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The latest FreeBSD report is here, and the AI debate is ongoing

2026-11-13T10:39:27Z

The Register reviews the FreeBSD Q3 2026 status report, highlighting progress on projects like the Sylve virtualization GUI and the AppJail container tool. The report also details a developer survey where 88 percent of respondents favored establishing a policy on AI-generated code contributions.

ZFS Metrics That Matter for Database Performance

2026-11-13T09:15:58Z

Klara Systems explains how to diagnose PostgreSQL and MySQL database bottlenecks on OpenZFS using four metrics: sync write latency, ARC demand hit ratio, I/O amplification, and queue depth. The guide includes database-specific ZFS dataset tunings, such as turning off redundant full page writes in PostgreSQL and disabling doublewrite buffers in InnoDB.

BSD Now 689: Start, restart, stop

2026-11-13T09:15:45Z

This episode covers the biggest ZFS misconfigurations and fixes, a deep dive into FreeBSD's rc.d service framework, progress on OpenBSD's GEFS, LibreSSL 4.4.0/4.3.4/4.2.3 releases, and more.

New names in the BSD family

2026-11-12T08:02:58Z

A roundup of recent and revived BSD projects created or restarted since 2022. Highlights include FreeBSD desktop setups like Daemonarchy and HyprBSD, TrueNAS CORE continuations FreeCORE and BSDnas, minimal NetBSD VM toolkit smolBSD, NixBSD, and the PureDarwin revival.

NetBSD 11 Desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4

2026-11-11T15:59:07Z

This guide covers installing NetBSD 11 arm64 on a Raspberry Pi 4 using UEFI firmware, fixing the bwfm Wi-Fi driver firmware symlink, and setting up the CDE-style NsCDE desktop environment.

LibreSSL 4.3.5 and 4.4.1 released

2026-11-11T14:40:34Z

LibreSSL 4.4.1 fixes an out-of-bounds read during TLSv1.2 renegotiation and an interoperability issue with peers sending more than 32 signature algorithms, which is also included in version 4.3.5.

OpenBSD Errata: November 14, 2026 (xserver zlib syszlib libressl kbind libcasr tcpsack tcpsyn nd6dad wscons)

2026-11-11T12:47:55Z

OpenBSD has released errata patches for versions 7.9 and 8.0 covering the X server, zlib, kernel zlib, LibreSSL, kbind, the libc resolver, TCP SACK, TCP SYN cache, IPv6 duplicate address detection, and wscons, with binary updates available via syspatch.

DPorts 2026Q4 Packages for DragonFly 6.4 and 6.5

2026-11-11T07:45:38Z

DragonFly BSD has made work-in-progress binary packages built from DPorts 2026Q4 available for versions 6.4 and 6.5. This update bumps pkg to 2.8 and refreshes thousands of packages from the previous 2025Q2 set, though base system prerequisites apply and certain ports are not yet available.

FreeBSD Status Report Third Quarter 2026

2026-11-11T07:45:21Z

The FreeBSD Project's Q3 2026 status report details 51 updates across core governance, infrastructure, and core technical projects. Key highlights include developer survey results on AI tool usage, rewriting ports Git history to remove an accidentally committed binary, and release engineering updates for FreeBSD 14.5 and 15.2. Developer reports cover bhyve enhancements, kernel bounds-safety adoption, ROCm support, audio stack updates, and improved wireless networking support.

New FreeBSD pkgbase-update(8) Tool

2026-11-10T15:37:33Z

A new shell script replaces freebsd-update(8) for PKGBASE-based upgrades, offering commands like upgrade, install, loader, pkgnew, and modules to automate base system updates for FreeBSD 16 and beyond.

Valuable News – 2026/11/09

2026-11-10T15:36:37Z

This week covers FreeBSD 15.2-BETA1 with experimental PKGBASE cross builds, NetBSD 11.1 release, GhostBSD 26.2 with a friendlier installer and GELI encryption, OpenBSD top adding chroot/pledge/unveil status, FreeBSD bhyve running VMs in one process, and more.

GhostBSD 26.3.R15.1p6 Is Now Available

2026-11-10T15:36:20Z

GhostBSD 26.3.R15.1p6 is a bug fix release based on FreeBSD 15.1 p6 that addresses leftover NVIDIA repository files on fresh installations. It also introduces a dotted versioning format so pkg properly compares GhostBSD release numbers.

