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647: Why BSDs?
Why use BSD, 2025, the year of advocacy, community and growth, RiscV silicon, and more.
NOTES
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Headlines
2025: A Year of Advocacy, Community, and Growth
What are we excited for in tech in 2026?
- Almost Completley Open riscv32 silicon with BaoChip and Xous
- The death of vmware and the possibilites for diversity that creates
- Capabilities arriving in FreeBSD main
- NetBSD on the WiiU and open hardware for retro computing
- Capabilities arriving with CheriIOT
News Roundup
Beastie Bits
Tarsnap
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