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interesThings Newsletter - July 2026

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, Kernel 6.19
https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2026-2-released-with-gnome-50-kde-plasma-6-6-kernel-6-19/

Hacking A Reverse Osmosis Water Filter Through Its Smart Faucet
https://hackaday.com/2026/06/30/hacking-a-reverse-osmosis-water-filter-through-its-smart-faucet/

FreeBSD vs Linux: Eternal Open Source Showdown
https://roethof.net/posts/2025/07/freebsd-vs-linux-comparison/

Understanding /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin Split [2010]
https://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html

Sylve 0.3.0 Adds Lightweight PF Firewall and WireGuard Manager
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@hayzam/116487611925742119

XLibre - Fork of Xorg - Has Yet Another Major New Release
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PK4szC2OPeY

Municipal Tokens as Urban Policy Tools: The Case of LVGA and the MyLugano App
https://www.p2pfisy.com/research-papers/municipal-tokens-as-urban-policy-tools-the-case-of-lvga-and-the-mylugano-app

UDP Broadcasting and Easily Finding Network Services
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/01/udp-broadcasting-and-easily-finding-network-services/

Rendering AT protocol posts on my /feed
https://piccalil.li/projects/personal-site/7/?ref=main-rss-feed

A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks
https://labs.ripe.net/author/remco-van-mook/a-farewell-to-arps-ipv4-service-on-ipv6-only-networks/

ArtfulType, a Markdown Editor for 68k Macs
https://512pixels.net/2026/07/artfultype-68k/

AT&T and Ericsson Turn 5G Towers Into a Drone Detection Network
https://nerds.xyz/2026/07/att-ericsson-5g-towers-drone-detection-network/

Debian Linux 13.6 Is Here With a Serious Secure Boot Warning You Should Not Ignore
https://nerds.xyz/2026/07/debian-linux-13-6/

dmdutra/bsdmail: A Simple Way to Deploy Your Own Mail Server on FreeBSD
https://github.com/sizeofnull/bsdmail

Experimental BSDun Kernel Module Runs FreeBSD Binaries on Linux
https://linuxiac.com/experimental-bsdun-kernel-module-runs-freebsd-binaries-on-linux/

h-m-m: Hackers Mind Map
https://github.com/nadrad/h-m-m

GitLab on FreeBSD
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/gitlab-on-freebsd/

How To Rebuild An 1800s Victorian Leclanche Cell
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/how-to-rebuild-an-1800s-victorian-leclanche-cell/

How to Turn a Smart TV Into an Almost Full-Fledged Linux Workstation
https://dev.to/xenonxe54/how-to-turn-a-smart-tv-into-an-almost-full-fledged-linux-workstation-4415

Linux Fu: The Local Phonebook
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/08/linux-fu-the-local-phonebook/

macOS 28 Will Remove Support for Encrypted HFS+ Volumes
https://512pixels.net/2026/07/macos-28-will-remove-support-for/

Performance Improvements For Open-Source 80386
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/performance-improvements-for-open-source-80386/

Sony Erases Digital Content From Libraries; We’re Reminded We Do Not Own What We Buy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/sony-erases-digital-content-from-libraries-were-reminded-we-dont-own-what-we-buy

The Atari Jaguar Runs Linux
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/07/the-atari-jaguar-runs-linux/

When Internet Traffic Becomes a Physical Event
https://labs.ripe.net/author/flavio_luciani_1/when-internet-traffic-becomes-a-physical-event/

Chernobyl’s Forgotten Internet | Chornobyl Uncharted Ep 33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZKw2H6d1SU

When and What Should I Be Logging?
https://blog.sentry.io/logging-best-practices/

My Home Assistant Setup: bhyve, FreeBSD Jails, Zigbee, Homematic, and Matter over Thread
https://blog.hofstede.it/my-home-assistant-setup-bhyve-freebsd-jails-zigbee-homematic-and-matter-over-thread/

The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired, Freeing DivX and Xvid Worldwide
https://linuxiac.com/the-last-mpeg-4-visual-patent-has-expired/

Wholesale .IO registration cost increasing to $56 - Domain Name Wire
https://domainnamewire.com/2026/07/21/io-price-increase/

How Early SunOS Did Diskless Workstations Before NFS
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/SunOSDisklessWithoutNFS

