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The open standard would tie every agent's identity to certificates and a public transparency log nobody can edit. https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-foundation-agent-name-service-announcement/

06/30 ⇒ Did VictoriaLogs miss any logs during the reboot? Yesterday, I modified r730-01 by Running pkgbasify on FreeBSD 15.0 – as a consequence, my log collecting jail was offline. Did it miss any logs? https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/30/did-victorialogs-miss-any-logs-during-the-reboot/

Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a bunch of "monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety. https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/torvalds-attacks-it-industry-security-circus-1/

06/28 ⇒ Linux 7.3 To Introduce DRM "Color Format" Property With AMD GPU Driver Support While the Linux 7.2 kernel merge window is only ending later today to cap off the feature work on this next version of the Linux kernel, already for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle later in the year there is one notable feature on the way: the DRM color format property is being introduced and being first supported by the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-DRM-Color-Format

@grahamperrin said: OT ???

Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Chainguard, Cisco, Citi, Endor Labs, Ericsson, Google, IBM, JPMorganChase, Microsoft and GitHub, NVIDIA, OpenAI, RapidFort, Red Hat, Rust Foundation, Sonatype, Vodafone and Zscaler join coordinated effort to find, fix and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in open source software the world runs on https://akrites.org/linux-foundation-and-industry-leaders-launch-akrites-to-defend-critical-open-source-software-against-ai-enabled-cyber-threats/

In 2025, Linux Foundation Research, Linux Foundation Europe, and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) published Unaware and Uncertain: The Stark Realities of Cyber Resilience Act Readiness in Open Source. It took a survey-based look at how prepared the open source ecosystem was for the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA). The headline finding was blunt: 62% of respondents had little to no familiarity with a regulation that would reshape how software gets built, shipped, and maintained across global supply chains. The hope was that with a year to go before the CRA enters into force, community education initiatives and a growing body of guidance would move the readiness needle. https://openssf.org/blog/2026/06/25/the-cra-readiness-reality-what-changed-and-what-didnt-between-2025-and-2026/

The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to optimize enterprise Linux and Kubernetes software for European-designed RISC-V processors. https://www.suse.com/news/suse-and-openchip-partner-to-develop-sovereign-european-risc-v-hardware-and-open-source-software-stack/

Appia Foundation is an international collaboration formed to build a practical means of assessing that AI systems meet the obligations and expectations of consumers across the supply chain. Working with stakeholders across industry, government and policy, Appia Foundation aims to bridge foundational international standards with practical, trusted assessments across the global AI value chain. https://appiafoundation.org/

(06/19) ⇒ MidnightBSD 4.0.6 RELEASE https://bsdsec.net/articles/midnightbsd-security-midnightbsd-4-0-6-release

This is my FreeBSD music collection. It consists of songs inspired by FreeBSD releases, experiments, and desktop and server experiences that have become part of everyday life. It was built using Suno AI and then tweaked and polished each one. https://interfacecraft.online/blog/2026/freebsd-music-collection/

No mention of FreeBSD in the blog post, however there's a FreeBSD aspect to certification: Linux Professional Institute BSD Specialist - Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

The European Union Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its various international analogs are entering fully into force during 2026 and 2027, with new legal requirements that some have found to be perilous or challenging to software developers and possibly for open source developers in particular. Some have predicted this legislation will be the end of open source software and the end of the world as we know it. In the present article, we will show that this is far from the case. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_hascan_eu_cra_donedo_for_you.html https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/06/what-has-can-eu-cyber-resilience-act.html

Port knocking is mostly a bad idea. But people keep wanting to do it, for some false sense of security. If you don't consider it a security control but a way to keep garbage out of your logs, it might be valid. In my case I'm using an old USG Pro 4 running OpenBSD as my firewall and I'd prefer to avoid writing stuff to the logs, as I'd prefer the flash not to wear out sooner than needed, definitely not thanks to background radiation on the internet. https://dgl.cx/2026/06/ssh-port-knocking-with-openbsd

@grahamperrin said: … The code originated from FreeBSD, which itself derived it from Cronyx Engineering Ltd.'s implementation written by Serge Vakulenko in 1994-1996. … I assume that FreeBSD is not affected. Surely (!?) But I dont known!

A new study by Yale’s Digital Ethics Center proposes a novel “copyleft” licensing framework that would require AI models trained on open-source software to remain fully transparent. https://news.yale.edu/2026/06/15/yale-researchers-propose-copyleft-rules-generative-ai

The European Commission released their full position now on the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative, and it's not the response many will have been hoping for. https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/

Today, Eurosky launches mu, a microblogging application that serves as the testing ground for new social media experiences, built and hosted in Europe. https://eurosky.tech/news/mu-launch/ https://mu.social/

On vendor lock-in and enshittification, without a single line of tech. A story about a caterer, a vanished kitchen and the price that never appears on the invoice. https://belibre.be/en/blog/sovereignty/caterer-mike-and-the-alphabet-soup/

Discover the detailed forensic investigation by Sygnia into the sophisticated cyber attack by Velvet Ant on a major organization. https://www.sygnia.co/blog/operation-highland-velvet-ant/