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This episode covers the release of OpenBSD 7.9, updates on FreeBSD and Solaris, and various BSD-related news.

OpenBSD 7.9, Critical Infrastructure in FreeBSD, GhostBSD Finance report, Solaris 11.4 updates, and more... NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon Headlines OpenBSD 7.9 60th Edition has been released and Reported over on Undeadly Cleaning Up Critical Infrastructure in FreeBSD News Roundup Apple Wants to Kill Your Time Capsule but They Run NetBSD So They Can Not Oracle To Reduce The Frequency Of Solaris 11.4 Updates FreeBSD on a Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 Intel January 2026 Finance Report Beastie Bits The DragonFly site has a recently-updated page describing how DPorts is assembled and the process to contribute. TUHS - Unix use of VAX protection modes Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory - The Duke and the Beastie - Improving OpenJDK support for FreeBSD Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel

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