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 or BSD systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the Internet I just put it here.
Today the amount information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information ‘bulk’ as I already do that grep(1).
UNIX
12 Reasons to Leave Windows/macOS/Linux – Vocal Examination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x739iPPbAAc
helloSystem – Simple and Elegant Operating System.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3z9QnMTLm8
FWUPD 1.6.1 Adds FreeBSD UEFI Capsule Handling – More Hardware Now Supported.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FWUPD-1.6.1-Released
Manage FreeBSD Jails with Ansible – Part 1.
https://eoli3n.github.io/2021/06/08/jails-part-1.html
Manage FreeBSD Jails with Ansible – Part 2.
https://eoli3n.github.io/2021/06/09/jails-part-2.html
Manage FreeBSD Jails with Ansible – Part 3.
https://eoli3n.github.io/2021/06/14/jails-part-3.html
New Port x11/nvidia-hybrid-graphics for Optimus Technology on FreeBSD.
https://twitter.com/alfsiciliano/status/1404888561804001285
https://github.com/therontarigo/freebsd-gpu-headless
ZFS Fans Rejoice – RAIDz Expansion.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/raidz-expansion-code-lands-in-openzfs-master/
helloSystem 0.5.0 – FreeBSD Based OS Brings Another Promising Release.
https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/06/hellosystem-0-5-0-release/
Say helloSystem – Mac Like FreeBSD Project Emits 0.5 Release.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/16/hellosystem_maclike_freebsd_project_05/
Diving Into Toolchains.
https://www.cambus.net/diving-into-toolchains/
How X Window System Influenced Modern Computing.
https://www.fosslife.org/how-x-window-system-influenced-modern-computing
BSD Now 407 – Jail Detail.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/407
Wireguard with Public IP Behind NAT on OpenBSD.
https://puffy.nolink.ch/posts/wireguard_publicip/
Modern Unix.
https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix
Bareos 20.0.2 Released.
https://www.bareos.com/bareos-20-0-2-released/
Introduction to ZFS Replication.
https://klarasystems.com/articles/introduction-to-zfs-replication/
helloSystem – Simple and Elegant Operating System.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3z9QnMTLm8
FreeBSD Day (19 of June) is Almost Here.
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-day-is-almost-here-2/
OpenBSD 6.9 on Protecli 6 Port Firewall.
https://serverascode.com/2021/05/31/openbsd-protecli.html
FreeBSD Imports dhcpcd(8) into Base System.
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22012
PFFW is pf(8) Firewall Running on OpenBSD.
https://github.com/sonertari/PFFW
In Other BSDs for 2021/06/19.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2021/06/19/25848.html
FreeBSD Fridays – How to Submit Patch to FreeBSD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fwfRoDt9bQ
Load Balancing with FreeBSD Jails using Bastille and Nginx.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T-wXKwCeHA
Using I2P Network with OpenBSD and NixOS.
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-06-20-i2p-intro.html
TrueNAS Core 12.0 DistroWatch Review.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20210621#truenas
Linux Sucks 2021 – End of Linux is Nigh.
https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e/LinuxSucks2021:1
Look at Auto Admin on FreeBSD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44-TgXrIlho
Hardware
Best CPUs for Workstations 2021/06.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/11891/best-cpus-for-workstations
Lenovo ThinkCentre M80q Tiny 1L PC Review.
https://www.servethehome.com/lenovo-thinkcentre-m80q-tiny-1l-pc-review/
GMK NucBox Review – Palm Sized Mini PC.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/06/16/gmk-nucbox-review-a-palm-sized-windows-10-mini-pc/
Interview with Jim Keller – Laziest Person at Tesla.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16762/an-anandtech-interview-with-jim-keller-laziest-person-at-tesla
Reverse Engineering and Fixing Bug in ‘ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint’ Firmware
https://hohlerde.org/rauch/en/elektronik/projekte/tpkbd-fix/
Six SSDs Compared – Inexpensive M.2 SATA SSD Roundup.
