Michael Dexter @dexter@bsd.network

The existence of Net BSD implies the existence of Gross BSD

Yesterday, 42 days to go to the next BSD-NL Conference - Early 2026 🐡😈⛳

You can still get tickets!
https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/

You can still submit your talk!
https://events.bsdnl.nl/
(CfP closes on 2026-04-12)

📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2026
🕐 10:00-23:00 CEST
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

Call for testing: #mlmmj 2.0.0
Changes from 1.8.0
- new build system
- by default respect RFC 2919/2369 List-* and Precedence headers generated by default (can be disabled via nolistheaders)
- Subscription follow reply-to for confirmations
- X-Forwarded-To (Gmail forwarding)
- X-Signed-Recipient (DARA/ARC)
- A bit of hardening
- some portability fixes
- archive partitioning option (archive/YYYY/MM) with automatic migration (that's per request of #Gentoo people)

New blog post:

Emulating old OS X versions with QEMU
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/03/emulating-old-os-x-versions-with-qemu/

#blogging #blog #osx #retrocomputing

Tribblix m39 released

Tribblix, the Illumos distribution focused on giving you a classic UNIX-style experience, has released a new version.

There are several noticeable version updates in this release. The graphical libraries libtiff and OpenEXR have been updated, retaining the old shared library versions for now. OpenSSL is now from the 3.5 series with the 3.0 api by default. Bind is now from the 9.20 series.

https://www.osnews.com/story/144613/tribblix-m39-released/

#Solaris

Reposting this amazing mini-guide on how to write helpful alt text created by @Veron4ica (source: https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/) and found via @karengregory (including Karen's original image description) so that I can pin it.

#AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y

Next NYC*BUG: Wednesday April 1st
What's Changed Since The Last Time I Came this Way - a talk that was supposed to be about OpenZFS, by Michael W Lucas
2026-04-01 @ 18:45 local (22:45 UTC) - Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St
https://www.nycbug.org/
Hear how the newest ZFS book is going and what @mwl has planned.

Flyer: https://www.nycbug.org/media/2026-04-01_Lucas_Flyer.pdf

#openzfs #runbsd

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’

"It’s difficult to know why the word “airborne” is avoided so consistently, but the impact is clear: without that word, occupational health and safety requirements can be evaded."

#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp

Source: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/27/Human-Cost-Failing-Name-COVID-Airborne/

A flurry of bets made prior to major announcements about the Iran war has ramped up speculation that individuals or groups with advance knowledge of U.S. military plans are cashing in on insider information.

So far, no American has faced federal charges related to insider trading on event-driven news.

But accusations about questionable trades are mounting. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/insider-trading-prediction-markets-trump-rules-rcna265452?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=69c70299b7d88c00019f89d5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Registration for #BSDCan2026 is now open!

BSDCan brings together BSD developers, administrators, and users of all experience levels for in-depth tutorials, technical sessions, and meaningful collaboration.
Tutorials: June 17–18
Conference: June 19–20
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Register now:
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html

#BSDCan2026 #FreeBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Conference

Hold on to your hardware and keep it maintained and clean. It may be the last hardware you own.

#TIL that there are #UEFI-only computers being sold now with no legacy BIOS compatibility mode.

That kind of sucks for experimenting with alternative OSes.

I've heard there's a software shim in development to replace this lost functionality, but it's still very early/alpha/basic/incomplete.

🌸 Day 2 of CHERI Blossoms 2026 is about to begin! 🌸

We’re excited to welcome everyone back to Cambridge for day two of the conference, but if you can't join us in person, you can still register for and access the livestream.

Watch keynotes and sessions live from anywhere in the world and take part in live Q&A with speakers: https://cheri-alliance.org/events/cheri-blossoms-conference-2026/livestream/

FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released

After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amounts of improvements and new features.

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/25/freecad-version-1-1-released/

#FreeCAD #CAD #CAM #BIM #opensource #fc3d

The correct way to run a headline for this story. The reg does not disappoint

#uspol #routers #surveillance #privacy #nationalsecurity #cybersecurity #infosec #cisco #theregister

@dexter

If you want to identify dupes above a minimum size, a while back I wrote a Python dedupe script¹ that, if you run it with the --dry-run flag and a min-size should identify duplicate files without altering the file-system:

$ python3 dedupe.py --recurse --dry-run --min-size=$((1024*1024*2)) /path/to/potential/dupes/

to identify duplicates over 2MB under the given directory.

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¹ https://github.com/Gumnos/dedupe/blob/master/dedupe.py