Agenda
Agenda:2026/06/03
⇒ FreeBSD Foundation Travel Grant Policy
The FreeBSD Foundation provides Travel Grants for those who need assistance to attend conferences related to FreeBSD development and advocacy. FreeBSD developers and other community members (committers, kernel hackers, ports maintainers, documentation authors, bugbusters, system administrators, etc.) are eligible to apply.
Agenda:2026/06/08
⇒ NetBSD Foundation 2026 Annual General Meeting: Board, Core, and Team Reports
Today, the NetBSD Foundation had an open annual general meeting in a public IRC channel. It began with presentations, and was followed by a Q&A session where we took questions from the public. Here’s the full log.
Game
Game:2026/06/03
⇒ There’s new games to claim and keep with Amazon Prime for June via Amazon Luna
You can claim some games to keep via Amazon Luna (formerly Prime Gaming) - here’s what you can grab for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.
Hardware
Hardware:2026/06/01
⇒ This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability
The Espressif-backed M5Stack has been keeping its Cardputer product line alive since 2023 by continuously updating it. The original ran on an ESP32-S3, and the follow-up, the Cardputer-Adv, stuck with the same ESP32-S3 but brought in better audio, a larger battery, a 6-axis IMU, and more expansion options.
Hardware:2026/06/02
⇒ Ainekko’s Edge AI Silicon Platform is Now an OpenHW Foundation Open Source Project
The CORE-ET Silicon Platform accelerates low-power AI inference with many-core RISC-V compute, MRAM, and open tooling
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/02/3305225/0/en/ainekko-s-edge-ai-silicon-platform-is-now-an-openhw-foundation-open-source-project.html
#Ainekko #OpenHW #RISC-V
IT
IT:2026/06/01
⇒ Accessibility input tool removes X11 support, doesn’t want to support Wayland; users caught in the middle
A sad, painful, and infuriating read for this calm Sunday. In recent years, a lot of attention has gone into improving the output side of the accessibility story on Wayland – screen readers and the like – but apparently, the input side has languished. People with reduced mobility need affordances and tools to use computers, but those aren’t ready for Wayland.
- https://www.osnews.com/story/145162/accessibility-input-tool-removes-x11-support-doesnt-want-to-support-wayland-users-caught-in-the-middle/
#accessibility #Wayland #x11
⇒ Let’s Learn Linux: Customize or write simple scripts — Lesson 1/2
Learn how to customize or write simple scripts — this is lesson 105.2 from the LPIC-1 exam curriculum (102-500).
- https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/sq5wnAYqoe6wPJYR2hQ5CM
#LPIC-1 #Linux
⇒ Reverse WSL? I Tried This New Tool to Integrate Windows Apps in Linux
Microsoft’s WSL allows people to use Linux inside Windows. It integrates well in the system allowing people to use Linux command line Windows. Linux GUI apps can also be used, which helps for editing config file in GUI-based editors. Now reverse the situation. How about using Windows applications on Linux? Sure, WINE and Bottles are there but I came across a new tool that combines container technology with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to give you native-app feel for Windows software on Linux.
- https://itsfoss.com/winpodx/
#Winpodx #instance #Windows
IT:2026/06/02
⇒ Recap of the April 2026 Frankfurt Area FreeBSD Hackathon – Sven Ruediger
From April 24–26, the FreeBSD community held its first regional hackathon in the Frankfurt area (Germany). The three-day event brought together 25 attendees, including seasoned project committers and guests interested in learning more about the FreeBSD community.
- https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/recap-of-the-april-2026-frankfurt-area-freebsd-hackathon-sven-ruediger/
#FreeBSD #Hackathon
⇒ CSS Shapes Module Level 2: Mastering the shape() Function for Fluid Paths+
Discover the shape() function in CSS Shapes Level 2. Create responsive paths without SVG or complex clip-path calculations
⇒ TEA Goes Live June 4: tea Launches Mainnet With Trading on Aerodrome, MEXC, Gate, and KuCoin
tea’s open-source L2 goes live at 00:00 UTC on June 4, bringing $TEA into market as the economic layer for open-source software.
IT:2026/06/03
⇒ OpenBSD stories—Of hp300 and consoles
UNIX was first created on Digital PDP-7 hardware, but as it grew and ran on more and more hardware platforms, some of them became quite iconic, and at least major milestones in UNIX evolution. If I were to name only three of them, I would name the PDP-11, hero of the 2BSD series, the VAX, supported from 3BSD onwards, and the hp300 (HP 9000/300 workstations), support for which was added in 4.3BSD-Reno. These machines are long gone (I wouldn’t say ``dead’’ as hobbyists are still keeping them alive, to this day, and I am myself still tinkering on VAX and hp300 systems on an irregular basis), but traces of their existence can still be found in BSD code today. Let me show you some hp300 leftovers…
- http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/topcat.html
#OpenBSD #Story #HP300
⇒ Active Directory Service with Samba
We’re building an Active Directory server from Samba running on FreeBSD, free server software on a free operating system. We have already set up the needed DNS infrastructure on an existing BIND master (or primary) DNS server, installed FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi, and set that up as a BIND slave DNS server for those same zones. Now we’re ready to do the Samba work! Jump back to the start for an overview of the project.
