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> @angstrom said:
> > @WSS said:
> > WindowMaker. Jesus. Still hasn't hit V1.0, and I seem to recall big issues with the FVWM Virtual Desktop.
> Fvwm has seen …

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Does groff count as office software?

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/r/linux/: [I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data …

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> Not going to be using it for a while? take a backup, delete it, stop paying immediately, only a 1-hour minimum is required.

What's the best way to…

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> @linveo said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > NetBSD 11.0 RC2 has appeared, so there is now a [NetBSD 11.0 RC2 image](https://download.cmeerw.net/netbsd/netbsd-11.0_RC2.qcow2) @l…

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[Jails for NetBSD](https://netbsd-jails.petermann-digital.de/) looks like a really interesting project - something I'll likely have a closer look at soon.

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NetBSD 11.0 RC2 has appeared, so there is now a [NetBSD 11.0 RC2 image](https://download.cmeerw.net/netbsd/netbsd-11.0_RC2.qcow2) @linveo

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> @cmeerw said:
> Not sure where exactly it's stuck there, but it's likely something in VirtFusion still. Maybe you could have just retried?

Just to make sure I did a quic…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Hello!
>
> I bought a nifty Linveo Intel Xeon Gold VPS to compare with my nifty Linveo Ryzen VPS!
>
> I tried reinstalling …

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Instead of offers that are less than $15/year, I'd rather like to see excellent value for money offers (that are still low-endish), so maybe max. $30/year, but with minimum GB RAM and GB disk per $.

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> @linveo said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > @linveo I have now built an [image for NetBSD 11.0 RC1](https://download.cmeerw.net/netbsd/netbsd-11.0_RC1.qcow2)
>
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> @Crab said:
> @cmeerw Excellent job! Do you know whether the Intel bug you fixed is finally mainlined into v11?

I am afraid there are no updates here - probably no one e…

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In the other thread you say:
> All Linux/BSD templates available
But, NetBSD is missing... Any chance/interest in adding that?

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> [@AnthonySmith said](/discussion/10565/the-big-7-question-have-your-say): A proposal I don't think we have seen before, which in my opinion, solves all issues and no one should be unhappy with A…

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Usenet :p

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@linveo I have now built an [image for NetBSD 11.0 RC1](https://download.cmeerw.net/netbsd/netbsd-11.0_RC1.qcow2)

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And talking about NetBSD, we now have an [RC1](https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0_RC1/) for NetBSD 11

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`ftp` on NetBSD finally gets sane defaults, showing huge improvements in file transfer speeds:

`322734471 bytes retrieved in 00:14 (21.49 MiB/s)`
vs.
`322734471 bytes ret…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> Hey @cmeerw!
>
> Friendly greetings!
>
> If you do not mind, I can't resist asking why so many tmux windows!? You must be h…

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> @AuroraZero said:
> Yeah most modern kernels have this on by default.
>
> sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
>
> Prevent half open connection…

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Is there anything that can be done to prevent your server from being used in a SYN-ACK reflection attack?

It's just a few packets per seconds, and if you wouldn't look for it, you woul…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @cmeerw said:
> > > Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly wor…

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > Just been trying to build [Haiku](https://www.haiku-os.org/) on NetBSD, and it's mostly working now (after making a few changes to t…

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39C3: [Escaping Containment: A Security Analysis of FreeBSD Jails](https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/escaping-containment-a-security-analysis-of-freebsd-jails)

&g…

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> @Not_Oles said:
> It looks like there are about 247 Gigabytes of space in `/home` available 24/7/365 :) for more LESbians!

There is actually a lot more space available, …

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> @cmeerw said:
> > @cmeerw said:
> > > @cmeerw said:
> > > That appears to be something that got broken in the NetBSD 11 branch. I have done some anal…

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Just a note that the fix for the [missing memory barriers in the NetBSD virtio driver](https://gnats.netbsd.org/59618) has now been pulled into the stable NetBSD branches.

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