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ANOTHER #Linux LPE: CVE-2026-43503
If only Linus wasn't so obsessed with calling #OpenBSD developers "masturbating monkeys" 18 years ago and actually took security seriously. 🤔
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/torvalds-attacks-it-industry-security-circus-1/
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now i'm looking for m.2 modules (lte/5g and wifi ap) compatible with #openbsd. any recommendations?
Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html
#HackerNews #LemoteYeeloong #OpenBSD #dragons #techblog #laptop
🔥 Behold! The ancient relic known as the Lemote Yeeloong, paired with the elusive #OpenBSD, is your ticket to slaying mythical computing dragons! 🐉💻 Forget modern-day conveniences; true enlightenment is achieved by spending countless hours battling hardware from the past. 🕰️🤣
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html #LemoteYeeloong #RetroComputing #MythicalDragons #TechEnlightenment #HackerNews #ngated
Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html
🌘 復古運算研究:以 Lemote Yeeloong 筆電與 OpenBSD 挑戰「龍芯」架構
➤ 探索開源硬體的極限與龍芯 CPU 的前世今生
✤ http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html
本文探討了作者收藏一臺特殊的 Lemote Yeeloong 筆記型電腦的過程。這臺設備搭載了中國自主研發的「龍芯」(Godson)處理器,這是中國在 863 計畫推動下,為達成半導體獨立自主而進行的技術嘗試。作者深入研究了龍芯處理器的背景,並分享其在這種獨特架構上嘗試部署 OpenBSD 的艱辛歷程。從理解 MIPS 指令集的選擇,到面對技術文件稀缺與硬體限制的挑戰,這篇文章不僅是復古運算愛好者的經驗談,更是一段關於硬體自主化與開源精神結合的深度記錄。
+ 這真的是很硬核的復古運算愛好者!當年那些 Lemote 的小筆電現在看來既復古又有著特殊的政治技術背景,能在上面跑 OpenBSD 的確不容易。
+ 龍芯當年的命名
#復古運算 #開放原始碼 #龍芯 #MIPS64 #OpenBSD
similar to this setup, but with a trackpad not a mouse...
any ideas?
True enlightment only comes from a truly free computing experience, probably! And while there is no nerd who lacks an opinion on Richard Stallman personally, likewise let none claim he does not practice what he preaches. Why, the very laptop in front of him was selected deliberately because it can operate with no binary blobs and no firmware you couldn’t examine or replace with your own, and runs his choice of fully libre operating systems. The fact it has a Chinese MIPS64 derivative in it was undoubtedly just more compound on the heat spreader.
Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD https://lobste.rs/s/xsig5e #openbsd #retrocomputing
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/06/working-around-dragons-with-lemote.html
#OpenBSD/luna88k -current is running on nono 1.8.1 (released recently) running on OpenBSD/amd64.
nono's LUNA-88K VM supports SSG now!
The free-to-use #Phanpy instance hosted on #OpenBSD has been updated.
If you already used it, force a refresh on your navigator.
If you want to use it, access it here: https://phanpy.tumfatig.net/
If you don’t a sheep, sorry (not) for the noise ;-)
@gotosocial if this message makes its way to the fediforest, it means #GoToSocial upgrade was successful - even on my unsupported NOWASM #OpenBSD system.
🚨 Good news everybody! 🚨
Our amazing Organizing Committee managed to have the hotel extend the block booking!
https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/accomodation.html
Now you can book even longer!
Hotel Barsey by Warwick
Louizalaan 381-383, 1050 Brussel
Located near the Flagey area, know for its restaurants and bars.
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD
as followup. forgot to say @PyDPainter, a reimplementation of the Amiga Deluxe Paint in python, also kind of runs on OpenBSD 7.9. 😀
Just "pkg_add" the same dependencies: py3-numpy, py3-game and python-tkinter.
About a year ago, I had gotten my hands on an Elitebook 840 G8. It would not boot #OpenBSD. After some deep research, I found out that it was due to a broken UEFI architecture - thanks to the always wonderful HP.
I eventually found a fix - recompiling the OpenBSD kernel with a bit higher offset. While I had it scripted (loosely based on earlier work by @rqm ), it still was a pain for someone whom upgrades the snapshots daily.
So, I eventually gave up and moved to a different machine. Slapped #SecureBlue on the Elitebook for the occassional shits and giggles.
Recently though there was a firmware update for the UEFI. With a long list of fixes, I thought I'd try again.
And it worked
I am now typing this Toot on the Elitebook, running OpenBSD-current with the vanilla kernel 
So, whatever HP did in the UEFI update "unfucked" the relevant bits and freed the offset that OpenBSD uses.
And now that I am sharing this - I recall that I have experienced the same before - on a HP Elitedesk (IIRC: DM 800 G5).
I hope that this might be useful information for others. If you have some HP hardware that won't boot OpenBSD, make sure you have the latest firmware.
I don't know if this affects the Elite series only or also the Pro series.
OpenBSD/amd64 kernel virtual address space is now 512GB https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260623114653 #openbsd #amd64 #addresspace #virtualaddresspace #memory #development #openbsd-current #hackathon
Mark Kettenis has brought over the generic binary codepatching infrastructure to the #OpenBSD/arm64 kernel, and is using it to NOP out costly mitigations for microarchitectural vulnerabilities on CPUs that are not vulnerable.
The codepatch code is put in a separate section which gets unmapped after boot, making it unavailable for use in ROP attacks.
The commit addresses CVE-2025-10263 too, I guess.
OpenBSD/amd64 kernel virtual address space is now 512GB #openbsd
https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260623114653
#OpenBSD -current has cranked the kernel virtual address space (VM_MAX_KERNEL_ADDRESS) on amd64 from 4GB to 512GB (one PML4 entry with 4-level paging).
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=178208801485083&w=2
Good news for people with AMD Radeon GPUs with lots of VRAM.
Hope my fellow #OpenBSD developers are having an amazing time this week at the #g2k26 #hackathon in Kloosterburen (The Netherlands)!
(g2k26 hackathon artwork by Niki Hettwer)
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