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interesThings Newsletter - June 2026

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ZFS vs Ceph: Do You Actually Need Ceph?
https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-vs-ceph-do-you-actually-need-ceph/

Code That Built Internet – Impact of BSD – Part 1
https://lpi.org/blog/2026/06/19/code-that-built-the-internet-the-impact-of-bsd-part-1/

Some Nostalgia for Gentoo Veterans
https://shlomifish.org/humour/by-others/funroll-loops/Gentoo-is-Rice.html

JFrog Security Research Analyzed Shai-Hulud Affecting 96 Red Hat Cloud Services npm(1) Packages
https://research.jfrog.com/post/shai-hulud-miasma-redhat-cloud-services/

Where Unix Runs Today
https://vivianvoss.net/blog/where-unix-runs-today

Native inotify(7) in FreeBSD
https://klarasystems.com/articles/native-inotify-in-freebsd/

Do Not Make ZFS Re-Read What It Just Read
https://oshogbo.com/blog/89/

Serena – Modern Operating System for AMIGA Computers
https://github.com/dplanitzer/Serena

Port Knocking and SSH Tarpit on FreeBSD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Oyo2vVkGEs

2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Steampunk, 360 O-Scope Does It With Tubes
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/2026-frikkin-lasers-contest-steampunk-360-o-scope-does-it-with-tubes/

Commodore Unveils Linux Powered Flip Phone
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/18/commodore-unveils-linux-powered-flip-phone/

Download Darwin BSD 8.0.1 ISO file
https://drsaracco.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/download-darwin-bsd-8-0-1-iso-file/

FreeBSD Foundationals: The Boot Process - From the Loader to Boot Environments
https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-the-boot-process-from-the-loader-to-boot-environments/

IPv6 Foundations: The Internet Protocol You Should Already Be Using
https://blog.hofstede.it/ipv6-foundations-the-internet-protocol-you-should-already-be-using/

Millennial computers: how generation Y grew up with C64, Amiga, Atari, Apple and Windows – GenerationAmiga.com
https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/06/14/millennial-computers-how-generation-y-grew-up-with-c64-amiga-atari-apple-and-windows/

Skip The Embedded Filesystem With The TAR-like UTFS Format
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/skip-the-embedded-filesystem-with-the-tar-like-utfs-format/

Starting my own Autonomous System for Fun
https://www.apalrd.net/projects/asn/

Which Copyleft Licence is Suitable for an SVG?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/which-copyleft-licence-is-suitable-for-an-svg/

ZeroFS Turns S3 Buckets Into Linux Filesystems and Block Devices
https://linuxiac.com/zerofs-turns-s3-buckets-into-linux-filesystems-and-block-devices/

OpenSMTPD is Mail Server for Future
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/time_for_opensmtpd.html

interesThings Newsletter - March 2026

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

KDE Plasma 6.6 is Not Forcing systemd(1) but Arguments Rage On
https://theregister.com/2026/02/24/kde_plasma_66/

How QEMU Accelerator Works
https://dumrich.github.io/GSoC25-Blog/posts/qemu-accel/

Bhyve Part 1.
https://dumrich.github.io/GSoC25-Blog/posts/bhyve-part-1/

Bhyve Part 2.
https://dumrich.github.io/GSoC25-Blog/posts/bhyve-part-2/

Bhyve Part 3.
https://dumrich.github.io/GSoC25-Blog/posts/bhyve-part-3/

Git Fundamentals
https://dumrich.github.io/GSoC25-Blog/posts/git-fundamentals/

Upgrading My Open Source Pi Surveillance Server with Frigate
https://jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/upgrading-my-open-source-pi-surveillance-server-frigate/

What is a DNS Twin and Why Your Primary Name Matters
https://blog.doma.xyz/what-is-a-dns-twin-and-why-your-primary-name-matters/

RootViz: New Root DNS Reachability Dashboard
https://labs.ripe.net/author/giovane_moura/rootviz-new-root-dns-reachability-dashboard/

Mapping The Sound Field Of An Acoustic Levitator
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/12/mapping-the-sound-field-of-an-acoustic-levitator/

OS/2 Never Went Away. Its Successor Has Received An Update
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/os-2-never-went-away-its-successor-has-received-an-update/

Enjoying Music Applications with Amiga 500 v1.3 System in 2026
https://www.epsilonsworld.com/2026/03/enjoying-music-applications-with-amiga.html