- https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/samba-active-directory/samba.html
- https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/samba-active-directory/summary.html
#Samba #Active #Directory
⇒ lvm/clang(1)/lld(1) updated to version 22.1.6
In
-current, Robert Nagy (robert@) updatedclang(1),llvm, andlld(1)to version 22.1.6:
IT:2026/06/04
⇒ BSD Now—666: Everyone gets an LPE
fatgid, why zfs is ideal for media production, the CTF scene is dead, private repo behind TLS, and more…
⇒ Linux 7.1 + Mesa 26.1 Performance With The Radeon RX 9070 GRE, RX 9070 XT
With this week’s launch day review of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ubuntu 26.04 with its Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.0 default driver stack was used for testing. That choice was made since the Ubuntu 26.04 release is still fresh, the RDNA4-based RX 9070 GRE was working without issue there, and from other RDNA4 testing knowing there isn’t much uplift from the in-development Linux 7.1 kernel or the current stable Mesa 26.1 OpenGL RadeonSI / Vulkan RADV drivers. But for those interested, here are those tests…
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Mesa-26.1-RX-9070-GRE
#Linux #Mesa #Radeon
⇒ Linux 7.2 Will Be Able To Boot On Apple M3 Macs - But Far From Useful For End-Users
The upcoming Linux 7.2 mainline kernel is expected to be able to boot on Apple M3 devices including the M3-powered iMac and MacBook products. But before getting too excited it’s still a long ways to go before it will actually be useful for any Apple M3 daily usage under Linux with the overall support at this stage still being very limited for these 2~3 year old Apple Macs…
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Boots-Apple-M3
#Linux #M3 #Apple
IT:2026/06/05
⇒ Random relinking at boot comes to httpd(8) and smtpd(8)
Random order relinking of critical components is an OpenBSD feature specifically designed to make it harder to exploit bugs in the resulting binary. sshd(8) was the first of the network-facing daemons to get the random treatment. Now in a series of commits that split one daemon (smptd(8)) into six separate binaries, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) is bringing httpd(8) and smptd(8), both common in network facing configrations, into the random relink at boot fold.
- https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260605064136
#random #relinking #daemons
⇒ Package Management on Linux, BSD, and Solaris
System administrators must manage software packages. With a mix of Unix-family operating systems, you must use the commands specific to each platform. On Red-Hat-derived systems, these include rpm, dnf (formerly yum), and urpmi. On Debian derivatives such as the many Ubuntu variants, these include apt and dpkg. On FreeBSD, one command pkg does it all. On OpenBSD, it’s a family of commands starting pkg_, and on Solaris, similarly named pkg. Here are explanations through examples of how to manage software packages and answer questions about installed or missing software using these commands across all those operating systems.
- https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/package-management.html
#Package #Management #Nix
⇒ FreeBSD Jails
The classic system administration changed a lot in a decade. Virtualization and container technology went through a remarkable improvement. (…) FreeBSD Jails don’t compete with containers. They don’t substitute virtual machines. Jails just fill a gap.
- https://tomsitcafe.com/2026/06/05/freebsd-jails/
#FreeBSD #jails
⇒ Aggressive caching for a Mastodon reverse proxy: what to cache, what to never cache, and why content negotiation will eventually betray you
how to cache Mastodon with nginx on FreeBSD while handling content negotiation correctly, covering cache keys for HTML/ActivityPub/JSON variants, bypass rules for private traffic, and TTL strategies for assets, media, and dynamic pages. The guide includes production-tested configurations for thundering-herd protection, failover, and logging to verify cache behavior.
- https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/06/05/aggressive_caching_for_a_mastodon_reverse_proxy/
#Mastodon #nginx #FreeBSD
⇒ Linux 7.2 Continues Improving AMDGPU Support On POWER, ARM
In addition to AMDGPU finally seeing HDMI 2.1 FRL support in Linux 7.2, another change worth noting in this week’s AMDGPU pull request is the continued work on enhancing the AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver support for non-4K page size kernel builds. In particular this helps out with AMD graphics and ROCm for the likes of ARM and POWER…
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-Non-4K
#Linux #AMDGPU
⇒ NVIDIA’s Nova Driver Continues Being Built Up In Linux 7.2 Along With Other DRM Rust Code
Danilo Krummrich sent out the main set of DRM Rust subsystem changes on Thursday that are targeting the Linux 7.2 kernel. NVIDIA’s open-source Nova driver continues seeing a bulk of the DRM Rust work as this modern successor to Nouveau continues taking shape.