Beyond Origin Validation: Four Classes of Routing Attack Nobody Is Validating
https://labs.ripe.net/author/antonio-prado/beyond-origin-validation-four-classes-of-routing-attack-nobody-is-validating/

PVE-UPS: A Proxmox SNMP UPS Shutdown Service
https://www.derekseaman.com/2026/07/pve-ups-a-proxmox-snmp-ups-shutdown-service.html

JOPDF Offers Linux Users Free, Full-Featured PDF Editing
https://linuxiac.com/jopdf-offers-linux-users-free-full-featured-pdf-editing/

Meet Shadowfetch Linux, a New Debian-Based Distro Built Around Local AI
https://linuxiac.com/meet-shadowfetch-linux-a-new-debian-based-distro-built-around-local-ai/

Wine 11.14 Brings New WoW64 Mode to FreeBSD
https://linuxiac.com/wine-11-14-brings-new-wow64-mode-to-freebsd/

FreeBSD Just Removed The Last Of Its GPL-Licensed Code
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/freebsd-just-removed-the-last-of-its-gpl-licensed-code/

Beyond Origin Validation Four Classes of Routing Attack Nobody Is Validating
https://blog.lacnic.net/en/origin-validation/

interesThings Newsletter - May 2025

Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Running around HTTP firewalls.
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/running-around-firewalls.md

The strange case of ICMP Type 69 on Linux.
https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/linux-icmp-type-69

A historic “laptop” from 1983!
https://retrocomputingarchive.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-historic-laptop-from-1983.html

The unreleased Commodore HHC-4’s secret identity.
https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-unreleased-commodore-hhc-4s-secret.html

Birth of Unix.
https://itsfoss.com/birth-of-unix/

10 Hidden Linux Commands Every Sysadmin Should Know.
https://tecmint.com/hidden-linux-commands/

Intro to DeepSeek Distributed 3FS File System.
https://maknee.github.io/blog/2025/3FS-Performance-Journal-1/

FrysIX eVPN: Think Different.
https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2025/04/09/frysix-evpn-think-different/

ZFS File retention: No way back - and other topics.
https://www.c0t0d0s0.org/blog/nowayback.html

Incus for Containers and VMs: A Powerful Proxmox Alternative? A Step-by-Step Guide to build a Cluster.
https://gyptazy.com/incus-for-containers-and-vms-a-powerful-proxmox-alternative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-build-a-cluster/

Rybbit Open Source and Privacy Friendly Alternative to Google Analytics.
https://github.com/rybbit-io/rybbit

Curse of Knowing How or Fixing Everything.
https://notashelf.dev/posts/curse-of-knowing

IPv6 – Part 1 – Everything I Need to Know About IPv6 Addresses.
https://freebsd.uw.cz/2025/05/everything-i-need-to-know-about-ipv6.html

IPv6 – Part 2 – IPv6 Configuration in FreeBSD.
https://freebsd.uw.cz/2025/05/ipv6-configuration-in-freebsd.html

Meet plwm – X11 Window Manager Written in Prolog.
https://github.com/Seeker04/plwm

Il sonno bifasico. Gli antichi non dormivano mai otto ore di fila.
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2019/04/il-sonno-bifasico-gli-antichi-non.html

interesThings Newsletter - February 2025

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Science

Scientists Produced a Particle of Light That Simultaneously Accessed 37 Different Dimensions
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63626808/37-dimensions-quantum-mechanics/

Imitati i processi biologici usando neuroni sintetici
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2025/02/imitati-i-processi-biologici-usando.html

finalmente in rete l’energia prodotta dal reattore EPR di Flamanville: considerazioni sulla localizzazione di eventuali nuovi impianti e sul dibattito povero di contenuti fra favorevoli e contrari al nucleare
http://aldopiombino.blogspot.com/2025/01/finalmente-in-rete-lenergia-prodotta.html

Software

Internals of PostgreSQL
https://interdb.jp/pg/index.html

ZSTD 1.5.7 Pushing Compression Performance Even Further
https://phoronix.com/news/Zstd-Zstandard-1.5.7

Use Tmux on Linux
https://kingtam.win/archives/tmux-1.html

OpenWrt 24.10.0 – First Stable Release
https://openwrt.org/releases/24.10/notes-24.10.0

