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 or BSD systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the Internet I just put it here.
Today the amount information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information ‘bulk’ as I already do that grep(1).
UNIX
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE Available.
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2019-July/001891.html
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/announce.html
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/relnotes.html
FreeBSD Adds Small Tool trim(8) to Delete Contents for SSD Blocks.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=343118
FreeBSD – Lesson in Poor Defaults – (Updated 2019/07/07).
https://vez.mrsk.me/freebsd-defaults.html
GSoC 2019 Report – Incorporating Memory Hard ARGON2 Hashing Scheme Into NetBSD.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc_2019_report_incorporating_the
This Month in RabbitMQ – July 2019.
https://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2019/07/09/this-month-in-rabbitmq-july-2019/
Exploiting FreeBSD-SA-19:02.fd Security Advisory.
https://secfault-security.com/blog/FreeBSD-SA-1902.fd.html
MapSCII is Braille & ASCII World Map Renderer for Console.
% telnet mapscii.me
https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii
https://asciinema.org/a/117813
FreeBSD as Desktop with Nvidia.
https://forum.admindev.tech/t/freebsd-as-a-desktop-with-nvidia/
Document Foundation Announces LibreOffice 6.2.5.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/07/04/tdf-announces-libreoffice-625/
OpenBSD Laptop with vmd/pf and OpenVPN.
https://gist.github.com/niamtokik/7bbf042b57af67b6ffe5d6692d875a4f
Illumos Makes Me Nostalgic.
https://nanxiao.me/en/illumos-makes-me-nostalgic/
Nextcloud 16.0.2/15.0.9/14.0.13 Available.
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-16.0.2-15.0.9-and-14.0.13-available-now/
BSD Now 306 – Comparing Hammers.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/306
DragonFly BSD Upgrade Script.
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2019-July/358224.html
Streaming Netflix on NetBSD Using Ubuntu Linux in VM.
https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/68-streaming-netflix-on-netbsd
Talospace – FreeBSD on POWER.
https://www.talospace.com/2019/07/freebsd-on-power.html
Talospace – Firefox 68 on POWER.
https://www.talospace.com/2019/07/firefox-68-on-power.html
Haiku Monthly Activity Report – 2019/06.
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2019-07-11_haiku_monthly_activity_report_june_2019/
In Other BSDs for 2019/07/13.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2019/07/13/23170.html
The X New Developers Guide.
https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/
FreeBSD 12 Runs Refreshingly Easy on AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-3900x-freebsd
Testing OmniOSce on Real Hardware.
https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/testing-omniosce-on-real-hardware/
OpenBSD Adds aggr(4) Driver.
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190710071440
Hardware
Easy SSD Guide – SATA/mSATA/M.2/U.2 – Explained.
https://rog.asus.com/articles/hands-on/easy-guide-to-ssds-sata-msata-m-2-and-u-2/
Raspberry Pi 4 B+ with PCI Express.
http://mloduchowski.com/en/blog/raspberry-pi-4-b-pci-express/
AMD Ryzen 3000 Post Review BIOS Update Recap – Mostly Gains.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14632/amd-ryzen-3000-review-bios-update-recap
RISC-V Foundation Announces Ratification of RISC-V Base ISA and Privileged Architecture Specifications.
https://riscv.org/2019/07/risc-v-fo...a-and-privileged-architecture-specifications/
Life
Research Finds That as a Group Only Men Pay Taxes.
https://motoristoppression.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/32/
Why Being Bored Is Good.
https://thewalrus.ca/why-being-bored-is-good/
It’s Never Going to Be Perfect – Just Get It Done.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/...-going-to-be-perfect-so-just-get-it-done.html
Other
Nobody Wants to Be Woken Up at 4 AM.
https://www.farfetchtechblog.com/en/blog/post/nobody-wants-to-be-woken-up-at-4-am/
Timeless Writing Advice From William Zinsser – On Writing Well.
https://medium.com/better-marketing...-literary-critic-william-zinsser-35f7a281250c
Firefox 68.0 Release Notes.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.0/releasenotes/
Thaddeus Kosciusko – Polish Engineer You Never Heard of Who Saved America.
https://angrystaffofficer.com/2019/...ngineer-you-never-heard-of-who-saved-america/
EOF
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Today the amount information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information ‘bulk’ as I already do that grep(1).
