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).
FreeBSD Desktop for PineBook Pro.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-desktop-for-pinebook-pro.78269/
The helloSystem Now Comes with Developer Tools.
https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/developer/developer-tools.html
View: https://twitter.com/probonopd/status/1346212274609020929
Advanced Editing on UNIX. (1993)
http://maibriz.de/unix/ultrix/etc/ae.pdf
Really Nice Complete Table of ASCII Characters.
https://theasciicode.com.ar/
BastilleBSD 0.8 2021/01/01 Available.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kqkqx9/bastille_0820200101_new_year_2021/
https://github.com/BastilleBSD/bastille/releases/tag/0.8.20210101
Self Host Password Manager on OpenBSD.
https://www.tumfatig.net/20210105/self-host-a-password-manager-on-openbsd/
9 FreeBSD Photo Editors in 2021.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4iLPYsUmr0
BSD Weekly – Issue 51.
https://bsdweekly.com/issues/51
For dd(8) You Should Use conv=fsync Option.
https://abbbi.github.io/dd/
Quick Reference for VIM Navigation.
https://i.redd.it/km0awi0dp8961.png
OpenBSD Root Password Recovery.
https://puffy.nolink.ch/posts/openbsd_recover_rootpasswd/
Setup FreeBSD 12 VNET Jail with ZFS.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configuring-freebsd-12-vnet-jail-using-bridgeepair-zfs/
Routing and Firewalling VLANS with FreeBSD.
https://klarasystems.com/articles/routing-and-firewalling-vlans-with-freebsd/
OpenBSD – High Availability Firewalling.
http://yetiops.net/posts/openbsd-firewall-ha/
OpenBSD Tor Browsing Tips and Tricks.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/gqrs1b/openbsd_tor_browsing_tips_and_tricks/
FreeBSD mkjail – Make Minimal chroot(8)/jail(8) Environment (Similar to Docker Containers).
https://github.com/Freaky/mkjail
BSD Now 384 – In Memoriam.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/384
KSH Bookmark Utility.
https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20210105
Lock Down Your Laptop with OpenBSD. (1/2)
https://www.nxfury.com/lock-down-your-laptop-with-openbsd
Lock Down Your Laptop with OpenBSD. (2/2)
https://www.nxfury.com/lock-down-your-laptop-with-openbsd-part-2
Configure Basic DNS Server on SmartOS Using BIND9.
https://blog.liangcorp.com/2021/01/configure-basic-dns-server-on-smartos.html
OpenZFS – All About Cache or L2ARC.
https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-all-about-l2arc/
SerenityOS Adds Help App for Displaying Markdown Manual Pages.
View: https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1347466715119177728
TwinCAT BSD Operating System for Beckhoff IPC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIzD8m3b6I
In Other BSDs for 2021/01/09.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2021/01/09/25309.html
GNOME Has No Thumbnails in File Picker.
https://jayfax.neocities.org/mediocrity/gnome-has-no-thumbnails-in-the-file-picker.html
On FreeBSD What is in My /etc/devfs.rules and Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fzMjj4Gv8
Use usbkill OpenBSD Way.
https://zakaria.org/posts/2021-01-11-usbkiller.html
RISC-V Vector Instructions versus ARM and x86 SIMD.
https://outline.com/7h2YYw
AMD Patents Chiplet Architecture for Radeon GPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-gpu-chiplet-patent
How to Buy PC Monitor – 2021 Guide.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/monitor-buying-guide,5699.html
Build Mini MS-DOS Gaming PC – No Emulation – PC/104.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8
QNAP GM-1002 3U Dual ZFS NAS Review.
https://www.servethehome.com/qnap-gm-1002-3u-dual-zfs-nas-review/
Over:Board Carrier Board Brings Raspberry Pi 4 to Mini-ITX.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/0...rings-raspberry-pi-4-to-mini-itx-form-factor/
SINGLE AMD 32-Core Milan CPU Takes on DUAL Intel 28-Core CPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-epyc-7543-zen-3-milan-cpu-specifications
AMIGA Documents – Complete AMIGA History.
