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Proxmox vs FreeBSD: Which Virtualization Host Performs Better?: Since migrating many servers from Proxmox to FreeBSD, we have consistently felt that the VMs are more responsive. It’s time to conduct some concrete tests.
Valuable news: 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.
In Memory of Mike Karels: We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mike Karels, a pivotal figure in the history of BSD UNIX, a respected member of the FreeBSD community, and the Deputy Release Engineer for the FreeBSD Project. Mike’s contributions to the development and advancement of BSD systems were profound and have left an indelible mark on the Project. Mike’s vision and dedication were instrumental in shaping the FreeBSD we know and use today. His legacy will continue to inspire and guide us in our future endeavors. Our thoughts are with Mike’s family, friends, and all who knew him. He will be greatly missed.
BSD Now 562: All by myself: My personal BSDCan Devsummit and Schedule, Syncthing, Paperless-ngx, neovim, Things we always remind ourselves while coding, and more.
FreeBSD 14.1: What’s new, and how did we get here?: The FreeBSD 14.x series enhances the system’s overall performance, security, and stability. The release includes substantial updates in various areas, such as networking, storage, virtualization, userland, and kernel improvements. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE is the latest version in the 14-STABLE branch. It includes enhancements, security patches, and updated features to improve user experience and system stability. This article discusses the notable changes and improvements that FreeBSD 14.x offers.
Tutorials
Youtube video - FreeBSD and KDE6: Author finally got KDE plasma 6 running on FreeBSD, kinda, watch to see how it went.
OpenBSD extreme privacy setup: This blog post explains how to configure an OpenBSD workstation with extreme privacy in mind.
DHCPv6-PD - First steps: OpenBSD-current now has IPv6 prefix delegation available via the new dhcp6leased(8) deamon. Now before he committed the code, Florian Obser wrote a blog post on the process of developing the new program in a piece called DHCPv6-PD - First steps.
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