A hands-on reviewer tested the AOOSTAR WTR Pro Ryzen NAS as a compact host for FreeBSD, checking build quality, storage layout and BIOS settings. The metal chassis fits a 10-inch rack, offers numbered NVMe and SATA slots for four SATA drives plus internal NVMe storage, and ships with SecureBoot disabled, easing installation of a non-proprietary OS. The reviewer noted a noisy fan and some fiddliness mounting 2.5-inch SATA drives, but otherwise found the unit well suited to running FreeBSD rather than a vendor-locked NAS OS.
tumfatig.net
· 2026-09-19
A FreeBSD contributor has implemented GRAND (Gratuitous Neighbour Advertisement), a mechanism that addresses an asymmetry in IPv6 Neighbour Discovery where a host can reach its router immediately but the router may not yet know how to reach the host. Under GRAND, the host proactively announces its new IPv6 address so the router already holds a Neighbour Cache entry before any return traffic arrives.
labs.ripe.net
· 2026-09-15
A developer describes discovering pkgsrc, NetBSD's portable package manager, and using it to build software like Emacs from source outside of NetBSD itself. The post explains that pkgsrc, forked long ago from FreeBSD's Ports collection, runs on Linux, macOS, and Solaris while keeping packages cleanly separated from the operating system's base files.
wisellama.rocks
· 2026-09-14
The FreeBSD Project has shipped version 14.5 of its operating system, offering several installer formats including a full DVD image with documentation and pre-built packages, a smaller disc1 image without packages, and a bootonly image for network-based installs. All variants can be written to USB drives for booting on amd64 machines and include a livefs rescue mode.
freebsd.org
· 2026-09-08
A FreeBSD enthusiast retired his older AMD-based Mini-ITX desktop, repurposing it for his kids, and built a replacement using a Ryzen 4750GE processor recovered from a shelved project. Rather than upgrading to a pricier AM5/DDR5 platform, he stuck with AM4 and DDR4 for cost efficiency, choosing a slightly larger Silverstone SG13 case over the older SG05 model.
vermaden.wordpress.com
· 2026-09-06
Developers are building ravynOS, a pre-alpha open-source operating system combining FreeBSD, Darwin, and Apple's open-source components. The project aims to replicate the look, feel, and app compatibility of macOS while running on general-purpose hardware without Apple's restrictions.
ravynos.com
· 2026-08-31
The FreeCORE Project has shipped version 15.0-U1, a stable update for its independently maintained fork of TrueNAS CORE 13.3. Existing TrueNAS CORE 13.3 installations can upgrade in place directly to 15.0 and then continue receiving updates through FreeCORE's own release track. The project rebases the old CORE codebase onto FreeBSD 15 and OpenZFS after iXsystems ended upstream development of TrueNAS CORE.
freecore.org
· 2026-08-30
A developer detailed a step-by-step process for running a personal website on OpenBSD hosted on DigitalOcean, using the platform's custom image upload feature to install OpenBSD's miniroot image and configuring the server with httpd and Let's Encrypt for HTTPS. The setup costs about $4.24 per month after tax, positioned as an alternative to free static hosting services like GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages.
nil.wallyjones.com
· 2026-08-25
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