https://sites.google.com/site/amigadocuments/home
Phytium Develops 8-Core ARM CPU for Desktops.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/phytium-d2000-eight-core-for-desktops
PrimeMini 5 is Super Compact Mini PC from Switzerland.
https://primecomputer.co/products/primemini-5/
HDMI Forum Closing Public Specification Access – Hurting Open Source GPU Drivers.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=HDMI-Closed-Spec-Hurts-Open
AMIGA 1000 Still Receiving New Peripherals 35 Years Later.
https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/the-amiga-1000-still-receiving-new-peripherals-35-years-later/
Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/style/retrocomputing.html
Confusing World of USB.
https://fabiensanglard.net/nousb/index.html
Rowan Atkinson Says Cancel Culture “Like Medieval Mob Looking for Someone to Burn”.
https://deadline.com/2021/01/rowan-atkinson-cancel-culture-mr-bean-blackadder-1234664901/
My Year in Data.
https://samplesize.one/blog/posts/my_year_in_data/
21 Places to Go in 2021 – Holidays We are Dreaming of Tis Year.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jan/02/21-places-for-2021-holidays-were-dreaming-of
Idiocracy Writer – I Never Expected My Movie to Become Documentary.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kn...-writer-i-never-expected-my-movie-to-become-a
No Meetings. No Deadlines. No Full Time Employees.
https://sahillavingia.com/work
Ditherpunk – Article I Wish I Had About Monochrome Image Dithering.
https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/
Every Sauber F1 Driver Ranked.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/every-sauber-f1-driver-ranked/
Poland Rise to Cultural Power.
https://unherd.com/2021/01/polands-rise-to-cultural-power/
Libraries Called too White – Being Decolonized.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trending-libraries-called-too-white-are-being-decolonized/
Encrypted Client Hello – Future of ESNI in Firefox.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/07/encrypted-client-hello-the-future-of-esni-in-firefox/
Firefox Enables AVIF Support by Default.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1682995
Wikipedia is 20 and Its Reputation Has Never Been Higher.
https://www.economist.com/internati...s-20-and-its-reputation-has-never-been-higher
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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 Desktop for PineBook Pro.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-desktop-for-pinebook-pro.78269/
The helloSystem Now Comes with Developer Tools.
https://hellosystem.github.io/docs/developer/developer-tools.html
View: https://twitter.com/probonopd/status/1346212274609020929
Advanced Editing on UNIX. (1993)
http://maibriz.de/unix/ultrix/etc/ae.pdf
Really Nice Complete Table of ASCII Characters.
https://theasciicode.com.ar/
BastilleBSD 0.8 2021/01/01 Available.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/kqkqx9/bastille_0820200101_new_year_2021/
https://github.com/BastilleBSD/bastille/releases/tag/0.8.20210101
Self Host Password Manager on OpenBSD.
https://www.tumfatig.net/20210105/self-host-a-password-manager-on-openbsd/
9 FreeBSD Photo Editors in 2021.
BSD Weekly – Issue 51.
https://bsdweekly.com/issues/51
For dd(8) You Should Use conv=fsync Option.
https://abbbi.github.io/dd/
Quick Reference for VIM Navigation.
https://i.redd.it/km0awi0dp8961.png
OpenBSD Root Password Recovery.
https://puffy.nolink.ch/posts/openbsd_recover_rootpasswd/
Setup FreeBSD 12 VNET Jail with ZFS.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configuring-freebsd-12-vnet-jail-using-bridgeepair-zfs/
Routing and Firewalling VLANS with FreeBSD.
https://klarasystems.com/articles/routing-and-firewalling-vlans-with-freebsd/
OpenBSD – High Availability Firewalling.
http://yetiops.net/posts/openbsd-firewall-ha/
OpenBSD Tor Browsing Tips and Tricks.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/gqrs1b/openbsd_tor_browsing_tips_and_tricks/
FreeBSD mkjail – Make Minimal chroot(8)/jail(8) Environment (Similar to Docker Containers).
https://github.com/Freaky/mkjail
BSD Now 384 – In Memoriam.
https://www.bsdnow.tv/384
KSH Bookmark Utility.
https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20210105
Lock Down Your Laptop with OpenBSD. (1/2)
https://www.nxfury.com/lock-down-your-laptop-with-openbsd
Lock Down Your Laptop with OpenBSD. (2/2)
https://www.nxfury.com/lock-down-your-laptop-with-openbsd-part-2
Configure Basic DNS Server on SmartOS Using BIND9.
https://blog.liangcorp.com/2021/01/configure-basic-dns-server-on-smartos.html
OpenZFS – All About Cache or L2ARC.
https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-all-about-l2arc/
SerenityOS Adds Help App for Displaying Markdown Manual Pages.
