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The NetBSD project is pleased to announce the fourth (and this time hopefully final) release candidate of the upcoming 11.0 release, please help testing! See the release announcement for details. https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_rc4_available https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-11/NetBSD-11.0.html ping: https://framapiaf.org/@jaypatelani@bsd.network/116570729312543808

FreeBSD Foundation Laptop Update: https://freebsdfoundation.github.io/proj-laptop/monthly-updates/2026-04 or https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/monthly-updates/2026-04.md

Other: pf for packet-filter; (yes, I seen the packetfilter tag)

FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience. That was then delayed to FreeBSD 15.1 but that didn't end up materializing. Now the KDE desktop install option is diverted to FreeBSD 15.2... https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.2-KDE-Desktop

Today, part 2: OpenBSD stories — OpenBSD/zaurus: pocket-sized BSD http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/zaurus2.html ping: https://framapiaf.org/@miodvallat@hostux.social/116565518174130734

That’s an interesting idea, though I’m not sure if it’s relevant. The question I’m asking myself is: why is it problematic to use the expire option, which is designed for this very purpose? because sysadmins forget to configure it, which causes the relevant tables to grow?! I think this is more relevant: The "feature request" wish I have is to be able to backup/restore tables preserving the counters and timestamp for each entry. Currently I do a "pfctl -T show" and save to file on server shutdown. Then I do a "pfctl -T add" from filename to reload table on boot. Obviously this resets all the timestamps to the current boot time. I know, don't reboot. seen on: - https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260513064948 This seems me a good idea: save with good informations when rebooting is needed, as instance a "new" rebuilded kernel

In fact, as the subject line seems rather inappropriate, you can even delete it if you have the necessary permissions!

morning, alll. i have meet problem in freebsd15 bridge ... i have create a bridge as below content #for ipv4 only LAN 21 │ ifconfig_re0="up" 22 │ create_args_bridge5="addm re0 name re0lan" 28 │ cloned_interfaces="bridge5" 29 │ 30 │ #for home.. 31 │ ifconfig_re0lan="inet 10.8.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter="10.8.1.253" ok. #vm switch create -t manual -b re0lan public ... #vm switch list NAME TYPE IFACE ADDRESS PRIVATE MTU VLAN PORTS public manual re0lan n/a no n/a n/a n/a #vm create -t freebsd-zvol -s 10gb -m 2gb fb15 #vm start fb15 ok. when fb15 start or stop , the bridge ping defaultrouter 10.8.1.253 will lost packages. why ? please help me .thanks..... when i start or stop jail attach this bridge .. the problem will appear again... thanks. [image: 1778640610890-image_2026-05-13_01-59-37.png]

@grahamperrin said: I guess, you're quoting vermaden. "Y, sir, Y!" I changed on my first post!

… surprised to realize that there was no default terminal; you have to install one … On FreeBSD, x11/plasma6-plasma-desktop is comparable. The Plasma desktop environment installs without Konsole, without System Settings, and so on: [image: 1778618199160-ede9ff95-bbee-4c01-a8d1-878d58a8749d-image.jpeg]

Thanks! Also: Mythos finds a curl vulnerability | Lobsters Mythos Finds a Curl Vulnerability | Hacker News Mythos finds a vulnerability in curl, a single low severity one, and curl's creator is not impressed, calls it "a succesful marketing stunt". : r/BetterOffline and (old Reddit) nine other discussions …

An open invitation to Linux users across the board, offering a closer look at the penguin and its iceberg, a walk across the ecosystems that make it possible, an exploration beyond one’s biome. https://club.unix.rocks/commentary/under-linux/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@fcambus@mastodon.sdf.org/116557961134185563

Every single software product is dealing with the question about what to do with “AI”-generated code, but the question is particularly difficult to answer for open source operating systems like Linux distributions and the various BSDs, which often consist of a wide variety of software packages from hundreds to thousands of different developers. On top of that, they also have to ask the “AI” question for every layer of their offering, from the base install, to the official repositories, to community-run ones… https://www.osnews.com/story/144935/openbsd-and-slopcode-raindrop-to-a-torrent/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@osnews@mstdn.social/116558432820118949

“The server feels slow.” It is the most common ticket text in the world, and the least useful. Before you can fix anything you need to know whether the box is CPU bound, memory pressured, waiting on disk, saturating a NIC, or simply running a runaway process in one jail that is starving everyone else. On jail hosts, the second half of the problem is attribution: not just what is overloaded, but which jail is responsible… https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-resource-monitoring-accounting-and-troubleshooting/ ping: https://framapiaf.org/@Larvitz@burningboard.net/116560508989633469

Florian Obser (florian@) recently gave a BSD-NL talk entitled "Let's find out how to get predictable IPv6 addresses assigned to OpenBSD VMs". Florian takes us on a guided tour of how inet6 autoconf actually works, with enlightening and entertaining peeks into selected piece of OpenBSD source. At the end, we are asked to "now, draw the rest of the owl". https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260512115225 slides: https://www.openbsd.org/events.html#bsdnl2026 video: https://exquisite.tube/w/38gDYhMNTNZimk3GcFnHNa

OK, today, we've news about this! Due to hardware failure, the machine hosting undeadly has gone down last week. Thanks to the kind and swift help from OpenBSD.amsterdam, we're now back online. We will source new hardware for the original machine and hopefully move back again soon. https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260511202034 PS : The show must go-in on…

We’re releasing a brand new, open-source mouse design: the Bean, which is a pointing stick mouse (also called a nub mouse). (…) As with all of our other kits, the Bean is 3D-printed and fully open-source. Mechanical files, electrical files, and firmware have all been released, along with documentation on how to make and modify your own. It’s all on Github! https://ploopy.co/bean/ https://blog.ploopy.co/the-bean-is-here-435 https://github.com/ploopyco/bean-pointing-stick/

"A balloon ! Mum, I want this balloonnnn…"

⇒ Linux 7.1-rc3 Released With Many Networking Changes Linus Torvalds just issued the third weekly test candidate of the Linux 7.1 kernel with around a third of the patches being for the networking subsystem... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-rc3-Released

In this case, the repo maintainer was kind enough to tell you what AI was used in each file. Look at the file names. Most of them are DallE.