UNIX
SoloBSD 11.2-STABLE-0901 based on HardenedBSD 1100056.4.
https://www.solobsd.org/index.php/2018/09/01/solobsd-11-2-stable-0901/
FreeBSD Foundation Update 2018/08.
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/freebsd-foundation-update-august-2018/
FreeBSD on System76 laptop.
https://twitter.com/BNevio/status/1036067328553877505
FreeBSD and Intel Video Cards. (updated)
http://srobb.net/freebsdintel.html
NetBSD/atari 8.0 on ATARI TT030 with SMC_TT and EtherNEC.
https://twitter.com/tsutsuii/status/1036602442790526978
http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=3733
NetBSD 7.2 Released.
https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-7/NetBSD-7.2.html
BSD Now 261 – FreeBSDcon Flashback.
https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/126916/freebsdcon-flashback-bsd-now-261/
BSD Now 262 – OpenBSD Surfacing.
https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/127006/openbsd-surfacing-bsd-now-262/
DragonFly BSD Default Compiler Changed to GCC 8.x.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2018/09/05/21790.html
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2018-September/717867.html
FreeBSD Ports/Packages Switch Default PHP Version from 5.6 to 7.1.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=479014
BSD Virtual Memory.
http://blog.pr4tt.com/2016/02/02/BSD-virtual-memory/
OmniOS CE r151026r/r151024ar/r151022bp with updated CURL and ZSH.
https://omniosce.org/article/releases-026r-024ar-022bp
ZSH Introduction Configuration.
https://docu.blackdot.be/configuration/zsh
CBSD Added Live Migration Support to FreeBSD Bhyve.
https://twitter.com/meka_floss/status/1037664920823885830
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IYNSBhtJqw
The macOS Mojave Patcher Tool for Unsupported Macs.
http://dosdude1.com/mojave/
On FreeBSD 12.0 Bhyve will use Guard Pages to protect VMs address space.
https://twitter.com/lattera/status/1037801460719869952
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=338511
Sixth annual OpenZFS Developer Summit 2018 will be held September 10-11 in San Francisco.
http://open-zfs.org/wiki/OpenZFS_Developer_Summit_2018
XigmaNAS 11.2.0.4.5969 Released.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xigmanas/files/XigmaNAS-11.2.0.4/11.2.0.4.5969/
OPNsense 18.7.2 Released.
https://opnsense.org/opnsense-18-7-2-released/?utm_source=discoverbsd
Microsoft Hotmail still runs on U**x – FreeBSD purge incomplete. (old but worth mentioning)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/12/microsoft_hotmail_still_runs/
GNOME 3.30 ‘AlmerΓa’ Released.
https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.30/
Notes on Ryzen and Threadripper Hardware on DragonFly BSD.
https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/docs/handbook/docs/newhandbook/ZenRipper/
FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA5 Images Available.
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/
Hardware
Intel can’t supply 14nm Xeons – HP/HPE directly recommends AMD EPYC.
https://www.semiaccurate.com/2018/09/07/intel-cant-supply-14nm-xeons-hpe-directly-recommends-amd-epyc/
AMD EPYC pummels Intel new Xeon-W workstation CPUs.
https://www.semiaccurate.com/2017/08/29/amds-epyc-pummels-intels-new-xeon-w-workstation-cpus/
ThinkPad X220 Resources.
http://x220.mcdonnelltech.com/resources/
Ryzen is Great at Low Power – 2700X @ 85W and TR2990WX @ 225W.
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2018-September/357883.html
GlobalFoundries CTO on Why the Company Abandoned the Bleeding Edge.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/globalfoundries-cto-on-why-the-company-abandoned-the-bleeding-edge
AMD Updates its 25×20 Goal – Progress in a Generation.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13326/amd-updates-its-25×20-goal-progress-in-a-generation
Toshiba XG6 1TB SSD Review – First 96-Layer 3D NAND SSD.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13254/the-toshiba-xg6-1tb-ssd-review-first-96l-3d-nand
How RISC-V is Changing the Game.
http://info.dovermicrosystems.com/doverlog/how-risc-v-is-changing-processor-design
The AMD Athlon 200GE is Genius.
https://www.fanlesstech.com/2018/09/the-amd-athlon-200ge-is-genius.html
Life
How to Fall Asleep in 120 Seconds.
https://medium.com/s/story/combat-tested-training-unwind-and-sleep-anywhere-in-120-seconds-27d5307b7606
Meal frequency and timing in health and disease.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250148/
Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/behavioral-biometrics-banks-security.html
Paul Graham Essays.
http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
Hospitals Prepare To Launch Their Own Drug Company To Fight High Prices And Shortages.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/06/644935958/hospitals-prepare-to-launch-their-own-drug-company-to-fight-high-prices-and-shor
‘Mindful People’ feel less pain – MRI imaging pinpoints supporting brain activity.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-mindful-people-pain-mri-imaging.html
Other
40 million tables in MySQL 8.0 with ZFS.
https://www.percona.com/blog/2018/09/03/40-million-tables-in-mysql-8-0-with-zfs/
Nextcloud 14: focus on security and compliance.
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-14-focus-on-security-and-compliance/
End of Mozilla Firefox Windows XP Support.
https://chuttenblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/the-end-of-firefox-windows-xp-support/
Why Aren’t More Users More Happy With Our VMs?
http://tratt.net/laurie/blog/entries/why_arent_more_users_more_happy_with_our_vms_part_1.html
The Tools I Use To Write Books.
https://thorstenball.com/blog/2018/09/04/the-tools-i-use-to-write-books/
Mozilla Firefox – It’s your data we’re just living in it.
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2017/09/06/data-just-living/
Mozilla’s opt-out Firefox DNS privacy test sparks privacy outcry.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/20/mozilla_firefox_test_of_privacy_mechanism_prompts_privacy_worries/
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