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.UNIXFreeBSD Git Weekly: 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-12.https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/2026-07-06.htmlFreeBSD Git Weekly: 2026-07-13 to 2026-07-19.https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/2026-07-13.htmlFreeBSD Desktop Installer Option Working Through NVIDIA Driver Handling/Licensing.https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Desktop-Install-NVIDIAVirtual Keypunch – Make Your Personal Punch Card.https://masswerk.at/keypunch/How Early SunOS Did Diskless Workstations Before NFS.https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/SunOSDisklessWithoutNFSMeasuring Input Latency on Linux: X11/Wayland/XWayland/VRR/DXVK.https://marco-nett.de/blog/measuring-input-latency-on-linux-x11-vs-wayland-vrr-dxvk/FreeBSD UNIX is Finally Free from Any GPL Licensed Software in Base System.https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/134a4c78d070f8c4ea43a060a7ae28d22ac39558FreeBSD 16 Retires Last of Its GPL Code from Base System.https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-FreeOpenZFS on FSKit PoC – Mounts ZFS Pools Using Apple FSKit Framework.https://github.com/openzfsonosx/openzfs-fork/tree/FSKit#openzfs-on-fskit–proof-of-conceptFreeBSD Jails with Single Public IP Address.https://davd.io/posts-freebsd-jails-with-a-single-public-ip-address/ET++ 2.2 Restoration and Port of Historic Object Oriented C++ Application Framework Originally Released in 1991.https://github.com/redporter/ETPlusPlusFreeBSD Foundation 2026/06 Laptop Update.https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/blob/main/monthly-updates/2026-06.mdFreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving with WiFi/GPU/Audio Driver Work.https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Laptops-June-2026FreeBSD 16 Cleans House: No GPL Left in Base System.https://fossforce.com/2026/07/freebsd-16-cleans-house-no-gpl-left-in-the-base-system/The chroot_env Helps Create chroot(8) Environments for Applications on FreeBSD.https://github.com/rozhuk-im/chroot_envFreeBSD 15.2-RELEASE Schedule.https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2026-July/004186.htmlFrame New X11 Server Implemented Directly in Assembly.https://theregister.com/software/2026/07/14/frame-x11-server-assembly/5270498Frame First Linux Assembly X11 Server.https://isene.org/2026/07/Frame.htmlPure Assembly tile Tiling Window Manager.https://github.com/isene/tilePure Assembly glass Terminal Emulator.https://github.com/isene/glassPure Assembly bare Shell.https://github.com/isene/bareOPNsense 26.7 Debuts on FreeBSD 15.1 with Firewall/Networking/Enhancements.https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/opnsense-26-7-debuts-on-freebsd-15-1-with-firewall-networking-and-future-proof-enhancements/OPNsense 26.7 Xenial Xenops Community Edition.https://deciso.com/building-the-foundation-for-the-next-generation-of-open-network-security/OpenBSD Moves to 8.0-beta Version.https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260716115231More Security on FreeBSD.https://linkedin.com/pulse/more-security-freebsd-ivan-rozhuk-xgiff/Enterprise FreeBSD Report Available.https://netactuate.com/blog/enterprise-users-of-freebsd-report-high-satisfaction-and-usabilityRepresent FreeBSD in Your Community.https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/represent-freebsd-in-your-community/FreeBSD Intern Working on Porting AMD ROCm.https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Intern-AMD-ROCmFreeBSD Base System is Now Free of GPL Licensed Software.https://linuxiac.com/freebsd-base-system-is-now-free-of-gpl-licensed-software/NextBSD Returns to Dollop Apple Source on FreeBSD.https://theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/18/nextbsd-returns-to-dollop-apple-source-on-freebsd/5273788WPA3 Support Coming to OpenBSD.https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260719093851Early Research Unix exec(2) argv Size Limithttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/EarlyUnixExecArgvSizeLimitThe argc and argv in Early Research Unix.https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/EarlyUnixArgcAndArgvUpdating FreeBSD 15.0 to 15.1 via PKGBASE.https://dan.langille.org/2026/07/17/updating-freebsd-15-0-to-freebsd-15-1-via-pkgbase/Understanding Foundation Board Role in FreeBSD Ecosystem.https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/understanding-the-foundation-boards-role-in-the-freebsd-ecosystem/Setup Simple Self Hosted Web Server with OpenBSD.https://btxx.org/posts/self-hosted-openbsd/Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound.https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2026-July/006586.htmlUNIX/Audio/VideoGhostBSD FAQ.https://youtube.com/watch?v=87vIaARGpY4BSD Now 67: Kitchen Calculator.https://www.bsdnow.tv/672HardwareAMD EPYC/AWS Graviton5/Intel Xeon Benchmarks.https://phoronix.com/review/graviton5-epyc-xeon/10LifeThe Father of the Internet is Finally Retiring.https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/30/the-father-of-the-internet-is-finally-retiring/Sam Neill Star of Jurassic Park/Peaky Blinders/Piano Dies Aged 78.https://theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-death-actor-dies-aged-78Wine Moms Switched to Weed But Their Wounds Have Not Changed.https://ifstudies.org/blog/wine-moms-switched-to-weed-but-their-wounds-havent-changedOtherUK Government Wants ID for Internet … and Its Already Started.https://youtube.com/watch?v=f36LJKL8_pQMicrosoft Secure Boot Was Broken for Decade and No One Noticed Until Now.https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/microsoft-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-most-of-its-existence/Usual 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