Now you've done it, Fedi. You've got me reading #OpenBSD install howtos.
Like I don't already have enough problems.
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Today Microsoft suddenly revealed extensive plans to advance in a quite unexpected direction creating a special division called #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD Optimization Lab (FOOL, in short).
One of the key goals of the new structure would be, I quote, "to introduce FreeBSD and OpenBSD users to advanced user experience available to Windows users", such as:
a) Kernel-level #Copilot integration, that enables, for example, intelligent control over booting process and better syscalls handling leveraging power of Microsoft Azure platform;
b) introducing proper "Blue screen of death". #BSD users are notoriously unfamiliar with such an important component of normal user experience - brace yourself, devil worshippers!
c) deprecating local user accounts: every BSD users knows that this age-old feature is just a relic of the past and part of huge technical debt. Now with Microsoft support they can finally get rid of it and enjoy having truly flexible and secure account system.
Those are just a few key goals of the new and bold initiative.
Surely, unexpected but, nevertheless, glad news for every BSD enjoyer out there.
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It's possible you've not heard of #boxyBSD
I was lucky to get a TIL moment when @stefano boosted it's existence into my feed.
However you should know about it, learn something about the user perspective from proxmox in the process, while working with a boxyBSD VM.
Here are some nice screencaps of the boxyBSD site so you can ask nicely for a VM and learn to play with one of the *BSD flavours from a distance.
I'm sure you can duckduckgo the address of boxyBSD when you analyze the screencaps, right?
Dear readers, this TrustNoOne special day is the perfect one to advertise for this #SearXNG instance hosted on #OpenBSD and freely available. It will allow you to fact-check all the news you’ll get today 
https://nogoo.me
nogoo.menoGoo.meSearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine
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It has arrived. proxyLB v1.1.0 the loadbalancer for proxmox clusters. Instead of telling you the features of this major version I invite you to read about it yourself, download proxyLB then play with it.
As with any great Open Source project, this has grown out of a necessity that @gyptazy has for his other amazing project boxyBSD, which just needs a versatile tool like this.
Now go and play.
Heads up for users testing #OpenBSD snapshots as the 7.7 release rolls closer: Don't forget to periodically send in your dmesgs, it really helps developers see what people are using. These mails might be read by actual humans so maybe include a nice message. 
www.openbsd.orgOpenBSD FAQ: Installation Guide
OpenBSD 7.6 // EXPAT // ERRATA 011
Date: April 1, 2025
Name: 011_expat.patch
Description: In libexpat fix regression of behavior introduced by previous errata.
Link: https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.6/common/011_expat.patch.sig
OpenBSD 7.5 // EXPAT // ERRATA 021
Date: April 1, 2025
Name: 021_expat.patch
Description: In libexpat fix regression of behavior introduced by previous errata.
Link: https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.5/common/021_expat.patch.sig
Liebe Leute, nächste Woche Dienstag treffen wir uns mal wieder. 8.4., 19:00h im Fuchs im Hofmanns in #Düsseldorf Bilk https://www.meetup.com/bsd-user-group-dusseldorf-bsd-nrw/events/305478285/ #runbsd #bsdnrw #bug #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd
MeetupBSD User Group Düsseldorf April 2025, Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 7:00 PM | MeetupWir trinken kalte oder warme Getränke und schauen, was der Abend so bringt.
I wonder if #OpenBSD plus.html being empty for quite some time now is the sign of "we don’t have the time and resources to update it" or of "we’re annoyed by people making predictions à la Pre Apple Events using its content".
www.openbsd.orgOpenBSD -current ChangelogOpenBSD -current changes
Moved my website and various other services to an #OpenBSD VM on @OpenBSDAms recently, and I just published a post about the experience.
TL;DR: slightly more difficult than I expected, because I was more stuck in my Linux ways than I anticipated, but I got there in the end. Glad I did.
ewintr.nlDipping my toes in OpenBSD, in Amsterdam - ewintr.nl
Heads up & a Call for ports testing from naddy@, "Slowing down for the [#OpenBSD 7.7] release; testing"
"Also, if people don't want to find out after the release that their favourite application is broken, NOW IS THE TIME to test the latest packages."
marc.info'Slowing down for the release; testing' - MARC
I was thinking about doing #OpenBSD-related videos and got a mic for it. But maybe I'll start by making a "playing Diablo 1 through Bottles" video first.