https://www.servethehome.com/inexpensive-sata-ssd-roundup-adata-samsung-pny-kingston-teamgroup/
Life
US Similar to North Korea – Defector Slams Woke US Schools – Even North Korea is not This Nuts.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-similar-to-north-korea-defector-slams-woke-us-schools/GSXLIC4TAQNJ7GZF4TIBLLAJEE/
Survey Shows People No Longer Believe Working Hard Will Lead to Better Life.
https://insidermag.net/survey-shows-people-no-longer-believe-working-hard-will-lead-to-a-better-life/
Therapist Shares 7 Biggest Parenting Mistakes That Destroy Kids Mental Strength.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/05/25/biggest-parenting-mistake-destroys-kids-mental-strength-says-therapist.html
Wealth Secret of Super Rich Revealed – Be Born Into Rich Family.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/16/super-rich-family-dynastic-wealth-pandemic
Other
PsychDOS – Desktop Environment Plus Extra Software for DOS Users.
https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM
Two Weeks of Securing Samsung Devices – Part 1.
https://blog.oversecured.com/Two-weeks-of-securing-Samsung-devices-Part-1/
Brave – False Sensation of Privacy.
http://ebin.city/%7Ewerwolf/posts/brave-is-shit/
Do Not Like Firefox New Look? Try These Tweaks.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/06/dont-like-firefoxs-new-look-try-one-of-these-tweaks
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Re: 12 Reasons to Leave Windows/macOS/Linux β Vocal Examination.
Posting such silly propaganda casts a dark shadow of doubt upon the βvaluableβ part in the title of this series, if you ask me.
So, let’s have a closer look at some of this:
#1 Forced updates
So, this guy claims that βeven Linux has a rather shady way to get you to updateβ your system and then mentions forced updates in Linux Mint, which he isn’t even sure have been implemented yet, as well as Snap packages automatically updating in the background, unless you opt out in some cumbersome way.
Mind you, you do not have to use Linux Mint. And neither do you have to use Snap packages. Off the top of my head, here are five Linux distributions that don’t force you to update anything at all (in alphabetical order): Alpine, Devuan, Gentoo, Slackware, Void. And there are likely dozens more.
So, pitching forced updates as something that makes βLinuxβ worse in comparison to FreeBSD is just spreading FUD.
#2 Truly free license
When does this license bigotry ever stop? Copyleft and permissive licenses simply solve different kinds of problems. Period. Choose the right tool for the job instead of evangelizing.
#4 Privacy
So, βLinux has a less than clean history with data collectingβ, huh? Ah, no, it’s just been Ubuntu in the past, who rightfully got a lot of flak for it and, consequently, removed that βfeatureβ, as far as I can tell. So, don’t use Ubuntu because the people who make it can’t be trusted. And, maybe, when there’s time, stop implying that Ubuntu is Linux.
While FreeBSD itself may not collect any user data and send it to a remote location, some popular software that a lot of people will run on their FreeBSD system will still do that, just like on your average Linux system. (Just look at Firefox.)
#5 Built-in advertising
Repeat: Don’t use Ubuntu then. And stop implying Ubuntu was Linux.
#6 Complete OS
Calling FreeBSD a βcomplete OSβ is nothing but deceptive, really. The FreeBSD base system might be great for running a server, but it certainly isn’t a complete system when, for example, your use case is running a workstation with a graphical desktop environment that contains a video player. On the contrary, quite a few Linux distributions let you install all you’d need for that as part of the system installation, some offering a per-package selection.
#8 FreeBSD community
When claiming that the FreeBSD community is more helpful than the Linux community, it would only be fair to at least mention that, like the Linux kernel community, FreeBSD does have a rather delicate code of conduct. In the case of Linux, though, the distributions may as well not care to have a code of conduct at all.
All operating systems suck!
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Various people have various opinions on various topics. You can not expect to everyone to think the same as you.
The BSD license allows you to do more – that is more freedom in my dictionary.
I have addressed some of this in Quare FreeBSD? article – https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2020/09/07/quare-freebsd/
More or less, yes π
Regards.
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