Change to FreeBSD release scheduling and support period and more.
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Navigating FreeBSD’s New Quarterly and Biennial Release Schedule: What are key changes and why is the FreeBSD Project changing the release and support cycle?
Enable local-to-anchors tables in PF rules: Alexandr Nedvedicky (sashan@) introduced code to enable creating local tables inside anchors in pf(4) rulesets.
BSD Now 567: To the Core : SSH as a sudo replacement, Core.13 is Now In Office, Running GoToSocial on NetBSD, A DMD package for OpenIndiana, Adding more swap space to Omnios, OpenBSD adds initial support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite X after 1 day, and more.
Change to FreeBSD release scheduling and support period: FreeBSD is making two changes related to the release engineering process: 1. FreeBSD stable branch support durations, starting with FreeBSD 15.x, are being reduced from 5 years to 4 years after the .0 release. 2. A predictable schedule of releases is being established, with a new minor release from one of the supported stable branches occurring most quarters.
DeadBSD n5 : EnigmOS (2020) - the FreeBSD Game Dev OS: Enigmos, put together by Samuel Venable, contained all you may have needed to develop games. It looked promising indeed, so it was a shame for it to have stopped being developed. It came out in circa 2020 as did the original review.
Enhancing Memory Safety in Programming: Insights from the FreeBSD Vendor Summit: Imagine a world where common programming errors like buffer overflows are a thing of the past. As cybersecurity threats evolve, ensuring memory safety in programming is more crucial than ever. Memory safety vulnerabilities have been a persistent challenge since the early days of network computing, exemplified by the infamous Morris worm attack over three decades ago. Let’s explore groundbreaking advancements to address these issues, as highlighted at the FreeBSD Vendor Summit in November 2023.
Tutorials
OpenBSD Workstation for the People: This is an attempt at building an OpenBSD desktop than could be used by newcomers or by people that don’t care about tinkering with computers and just want a working daily driver for general tasks. Somebody will obviously need to know a bit of UNIX but we’ll try to limit it to the minimum.
Bridging Networks Across VPS with Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD: Discover how to create a secure and efficient network bridge between VPS instances using Wireguard and VXLAN on FreeBSD, allowing for flexible service distribution and improved resource management.
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