The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the Internet I just put it here.

Today the amount information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information ‘bulk’ as I already do that grep(1).

The Usual Suspects section at the end is permanent and have links to other sites with interesting UNIX/BSD/Linux news.

Past releases are available at the dedicated NEWS page.

UNIX

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Now Available. https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2025-December/000213.html

The gurk-rs is Signal Messenger Client for Terminal. https://github.com/boxdot/gurk-rs/

FreeBSD Git Weekly for 2025-11-24 – 2025-11-30. https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/2025-11-24.html

FreeBSD 15.0 Now Officially Available with Many Software Updates and Reproducible Builds. https://phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE

The hbsd-update(8) Signing Material Rotation on HardenedBSD. https://groups.google.com/a/hardenedbsd.org/g/users/c/l-UivSvXK5c/m/6hX7SknqBAAJ

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Now Available – Revamps Package Management and Drops 32bit Hardware. https://howtogeek.com/freebsd-15-now-available-revamps-package-management-and-drops-32-bit-hardware/

Plex: Another Good Project Bites the Dust. https://vulcanridr.mataroa.blog/blog/plex-another-good-project-bites-the-dust/

Next Steps in Post Plex World. https://vulcanridr.mataroa.blog/blog/next-steps-in-a-post-plex-world/

FreeBSD 15.0 Released: Major Upgrades to OpenZFS/OpenSSL and Expanded Hardware Support. https://pbxscience.com/freebsd-15-0-released-major-upgrades-to-openzfs-openssl-and-expanded-hardware-support/

FreeBSD 15.0 is Here – Whats New and What to Expect. https://maxiujun.com/freebsd-15-0-is-here-whats-new-and-what-to-expect/

FreeBSD 15.0 Released. https://opensourcefeed.org/freebsd-15-0-released/

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE is Out. https://youtube.com/watch?v=xR0zjPtix50

Bareos 25 Released – New Plugins and Features. https://bareos.com/bareos25/

Intel Open Source Graphics Driver Delivered Significant Improvements in 2025. https://phoronix.com/review/intel-b580-opengl-vulkan-eoy2025

How Many VDEVs is Too Many: ZFS VDEV Scaling Guide. https://klarasystems.com/articles/how-many-vdevs-is-too-many-zfs-vdev-scaling/

How to Configure X11 in Simple Way on FreeBSD. https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/07/24/x11-configuration-simple.html

FreeBSD 15: Great Strides Thanks to Industry Support. https://heise.de/en/news/FreeBSD-15-Great-strides-thanks-to-industry-support-11101176.html

ReactOS Lands Improvements for Its USB Stack. https://phoronix.com/news/Better-USB-For-ReactOS

FreeBSD 15: Why You will Want It. https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-15-why-youll-want-it/

FreeBSD 15.0 Released – Fresh Chapter for BSD Base System. https://thedistrowriteproject.blogspot.com/2025/12/FreeBSD-15-0-Released-A-Fresh-Chapter-for-the-BSD-Base-System.html

OPNsense: New Unbound DNS Blocklists. https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPN9V28xW-4

What We Built: Top ZFS Capabilities Delivered by Klara in 2025. https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-features-by-klara-in-2025/

Couple of GUI Apps for Your FreeBSD Desktop. https://youtube.com/watch?v=uLhwUPvqykk

FreeBSD Officially Supported in OCI 1.3 Runtime Specification. https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-officially-supported-in-oci-runtime-specification-v1-3/

FreeBSD 15.0 Benchmarks versus FreeBSD 14.3 on AMD EPYC. https://phoronix.com/review/freebsd-15-amd-epyc

Wlasny Serwer FreeBSD – Czesc 2 – Serwer WWW Nginx. [Polish] https://linuxiarze.pl/wlasny-serwer-freebsd-cz-2-serwer-www-nginx/

Why I am Trading My Linux for FreeBSD – Return to Simplicity. https://artemiesolomon.eu/blog/freebsd-experience/

BSD Now 640: Cleaning up Hammer. https://www.bsdnow.tv/640

FreeBSD 15 Trims Legacy Fat and Revamps How OS is Built. https://theregister.com/2025/12/05/freebsd_15/

Yes Book of PF (4th Edition) is Coming Soon. https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html

How to Check FreeBSD Version: Beginners Guide. https://ostechnix.com/check-freebsd-version/

GitHub to Codeberg: My Experience. https://eldred.fr/blog/forge-migration/

Jail/Zones 2025/12/02 Production User Call. https://youtube.com/watch?v=hTwdy8ihawA

Self Hosting Your Mastodon Media with SeaweedFS. https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/06/self-hosting-your-mastodon-media-with-seaweedfs/

FreeBSD 15.0 Released with PKGBASE Support and Enhanced Security. https://ostechnix.com/freebsd-15-released/

PuffyGuard is Low Effort Way to Automatically Deploy OpenBSD Machines Running WireGuard. https://github.com/leahneukirchen/puffyguard

Whats New in Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU 87. https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/whats-new-in-oracle-solaris-11-4-sru-87

Upgrade Guide: Moving from FreeBSD 14.x to 15.0-RELEASE. https://maxiujun.com/upgrade-guide-moving-from-freebsd-14-x-to-15-0-release/

Ode To OpenBSD. https://tech-idea.systems/blog-posts/ode-to-openbsd.html

FreeBSD 15.0 Goes Official. https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/freebsd-15-0-goes-official/

