26/08/11
⇒ FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI
Today quite different topic, using ZFS/NFS on FreeBSD as backend storage for containers/pods running on OpenShift platform.
⇒ FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI
Today quite different topic, using ZFS/NFS on FreeBSD as backend storage for containers/pods running on OpenShift platform.
⇒ Cleaning costs, or, examining the OpenBSD -fret-clean flag
I start with apologies to williewillus, calvin, and reezer on Lobste.rs. Prior to July 9, I would have agreed with you all. But it appears I was wrong. There is no need to further engage; it is clear that critique-from-within is undesirable. Which is perfectly OK, because I stepped away from being on the inside. So let's just keep evaluating OpenBSD's mitigations and we'll continue to learn interesting things along the way.
⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W32: IT news, round-up, week 32; from 08/03 to 08/09.
⇒ Show memory information on OpenBSD
Finding memory information and usage on OpenBSD requires a few commands and the right places to look. If you are used to Linux, then commands like free are no longer available. Let’s have a look at memory details on OpenBSD.
⇒ Running your own mail server with OpenBSD and OpenSMTPD
Self-hosting your own services such as a blog, website, or email is a valuable skill. It gives you a better understanding in the technology and usually also fun to do. With privacy under pressure and Big Tech continuing to store our data, this might be a good time to host your own mail server.
⇒ Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports: Port the Enlightenment desktop environment to NetBSD
Enlightenment desktop is a low on resources desktop environment without sacrificing on visuals. NetBSD support for this BSD-licensed desktop has been left a few years behind. The aim of this project is to port the newest version of the desktop to pkgsrc and commit upstream portability fixes when necessary to ease future versions updates for NetBSD.
⇒ OpenBGPD 9.2 released
A sure sign that a new OpenBSD will soon be ready is that a new OpenBGPD release appears. On August 6th, 2026, the project released OpenBGPD version 9.2.
⇒ BSD Now—674: Software development never changes
Scrub Design, WebZFS Updates, The Foundations role in the FreeBSD Ecosystem, and more...
⇒ BSD Now—675: Going GPL Free
FreeBSD 16 goes GPL Free, The computer at the bottom of the lake, FreeBSD's new Board member, Phaethon, a new 68010 based Unix machine and more...
Setup a simple web server with bozohttpd on NetBSD.
⇒ Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)
Returning readers of this site may have noticed that the pace of development in relayd(8) and httpd(8) has been picking up recently. Now Rafael Sadowski (rsadowski@) has a new blog post out titled Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8) where he tells the story.
⇒ Call for testing: OpenBSD vmm(4)/vmd(8) fd-ification
Thanks to the tireless work of among others Dave Voutila (dv@), development of the OpenBSD/amd64 virtualization system vmm(4)/vmd(8) continues to make progress. Now breaking changes, but with with potential benefits in both process isolation and compartmentalization of functionality, are on the way. It almost goes without saying that this code needs testing.
@grahamperrin link added!
⇒ reFrame — the ePaper camera
reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display. Designed to capture and display one photo at a time, making every frame deliberate and memorable.
⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W31: IT news, round-up, week 31; from 07/27 to 08/02.
⇒ MidnightBSD 4.0.7 RELEASE
MidnightBSD 4.0.7 RELEASE is uploading right now. It contains a number
of security updates and is recommended for all users.
⇒ NetBSD 11.0 released!
The NetBSD project is pleased to (finally) announce the NetBSD 11.0 release! See the release announcement for details.
⇒ NetBSD 11.0 Released With RISC-V Support, Enhanced Linux System Call Compatibility
NetBSD 11.0 officially shipped today as the nineteenth major release of this popular BSD operating system...
⇒ Weekly Echoes #2026W30: IT news, round-up, week 30; from 07/20 to 07/26.
⇒ All my FreeBSD boxes are now on 15.1
Jason asked me on a recent BSD Now if I’d made the switch to FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE. I said that I had, and that the upgrade was entirely uneventful! Which is my favourite kind of upgrade.
The Wine 11.14 development release is officially out now bringing with it an assortment of new features to improve Windows apps / games on other platforms.
New WoW64 mode supported on FreeBSD.
⇒ If Scrubs Hurt, Your ZFS Design Is Broken
ZFS scrub performance shouldn’t come at the expense of production worklaods. If scrubs cause latency or downtime, your pool lacks the IOPs and metadata performance needed for healthy maintanance. Learn why scrub performance suffers, how pool design contributres to the problem, and how metadata offload with sepcial VDEVs can improve both scrub and resilver performance.
⇒ BSD Now—673: There's somebody at the door
Leaving Port 22 open to the internet, FreeBSD Foundationals, GhostBSD Finance Report, Making your own read-only device with NetBSD, and more...