FreeBSDKit: Swift Package to Write Capability Aware FreeBSD Apps
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/03/freebsdkit-swift-package-write-capability-aware-freebsd-apps/

TinyGate is Lightweight Cross Platform HTTP/HTTPS Reverse Proxy
https://github.com/sibexico/TinyGate/tree/dev

Arkime 6 Open Source Network Analysis/Packet Capture Tool with FreeBSD Support
https://arkime.com/release-v6

Ternary RISC Processor Achieves Non-Binary Computing Via FPGA
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/16/ternary-risc-processor-achieves-non-binary-computing-via-fpga/

Inside the MacBook Neo
https://512pixels.net/2026/03/inside-the-macbook-neo/

It’s the vibe of systemd
https://rubenerd.com/its-the-vibe-of-systemd/

GNOME 50 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New
https://linuxiac.com/gnome-50-desktop-environment-released/

The story of OpenBSD on Motorola 88000 series processors
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260325122415

Elive is alive! Elive Retrowave 3.8.50 LTS Linux distro released nearly seven years after last stable version
https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/elive-retrowave-3-8-50/

Fugazi, Steve Albini e il capolavoro nato da uno sbaglio
https://www.lindipendente.online/2026/03/15/fugazi-steve-albini-e-il-capolavoro-nato-da-uno-sbaglio/

interesThings Newsletter - January 2026

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Regrowing Teeth Might Not Be Science Fiction Anymore
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/regrowing-teeth-might-not-be-science-fiction-anymore/

Idiots at GNOME and Firefox Consider Disabling X11 Middle Click Paste by Default
https://phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Firefox-MiddleClick-Paste

AmiGUS sound card on my Amiga 3000
https://www.epsilonsworld.com/2026/01/amigus-sound-card-on-my-amiga-3000.html

Haiku OS Pulls in Updated Drivers Ffrom FreeBSD 15
https://phoronix.com/news/Haiku-December-2025

Let’s Encrypt Launches IP Address Certificates With 6-Day Lifetimes
https://www.designboom.com/technology/bose-recycles-discontinued-wireless-speakers-open-source-01-09-2026/

The libvirt 12.0 Released – Bhyve ARM64 Support and Other Improvements for FreeBSD Hypervisor
https://phoronix.com/news/libvirt-12.0

cyber pet for homes with stretchable neck shows playful emotions using interactive display
https://www.designboom.com/technology/cyber-pet-homes-stretchable-neck-shows-emotions-interactive-display-olloni-ces-2026-01-08-2026/

bose recycles discontinued wireless speakers by making them open-source
https://www.designboom.com/technology/bose-recycles-discontinued-wireless-speakers-open-source-01-09-2026/

IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 199 released
https://www.ipfire.org/blog/ipfire-2-29-core-update-199-released

Samba Shares Not Discovered On Windows 11
https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/11/samba-not-discovered-windows/

Bringing A Yagi Antenna to 915MHz LoRa
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/bringing-a-yagi-antenna-to-915mhz-lora/

It’s Time To Make A Major Change to D-Bus On Linux
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/its-time-to-make-a-major-change-to-d-bus-on-linux/

Rectal Oxygenation Could Save Your Life One Day
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/rectal-oxygenation-could-save-your-life-one-day/

One million (small web) screenshots
https://screenshots.nry.me/

Devuan 6.1 Point Release Ships With Debian 13.2 Updates
https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-1-point-release-ships-with-debian-13-2-updates/

Print Your Own Standardized Wire Spool Storage
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/print-your-own-standardized-wire-spool-storage/

olin petzold hides minimalist ‘casetta tessino’ treehouse in the woods of switzerland
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/olin-petzold-minimalist-casetta-tessino-treehouse-woods-switzerland-01-05-2025/

Schematics Detailing What Looks Like the Mythical PowerBook G5 Have Appeared
https://512pixels.net/2026/01/powerbook-g5-schematics/

Introducing LEGO® SMART Play™: Bringing your creations to life
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2026/december/lego-smart-play-announcement

ASUS Debuts ROG WiFi 8 Router and First Real-World WiFi 8 Performance Test
https://press.asus.com/news/press-releases/asus-rog-wifi-8-router/

MiDesktop (KDE1 fork) Development Preview Release
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1q17svp/midesktop_kde1_fork_development_preview_release/

The Setun Was a Ternary Computer from the USSR in 1958
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/

