2014-09-20

Low on the source links this week, but there’s plenty else.

TrueOS, CD-sized.  Warning: lots of ads on that page.  (via)

FreeBSD with a swap file instead of a swap partition.  (via)

FreeNAS in VMWare Workstation, part 1.  Lots of screenshots, little explanation.  (via)

FreeBSD 10.1 Beta 1 is available.

A summary of the OpenBSD GSoC systemd compatibility program.

DiscoverBSD news summary for 2014/09/15.

Minix 3.3, with NetBSD userland and pkgsrc.

pkgsrc is now frozen in preparation for pkgsrc-2014Q3.

A pkgsrc pbulk cwrappers test.

PC-BSD gains pc-sysconfig, a system configuration utility.

Lumina supports OpenBSD now too.

FreeBSD has upgraded to OpenPAM “Ourouparia”.

OpenBSD has dropped sendmail.

openbsd-misc@ had discussion about low-power servers, with the APU mentioned often.  (see below for update)

From this thread, this javascript program will get you web video instead of Flash on many sites.

From talk@nycbug, some cheap BSD laptop ideas.  (look for “Cheap Laptops…” thread)

Update: from talk@nycbug, George Rosamond gives a nice APU setup summary.

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