SixOS – NixOS without systemd(1) at 38C3
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gSW3YJ8uyBI

ZFS RAIDZ Expansion Finally in OpenZFS 2.3.0
https://cyberciti.biz/linux-news/zfs-raidz-expansion-finally-here-in-version-2-3-0/

Hardware

Can Cheap Mini PC with FreeBSD 14 Outperform MacBook M1 Pro?
https://interfacecraft.online/posts/blog/2025/can-cheap-minipc-with-freebsd-14-outperform-macbook-pro-m1-pro/

New Pocket NAS with 4x M.2 NVMe and Inṭel N150 CPU and 2x i226-V 2.5G GE Ports
https://amazon.com/FakestarPC-Firewall-2xi226-V-2xUSB3-2-Computer/dp/B0DWMWQ2CT

Lilbits: Emulating x86 Windows and Linux on macOS, Apple’s 2025 plans leaked, and Microsoft REALLY wants you to stop using Windows 10
https://liliputing.com/lilbits-emulating-x86-windows-and-linux-on-macos-apples-2025-plans-leaked-and-microsoft-really-wants-you-to-stop-using-windows-10/

BSD

Installing FuryBSD and Feeling Like Newbie
https://eggflix.foolbazar.eu/w/23bca701-d213-4506-abd3-9c2cc195bd32

Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP
https://klarasystems.com/articles/core-infrastructure-why-you-need-to-control-your-ntp/

Palemoon Web Browser for FreeBSD
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vFmO7u3XscU

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD: Hybrid Distribution Combining Linux and FreeBSD
https://undercodetesting.com/debian-gnu-kfreebsd-a-hybrid-distribution-combining-linux-and-freebsd/

Running Docker on FreeBSD
https://notes.icaksh.my.id/posts/docker-on-freebsd/

Introducing Framework Desktop
https://frame.work/hr/en/blog/introducing-the-framework-desktop

Yet Another SysAdmin – FreeBSD Resources
https://jhx7.de/blog/freebsd-resources/

Building Fault Tolerant Reverse Proxy with FreeBSD
https://subnetspider.com/2025/01/22/building-a-fault-tolerant-reverse-proxy-with-freebsd.html

UNIX

Standards for ANSI Escape Codes
https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/03/07/escape-code-standards/

Gather the S.M.A.R.T. information from the disks and send an email via ssmtp
https://kingtam.win/archives/ssmtp.html

PCT Command Line Tool for LXC Containers in Proxmox VE (PVE)
https://kingtam.win/archives/pct-command.html

Life

Ultimate Personal Security Checklist
https://digital-defense.io/

La lumaca è un grande maestro zen
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2016/06/la-lumaca-e-un-grande-maestro-zen.html

Riti di stregoneria siciliana: L’acqua maritata
https://centrostudiomisteritaliani.com/2025/03/09/riti-di-stregoneria-siciliana-lacqua-maritata/

Gli anni ’60: il Cammino di una Generazione attraverso la Volontà, la Saggezza, l’Amore e l’Illusione
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2025/02/gli-anni-60-il-cammino-di-una.html

FFmpeg By Example
https://ffmpegbyexample.com/

Networking

Routing IPv6 Through Wireguard With MikroTik and Debian
https://labs.ripe.net/author/wido-den-hollander/routing-ipv6-through-wireguard-with-mikrotik-and-debian/

I Bought Container of Chinese Electric Excavators. Here is What Showed Up
https://electrek.co/2025/02/03/i-bought-a-container-full-of-chinese-electric-excavators-heres-what-showed-up/

DNS

Controlling Your Core Infrastructure: DNS
https://klarasystems.com/articles/controlling-core-infrastructure-dns-server-setup/

How to configure Unbound with DNSSEC validation on FreeBSD 9.0
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/23/how-to-configure-unbound-with-dnssec-validation-on-freebsd-9-0/

How to run OpenDNSSEC with NSD on FreeBSD 9.0
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/19/how-to-run-opendnssec-with-nsd-on-freebsd-9-0/

How to run NSD with DNSSEC on Ubuntu 11.10
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/16/how-to-run-nsd-with-dnssec-on-ubuntu-11-10/

