Michael Dexter @dexter@bsd.network

Waiting days for a bank transfer is a thing of the past.

With the Instant Payments Regulation now in force, all banks in the EU must process Euro transfers within 10 seconds, at no extra cost, 24/7. Banks based in non-euro countries have until 2027 to comply.

We have also mandated a ‘Verification of Payee’ system to help stop fraudsters from getting your money.

Your bank transfers, now instant.

Here's how we’re transforming the EU payment market ➡️ https://link.europa.eu/jkGyTh

Tribblix Milestone 41 for x86 released

Tribblix, the Illumos distribution focused on giving you a classic UNIX-style experience, has been updated with the release of Milestone 41. According to the release notes, it contains the latest security fixes from Illumos, but beyond that it's just a number of small point releases for certain components. Still, it's a new release, and Tribblix rocks, so her

https://www.osnews.com/story/145690/tribblix-milestone-41-for-x86-released/

#Solaris

Portland now has worst air quality in the world as wildfire smoke envelops Oregon https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2026/08/portland-now-has-worst-air-quality-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-envelops-oregon.html

#OregonLive #oregon

Portland now has worst air quality in the world as wildfire smoke envelops Oregon
https://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/2026/08/portland-now-has-worst-air-quality-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-envelops-oregon.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Oregon News from The Oregonian @oregon-news-from-the-oregonian-TheOregonian

Tribblix and OmniTribblix m41 available for download (and upgrades):

https://www.tribblix.org/download.html

uh, so terrible train situation this week ahead of #FOSSY with a lot of canceled trains. Anyone driving up the PNW and willing to offer other attendees a ride?

Everything Open 2027 (Brisbane, January) call for sessions is now open! Submit your proposals for main track or one of our 3 specialist tracks: Kernel; Security and Ops in Practice; Opening the Public Sector. #EverythingOpen #EO2027

https://2027.everythingopen.au/news/call-for-sessions/

Wow!

Polish athlete becomes the first tro swim across the Baltic Sea (160KM) in 55 hours raising 140K to help treat children with cancer

Call for testing: OpenBSD vmm(4)/vmd(8) fd-ification https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260804054218 #openbsd #vmm #vmd #virtualization #virtualmachines #testing #newcode #development #security #freesoftware #libresoftware

@msbellows This was the airspace above Portland this morning. I could hear the sun coughing and hacking before I could see it… #pdx

Have you ever turned back the system clock on a piece of hardware so that the software on it will keep running?

I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories: https://minifree.org/

I'm having a discount sale since late July. Discount ends in September. Prices are lower than usual. Also: shiny new website theme. ALSO: Libreboot X280 launched recently.

I'm Libreboot's founder and lead developer; sales fund the project. These computers come with Libreboot preinstalled, which replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Libreboot offers far greater security and freedom to the user compared to proprietary firmware, removing or disabling certain malicious features (e.g. disabling Intel ME).

Libreboot gives you freedom. It's the same argument as using, say, Linux instead of Windows. Libreboot gives you control.

Your choice of Debian Linux, other Linux distro or a BSD

Libreboot is a special distro of coreboot (like how Debian is a Linux distro) that provides nicer features for ease of use, focusing on non-technical users, while also being highly configurable for experts.

Send-in service also available

Yes, we can count to 11!

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_released