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 Channel on Discord.
https://discord.gg/J4GPTGz
6cord in FreeBSD – Terminal Discord.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiI5MNIhyy4
Lessons Learned from Running Postgres 13 – Better Performance/Monitoring/More.
https://pganalyze.com/blog/postgres13-better-performance-monitoring-usability
Using zadm Utility to Create LX Zone on OmniOS.
https://omniosce.org/article/zadm-lx-ubuntu-nginx-fw
Simple Shell Status Bar for OpenBSD and cwm(1) Window Manager.
https://www.tumfatig.net/20200923/a-simple-shell-status-bar-for-cwm/
OpenBSD got Availavle in FreeBSD Ports Tree.
https://www.freshports.org/devel/got/
FreeBSD Instant Workstation 2020.
https://euroquis.nl//freebsd/2020/09/17/instant-workstation.html
BSD Weekly – Issue 38.
https://bsdweekly.com/issues/38
Deploy New OpenIndiana Zone with This Ansible Role.
https://github.com/olbohlen/oi-zone
DragonFly BSD 5.8.3 Released.
https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release58/?updated
PostgreSQL 13 Released.
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2077/
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/release-13.html
OpenBSD on Desktop (Part I).
https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-05-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-i.html
OpenBSD on Desktop (Part II).
https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-12-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-ii.html
FreeBSD Journal 2020/07-08 – Benchmarking/Tuning.
https://freebsdfoundation.org/past-issues/benchmarking-tuning/
https://cdn.coverstand.com/33057/673890/188e0c1ee96c20466f7b0e4a2fcb03efa00a9af4.pdf
BSD Now 369 – Where rc.d Belongs.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/369
Meet kb – Minimalist Knowledge Base Manager.
https://github.com/gnebbia/kb
Dualboot Windows 10 and FreeBSD UFS – Non UEFI.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxSxIQXvBME
Nix Package Manager is in FreeBSD Ports Now.
View: https://twitter.com/FreeBSDHelp/status/1309479039489290240
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=550026
In Other BSDs for 2020/09/26.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2020/09/26/24985.html
NetBSD on GSoC 2020 – Curses Library Automated Testing.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_2020
NetBSD on GSoC 2020 – Rump Kernel Syscall Fuzzing.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_20201
OpenSSH 8.4/8.4p1 Released.
https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#8.4
OmniOS Create Private Virtual Network with Zone Inside It.
https://gist.github.com/pbdigital-dot-org/966a680b79a547133bba9495a60720dc
Configure Small Mail Server on OpenBSD.
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/mxpop3.html
Default Window Manager Switched to CTWM in NetBSD.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/default_window_manager_switched_to
Hardware
Fungible F1 DPU for Distributed Compute.
https://www.servethehome.com/fungible-f1-dpu-for-distributed-compute/
ARM Announces Neoverse V1 and N2 Infrastructure CPUs.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16073/arm-announces-neoverse-v1-n2
Nimbus Unveils World Highest Capacity SSD – Record Breaking 64TB.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/7485...-capacity-ssd-record-breaking-64tb/index.html
Nimbus Adds Cheaper 64 TB QLC SSDs to Complement 100 TB SSD.
https://searchstorage.techtarget.co...eaper-64-TB-QLC-SSDs-to-complement-100-TB-SSD
GemPro Enclosure for Raspberry Pi.
https://diyodemag.com/reviews/hands_on_review_gempro_enclosure_for_raspberry_pi
External Portable SSDs Review.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/1610...review-featuring-the-adata-se800-and-hp-p700/
MonsterLabo Beast Announced – Fanless 150W CPU and 250W GPU Power.
https://www.fanlesstech.com/2020/09/monsterlabos-beast-announced.html
https://www.monsterlabo.com/the-beast
Argon ONE M.2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4.
https://www.argon40.com/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4.html
ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX-V1000M AMD Ryzen Mini-PC Review.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16111/asrock-industrial-4×4-boxv1000m-ryzen-minipc-review
Life
How to Say ‘No’ for People Pleaser Who Always Says ‘Yes’.
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/15/913207918/how-to-say-no-for-the-people-pleaser-who-always-says-yes
600 Physicians Say Lockdowns Are Mass Casualty Incident.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracem...s-say-lockdowns-are-a-mass-casualty-incident/
Open Letter from Medical Doctors and Health Professionals to Belgian Authorities and Belgian Media.
https://www.aier.org/article/open-l...ll-belgian-authorities-and-all-belgian-media/
Meet Least and Most Happy People in America.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/...201109/meet-the-least-happy-people-in-america
Money Well Spent – Short Story for Engineers.
https://userweb.cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEngineers.htm
Other
Firefox 81.0 Released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/81.0/releasenotes/
Firefox Nightly Adds JIT Warp Code for Greater (13-20%) JavaScript Performance.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-Nightly-JS-Warp
Wikipedia is Getting New Look for First Time in 10 Years.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/09/...ook-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-heres-why/
Microsoft Windows XP and 2003 Source Code Leaked Online.
https://www.osnews.com/story/132376...indows-server-2003-source-code-leaked-online/
Universal Split Screen.
https://universalsplitscreen.github.io/
EOF
Continue reading...
