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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2022

Security Leftovers

today's leftovers

↺ John Paul Wohlscheid

A Quick Look at the History of Package Management on FreeBSD - Klara Inc.

↺ A Quick Look at the History of Package Management on FreeBSD - Klara Inc.

> There are a lot of great stories about how computing tools come about—for example, Jeff Bonwick’s proposal to create the ZFS file system—but unfortunately, not all tools are as well documented or storied. Today, we’ll take a look at how FreeBSD’s package management system evolved over time.

> Every operating system needs a way to install third party applications. These tools are commonly called package managers. In FreeBSD, applications can be easily installed from either pkg—a system managing precompiled binary packages—or the ports tree, which automates building and installation of packages directly from their source code.

uwtwn(4) update - DragonFly BSD Digest

↺ uwtwn(4) update - DragonFly BSD Digest

> If you are using urtwn(4) for your USB network connection, it now supports the Edimax EW-7811Un chipset? model?.

Lazy Reading for 2022/09/11

↺ Lazy Reading for 2022/09/11

BSD Now 472: Consistent Exit Code - DragonFly BSD Digest

↺ BSD Now 472: Consistent Exit Code - DragonFly BSD Digest

> This week’s BSD Now has two things I want to highlight – articles on Linux ABI and on dma. You’ll just have to click through.

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