New FreeBSD beta release and more.
Releases
FreeBSD 14.2-BETA2 Available: The second BETA build for the FreeBSD 14.2 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures are FreeBSD mirror sites.
BSDSec
No security announcements.
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News
Valuable News – 2024/11/11: 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.
BSD Now 584: New CIS® FreeBSD 14 Benchmark: Secure Your Systems with Expert-Guided Best Practices, Accelerating ZFS with Copy Offloading: BRT, The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops, Jailfox - Firefox in a Freebsd Jail, Make Your Own Read-Only Device With NetBSD, ex/vi/nvi editor: .exrc advanced.
FreeBSD July-September 2024 Status Report: Here is the third 2024 status report, with 32 entries.
Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit: The Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit is just around the corner, featuring two exciting days of talks, collaboration, and networking. The summit is open to the public, with a registration fee of $150.
FreeBSD Software Pick November 2024: There is so much software available in the FreeBSD repository that sometimes gems can go unnoticed… so in this monthly series they’ll highlight some of these interesting & useful programs.
Tutorials
Display switch for OpenBSD laptop: The article details a setup for automatically switching the display on an OpenBSD laptop. Author uses USB-C so if you connect your monitor(s) using VGA, DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort, this post will probably not be useful.
Install FreeBSD with One Command: The article describes a method to install FreeBSD on a computer or virtual machine with a single command, bypassing traditional installation methods.
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