How to Install FreeBSD 15 Step by Step. https://ostechnix.com/install-freebsd/

FreeBSD Networking on Laptop is Unpleasant. https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/12/freebsd-networking-laptop-unpleasant/

Perl Decline Was Cultural. https://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical

Linux and BSD: Two Sides of Same Coin. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcY7NxpfWHY

I Do Not Care for Gnome. https://woltman.com/gnome-bad/

Migrating burningboard.net Mastodon Instance to Multi Jail FreeBSD Setup. https://blog.hofstede.it/migrating-burningboardnet-mastodon-instance-to-a-multi-jail-freebsd-setup/

New FreeBSD 15 Retires 32bit Ports and Modernizes Builds. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/07/0627214/new-freebsd-15-retires-32-bit-ports-and-modernizes-builds

f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD – Part 8 – Observability. https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.html

From Azure Functions to FreeBSD. https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/from-azure-functions-to-freebsd

Hardware

ThinkPad X210Ai Completed Laptop with Intel Ultra 7 165h. https://tpart.net/product/x210ai-completed-laptop-ultra-7-165h/

Hundreds of Porsche Owners in Russia Unable to Start Cars After System Failure. https://themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/02/hundreds-of-porsche-owners-in-russia-unable-to-start-cars-after-system-failure-a91302

After Nearly 30 years Crucial Will Stop Selling RAM to Consumers. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/

AI Data Center Markets are So Big that Micron is Exiting its Crucial Consumer Business. https://servethehome.com/ai-data-center-markets-are-so-big-that-micron-is-exiting-its-crucial-consumer-business/

IndyCar vs Formula 1: Key Differences in Cars/Engines/Technology. https://www.openwheelworld.net/en/indycar101/76/IndyCar_vs_Formula_1_cars

Oops. I Accidentally Built Steam Machine. https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/12/01/steam-machine/

1994 McLaren F1 Signed by Schumacher and Hamilton. https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ad25/lots/r0004-1994-mclaren-f1/

2025 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50. https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/ad25/lots/r0003-2025-gordon-murray-automotive-t50/

When Less is So Much More. https://rmsothebys.com/all-stories-videos/when-less-is-so-much-more/

Worst UK Police Stop and Search I Have Ever Seen. https://youtube.com/watch?v=UA8RtP3ZlPo

Judge Gives Enoch Burke Effective Life Sentence in Prison. https://youtube.com/watch?v=pFcNQSg6XRo

Sony Alpha a7 V Review. https://dpreview.com/reviews/sony-a7-v-review

Life

AI Title Generator. https://alexnuttinck.dev/posts/7-ai-title-generator/

Man Asks $75 Million for lambo.com Domain – Courts Gives It to Lamborghini for Free. https://roadandtrack.com/news/a69634055/75-million-dollar-lambo-website-domain-asking-price-lamborghini-court/

Mortal Kombat/Tekken/Man in the High Castle Actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Has Passed Away. https://timeextension.com/news/2025/12/mortal-kombat-tekken-and-the-man-in-the-high-castle-actor-cary-hiroyuki-tagawa-has-passed-away

Super Rare Hybrid Blood Type Discovered in Just 3 People. https://sciencealert.com/super-rare-hybrid-blood-type-discovered-in-just-3-people

Divorce Plunged in Kentucky. Equal Custody for Fathers is Big Reason Why. https://msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-equal-custody-experiment/ar-AA1LXz6l

Female Psychology and End of Empires. https://youtube.com/watch?v=sRY_1JRRcNU

Other

LibreWolf 145.0.2 Release. https://codeberg.org/librewolf/bsys6/releases/tag/145.0.2-2

Rootless Pings in Rust. https://bou.ke/blog/rust-ping/

URL in C. https://susam.net/url-in-c.html

Coding Trance Music from Scratch (Again). https://youtube.com/watch?v=iu5rnQkfO6M

YouTube is Now Using AI to Silently Alter Videos without Permission. https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115668457530054406

I Cracked $200 Software Protection in Day with xcopy Command. https://ud2.rip/blog/enigma-protector/

Usual Suspects

BSD Weekly. https://bsdweekly.com/

DiscoverBSD. https://discoverbsd.com/

BSDSec. https://bsdsec.net/

DragonFly BSD Digest. https://dragonflydigest.com/

FreeBSD Patch Level Table. https://bokut.in/freebsd-patch-level-table/

FreeBSD End of Life Date. https://endoflife.date/freebsd

Phoronix BSD News Archives. https://phoronix.com/linux/BSD

OpenBSD Journal. https://undeadly.org/

Call for Testing. https://callfortesting.org/

Call for Testing – Production Users Call. https://youtube.com/@callfortesting/videos

BSD Now Weekly Podcast. https://www.bsdnow.tv/

Nixers Newsletter. https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php

BSD Cafe Journal. https://journal.bsd.cafe/

DragonFly BSD Digest – Lazy Reading – In Other BSDs. https://dragonflydigest.com

BSDTV. https://bsky.app/profile/bsdtv.bsky.social

FreeBSD Git Weekly. https://freebsd-git-weekly.tarsnap.net/

FreeBSD Meetings. https://youtube.com/@freebsdmeetings

BSDJedi. https://youtube.com/@BSDJedi/videos

RoboNuggie. https://youtube.com/@RoboNuggie/videos

GaryHTech. https://youtube.com/@GaryHTech/videos

Sheridan Computers. https://youtube.com/@sheridans/videos

82MHz. https://82mhz.net/

EOF