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 Channel on Discord.
https://discord.gg/J4GPTGz
6cord in FreeBSD – Terminal Discord.
Lessons Learned from Running Postgres 13 – Better Performance/Monitoring/More.
https://pganalyze.com/blog/postgres13-better-performance-monitoring-usability
Using zadm Utility to Create LX Zone on OmniOS.
https://omniosce.org/article/zadm-lx-ubuntu-nginx-fw
Simple Shell Status Bar for OpenBSD and cwm(1) Window Manager.
https://www.tumfatig.net/20200923/a-simple-shell-status-bar-for-cwm/
OpenBSD got Availavle in FreeBSD Ports Tree.
https://www.freshports.org/devel/got/
FreeBSD Instant Workstation 2020.
https://euroquis.nl//freebsd/2020/09/17/instant-workstation.html
BSD Weekly – Issue 38.
https://bsdweekly.com/issues/38
Deploy New OpenIndiana Zone with This Ansible Role.
https://github.com/olbohlen/oi-zone
DragonFly BSD 5.8.3 Released.
https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release58/?updated
PostgreSQL 13 Released.
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/2077/
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/release-13.html
OpenBSD on Desktop (Part I).
https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-05-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-i.html
OpenBSD on Desktop (Part II).
https://paedubucher.ch/articles/2020-09-12-openbsd-on-the-desktop-part-ii.html
FreeBSD Journal 2020/07-08 – Benchmarking/Tuning.
https://freebsdfoundation.org/past-issues/benchmarking-tuning/
https://cdn.coverstand.com/33057/673890/188e0c1ee96c20466f7b0e4a2fcb03efa00a9af4.pdf
BSD Now 369 – Where rc.d Belongs.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/369
Meet kb – Minimalist Knowledge Base Manager.
https://github.com/gnebbia/kb
Dualboot Windows 10 and FreeBSD UFS – Non UEFI.
Nix Package Manager is in FreeBSD Ports Now.
View: https://twitter.com/FreeBSDHelp/status/1309479039489290240
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=550026
In Other BSDs for 2020/09/26.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2020/09/26/24985.html
NetBSD on GSoC 2020 – Curses Library Automated Testing.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_2020
NetBSD on GSoC 2020 – Rump Kernel Syscall Fuzzing.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/google_summer_of_code_20201
OpenSSH 8.4/8.4p1 Released.
https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#8.4
OmniOS Create Private Virtual Network with Zone Inside It.
https://gist.github.com/pbdigital-dot-org/966a680b79a547133bba9495a60720dc
Configure Small Mail Server on OpenBSD.
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/mxpop3.html
Default Window Manager Switched to CTWM in NetBSD.
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/default_window_manager_switched_to
Hardware
Fungible F1 DPU for Distributed Compute.
https://www.servethehome.com/fungible-f1-dpu-for-distributed-compute/
ARM Announces Neoverse V1 and N2 Infrastructure CPUs.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16073/arm-announces-neoverse-v1-n2
Nimbus Unveils World Highest Capacity SSD – Record Breaking 64TB.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/7485...-capacity-ssd-record-breaking-64tb/index.html
Nimbus Adds Cheaper 64 TB QLC SSDs to Complement 100 TB SSD.
https://searchstorage.techtarget.co...eaper-64-TB-QLC-SSDs-to-complement-100-TB-SSD
GemPro Enclosure for Raspberry Pi.
https://diyodemag.com/reviews/hands_on_review_gempro_enclosure_for_raspberry_pi
External Portable SSDs Review.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/1610...review-featuring-the-adata-se800-and-hp-p700/
MonsterLabo Beast Announced – Fanless 150W CPU and 250W GPU Power.
https://www.fanlesstech.com/2020/09/monsterlabos-beast-announced.html
https://www.monsterlabo.com/the-beast
Argon ONE M.2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4.
https://www.argon40.com/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4.html
ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX-V1000M AMD Ryzen Mini-PC Review.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16111/asrock-industrial-4×4-boxv1000m-ryzen-minipc-review
Life
How to Say ‘No’ for People Pleaser Who Always Says ‘Yes’.
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/15/913207918/how-to-say-no-for-the-people-pleaser-who-always-says-yes
600 Physicians Say Lockdowns Are Mass Casualty Incident.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gracem...s-say-lockdowns-are-a-mass-casualty-incident/
Open Letter from Medical Doctors and Health Professionals to Belgian Authorities and Belgian Media.
https://www.aier.org/article/open-l...ll-belgian-authorities-and-all-belgian-media/
Meet Least and Most Happy People in America.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/...201109/meet-the-least-happy-people-in-america
Money Well Spent – Short Story for Engineers.
https://userweb.cs.txstate.edu/~br02/cs1428/ShortStoryForEngineers.htm
Other
Firefox 81.0 Released.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/81.0/releasenotes/
Firefox Nightly Adds JIT Warp Code for Greater (13-20%) JavaScript Performance.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-Nightly-JS-Warp
Wikipedia is Getting New Look for First Time in 10 Years.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/09/...ook-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-heres-why/
Microsoft Windows XP and 2003 Source Code Leaked Online.
https://www.osnews.com/story/132376...indows-server-2003-source-code-leaked-online/
Universal Split Screen.
https://universalsplitscreen.github.io/
EOF
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