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GeoIP PF FreeBSD, ZFs in production, linuxulator feels like magic, XFCE is great, the scariest boot code, and more...

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Headlines

GeoIP-Aware Firewalling with PF on FreeBSD

ZFS in Production: Real-World Deployment Patterns and Pitfalls

News Roundup

Xfce is great

Linuxulator on FreeBSD Feels Like Magic

The scariest boot loader code

OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor

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Matt - Audio Levels

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AT&T's $2000 shell, ZFS Scrubs and Data Integrity, FFS Backups, FreeBSD Home Nas, and more.

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Headlines

One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics

Understanding ZFS Scrubs and Data Integrity

News Roundup

FFS Backup

FreeBSD: Home NAS, part 1 – configuring ZFS mirror (RAID1)

8 more parts!

Beastie Bits

The BSD Proposal

UNIX Magic Poster

Haiku OS Pulls In Updated Drivers From FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15.0 VNET Jails

Call for NetBSD testing

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Gary - Links

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ZFS Scrubs and Data integrity, Propolice, FreeBSD vs Slackware and more.

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Headlines

Understanding ZFS Scrubs and Data Integrity

The story of Propolice

Desk reviews

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News Roundup

FreeBSD vs. Slackware: Which super stable OS is right for you?

Prometheus, Let's Encrypt, and making sure all our TLS certificates are monitored

Wait, a repairable ThinkPad!?

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FreeBSD's Future, 18 years of greytrapping, PF vs Linux firewalls, and more.

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Headlines

Powering the Future of FreeBSD

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?

BSDCan Organisating committee Interview

News Roundup

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner

BSD PF versus Linux nftables for firewalls for us

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Why use BSD, 2025, the year of advocacy, community and growth, RiscV silicon, and more.

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Headlines

Why BSDs?

2025: A Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth

What are we excited for in tech in 2026?

Almost Completley Open riscv32 silicon with BaoChip and Xous

The death of vmware and the possibilites for diversity that creates

Capabilities arriving in FreeBSD main

NetBSD on the WiiU and open hardware for retro computing

Capabilities arriving with CheriIOT

News Roundup

Wireguard The FreeBSD Way

Beastie Bits

BastilleBSD 2025 User Survey

Re: ZFS status on NetBSD

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Feedback/Questions

Albin- Foss-North

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