<p>OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System, Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop, Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability, Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate, Not Not Porting 9front to Power64, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more</p>

<p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong></p>

<p>This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" rel="nofollow">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" rel="nofollow">BSDNow Patreon</a></p>

<h2>Headlines</h2>

<p><a href="https://btxx.org/posts/OpenBSD_is_a_Cozy_Operating_System/" rel="nofollow">OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://3.14.by/en/read/RISC-V-Sipeed-Lichee-Console-4A-Alibaba-T-Head-TH1520-review" rel="nofollow">Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop</a></p>

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<h2>News Roundup</h2>

<p><a href="https://dataswamp.org/%7Esolene/2024-03-30-lessons-learned-xz-vuln.html" rel="nofollow">Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/technologist-vs-spy-the-xz-backdoor" rel="nofollow">Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://posixcafe.org/blogs/2024/04/03/0/" rel="nofollow">Not Not Porting 9front to Power64</a></p>

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<p><a href="http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2024/02/one-less-unxy-option-for-32-bit-powerpc.html" rel="nofollow">One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC</a></p>

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<h2>Beastie Bits</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240409044953" rel="nofollow">20 years since...</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/files/docs/freebsd/jails/" rel="nofollow">Jails PDFs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/nixos-bsd/nixbsd" rel="nofollow">NixOS BSD</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1bb9wle/rigg_10_released_a_new_way_to_run_indie_games_on/" rel="nofollow">rigg - run indie games on OpenBSD</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2024/04/04/msg000370.html" rel="nofollow">pkgsrc 2024Q1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://badland.io/packmule.md" rel="nofollow">PackMule</a></li>
<li><a href="https://codeberg.org/San_Bernadino_Operation/AcephalOS_image_build_system" rel="nofollow">AcephalOS - A new FreeBSD image build tool</a></li>
</ul>

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<h2>Tarsnap</h2>

<p>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</p>

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BSD Now

JT Pennington

556: Cozy OpenBSD

APR 25, 202453 MIN
BSD Now

556: Cozy OpenBSD

APR 25, 202453 MIN

Description

OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System, Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop, Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability, Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate, Not Not Porting 9front to Power64, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more

NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System


Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop


News Roundup

Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability


Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate


Not Not Porting 9front to Power64


One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC


Beastie Bits


Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.