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ZFS vs BTRFS Architects features and stability

RHEL on ZFS Root: An Unholy Experiment

Slackware on Encrypted ZFS Root.
https://tumfatig.net/2026/slackware-on-encrypted-zfs-root/

OpenIndiana Is Porting Solaris' IPS Package Management To Rust

FreeBSD Jail Memory Metrics

Tcl: The Most Underrated, But The Most Productive Programming Language

How to Setup WireGuard on OpenBSD: The Ultimate Self-Hosted VPN Guide (2026)

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OpenZFS monitoring, hellosystems 0.8, GhostBSD and XLibre, Bhyve Exporters and 30 year old LibC issues.

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OpenZFS Monitoring and Observability: What to Track and Why It Matters

helloSystem 0.8 Released FreeBSD Based OS Inspired by macOS.
https://itsfoss.gitlab.io/post/hellosystem-08-released-freebsd-based-os-inspired-by-macos/

[Default GhostBSD to XLibre](https://github.com/ghostbsd/ghostbsd-build/pull/259]

• Addressing XLibre Change and GhostBSD Future

Bhyve Prometheus Exporter for Sylve on FreeBSD.

Linux GNU C Library Fixes Security Issue Present Since 1996

• NetBSD 11.0 RC1 available!
• The Book of PF, 4th Edition is now available
• December 2025 Finance Report
• LLDB improvements on FreeBSD
• Any desire for OnmiOS/Illumos Support : Now's your chance to convince me

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GeoIP PF FreeBSD, ZFs in production, linuxulator feels like magic, XFCE is great, the scariest boot code, and more...

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GeoIP-Aware Firewalling with PF on FreeBSD

ZFS in Production: Real-World Deployment Patterns and Pitfalls

Xfce is great

Linuxulator on FreeBSD Feels Like Magic

The scariest boot loader code

OpenBSD-current now runs as guest under Apple Hypervisor

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• Matt - Audio Levels

Interviews can be troublesome because there's only so much we can do with multiple guests with multiple feeds, and mulitple audio conditions. We can try to normalize but sometimes it's just not easy to do without editing taking an entire day..

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