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643: Unwrapping gifts

December 25, 2025 1:08:59 66.22 MB Downloads: 0

Upwrapping OpenZFS gifs, Propolice the OpenBSD Stack Protector, refreshing zpools, and the FreeBSD 15.0 release.

NOTES

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

Headlines

Unwrapping ZFS: Gifts from the Open Source Community


Who wins when we filter the open web through an opaque system?


News Roundup

We can't fund our way out of the free and open source maintenance problem


The story of Propolice, the OpenBSD stack protector


Copying everything off a zpool, destroying it, creating a new one, and copying everything back


All aboard the 15.0-RELEASE train!


Beastie Bits

- OPNsense 25.10.1 business edition released

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