Echoes #13-2026: w. 13, an 2026

Agenda

• (23/3) Resisting Big Tech Empires

  • https://www.tickettailor.com/events/globaljusticenow/2042691
    #economy

• (23/3) The Politics of Computer Science: margins and centres

  • https://www.undonecs.org/2026/programme.html#panel
    #politic

App

• (25/3) Discover Krita 5.3/6.0: 10 new features explained to get you started
  • https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/4LhZDTx3G5VpfSovUWveTm
    #krita #video

Culture

Documentation

IT

• (23/3) The OpenBSD init system and boot process

  • https://overeducated-redneck.net/blurgh/openbsd-init-system.html
  • https://www.osnews.com/story/144646/the-openbsd-init-system-and-boot-process/
    #openbsd #init

• (23/3) Dual-FIB Policy Routing on FreeBSD: Two Upstreams, One Server, Zero Confusion

  • https://blog.hofstede.it/dual-fib-policy-routing-on-freebsd-two-upstreams-one-server-zero-confusion/
    #freebsd #routing

• (24/3) When Browsers Start Acting for You: AI Browsers and the Definition of a Web User Agent

  • https://sphericalcowconsulting.com/2026/03/24/when-browsers-start-acting-for-you/
    #ai #browser #WebUA

• (24/3) BoxyBSD service shutdown sequence initiated

  • https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@BoxyBSD/116279818958948678
  • https://boxybsd.com/
    #boxybsd #shutdown

• (24/3) Goodbye Longform Hello Emacs

  • https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/24/goodbye-longform-hello-emacs
    #emacs

• (24/3) FreeBSD and Thinkpad-specific keys and indicators

  • https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2026/03/24/freebsd-thinkpad-specific-keys.html
    #freebsd #thinkpad #keys

• (25/3) Heatit joins Works with Home Assistant

  • https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/24/heatit-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
    #domotic

• (25/3) Plakar on OpenBSD

  • https://x61.sh/log/2026/03/25032026151800-plakar.html
    #openbsd #plakar

• (25/3) Stop Logitech from waking up Slackware Linux

  • https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/stop-logitech-from-waking-up-slackware-linux/
    #slackware #logitech

• (26/3) Vibe-coded ext4 for OpenBSD

  • https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1064541/1a399d572a046fb9/
    #openbsd #ext4

• (26/3) OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 processors: PART 2: A New Hope

  • http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/m88k2.html
    #openbsd #m88k

• (28/3) plan 9 on openbsd

  • https://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/plan9/plan9-obsd.html
    #openbsd #plan9

Society

• (22/3) Semi-retirement, or, really, changing my relationship with the BSDs

  • https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260322.html
    #bsd

• (23/3) AI still doesn’t work very well, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming

  • https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai_businesses_faking_it_reckoning_coming_codestrap/
    #ai #process #quality

Humour