tiny BSD UNIX (NetBSD) system creation tool, primarily aimed at building modern, lightweight, fast micro VMs. smolBSD can start a service in (way) under a second, giving it the ability to be used as a virtualized container, thus reducing attack surface and actually isolating workflows.
In this special episode, they are interviewing themselves with the questions that out audience asked us many moons ago. Stay tuned for some insights about hobbies, all things computers, projects, and a whole lot more.
The FreeBSD Foundation proudly supports numerous initiatives aimed at advancing the FreeBSD operating system. With contributions from the Foundation and the community, 2024 has been a year of significant developments in security, performance, and usability. Article has a detailed overview of the projects completed or in progress this year.
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.