UNIX
In Other BSDs for 2018/08/25.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2018/08/25/21658.html
FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA3 Available.
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/
FreeBSD bsdinstall/zfsboot enables new UEFI+GELI support.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=338282
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=336252
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12315
Setup unbound-adblock on OpenBSD.
https://www.geoghegan.ca/unbound-adblock.html
New XigmaNAS Release 11.2.0.4.5925 based on FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p2.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xigmanas/files/XigmaNAS-11.2.0.4/11.2.0.4.5925/
Mac-like FreeBSD Laptop.
http://trafyx.com/?p=2551
Baldur’s Gate in 1080p on OpenBSD via GemRB.
https://bsd.network/@thfr/100620499116867070
My Backup Solution Leveraging OpenZFS/rsync/WOL/crontab.
https://farhan.codes/2018/05/20/my-backup-solution-leveraging-openzfs-rsync-wol-and-crontab/
Why I’m mostly not interest in exploring new fonts (on Unix).
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/MyFontDisinterest
Why ed(1) is not a good editor today.
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/EdNoLongerGoodEditor
Mozilla will disable legacy Firefox 52 ESR add-ons on 2018/09/05.
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/21/timeline-for-disabling-legacy-firefox-add-ons/
Linux Maintains Bugs – Real Reason ifconfig(8) on Linux is Deprecated in ip(8).
https://farhan.codes/2018/06/25/linux-maintains-bugs-the-real-reason-ifconfig-on-linux-is-deprecated/
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75
Remove Yarrow PRNG algorithm option in accordance with due notice given in random(4) on FreeBSD.
https://twitter.com/lattera/status/1033734043207172096
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=338324
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=273872
Insight into Future of TrueOS BSD and Project Trident.
https://itsfoss.com/project-trident-interview/
Look Beyond the BSD Teacup – OmniOS Installation.
https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2018/08/25/a-look-beyond-the-bsd-teacup-omnios-installation/
HardenedBSD 1100056.4 Released.
https://hardenedbsd.org/article/op/2018-08-27/stable-release-hardenedbsd-stable-11-stable-v11000564
BSD vs Linux. (old but worth resurrecting)
https://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/01
Send packet of death to any Linux 4.x kernel and it will make CPU spin in infinite loop.
https://twitter.com/perrymetzger/status/1034196371316719617
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/1
Raspberry Pi as Stratum-1 NTP Server.
https://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Raspberry-Pi-NTP.html
Linux 4.18 on Intel Core 2 Duo makes CPU stall and complete system freeze.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.18-Old-CPU-Issue
Oracle Solaris 11.4 Released for General Availability.
https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/oracle-solaris-114-released-for-general-availability
FreeBSD: UEFI Bootloader stuck on BootCurrent/BootOrder/BootInfo on Asus Motherboards (and fix).
https://www.neelc.org/freebsd-uefi-on-asus-motherboards/
FreeBSD on 11″ MacBook Air 5.1 (mid-2012).
https://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=2214
https://www.geeklan.co.uk/files/macbookair/freebsd-dmesg.txt
OpenBSD on 11″ MacBook Air 5.1 (mid-2012).
https://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=1283
The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD (and FreeBSD) rc.d system.
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/usenix01/freenix01/full_papers/mewburn/mewburn_html/index.html
OpenBSD Gaming Resource – What Games Are Available and Where to Get Them.
https://mrsatterly.com/openbsd_games.html
In 2005/05 FreeBSD team described TLBleed on SA and suggested to disable INTEL SMT.
https://bsd.network/@sehnsucht/100637654685544116
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt.asc
BSD Now 260 – Hacking Tour of Europe.
https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/126821/hacking-tour-of-europe-bsd-now-260/
BSD Now 261 – FreeBSDcon Flashback.
https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/126916/freebsdcon-flashback-bsd-now-261/
OpenBSD on the Microsoft Surface Go.
https://jcs.org/2018/08/31/surface_go
2FA with SSH on OpenBSD.
https://chown.me/blog/2FA-with-ssh-on-OpenBSD.html
How does the process title works?
https://oshogbo.vexillium.org/blog/51/
In Other BSDs for 2018/09/01.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2018/09/01/21713.html
New FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA4 Snapshots Available.
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-snapshots/2018-September/000445.html
CNCF Survey: Use of Cloud Native Technologies in Production Has Grown Over 200%.
https://twitter.com/nitisht_/status/1035008388713701377
https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/08/29/cncf-survey-use-of-cloud-native-technologies-in-production-has-grown-over-200-percent/
The bsd.network Mastodon Instance runs on OpenBSD 6.4-beta.
https://twitter.com/phessler/status/1035664766906368001
OpenBSD Workstation.
http://eradman.com/posts/openbsd-workstation.html
Badness Enumerated by Robots.
https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2018/08/badness-enumerated-by-robots.html
CoreDNS 1.2.2 Released.
https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.2.2
Hardware
SMT is Tagged on AMD CPUs thus not vulnerable like Intel CPUs.
https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AMD-SMT-Zen-1.jpg
Hyper Converged NAS with Silverstone CS01-HS and Silverstone SST-ST30SF PSU.
https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=458
GlobalFoundries Stops All 7nm Development – Opts To Focus on Specialized Processes.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-all-7nm-development
AMD 7nm CPUs/GPUs To Be Fabbed by TSMC as GlobalFoundries Stops 7mm Development.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13279/amd-to-fab-7nm-cpus-gpus-at-tsmc
Is Intel Hyper-Threading a Fundamental Security Risk?
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/276138-is-hyper-threading-a-fundamental-security-risk
Why the Future of Data Storage is (Still) Magnetic Tape.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/why-the-future-of-data-storage-is-still-magnetic-tape
UNITEX USB 3.0 connected LTO7 tape drive.
http://www.cxp.com.au/articles/unitex-launches-usb3-0-connected-lto7-tape-drive
UNITEX USB 3.0 connected LTO8 tape drives.
http://www.cxp.com.au/articles/unitex-launches-high-speed-usb3-0-and-lto8-usb-connected-tape-drives
Spectre and Meltdown in Hardware: Intel Clarifies Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13301/spectre-and-meltdown-in-hardware-intel-clarifies-whiskey-lake-and-amber-lake
Performance Cost of Spectre/Meltdown/Foreshadow Mitigations on Linux 4.19.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-419-mitigations
Life
Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects, nurture health.
https://www.salk.edu/news-release/eating-in-10-hour-window-can-override-disease-causing-genetic-defects-nurture-health/
My life with 12 programmers in 2 rooms and one 21st century dream.
https://www.salon.com/2016/09/17/hacker-house-blues-my-life-with-12-programmers-2-rooms-and-one-21st-century-dream/
Tech Workers Say Poor Leadership Is Number One Cause for Burnout.
http://blog.teamblind.com/index.php/2018/08/20/tech-workers-say-poor-leadership-is-number-one-cause-for-burnout/
Procrastination: It’s pretty much all in the mind.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45295392
Other
After 24 years Doom II final secret has been found!
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/31/after-24-years-doom-iis-final-secret-has-been-found/
3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago – Internal Documents Show.
https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-pfos/
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