Something truly mesmerizing...

OK Go – Return (Handbell Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhx3HhFPPhc

#OKGo #Return #Music

#FreeBSD Foundationals: rc.d - The Service Framework That Fits in Your Head
https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-rcd-the-service-framework-that-fits-in-your-head/

#FreeBSD Foundationals: The Boot Process - From the Loader to Boot Environments
https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-the-boot-process-from-the-loader-to-boot-environments/

#FreeBSD Foundationals: ZFS - The Last Filesystem You’ll Ever Need
https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-zfs-the-last-filesystem-youll-ever-need/

#FreeBSD Foundationals: Jails - From Chroot on Steroids to Full Virtual Networks | Larvitz Blog

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-jails-from-chroot-on-steroids-to-full-virtual-networks/

Microsystems Interviews Andrew D. Hall, Director of the Bell Labs System V Development (1984) #UNIX

https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/microsystems-interviews-andrew-d

Interested in contributing to FreeBSD but not sure where to start?

For FreeBSD Foundation intern Nimish Jain, it started with curiosity and a desire to better understand how large, complex pieces of software work together.

Read our intern spotlight to learn more about Nimish’s experience and his advice for students and new contributors interested in getting involved:

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/learning-at-scale-freebsd-foundation-intern-nimish-jain-on-exploring-the-freebsd-codebase/

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Internship

In this Q2 2026 FreeBSD Journal article, Tom Jones sits down with FreeBSD developer Baptiste Daroussin to discuss the evolution of packaging in FreeBSD, the development of NuageInit, and how the Project has progressed since his 2018 talk, “The FreeBSD Project: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”

Read the full interview: https://bit.ly/4iCIa5g

Call for Proposals – CHERITech’26

If you’re working with CHERI technology, secure software development, hardware-software co-design, or real-world CHERI implementations, this is your chance to submit a talk or poster and share your work with the CHERI community.

The CHERITech’26 Call for Papers closes today!
📅 Conference: November 12–13, 2026
📍 Location: Munich, Germany at SEMICON Europa
🗓️ Proposal Deadline: Today, September 15

Submit your proposal: https://cheri-alliance.org/events/cheritech26/call-for-papers/

#FreeBSD

Inspired by @klarainc's excellent video on FreeBSD hardening, I've put together a beginner's guide expanding on their walkthrough.

The goal is to break down the concepts and make these practices approachable for anyone looking to get started:

https://freebsd.toomany.net/hardening

Full credit and sincere thanks to Klara Systems for the solid foundation!

#FreeBSD #SysAdmin #InfoSec #Security

#FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE is here!!

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.5R/relnotes/

ROM Magazine Interviews Roberta Williams (1983)
#SierraOnLine #Retrogaming #AdventureGaming
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/rom-magazine-interviews-roberta-williams

Join Tuukka Pasanen today for our next Lunch & Learn as he explores the work underway to transition the FreeBSD Vulnerability Database from VuXML to OSV, a widely used vulnerability format that officially supports FreeBSD in its schema.

📅 Wednesday, September 2 | 11:00 AM CDT / 16:00 UTC
Speaker: Tuukka Pasanen | FreeBSD Foundation Lunch & Learn

YouTube Live Link:
https://buff.ly/m5XZp1S

#FreeBSD

Join Klara's Allan Jude and FreeBSD Security Officer Gordon Tetlow for a technical webinar on securing production FreeBSD systems. Klara Inc

In this session, you'll learn about FreeBSD's security features, best practices for securing production environments, how the FreeBSD Security Team responds to vulnerabilities and publishes security advisories, and common operational mistakes that can increase risk.

📅 September 2, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM EDT

Register here: https://klarasystems.com/webinars/freebsd-security-production-vulnerability-response-best-practices/

#FreeBSD

Manpage Monday: bastille console

Need a shell inside a jail? Step right in.

Console into myjail
> bastille console myjail

Enter as a specific user
> bastille console myjail bob

Jail stopped? -a starts it first, then drops you in:
> bastille console -a myjail bob

See `man bastille-console` for more details.

#BastilleBSD #FreeBSD #ManpageMonday

The Challenges In Bringing AMD ROCm To FreeBSD

https://toast.ooo/post/15931129

dropQbsd porting from OpenBSD to FreeBSD almost complete: testing phase now. Same scripts run on both systems. mksh adopted for full BSD portability. Next challenge: include NextBSD.

The philosophy stays the same: few lines of code, no virtualization, dead-simple configuration. Compartmentalization without virtualization, built on BSD primitives. Most threat models, minimal attack surface.

https://git.sr.ht/~nobraininside/dropQbsd

#dropQbsd #openBSD #freebsd #netbsd #bsd #qubesOS #openSource #cybersecurity

#UNIX #BSD #Linux but also #Windows

Call for Testing: MediaTek Wi-Fi Support

Support for additional MediaTek Wi-Fi cards is now available for community testing.
If you have an MT7920 or MT7922 wireless card (including the AMD RZ616), we'd appreciate your help testing the latest work and sharing your feedback. Please note that MT7925 is not included in this round of testing.

Learn more about the testing effort:
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-wireless/2026-July/004372.html
Follow the Laptop Project progress:
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues/66

Observando el cielo con prismáticos

El tochopost que nadie me ha pedido sobre el uso de prismáticos/binoculares para observar las estrellas.

En primer lugar, ¿por qué prismáticos? Los prismáticos o binoculares básicos de 10x50 o 8x42 son económicos (a partir de 60€). Además su uso es intuitivo y de bajo mantenimiento, fácilmente reemplazables. Puedes evitar posturas incómodas (con respecto al uso de telescopios) y al verse por ambos ojos, es más relajado para los músculos oculares.
Al ser de uso intuitivo y económicos, la satisfacción por su uso es mayor: curva de aprendizaje baja y “nos podemos equivocar” comprando equipos a ciegas.
Por otra parte, ocupan poco espacio y son fáciles de transportar. Aunque se recomienda uso de trípodes (que con un accesorio, puedes emplear en trípodes fotográficos).
Muchos objetos estelares se ven mejor con ellos, al tener un campo de visión elevado con respecto a telescopios (ejemplo: ver la M31 o Galaxia de Andrómeda).

Continúa como hilo con especificaciones.