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-DRM-Rust
#Linux #nvidia #DRM
⇒ More SpacemiT K3 & K1 Support Landing In Upstream Linux 7.2
In addition to Apple M3 Device Trees for Linux 7.2, the SpacemiT RISC-V SoCs are seeing some notable Device Tree improvements with this next version of the Linux kernel.
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/SpacemiT-K1-K3-Linux-7.2
#Linux #RISC-V
IT:2026/06/06
⇒ The Story of C++: Reflecting on Computing History and Systems Architecture
I just finished watching CultRepo’s brilliant new documentary, The Story of C++: The World’s Most Consequential Programming Language, and it sparked a lot of nostalgia. Looking back, I sometimes wish I had dove deeper into the C/C++ ecosystem early on. My own journey started with BASIC on the Commodore 64, but my career path ultimately deployed me straight into the infosec and sysadmin world. In that sector of the sandbox, tools like TCL/TK, Perl, Python, and Java became my primary operational assets.
⇒ Self-hosting email the hard way from your own routable IPv4 block up
How we refreshed self-hosted Recoil email with our own RIPE-allocated IPv4 block, and deployed Postfix/rspamd/Dovecot to get full SPF/DKIM/DMARC deliverability.
Release
Release:2026/06/06
⇒ OpenCV 5.0 Released With Rewritten DNN Engine, Built-In LLM & VLM Support
OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library. The OpenCV library is widely-used for ral-time computer vision needs and machine learning applications. With OpenCV 5.0, it’s a huge release and a major step forward in advancing its already leading capabilities.
⇒ Welcome to the BSD Cafe chatmail service for Delta Chat
BSD Cafe is a small, inclusive, independent place on the internet where we care about open protocols, simplicity and long term reliability. Here you can create a Delta Chat account powered by our chatmail relay and start messaging right away, without giving up your privacy.
- https://chatmail.bsd.cafe/
#chatmail #email #deltachat
Security
Security:2026/06/01
⇒ Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm Packages compromised
Several packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm scope were found to carry malicious payloads that fire via a preinstall hook on every npm install. The affected versions span multiple packages across the RedHat Cloud Services frontend ecosystem. The payload is a sophisticated multi-stage credential harvester that targets GitHub Actions secrets, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, npm tokens, and CircleCI tokens
- https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/multiple-redhat-cloud-services-npm-packages-compromised
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/X.Org-9-Vulnerabilities-AI
#RedHat #NPM
Security:2026/06/02
⇒ X.Org Security Advisory released for 9 new vulnerabilities in X.Org X server and Xwayland
Here we are again - X.Org X server and Xwayland have new security issues that have been revealed and patched in new versions released. Announced by developer Peter Hutterer on June 2nd, xorg-server 21.1.23 and xwayland 24.1.12 have been released to fix up the problems (along with some other minor bug fixes in each). Most of the issues were found with the help of TrendAI, so we’re seeing AI help more and more with discovering security issues across various open source projects.
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/x-org-security-advisory-released-for-9-new-vulnerabilities-in-x-org-x-server-and-xwayland/
#Xorg #Xwayland
AI
AI:2026/06/02
⇒ Is AI Writing Linux Kernel Code Nobody Understands?
AI:2026/06/03
⇒ 2026 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report – Software Governance in the AI Era – Black Duck Software, Inc.
The “Open Source Security and Risk Analysis” (OSSRA) report has been the industry’s definitive look at the state of open source code for a decade Each year, we analyze anonymized findings from commercial codebases audited by the Black Duck Audit Services team, and this provides an unmatched, real-world view of how open source is used—and sometimes misused—across every major industry This year’s findings document a pivotal moment: The explosion of AI-assisted development has fundamentally altered the risk landscape for software and the baseline for compliance with new regulatory initiatives such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
⇒ AI in Action: The Ultimate Live Demo with Theia AI
See Theia AI and Theia IDE in a 40-minute all-live OCX26 demo featuring agents, capabilities, MCP, sub-agents, skills, custom workflows, AI-assisted code review, and more. The recording is a practical look at how AI-native features can be integrated into custom tools and domain-specific IDEs.
AI:2026/06/04
⇒ Nobody needs Mythos or 0-days to build a chaos-causing computer worm – free open source models work just fine
There’s a lot of fear surrounding the bug-finding capabilities of super-advanced AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT 5.5-Cyber. But attackers are already using free, publicly available LLMs to hijack networks and worm through software supply chains at a much lower cost – to them at least.
⇒ ‘Please do not vibe f— up this software’: Broken backups spark AI coding row in rsync project
Incremental backups started failing for some rsync users after a recent update, and what they found in the project’s commit history quickly turned a routine bug hunt into yet another fight over AI-generated code.