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dragonflybsd

  1. How to upgrade pkgsrc packages: DragonFly has a page on updating pkgsrc, and so does NetBSD.  I don't think I linked... bit.ly/KRWhM about 22 hours ago via DragonFly Digest
  2. New tool: netblast: Sepherosa Ziehau has added netblast, a tool originally from FreeBSD that, if I'm read... bit.ly/LjUYVN 6:57 PM May 31st via DragonFly Digest
  3. crypt(3) and DES fix: It's possible to accidentally truncate your password when using DES encryption and 0x... bit.ly/N2e6vT 6:52 PM May 31st via DragonFly Digest
  4. BSDTalk 216: Kris Moore and PC-BSD: BSDCan 2012 spawned a lot of interviews.  We all benefit from that.  For example... bit.ly/KyFosb 7:13 PM May 30th via Tweet Button
  5. Phoronix benchmarks revisited: There were some benchmarks of DragonFly 3.0 some time ago on Phoronix.  (You may reca... bit.ly/LJsyY 1:13 PM May 30th via DragonFly Digest
  6. SIOCGIFDATA renumbered, pflogd needs recompilation: Sepherosa Ziehau has made some changes to SIOCGIFDATA, so if yo... bit.ly/LFh3N3 7:13 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  7. More Summer of Code status: Three more weekly status updates from DragonFly/GSoC students: Mihai Carabas, Vishesh ... bit.ly/Kb4gb9 7:06 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  8. Lazy Reading for 2012/05/27: Let's get right down to it: Hey, Nmap 6 is out. It's one of those always-us... bit.ly/KvSDIB 7:01 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  9. shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/ of course. I wish Twitter didn't force URL shortening when you didn't want it. 6:38 PM May 25th via web
  10. The Digest -> Twitter plugin I'm using is having some issues; if you don't see a post here and think you should, check the Digest itself. 6:32 PM May 25th via web
  11. Summer of Code project updates: Loganaden Velvindron posted a terse update on the state of his Summer of Code work f... bit.ly/Kqxcst 6:30 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
  12. BSDCan 2012 videos: The presentations from BSDCan 2012 are up in video form.  I was going to link to this in a Lazy ... bit.ly/KJeBGJ 5:24 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  13. BSDTalk 215: NetBSD update: BSDTalk 215 is out, with several NetBSD folks being interviewed at BSDCan 2012 about Net... bit.ly/Kkdq1u 7:09 AM May 24th via DragonFly Digest
  14. Have i386 DragonFly? Want to try wine?: If you have a i386 DragonFly machine, emulators/wine-devel should now work.... bit.ly/Mp0qbv 1:48 PM May 23rd via DragonFly Digest
  15. Is anyone playing these games?: John Marino proposed cutting several game demos from pkgsrc.  I don't thin... bit.ly/MoY901 1:36 PM May 23rd via DragonFly Digest
  16. acpica-unix 20110527 added: Thanks to Magliano Andrea, a new version of ACPI  has been added to Drago... bit.ly/Kkdlf9 10:16 AM May 22nd via DragonFly Digest
  17. libpthreadbroken, fixed: If you are running bleeding-edge DragonFly, libpthread was broken for a short period. ... bit.ly/JaYzE0 10:04 AM May 22nd via DragonFly Digest
  18. igb(4) added: Sepherosa Ziehau has added igb(4) version 2.2.3 direct from Intel, for support of  thei... bit.ly/K5NnMT 12:33 PM May 21st via DragonFly Digest
  19. Even better pkgsrc status: John Marino posted a report of pkgsrc-currentbuilding on DragonFly i386.  The succes... bit.ly/KfPz3E 11:28 AM May 21st via DragonFly Digest
  20. Lazy Reading for 2012/05/20: There's been so much activity this week in DragonFly that I'm havin... bit.ly/L7L8YX 7:38 AM May 20th via DragonFly Digest