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

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<h2>Headlines</h2>

<p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/freebsd-release-cycles-enterprise-requirements-lts/" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD Release Cycles and Enterprise Requirements: Why LTS Matters</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/august-september-newsletter/" rel="nofollow noopener">August/September Newsletter</a></p>

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<h2>News Roundup</h2>

<p><a href="https://www.alaska.net/%7Eroyce/interjet/" rel="nofollow noopener">All About the Whistle InterJet</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://github.com/usenix17/pkg-be-plugin" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD pkg(8) Plugin to Create ZFS Boot Environment Before Each Package Install/Upgrade/Remove.</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Cleaning costs, or, examining the OpenBSD -fret-clean flag</a></p>

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<p><a href="https://jpmens.net/2026/04/03/ssh-certificates-the-better-ssh-experience/" rel="nofollow noopener">SSH certificates: the better SSH experience</a></p>

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<h2>Beastie Bits</h2>

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<li><a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-historic-pixel-art-exhibition/" rel="nofollow noopener">A Historic Pixel Art Exhibition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261007052424" rel="nofollow noopener">LibreSSL 4.2.2 and 4.3.3 released</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261007052827" rel="nofollow noopener">openssh-10.6 released</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261007053155" rel="nofollow noopener">New laptops and OpenBSD: HP Envy 17-DA0013dx</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brutal-unix.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Brutal Unix</a></li>
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<h2>Tarsnap</h2>

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<h2>Feedback/Questions</h2>

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<li>Sasha - bastille plugin</li>
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<pre><code>Ahoy! I wanted to call your attention to this Bastille plugin that manages bhyve VMs inside of Jails, inspired by SmartOS's zones.

https://github.com/usenix17/bastille-vm-plugin
</code></pre>

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