UNIX
FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE Available.
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2019-July/001891.html
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/announce.html
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.3R/relnotes.html
FreeBSD Adds Small Tool trim(8) to Delete Contents for SSD Blocks.
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=343118
FreeBSD – Lesson in Poor Defaults – (Updated 2019/07/07).
https://vez.mrsk.me/freebsd-defaults.html
GSoC 2019 Report – Incorporating Memory Hard ARGON2 Hashing Scheme Into NetBSD.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc_2019_report_incorporating_the
This Month in RabbitMQ – July 2019.
https://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2019/07/09/this-month-in-rabbitmq-july-2019/
Exploiting FreeBSD-SA-19:02.fd Security Advisory.
https://secfault-security.com/blog/FreeBSD-SA-1902.fd.html
MapSCII is Braille & ASCII World Map Renderer for Console.
% telnet mapscii.me
https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii
https://asciinema.org/a/117813
FreeBSD as Desktop with Nvidia.
https://forum.admindev.tech/t/freebsd-as-a-desktop-with-nvidia/
Document Foundation Announces LibreOffice 6.2.5.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/07/04/tdf-announces-libreoffice-625/
OpenBSD Laptop with vmd/pf and OpenVPN.
https://gist.github.com/niamtokik/7bbf042b57af67b6ffe5d6692d875a4f
Illumos Makes Me Nostalgic.
https://nanxiao.me/en/illumos-makes-me-nostalgic/
Nextcloud 16.0.2/15.0.9/14.0.13 Available.
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-16.0.2-15.0.9-and-14.0.13-available-now/
BSD Now 306 – Comparing Hammers.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/306
DragonFly BSD Upgrade Script.
http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2019-July/358224.html
Streaming Netflix on NetBSD Using Ubuntu Linux in VM.
https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/68-streaming-netflix-on-netbsd
Talospace – FreeBSD on POWER.
https://www.talospace.com/2019/07/freebsd-on-power.html
Talospace – Firefox 68 on POWER.
https://www.talospace.com/2019/07/firefox-68-on-power.html
Haiku Monthly Activity Report – 2019/06.
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2019-07-11_haiku_monthly_activity_report_june_2019/
In Other BSDs for 2019/07/13.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2019/07/13/23170.html
The X New Developers Guide.
https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/
FreeBSD 12 Runs Refreshingly Easy on AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-3900x-freebsd
Testing OmniOSce on Real Hardware.
https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/testing-omniosce-on-real-hardware/
OpenBSD Adds aggr(4) Driver.
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190710071440
Hardware
Easy SSD Guide – SATA/mSATA/M.2/U.2 – Explained.
https://rog.asus.com/articles/hands-on/easy-guide-to-ssds-sata-msata-m-2-and-u-2/
Raspberry Pi 4 B+ with PCI Express.
http://mloduchowski.com/en/blog/raspberry-pi-4-b-pci-express/
AMD Ryzen 3000 Post Review BIOS Update Recap – Mostly Gains.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14632/amd-ryzen-3000-review-bios-update-recap
RISC-V Foundation Announces Ratification of RISC-V Base ISA and Privileged Architecture Specifications.
https://riscv.org/2019/07/risc-v-fo...a-and-privileged-architecture-specifications/
Life
Research Finds That as a Group Only Men Pay Taxes.
https://motoristoppression.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/32/
Why Being Bored Is Good.
https://thewalrus.ca/why-being-bored-is-good/
It’s Never Going to Be Perfect – Just Get It Done.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/...-going-to-be-perfect-so-just-get-it-done.html
Other
Nobody Wants to Be Woken Up at 4 AM.
https://www.farfetchtechblog.com/en/blog/post/nobody-wants-to-be-woken-up-at-4-am/
Timeless Writing Advice From William Zinsser – On Writing Well.
https://medium.com/better-marketing...-literary-critic-william-zinsser-35f7a281250c
Firefox 68.0 Release Notes.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.0/releasenotes/
Thaddeus Kosciusko – Polish Engineer You Never Heard of Who Saved America.
https://angrystaffofficer.com/2019/...ngineer-you-never-heard-of-who-saved-america/
EOF
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