Stéphane HUC :: Echoes Weekly IT

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD

A nit, at https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-27-2026/#it20260629:

• https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/running-pkgbasify-on-freebsd-15-1/ redirects to https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/running-pkgbasify-on-freebsd-15-0/ and it was on 15.0 (not 15.1).

The SLOP AI heading is a turn-off, for me.

[CiotBSD]

@grahamperrin Ty!

I rectify for the Dan Languille link. <= done!

@grahamperrin said:

The SLOP AI heading is a turn-off, for me.

I understand, but what else can we use that everyone agrees on?

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD "AI"

[CiotBSD]

@grahamperrin said:

@CiotBSD "AI"

OK, let's Go! <= done
(and we'll see if it's "so good"!)

[CiotBSD]

⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W28: IT news, round-up, week 28; from 07/06 to 07/12.

• https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-28-2026/

[CiotBSD]

⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W29: IT news, round-up, week 29; from 07/13 to 07/19.

• https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-29-2026/

[CiotBSD]

⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W30: IT news, round-up, week 30; from 07/20 to 07/26.

• https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-30-2026/

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116987441637631045 quotes https://mastodon.social/@buckfiftyseven/116980631827143297 with comments from @lproven@social.vivaldi.net (and I'll have more for @buckfiftyseven@mastodon.social later) …

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ Dev accidentally commits Copilot binary to FreeBSD ports repo

https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116980725539794502 with a link to discussion in r/freebsd.

[CiotBSD]

⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W31: IT news, round-up, week 31; from 07/27 to 08/02.

• https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-31-2026/

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ GCC AI Policy Announcement

The announcement leads to source code, but not a normal view of the Policy.

Here's the Policy:

GNU Compiler Collection - AI Policy - GNU Project

[CiotBSD]

@grahamperrin link added!

[CiotBSD]

⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.

• https://huc.fr.eu.org/en/news/week-32-2026/

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

"… VIDAR, a FreeBSD-based automatic firewall program. … The announcement doesn’t mention streaming so you may need to be in-person."

The event was streamed, there was a Streaming link at the head of the announcement. Follow-up:

• VIDAR ― Server Protection for Internet facing FreeBSD Servers ― Jim Brown : r/freebsd

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ According to Statcounter, Linux on the desktop crossed over 7% globally

Also, FreeBSD has returned (at 0%). It comes and goes. It was absent a year ago, for example:

• 9.62% unknown (mid-August 2025)
• 21.45% unknown, 56.61% Windows (27th July 2026)
• FreeBSD present, nothing unknown, 72% Windows (31st July)
• https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide

OpenBSD is more popular in the US (FreeBSD is absent).

FreeBSD is more popular in the UK (OpenBSD is absent).

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ This New Open Source Project Wants to Be the AI-First Alternative to Microsoft Office

From Sourav Rudra's article on 5th August:

… I wouldn't hold my breath for a Linux build anytime soon. …

Linux support shipped five days later.

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/117091846614809168

[grahamperrin]

@CiotBSD said:

⇒ When online commenters ‘detect’ my art as AI

Reactions in Hacker News and the Fediverse:

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49188916
• https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/117043735577793210 @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

The reply from @uriel@bbs.keinpfusch.net made me giggle