UNIX
The docker-machine driver plugin for vmm OpenBSD hypervisor.
https://github.com/WIZARDISHUNGRY/docker-machine-driver-openbsd
MacOS 6 in the browser.
https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_6.0.8
Serviio DLNA Media Server on OpenBSD.
https://www.geoghegan.ca/serviio.html
NomadBSD 1.1 featured on DistroWatch Weekly.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180813#nomadbsd
NSD 4.1.24 Released.
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/news/2018/Aug/13/nsd-4.1.24-released/
FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE currently depends on 91 open bugs.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=228911&hide_resolved=1
FreeBSD bug affecting Chrome stability has been fixed.
https://twitter.com/ed_maste/status/1029362715838636032
FreeBSD fix for Foreshadow/L1TF CPU vulnerability (CVE-2018-3620).
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=337774
Improve hashing of IPv4 fragments on FreeBSD.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=337775
Automatic OpenBSD solution for email/web/DNS/XMPP/ZNC.
https://github.com/cullum/dank-selfhosted
FreeNAS iSCSI MPIO Configuration.
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2018/08/freenas-iscsi-configuration-for-mpio/
Hyper-V Cluster Installation and Configuration of MPIO iSCSI from FreeNAS.
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2018/08/hyper-v-cluster-mpio-iscsi-installation-and-configuration/
FreeBSD implemented kernel support for early loading of Intel microcode updates.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=337715
OPNsense 18.7.1 Released.
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=9424.0
Your own VPN with OpenIKED and OpenBSD.
https://medium.com/@cmacrae/your-own-vpn-with-openiked-openbsd-13d7abd3d1d4
Theo de Raadt on the latest Intel security issues.
https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20180815070400
FreeBSD lockless algorithm – seq.
http://oshogbo.vexillium.org/blog/50
The libbe and bectl tool (the beadm written in C) landed in FreeBSD base.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sbin/bectl/bectl.c
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230323
Final cover of the long awaited 3rd Edition of the Absolute FreeBSD book.
https://mwl.io/nonfiction/os#af3e
Amazon Kindle edition of the MidnightBSD: An Introduction book is available.
https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1030518022367264768
https://www.amazon.com/MidnightBSD-Introduction-Lucas-Holt-ebook/dp/B07G6V2B6M
Ansible dynamic inventory provider for FreeBSD Jails.
https://github.com/pageflt/ansible-jailventory
FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA2 is ready to download. And yes it does come in black with bectl.
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/
Hardware
AMD Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core and 2950X 16-Core Review.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13124/the-amd-threadripper-2990wx-and-2950x-review/
AMD Threadripper 2990WX Linux Benchmarks – 32-Core Beast.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-linux-2990wx
Foreshadow L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) is attack on Intel SGX which allows attacker to steal information.
AMD on Tuesday said it was not impacted by the new flaws disclosed by Intel.
https://foreshadowattack.eu/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/l1tf.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00161.html
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/14/intel_l1_terminal_fault_bugs/
Single Board Computer Database.
https://www.board-db.org/
Replacing Intel or x86 chips for security reasons. Options. (2013)
https://pastebin.com/raw/0mQHNbRK
AMD Threadripper 2990WX Much Faster on Linux than on Windows 10.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/08/15/want-faster-performance-with-amd-threadripper-2-use-linux/#4e1bf34539c9
Gigabyte Launches New Cavium ThunderX2 ARM64 Servers.
https://www.servethehome.com/gigabyte-launches-new-cavium-thunderx2-servers/
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13234/gigabyte-starts-sales-of-cavium-thunderx2-to-general-customers
ARM Announces Client CPU Roadmap – Accelerating Mobile and Laptop Performance.
https://www.arm.com/company/news/2018/08/accelerating-mobile-and-laptop-performance
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13226/arm-unveils-client-cpu-performance-roadmap
https://liliputing.com/2018/08/arm-takes-aim-at-laptops-with-upcoming-deimos-hercules-processors.html
IBM POWER9 Talos II vs. X86 (Intel/AMD) Linux Benchmarks.
… along with great correction/analysis of results on POWER9 CPU …
Improving performance of Phoronix benchmarks on POWER9.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-talos-2
https://sthbrx.github.io/blog/2018/08/15/improving-performance-of-phoronix-benchmarks-on-power9/
Solo is first open source security key supporting FIDO2.
https://solokeys.com/
Life
Why Small Teams Win and Bigger Ones Fail.
https://uxplanet.org/why-small-teams-win-and-bigger-ones-fail-304cb9e43a42
How the shared family computer protected us from our worst selves.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/9/17661466/shared-family-computer
People Start Hating Their Jobs at Age 35.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/people-start-hating-their-jobs-at-age-35?m
Books that explain (parts of) how the world really works.
https://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201807#24
Other
Make your Firefox browser a privacy superpower with these extensions.
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/make-your-firefox-browser-a-privacy-superpower-with-these-extensions/
MATE Desktop GTK2 vs GTK3 memory consumption.
https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/mate-desktop-gtk2-vs-gtk3-memory-consumption/
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