No sshhole for DragonFly

2026-11-10T15:35:58Z

DragonFly BSD is not vulnerable to the newly disclosed SSHhole issue, and the author suspects other BSDs are also unaffected.

OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status

2026-11-10T15:35:37Z

OpenBSD has updated top(1) with a new -Q flag to display whether processes are using chroot, pledge, and unveil. The feature shows pledge promises alongside command names and adds state letters for security restrictions in the PRIV column.

BSD Now 688: Eighty

2026-11-10T15:35:10Z

This episode covers OpenBSD 8.0 release highlights including vmd multi-CPU support and Clang 22, a guide on fixing ZFS misconfigurations, and WebZFS Beta3. Additional topics include recent HardenedBSD updates, NetBSD surpassing its 2026 fundraising goal, and Wine re-entering OpenBSD ports.

Why Enterprise FreeBSD Deployments Need Long-Term Support

2026-11-10T15:34:45Z

Klara Systems explains the gap between FreeBSD's standard support cycle and the 7–10 year lifespan of enterprise deployments. The article covers how short upgrade windows risk security or drive migrations to Linux, and how commercial long-term support bridges the gap.

OpenSSH 10.6p2 Released

2026-11-10T15:34:10Z

OpenSSH 10.6p2 adds a mitigation for a password authentication bypass affecting musl-based Linux systems without PAM, alongside bugfixes such as enabling post-quantum signatures for CAs. The development team also announced plans for more frequent releases to ship security fixes faster in response to rapid AI bug rediscovery.

OpenBSD Errata: November 5, 2026 (isakmpd xlibs pffq unveil)

2026-11-05T07:20:17Z

OpenBSD has released errata patches for isakmpd, the X11 libraries, pf FQ-CoDel, and unveil kernel code on OpenBSD 7.9 and 8.0, available via syspatch for amd64, arm64, and i386.

PHP and DragonFly

2026-11-04T14:28:30Z

A new DragonFly BSD package build is on the way to address the PHP2Shell vulnerability, which will likely be followed shortly by the DragonFly 6.6 release.

NetBSD 11.1 released

2026-11-04T14:27:35Z

NetBSD 11.1 is out with security updates for mozilla-rootcerts, brotli, xorg-server, hdaudio, compat_linux, unbound, and ipfilter, plus fixes for USB stability on Raspberry Pi, hot-plugging in USB Wi-Fi drivers, battery monitoring on Surface Go 3, and support for Zhaoxin KX-7000 CPUs and Sun Ultra/Sun Fire sensors.

ZFS: Diagnosing Database Bottlenecks: Storage, RAM, or CPU?

2026-11-03T17:46:38Z

A practical guide to pinpointing whether storage, RAM, or CPU is causing ZFS database latency, using latency histograms, ARC hit ratios, and worker-thread CPU time, with tuning steps ordered by cost and impact.

Vim Alternatives on OpenBSD

2026-11-03T07:54:24Z

Evaluation of eight vi-compatible text editors on OpenBSD, including stock vi, nvi, vis, vile, elvis, and EVi, comparing features like UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting, split views, and spell checking.

Enlightenment 0.28.0 Release

2026-11-03T07:17:10Z

Enlightenment 0.28.0 adds initial NetBSD support for power commands and signal handling, along with fixes for BSD battery module builds. The release also introduces a new NetworkManager module, native PipeWire mixer integration, an integrated clipboard history gadget, and battery charge limits.

Valuable News - 2026/11/02

2026-11-03T07:16:36Z

This week's roundup highlights the release of GhostBSD 26.2, Omarchy ported to FreeBSD, setting up encrypted ZFS on NetBSD, progress on OpenBSD's GEFS filesystem, BSD Router Project 2.3, and AlpineBSD pairing the NetBSD kernel with Alpine Linux userspace.

FOSDEM 2027 - Brussels, Belgium, 30 January 2027 - BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom Call for Presentations

2026-11-03T07:07:52Z

Submissions are open for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, and bhyve devroom at FOSDEM 2027 in Brussels, with a presentation deadline of December 7, 2026.

