Agenda
Agenda:2026/08/13
⇒ Community Day 2026: Save the date!
Community Day returns on Saturday, November 7, 2026! We learned a lot from last year’s debut event, and have exciting plans to make this one even better.
Agenda:2026/08/14
⇒ CRA Monthly Tech Talk: ORBIT Launchpad SIG Updates
We envision a future where OSS is universally trusted, secure, and reliable. Join us in making open source more secure.
AI
AI:2026/08/11
⇒ Codex in ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now in preview penguin
ChatGPT desktop app for Linux is now available in preview, bringing ChatGPT, Work, and Codex together in one native desktop experience.
AI:2026/08/12
⇒ OpenWALDO aims to blow the doors off proprietary AI training models
Contributors wanted: 167B transparent tokens have a long way to go against AI giants’ trillions
AI:2026/08/15
⇒ Overshared to an AI? Proton’s Tool Will Give You a Reality Check
Powered by Lumo, the tool turns your exported AI chat history into a personalized report of your privacy exposure.
Hardware
Hardware:2026/08/13
⇒ The Beneficial Performance Gains Running The Framework Laptop Pro 13 / Core Ultra X9 388H With Linux 7.1+
The recently launched Framework Laptop 13 Pro powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” runs well on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and other modern Linux distributions. In the case of Ubuntu 26.04 with Linux 7.0, while everything works, if upgrading to Linux 7.1 or the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is even better performance. Here are benchmarks of the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with Core Ultra X9 388H across the Linux 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 kernels.
IT
IT:2026/08/10
⇒ I finally have an Apple IIɢꜱ! Kinda
For the last few years I’ve been trying to source an IIɢꜱ, Apple’s last major hurrah for the Apple II platform, and the only 16-bit model in the lineup. I know I say this about every retrocomputer, but this was a fascinating machine.
IT:2026/08/11
⇒ Cleaning costs, or, examining the OpenBSD -fret-clean flag
I start with apologies to williewillus, calvin, and reezer on Lobste.rs. Prior to July 9, I would have agreed with you all. But it appears I was wrong. There is no need to further engage; it is clear that critique-from-within is undesirable. Which is perfectly OK, because I stepped away from being on the inside. So let’s just keep evaluating OpenBSD’s mitigations and we’ll continue to learn interesting things along the way.
⇒ FreeBSD Storage for OpenShift with Democratic CSI
Today quite different topic, using ZFS/NFS on FreeBSD as backend storage for containers/pods running on OpenShift platform.
⇒ Run Hermes on Raspberry Pi, Control It from Your Laptop
The idea is to use Raspberry Pi as an always-on Hermes backend while using it from the computer(s).
IT:2026/08/12
⇒ Attempting to reproduce the missing etcmerge from 15.0 to 15.1 upgrade
This post documents my attempt to reproduce the problem outlined in FreeBSD – /etc/pam.d/sshd was updated/overwritten – no merge attempt
⇒ Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) adds more NVIDIA GPU overclocking options
The Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) is great for making a lot of GPU tweaks simple, with a new release v0.10.0 adding new options. When using the app you get nice detailed GPU information reporting and various options to monitor your GPU directly, and for those who want to push things a bit - the power options are nice too.
- https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-gpu-configuration-and-monitoring-tool-lact-adds-more-nvidia-gpu-overclocking-options/
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/LACT-0.10-Released
⇒ Get ready to start building: The ESPHome Starter Kit is here!
Back in April during State of the Open Home 2026, we gave you a sneak peek of ESPHome’s very first official product… And after months of hard work alongside the community, the ESPHome Starter Kit is here! 🎉
IT:2026/08/13
⇒ VLC is Wrongly Blamed for Microsoft Defender’s Clumsiness
VLC takes a long time to play MP3 on Windows? Blame it on Microsoft Defender, not VLC.
⇒ BSD Now—676: 10 print “goto 10”
The Future of the FreeBSD Kernel LLDB Plugin, Stop Ruining “10 PRINT”, BoxyBSD Returns to FreeBSD, The Apple Lisa inside an FPGA, and more…
IT:2026/08/14
⇒ Move FreeBSD System Between ZFS Disks
A sysadmin details how they migrated a FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE installation from a SATA SSD to a ZFS mirror on two NVMe disks using gpart, dd, zpool attach, and detach while the system was running.
IT:2026/08/15
⇒ Custom FreeBSD UCARP Setup
A walkthrough of setting up UCARP on FreeBSD VMs to provide HA with only one IP from a limited /24 subnet, using a shared HA MAC and custom up/down scripts to move the HA IP and MAC between nodes.
⇒ Making TRAMP go 🚀
I’ve been daily driving Emacs again for a few months as my sole editor. Most things have improved to the point that I’m actually really happy, but I’ve spent much of my free time over the past few weeks struggling (mostly unsuccessfully) with TRAMP.
IT:2026/08/16
⇒ FreeBSD Home Server - Part 1: OS Install
A step-by-step guide to installing FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE, verifying checksums, creating bootable media, and configuring ZFS RAID10, networking, and system hardening before the first reboot.
⇒ Debian Marks 33rd Birthday As One Of The Oldest Maintained Linux Distros
Today marks thirty three years since the Debian Linux distribution was started by the late Ian Murdock.
- https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-33-Birthday
- https://bits.debian.org/2026/08/debian-turns-33.html
⇒ NetBSD 11!
I was holding off on discussing this until I had all my machines upgraded, but I think the news is worthy enough to mention in the interim. Everyone’s favourite OS hit version 11 at the end of July, and it’s an awesome release.
⇒ Debian Turns 33: Where It All Started for Me
On August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock announced a new Linux distribution to the world. Thirty-three years later, Debian is still here.
Release
Release:2026/08/11
⇒ OpenSSH 10.5 released
In another move that signals a new OpenBSD release is in the works, the OpenSSH project has released without fanfare its new version, OpenSSH 10.5.
Security
Security:2026/08/10
⇒ Updated GPG key for signing Firefox and Thunderbird Releases
Today, we moved to a new GPG signing subkey used to sign certain Firefox and Thunderbird artifacts (namely Linux tarballs, RPM packages, checksums files) after an unencrypted copy of the previous subkey was inadvertently committed to a private GitHub repository.
Society
Society:2026/08/10
⇒ The future is for billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe
Mark Zuckerberg muses about ‘superintelligence’ and ‘arc of human civilization’
Society:2026/08/11
⇒ CRA Readiness: A Practitioner’s Guide to Compliance
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is no longer a future regulatory discussion; it is an immediate operational reality. With the September 2026 reporting deadline rapidly approaching and full compliance required by December 2027, software manufacturers, commercial entities, open source stewards, and foundations must establish a clear, pragmatic path forward.
⇒ Modular’s Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestone
Developers await open source compiler release to dispel uncertainty following Qualcomm acquisition