@EF While true, I am most familiar with #FreeBSD hence the recommendation for that one specifically. I've barely touched #NetBSD once and have only used #OpenBSD a couple times, both over a decade ago. The FreeBSD team has also made considerable effort improving laptop support.
#Netbsd
I just wrapped up an interesting call that was originally scheduled for last week but rescheduled for today. The client is looking for a unique setup, and thanks to having an early re-read of the fantastic The Book of PF - 4th Edition, I was able to propose some configurations that had completely slipped my mind. The client is extremely curious, and this will likely lead to a new OpenBSD deployment in an interesting environment.
At the same time, I received an email from a professor at an Italian university whom I had encouraged to extend his lectures to include BSDs. I piqued his curiosity as well and proposed a session specifically on firewalls, focusing on OpenBSD and pf. He will be reading The Book of PF soon and will likely add it to his students' recommended reading list. I'll probably present them, too.
In short - one book, a thousand new possibilities. Infinite thanks to @pitrh for the massive and wonderful work behind it.
https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition
#OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #PF #Firewalling #IT #SysAdmin
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/02/16) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/valuable-news-2026-02-16/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/02/16) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/valuable-news-2026-02-16/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
System Administration: Week 4: Package Management
In this video, we continue our discussion of the difference and relationship between the operating system and so-called "add-on software". We conclude that in order to install and maintain all such software, we want to use a package manager, and illustrate common features by example of the 'dpkg', 'rpm', and #NetBSD's #pkgsrc tools.
Happy #ilovefs day, everyone!
A huge thank you to all the amazing free software community members who build and distribute the software we use everyday.
A special thank you (because I like and use these projects) to the Xfce team, the GrapheneOS developers, the Fedora and openSUSE community, the LibreOffice community, and the wonderful people behind the BSDs.
On another year of awesome free and open source software.
#opensource #freesoftware #linux #bsd #fedora #opensuse #archlinux #gentoo #voidlinux #debian #ubuntu #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #almalinux #rockylinux #libreoffice #grapheneos #xfce #gnome #kdeplasma #lxqt
Obligatory Dmesg: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=view&id=8833
#NetBSD #RunBSD
Tracked down the #NetBSD 11 WiFi problems I was having on i386! IT WAS EERO'S FAULT.
Eero has some wonky behaviour when it runs in WPA3/WPA2 mixed mode, sometimes it seems to return NULL packets during auth.
NetBSD11 has wpa_supplicant upgraded to 2.11, which blocks this kind of behaviour.
The fix turned out to be really simple: force wpa_supplicant to only use WPA2 and also specify "ieee80211w=0" in the network config.
I've got a working install; AND #Lagrange also built perfectly this time. I am really quite happy.
I will be even happier when I finally replace these stupid AP's, I have grown to detest them.
System Administration: Week 4: OS Installation
In this video, we perform a step-by-step manual installation of #NetBSD onto a virtual machine to illustrate the details of the process, including partitioning, boot loader installation, OS set extraction etc.
We also discuss planning of the OS installation by looking at data classification into shareable/non-shareable and static/variable data and think about how to scale this process.
Apparently #NetBSD refuses to be installed.
Make Your Own CDN with NetBSD
NetBSD is a lightweight, stable, and secure operating system that supports a wide range of hardware, making it an excellent choice for a caching reverse proxy.
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/03/make-your-own-cdn-netbsd/
Celebrating #WorldRadioDay with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍
Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in #pkgsrc has you covered.
Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?
#NetBSD #SDR #PacketRadio #HamRadio #VintageComputing #Linux #unix
Sécuriser les systèmes embarqués avec un système de fichiers en lecture seule
Make your own Read-Only Device with NetBSD
Read-Only Root für eingebettete Systeme mit NetBSD
✨ Sécuriser les systèmes embarqués avec un système de fichiers en lecture seule
La configuration d'un système #Netbsd en lecture seule atténue un point de vulnérabilité critique souvent négligé : la corruption du système de fichiers sur des supports de stockage peu fiables.
🔗 https://p4u.xyz/ID__FKNQB6R/1 (🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷)
#Vulnerability #Runbsd #Ownyourdata #Itnotes #Embeddeddevices #Bot
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