Work on GEFS for OpenBSD Progresses

2026-11-01T13:37:48Z

Ori Bernstein shared an update on porting GEFS to OpenBSD, incorporating bugfixes from 9front, basic userspace utilities like mkfs, and a proposed design for handling filesystem consistency barriers.

AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project: August and September 2026 Update

2026-10-29T11:23:07Z

The FreeBSD Foundation reports that handling incoming vulnerability reports and producing advisories consumes most of the project's time, outlines LLM use cases for triage and code review, and notes progress on RTIR deployment, Forgejo setup, and non-LLM tooling like code sanitizers and fuzzing.

Run the Drill Again: Why DR Testing Needs a Shorter Cycle

2026-10-28T14:33:54Z

Klara Systems explains why ZFS disaster recovery testing should happen quarterly rather than annually, detailing silent failure points like missing encryption keys, feature flag drift, and broken snapshot chains. It outlines a step-by-step process using ZFS commands to verify replication lag, load keys, clone snapshots, and measure real restore times.

GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6 Is Now Available

2026-10-28T14:33:29Z

GhostBSD 26.2-R15.1p6 is out, based on FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE, with a new installer, full disk encryption via GELI, a smaller ISO, and fixes across tools like NetworkMgr, Update Station, and Backup Station.

Register Today for the Fall FreeBSD Vendor Summit

2026-10-28T14:32:37Z

Registration is open for the Fall 2026 FreeBSD Vendor Summit, taking place November 5-6 at NetApp's campus in San Jose. The scheduled program features talks on cloud-native computing, NVIDIA DOCA support, discovering FreeBSD vulnerabilities with AI, and upstreaming experiences from NetApp.

BSD Weekly - Issue 302

2026-10-28T13:48:10Z

This issue covers FuguIta 8.0 test release, LibreSSL 4.4.0, OpenBSD errata for dbupdate, FreeBSD and NetBSD revoking compromised eMudhra CA certs, a Wine port for OpenBSD, OpenBSD 8.0 and LibreSSL 4.4.0 highlights, OpenBSD adding rtrd(8) and multi-processor VM support, and a ZFS configuration pitfalls guide.

Consolidating a Home Lab with Sylve

2026-10-28T13:47:56Z

Sven Rödiger explains how Sylve provides a browser-based UI to manage bhyve VMs, jails, and ZFS on FreeBSD without replacing base-system tools, letting him consolidate a sprawling home lab onto a few FreeBSD hosts while keeping existing Bastille jails and adding Linux and Windows workloads.

Valuable News – 2026/10/26

2026-10-26T14:11:56Z

Highlights include the release of OpenBSD 8.0 and LibreSSL 4.4.0, a port of Wine to OpenBSD, running FreeBSD ARM64 on Apple Silicon with Cube, and configuring encrypted root on NetBSD 11. Additional items cover the bob pkgsrc package builder, running Signal Desktop on FreeBSD, and NetBSD's eMudhra CA compromise.

First Test Version of FuguIta 8.0 Available

2026-10-25T07:18:44Z

FuguIta has released its first test version based on OpenBSD 8.0 for i386, incorporating OpenBSD 8.0 errata patches up to 005.

LibreSSL 4.3.4 and 4.2.3 released

2026-10-23T06:55:20Z

LibreSSL 4.3.4 and 4.2.3 remove the eMudhra emSign ECC Root CA - G3 certificate from cert.pem due to weak subordinate CA keys while adding uncompromised intermediates for interoperability.

LibreSSL 4.4.0 released

2026-10-23T06:55:06Z

LibreSSL 4.4.0 is the first stable release of the 4.4.x branch, shipping with OpenBSD 8.0. Key changes include removing a root CA with weak keys, fixing an OCSP responder authorization bypass in libtls, improving DTLS and TLS 1.3 handling, and updating portable builds for FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, and Windows.

OpenBSD Errata: October 23, 2026 (dbupdate)

2026-10-23T06:54:48Z

OpenBSD has released errata patches containing a new dbupdate tool and updated cert.pem file for OpenBSD 7.9 and 8.0, with binary updates available via syspatch on amd64, arm64, and i386.

