Stéphane HUC :: Echoes Weekly IT

[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