Convert your Chromebook into an Ultrabook!
https://docs.chrultrabook.com/

Introducing the Fyra SuzyQ Board
https://blog.fyralabs.com/suzyq-announcement/

PiStorm68K Offers Supercharged Retro Amiga Experience
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/pistorm68k-offers-supercharged-retro-amiga-experience/

Debian Urgently Seeks Volunteers After Data Protection Team Resigns
https://linuxiac.com/debian-urgently-seeks-volunteers-after-data-protection-team-resigns/

Open science e research security: trovare il giusto equilibrio
https://www.roars.it/open-science-e-research-security-trovare-il-giusto-equilibrio/

terracotta tiles clad wild souls clean-eating venue’s exterior by studiomateriality in athens
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/terracotta-tiles-wild-souls-clean-eating-venue-exterior-studiomateriality-athens-01-07-2026/

interesThings Newsletter - September 2024

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:45:02 +0200

News

Eurekalabria - idee in connessione
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eurekalabria_eurekalabria-ideeinconnessione-itnog-activity-7249441310523215872-bdMC/

AMD and FreeBSD Begin Collaborating Over OS Improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Q2-2024-Improvements

Make AMIGA Great Again
https://keasigmadelta.com/blog/help-make-amiga-great-again/

Fedora 41 beta arrives, neck-and-neck with Ubuntu – but with a different focus
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/09/27/fedora_41_beta/

GNOME 47 brings back some customization options, but let’s not go crazy
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/09/30/gnome_47/

Unix

Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery
https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-08-08/linux-load-averages.html

Automating ZFS Snapshots for Peace of Mind
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/08/21/automating-zfs-snapshots-for-peace-of-mind/

FreeBSD Containers on macOS
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/freebsd-containers-macos-david-chisnall/

Windows NT vs. UNIX – Design Comparison
https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/windows-nt-vs-unix-design

Apple Open Source Roots – BSD Heritage Behind macOS and iOS
https://thenewstack.io/apples-open-source-roots-the-bsd-heritage-behind-macos-and-ios/

Networking

Adding ONT Huawei HG8245 on Huawei MA5800
https://ixnfo.com/en/adding-ont-huawei-hg8245-on-huawei-ma5800.html

Best OPNsense Plugins to Enhance Your Firewall
https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2024/07/best-opnsense-plugins-to-enhance-your-firewall/?hss_channel=lcp-940332#h-user-enhancement-plugins

HardenedBSD and Protectli Collaborates for Censorship and Surveillance Resistant Mesh Network
https://hardenedbsd.org/article/shawn-webb/2024-09-23/hardenedbsd-and-protectli-collaborates-censorship-and-surveillance

Hardware

If HDMI screen rips aren’t good enough for you pirates, DeCENC is another way to beat web video DRM
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/09/12/cenc_encryption_stream_attack/

Heart of glass: Human genome stored for ’eternity’ in 5D memory crystal
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/09/21/human_genome_5d_memory_crystal/

Software

OneFileLinux: A tiny recovery distro that fits snugly in your EFI system partition
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/onefilelinux_esp_distro/
https://github.com/zhovner/OneFileLinux/

Small Compendium of Fediverse Platforms I Use
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/12/a-small-compendium-of-fediverse-platforms-i-use/

Wonderful vi
https://world.hey.com/dhh/wonderful-vi-a1d034d3

Various

24 pubblicità del passato che oggi verrebbero censurate
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2015/03/24-pubblicita-del-passato-che-oggi.html

Piracy Shield 2.0 (a.k.a. come non approcciare i problemi)
https://youtu.be/7VfjDdSHdX0?si=BjEw5j0VedqaS8e0

Legge antipirateria, il Senato tira dritto e approva gli emendamenti concordemente contestati da tutti gli internet provider italiani
https://www.aiip.it/legge-antipirateria-il-senato-tira-dritto-e-approva-gli-emendamenti-concordemente-contestati-da-tutti-gli-internet-provider-italiani/

“Vedere” come è fatto il mantello terrestre: 1200 metri di crosta oceanica carotati vicino alla dorsale medio-atlantica!
http://aldopiombino.blogspot.com/2024/09/vedere-come-e-fatto-il-mantello.html

Maiorca, un ponte sommerso di 5600 anni fa riscrive la Storia
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2024/09/maiorca-un-ponte-sommerso-di-5600-anni.html

L’alcol per gli Antichi: Le bevande più antiche del mondo
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2018/09/lalcol-per-gli-antichi-le-bevande-piu.html