How to run master NSD on FreeBSD 10.0
https://www.prado.it/2014/08/20/how-to-run-master-nsd-on-freebsd-10-0/

How to run master and slave NSD on FreeBSD 9.0
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/19/how-to-run-master-and-slave-nsd-on-freebsd-9-0/

How to configure master and slave NSD on Ubuntu 11.10
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/14/how-to-configure-master-and-slave-nsd-on-ubuntu-11-10/

How to configure Unbound on Ubuntu 11.10
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/14/how-to-configure-unbound-on-ubuntu-11-10/

How to run master and slave YADIFA on FreeBSD 9.0
https://www.prado.it/2012/04/20/how-to-run-master-and-slave-yadifa-on-freebsd-9-0/

in italian

Guida ragionata all’implemantazione del DNSSEC

prima parte https://blog.reissromoli.com/2020/06/dnssec-I.html
seconda parte https://blog.reissromoli.com/2020/09/dnssec-II.html
terza parte https://blog.reissromoli.com/2020/10/dnssec-III.html
quarta parte https://blog.reissromoli.com/2020/10/dnssec-iv.html

interesThings Newsletter - June 2024

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Cybersec

TeamViewer can’t bring itself to say someone broke into its network – but it happened
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/28/teamviewer_network_breach/

Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain
https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/

World News

A che punto è la Grande Muraglia Verde dell’Africa contro la desertificazione
http://crepanelmuro.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-che-punto-e-la-grande-muraglia-verde.html

Winamp Source Code Will Be Available on September 24
https://twitter.com/winamp/status/1791121664689725683

Hardware

Openterface Mini-KVM Crowd Supply
https://www.crowdsupply.com/techxartisan/openterface-mini-kvm

Unix

Understanding HTTP Server by implementing in Python
http://muhammadraza.me/2024/building-http-server/

postmarketOS: v24.06: The One With Over 250 Devices
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/06/16/v24.06-release/

Proxmox vs FreeBSD: Which Virtualization Host Performs Better?
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/06/10/proxmox-vs-freebsd-which-virtualization-host-performs-better/

Rebuilding Proxmox Backup Server from Backups
https://www.apalrd.net/posts/2024/pbs_rebuild/

Alpine Linux Installer for ZFS as root and ZFSBootMenu for ZFS Boot Environments
https://github.com/psy0rz/alpinebox

Install Alpine Linux on FreeBSD Jail
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/01/18/installing-alpine-linux-on-a-freebsd-jail/

interesThings Newsletter - September 2023

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:45:02 +0200

News

NAV 5.7.1 released
https://nav.uninett.no/blog/2023/09/nav-5.7.1-released/

How the Cult of the Dead Cow plans to save the internet
https://cyberscoop.com/cult-of-the-dead-cow-veilid/

Una giungla d’antenne nella Capitale, Roma individua 1.131 siti sensibili
https://oasisana.com/2023/09/22/una-giungla-dantenne-in-citta-roma-individua-1-131-siti-sensibili-elenco/

Networking

Huawei MA5800 – Configuration Backup Script
https://ixnfo.com/en/huawei-ma5800-configuration-backup-script.html

Make your own VPN – FreeBSD, Wireguard, ipv6 and ad-blocking included
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/09/23/make-your-own-vpn-freebsd-wireguard-ipv6-and-ad-blocking-included/

How SNMP works? Learn about MIB, OID, Trap, Polling, Agent
https://bestmonitoringtools.com/what-is-snmp-protocol-learn-step-by-step-manager-agent-mib-oid/

How to Import MIB to Zabbix: A Step-by-Step Guide
https://bestmonitoringtools.com/how-to-import-mib-to-zabbix-a-step-by-step-guide/

Packet Capture in Proxmox
https://www.apalrd.net/posts/2023/tip_pcap/

UNIX

Mastering curl: interactive text guide
https://antonz.org/mastering-curl/

An Introduction to Packet Filter (PF)
https://freebsdfoundation.org/resource/an-introduction-to-packet-filter-pf/

Bash Beginner Tutorial
https://linuxhandbook.com/tag/bash-beginner/

The ZMap Project
https://zmap.io

Hardware

Answering some questions about the Raspberry Pi 5
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/answering-some-questions-about-raspberry-pi-5

The journey to Raspberry Silicon
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-journey-to-raspberry-silicon/