411: FreeBSD Deep Dive
Unix System Architecture Evolution, Deep Dive into FreeBSD’s Strengths, how developers chose names, OPNsense 21.1.7 released, Support for chdir(2) in posix_spawn(3), vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder, OpenBSD’s IATA airport code file, and more This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) Headlines The Evolution of the Unix System Architecture (https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20210618/index.html) • Full IEEE article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8704965 Deep Diving Into the Strengths of FreeBSD (https://klarasystems.com/articles/deep-diving-into-the-strengths-of-freebsd/) Interesting read on how Developers choose Names (https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07487) News Roundup OPNsense 21.1.7 released (https://opnsense.org/opnsense-21-1-7-released/) Support for chdir(2) in posix_spawn(3) (http://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/support_for_chdir_2_in) vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder (https://github.com/punktDe/vagrant-freebsd-boxbuilder) OpenBSD has a file with 3-letter IATA airport codes (https://twitter.com/jpmens/status/1408825989174546434?s=28) Beastie Bits Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions lyubo - ipfw question (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/411/feedback/lyubo%20-%20ipfw%20question.md) michael - a netbsd story (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/411/feedback/michael%20-%20a%20netbsd%20story.md) sven - a dogs garage (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/411/feedback/sven%20-%20a%20dogs%20garage.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) ***