Valuable News – 2026/08/31

Wait 5 sec.

The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the Internet I just put it here.Today the amount information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information ‘bulk’ as I already do that grep(1).The Usual Suspects section at the end is permanent and have links to other sites with interesting UNIX/BSD/Linux news.Past releases are available at the dedicated NEWS page.UNIXBhyve Inside Jail: FreeBSD Feature Nobody Uses.https://blog.hofstede.it/bhyve-inside-a-jail-the-freebsd-feature-nobody-uses/FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Now Available.https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2026-August/004288.htmlFreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Released with Several Security Fixes.https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.5-RC1Why is This Running witr(1) Tool to Trace any Process/Port/Container/File.https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witrGSoC 2026 Reports: Improving RAIDframe on NetBSD.https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_raidframeInstall Void Linux with ZFS Boot Environments/Hibernation/Encryption.https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/22/void-linux-zfs-hibernation-guide/VirtIO GPU QEMU/UTM Display Driver for FreeBSD Guests so Xorg/Xlibre Use xf86-video-scfb Dirver.https://gitlab.com/tgasiba/virtio_gpu_qemuPowercool 1000VA and 850VA UPS on FreeBSD with NUT.https://forums.sheridancomputers.com/t/powercool-1000va-and-850va-ups-on-freebsd-with-nut/185New FreeBSD Compatible wifi-tui Tool to Scan/Conenct/Manage WiFi Networks.https://github.com/hirechbaghdad/wifi-tui/GParted or Partition Manager for FreeBSD.https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/gparted-partition-manager.103693/There is No Linux Admin.https://vivianvoss.net/blog/no-linux-adminFreeBSD facl(8) Tool to Manage NFSv4 ACLs.https://github.com/olgeni/faclFreeBSD zfs-allow(8) Tool to Manage ZFS Delegated Administration.https://github.com/olgeni/zfs-allowFreeBSD zfs-set(8) Tool to Manage ZFS Dataset Properties.https://github.com/olgeni/zfs-setFreeBSD zpool-set(8) Tool to Manage ZFS Pool Properties.https://github.com/olgeni/zpool-setHardware Acceleration on FreeBSD 14.4 i386.https://reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1vyez95/hardware_acceleration_on_freebsd_144_i386/Run OpenBSD on DigitalOcean for $4 per Month.https://nil.wallyjones.com/run-openbsd-on-digitalocean-for-4month/What Happens When You Connect to Starbucks WiFi.https://nil.wallyjones.com/what-happens-when-you-connect-to-starbucks-wi-fi/Sylve 0.3.0 Released.https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve/releases/tag/v0.3.0What Shell am I Using?https://nil.wallyjones.com/what-shell-am-i-using/FreeBSD Foundation Intern Jim Huang Chen on Raspberry Pi Support and Open Source.https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-intern-jim-huang-chen-on-raspberry-pi-support-and-open-source/Sylve – Modern Virtualization Solution.https://tomsitcafe.com/2026/07/24/sylve-a-modern-virtualization-solution/Postgres pgbot(1) Intelligence for AI Agents and Apps.https://github.com/pgrundev/pgbotLenovo XClarity Administrator in FreeBSD Bhyve VM.https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/lenovo-xclarity-administrator-in-freebsd-bhyve-vm/BSDnas is Community Fork that Continues TrueNAS CORE on Current FreeBSD.https://bsdnas.com/WebZFS is Modern Web Interface for ZFS Administration.https://webzfs.com/FreeCORE Descends from FreeNAS/TrueNAS CORE and Builds on FreeBSD and OpenZFS.https://freecore.org/Challenges in Bringing AMD ROCm to FreeBSD.https://phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-FreeBSD-Intern-Reportf3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD – Part 10 – New Home.https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-09-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-10.htmlSandbox Inside the Jail.https://vivianvoss.net/blog/sandbox-inside-the-jailWhat Isolation Actually Costs.https://vivianvoss.net/blog/isolation-costsBSD Weekly – Issue 293.https://bsdweekly.com/issues/293Enabling TRIM on LUKS Encrypted SSD on Linux.https://forums.sheridancomputers.com/t/enabling-trim-on-a-luks-encrypted-ssd-on-arch-linux/186UNIX/Audio/VideoBSD Now 678: Ceiling Cat Has Another Meaning.https://www.bsdnow.tv/678HardwarePINE64 Partially Halts Production Due to Memory Shortage.https://heise.de/en/news/PINE64-partially-halts-production-due-to-memory-shortage-11423218.htmlCommodore 77.https://commodore.net/store/commodore64/MNT Station Modular and Open Hardware Desktop/Server Computer.https://crowdsupply.com/mnt-research/mnt-stationMotorola GrapheneOS Phones Will Launch in 2027 Pricier than Pixelshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/motorolas-grapheneos-phones-will-launch-in-2027-priced-higher-than-pixels/Samsung New P9 USB4 SSD Promises 4000MB/s.https://dpreview.com/news/step-aside-t9-samsungs-new-p9-usb4-drive-delivers-4-000mb-s-for-photo-workflows/LifeHow Much of Internet is Written With AI?https://pewresearch.org/data-labs/2026/08/20/how-much-of-the-internet-is-written-with-ai/Meet Eliza Zhang – Book Scanner at Internet Archive.https://blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/meet-eliza-zhang-book-scanner-and-viral-video-star/Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything is Starting to Look the Same.https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperature-zero-for-culture-whyOtherHeroes ]|[ Remake – Gameplay Overview Trailer with Commentary.https://youtube.com/watch?v=i9RahV1tj50ReactOS 0.4.16 Released with New Graphical Installer and Better Hardware Support.https://phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-0.4.16-ReleasedAptivi Weekly Tech News 2026/08/29.https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/aptivi-weekly-tech-news-issue-13-week-35-8-29-2026/Lazy Reading for 2026/08/30.https://dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/30/lazy-reading-for-2026-08-30/Making My Dream City Builder – Part 1 – Parcels.https://youtube.com/watch?v=4heM4MqK82wMaking My Dream City Builder – Part 2 – Traffic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqK5wOGpfUMaking My Dream City Builder – Part 3 – City Simulation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NvNp9QXMCMUsual SuspectsBSD Weekly.https://bsdweekly.com/DiscoverBSD.https://discoverbsd.com/BSDSec.https://bsdsec.net/DragonFly BSD Digest.https://dragonflydigest.com/FreeBSD Patch Level Table.https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/FreeBSD End of Life Date.https://endoflife.date/freebsdPhoronix BSD News Archives.https://phoronix.com/linux/BSDOpenBSD Journal.https://undeadly.org/Call for Testing.https://callfortesting.org/Call for Testing – Production Users Call.https://youtube.com/@callfortesting/videosBSD Now Weekly Podcast.https://www.bsdnow.tv/Nixers Newsletter.https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.phpBSD Cafe Journal.https://journal.bsd.cafe/DragonFly BSD Digest – Lazy Reading – In Other BSDs.https://dragonflydigest.comBSDTV.https://bsky.app/profile/bsdtv.bsky.socialFreeBSD Git Weekly.https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/FreeBSD Meetings.https://youtube.com/@freebsdmeetingsBSDJedi.https://youtube.com/@BSDJedi/videosRoboNuggie.https://youtube.com/@RoboNuggie/videosGaryHTech.https://youtube.com/@GaryHTech/videosSheridan Computers.https://youtube.com/@sheridans/videos82MHz.https://82mhz.net/EOF