OTD 1941: The birth of Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of #UNIX. I had the great honor and privilege of working directly with Dennis during my summer at Bell Labs.
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Lets say it using a "cloud tag" ... FreeBSD BSD UNIX Linux Backup Restore Storage Clusters Distributed Desktop Laptop X11 ThinkPad AMIGA Shell POSIX ZSH ZFS
FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE is now available! As the sixth release of the stable/14 branch, FreeBSD 14.5 focuses primarily on maintenance, including bug fixes, driver updates, and updated versions of externally maintained software. Explore the release notes and learn more: buff.ly/F1vyxGS #FreeBSD
New 𝗔𝗠𝗗 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 [AMD Based FreeBSD Desktop Reloaded] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/06/a... #verblog #desktop #freebsd #gpu #server #x11 #xlibre
Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟭 - 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗼 𝗫𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 [UPDATE 1 - Lenovo XClarity One] to the article. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/l... #verblog #freebsd #bhyve #linux @lenovo #one
vermaden@vermaden.bsky.social · 2w agoNew 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗼 𝗫𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗵𝘆𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗠 [Lenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM] article. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/l... #verblog #freebsd #bhyve #linux @lenovo
New 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗼 𝗫𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗵𝘆𝘃𝗲 𝗩𝗠 [Lenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM] article. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/l... #verblog #freebsd #bhyve #linux @lenovo
Last week, Jim Huang Chen wrapped up his internship with the FreeBSD Foundation! We’re grateful for Jim’s contributions and the curiosity and persistence he brought to his work throughout the summer. Read our intern spotlight to learn more about Jim’s projects: buff.ly/7hkPjKV #OpenSource
Specially Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access On Linux With NTFS3 Driver - https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Vulnerability-For-Root
Specially Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access On Linux With NTFS3 Driver
A reported security vulnerability for the NTFS3 driver has gone unaddressed since being reported earlier this summer. The vulnerability allows a pre-crafted NTFS image on a USB flash drive or similar to allow the user to gain root access to the running Linux system...
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NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots
NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots
Venerable Unix-like remains reassuringly old-school, if you're willing to put in the work
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Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟭 – 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗦/𝗨𝗘𝗙𝗜 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [UPDATE 1 – BIOS/UEFI Boot Option] to 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 [Move FreeBSD System Between ZFS Disks] article. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/m... #verblog #freebsd #zfs
New 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗣 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 [Custom FreeBSD UCARP Setup] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/c... #freebsd #ha #cluster #carp #ucarp #service #node
New 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗭𝗙𝗦 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 [Move FreeBSD System Between ZFS Disks] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/m... #verblog #freebsd #zfs #openzfs #gpart #clone #move #migrate
I just tested LibreFS on FreeBSD which is community fork of Minio - github.com/libreFS/libr... - built successfully and works like a charm.
BSD’s impact on the internet is still felt today. Thank you to the Linux Professional Institute for highlighting Andrew Oram’s article, Code That Built the Internet: The Impact of BSD, and BSD’s lasting influence on email, operating systems, and developer tools. Read the article: lpi.org/yv1j
New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗦𝗜 [FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/f... #verblog #freebsd #linux #openshift #kubernetes #k8s #k3s #csi #miami #storage
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟴/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/08/03) available. vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/v... Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/ #verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Valuable News – 2026/08/03
The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon…
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NetBSD 11.0 Released With RISC-V Support, Enhanced Linux System Call Compatibility - https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0
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...
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Suricata, Jumbo Frames, and Netmap - let's see what can go wrong this time. oshogbo.com/blog/93/
Suricata, Jumbo Frames, and netmap
One of my FreeBSD machines sits between the Internet and the rest of my network. I wanted Suricata to monitor traffic arriving on four of the machine's interfaces and complain when something looks wro...
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Congratulations to FreeBSD Foundation intern Sourojeet Adhikari, whose internship project was recently featured by Phoronix. As part of his internship with the FreeBSD Foundation, Sourojeet has been exploring a port of AMD's ROCm compute stack to FreeBSD. Read the article: buff.ly/ytaYujw
Fast, resilient, and at home in stormy waters. The life of a #Gentoo. In this picture: #XLibre 25.1.8, #Nvidia GTX 1080, Gentoo Linux kernel 6.18.38, Versatile X Window Manager (vxwm), compton More #LiberatedScreens at github.com/orgs/X11Libr...
