Issue 178
Published March 20, 2024

Another NetBSD RC and more.

Releases

NetBSD 10.0 RC6 available: RC6 fixes a few issues with the new named/bind imported for RC5 plus several minor issues.

BSDSec

OpenBSD Errata: March 18, 2024 (expat): Errata patches for libexpat XML library have been released for OpenBSD 7.3 and 7.4. Binary updates for the amd64, arm64 and i386 platform are available via the syspatch utility.

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News

FreeBSD 2023 fundraising recap: They’ve closed the books on their 2023 accounting, and can share that the FreeBSD Foundation raised $1,263,772.05 towards their goal last year. In article, you can learn what are they planning to use it for.

A FreeBSD user Tries NetBSD 10-RC5: In this video we’ll have a look at NetBSD 10 RC5, and get a feel on how things are going from the FreeBSD user perspective.

The FreeBSD Project Participating in Google Summer of Code 2024: FreeBSD Project has again been selected as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code 2024. This year marks the 20th year of GSoC, and also marks the 20th year that the FreeBSD Project will be participating as a mentoring organization. Contributor applications will open on Monday, March 18, 2024, and close on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

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