BSD Now 686: Yell in your Shell

2026-10-23T06:54:32Z

Episode 686 covers shell exclamation mark usage, OpenBSD adding the rtrd(8) networking daemon and multi-processor VM support in vmm/vmd, OpenBGPD 9.3, running BSD on Lenovo ThinkCentre hardware, and more.

emulators/wine (re)entering OpenBSD ports

2026-10-22T08:17:14Z

Thomas Frohwein submitted a proposal for a new emulators/wine port to run Windows binaries on OpenBSD, alongside a supplementary emulators/wine-extras port for winetricks and wine-steam.

dbupdate(8) Added to OpenBSD -current

2026-10-22T08:16:29Z

OpenBSD -current has added dbupdate(8), a new utility for updating signed zoneinfo and cert.pem databases from cdn.openbsd.org. Designed to run via root cron, it provides a way to update timezone and CA certificate files without relying on sequential syspatch updates.

Your AI Configured Your ZFS. Are You Sure That's Right?

2026-10-22T08:15:58Z

Klara Systems examines common pitfalls in AI-generated ZFS configurations, such as wrong ashift values, disabled synchronous writes, and feature upgrades that break host compatibility. It highlights commands for verifying drive sector sizes and pool properties before applying generated scripts.

eMudhra TLS/SSL CA compromise

2026-10-21T11:39:56Z

NetBSD shipped eMudhra CA certificates by default and now revokes trust in them due to compromise, with instructions to run certctl untrust for affected certs on NetBSD 10+ and guidance for pkgsrc mozilla-rootcerts users.

FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-26:73.caroot

2026-10-21T11:39:31Z

FreeBSD has updated its caroot root certificate bundle to mark the emSign ECC Root CA - G3 certificate as untrusted following the public disclosure of compromised eMudhra intermediate keys.

BSD Weekly - Issue 301

2026-10-21T11:09:42Z

This issue features the release of OpenBSD 8.0, FreeBSD security advisories covering bhyve and tcp_rack vulnerabilities, and a proposed Wine port for OpenBSD. Additional highlights include NetBSD's policy banning AI-generated code, single-partition encrypted NetBSD root setup, and a practical look at OpenZFS RAIDZ expansion.

Valuable News – 2026/10/19

2026-10-20T06:23:36Z

This week's roundup covers running macOS on AMD hardware via FreeBSD bhyve, NetBSD running on 32-bit RISC-V, practical RAIDZ expansion, OpenBSD's new uncm(4) driver, Syncthing on NetBSD, and more.

OpenBSD 8.0

2026-10-20T06:23:21Z

OpenBSD 8.0 introduces multi-processor support for up to 64 guest VCPUs in vmd, DRM graphics updated to Linux 6.18.53 with Intel Arc support, and boot-time random relinking for httpd and smtpd. The release also expands amd64 kernel virtual address space to 512G, adds hibernate support on arm64, switches sparc64 to the LLVM toolchain, and includes updates across the installer, pf firewall, and hardware drivers.

OpenBSD Errata: October 20, 2026 (ppp isakmpd nsd aesgmac video)

2026-10-20T06:22:42Z

Errata patches for ppp interface, isakmpd, NSD, X11 server, IPsec crypto, and video driver have been released for OpenBSD 7.8, 7.9, and 8.0, with binary updates available via syspatch on amd64, arm64, and i386.

New OpenBSD Port Proposed for Wine

2026-10-19T10:13:16Z

Thomas Frohwein has submitted a port proposal for Wine on OpenBSD, enabling 64-bit Windows applications to run via software emulation of the %gs prefix. The initial draft supports 64-bit software only, as 32-bit support via WoW64 is not yet working.

Single-Partition Encrypted NetBSD 11 Root

2026-10-19T07:32:33Z

This guide details how to install NetBSD 11 with full root encryption using CGD and ramdisk-cgdroot within a single MBR partition. It covers disklabel partitioning, CGD setup, extracting base sets, chroot configuration, and optional firmware injection into the boot ramdisk.

Introducing uncm(4)

2026-10-19T07:31:12Z

Jan Schreiber's new uncm(4) driver adds USB CDC NCM support for Android tethering on OpenBSD, requires no firmware blob, and has been included in the amd64 installer kernel for the upcoming 8.0 release.