View: https://twitter.com/awesomekling/status/1347466715119177728
TwinCAT BSD Operating System for Beckhoff IPC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIzD8m3b6I
In Other BSDs for 2021/01/09.
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2021/01/09/25309.html
GNOME Has No Thumbnails in File Picker.
https://jayfax.neocities.org/mediocrity/gnome-has-no-thumbnails-in-the-file-picker.html
On FreeBSD What is in My /etc/devfs.rules and Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fzMjj4Gv8
Use usbkill OpenBSD Way.
https://zakaria.org/posts/2021-01-11-usbkiller.html
Hardware
RISC-V Vector Instructions versus ARM and x86 SIMD.
https://outline.com/7h2YYw
AMD Patents Chiplet Architecture for Radeon GPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-gpu-chiplet-patent
How to Buy PC Monitor – 2021 Guide.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/monitor-buying-guide,5699.html
Build Mini MS-DOS Gaming PC – No Emulation – PC/104.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8
QNAP GM-1002 3U Dual ZFS NAS Review.
https://www.servethehome.com/qnap-gm-1002-3u-dual-zfs-nas-review/
Over:Board Carrier Board Brings Raspberry Pi 4 to Mini-ITX.
https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/0...rings-raspberry-pi-4-to-mini-itx-form-factor/
SINGLE AMD 32-Core Milan CPU Takes on DUAL Intel 28-Core CPUs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-epyc-7543-zen-3-milan-cpu-specifications
AMIGA Documents – Complete AMIGA History.
https://sites.google.com/site/amigadocuments/home
Phytium Develops 8-Core ARM CPU for Desktops.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/phytium-d2000-eight-core-for-desktops
PrimeMini 5 is Super Compact Mini PC from Switzerland.
https://primecomputer.co/products/primemini-5/
HDMI Forum Closing Public Specification Access – Hurting Open Source GPU Drivers.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=HDMI-Closed-Spec-Hurts-Open
AMIGA 1000 Still Receiving New Peripherals 35 Years Later.
https://hackaday.com/2021/01/08/the-amiga-1000-still-receiving-new-peripherals-35-years-later/
Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/style/retrocomputing.html
Confusing World of USB.
https://fabiensanglard.net/nousb/index.html
Life
Rowan Atkinson Says Cancel Culture “Like Medieval Mob Looking for Someone to Burn”.
https://deadline.com/2021/01/rowan-atkinson-cancel-culture-mr-bean-blackadder-1234664901/
My Year in Data.
https://samplesize.one/blog/posts/my_year_in_data/
21 Places to Go in 2021 – Holidays We are Dreaming of Tis Year.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jan/02/21-places-for-2021-holidays-were-dreaming-of
Idiocracy Writer – I Never Expected My Movie to Become Documentary.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kn...-writer-i-never-expected-my-movie-to-become-a
No Meetings. No Deadlines. No Full Time Employees.
https://sahillavingia.com/work
Other
Ditherpunk – Article I Wish I Had About Monochrome Image Dithering.
https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/
Every Sauber F1 Driver Ranked.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/every-sauber-f1-driver-ranked/
Poland Rise to Cultural Power.
https://unherd.com/2021/01/polands-rise-to-cultural-power/
Libraries Called too White – Being Decolonized.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trending-libraries-called-too-white-are-being-decolonized/
Encrypted Client Hello – Future of ESNI in Firefox.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/07/encrypted-client-hello-the-future-of-esni-in-firefox/
Firefox Enables AVIF Support by Default.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1682995
Wikipedia is 20 and Its Reputation Has Never Been Higher.
https://www.economist.com/internati...s-20-and-its-reputation-has-never-been-higher
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