https://webzine.puffy.cafe/issue-6.html

OpenBSD Webzine

ISSUE #6

January 5, 2022

TL;DR

  * Happy new year!



Recent -current changes

  * The bottom part of the uvm handler has been unlocked. I'm not an
    expert here but it has yielded a significant performance
    improvement on desktop usage for me and it's an important
    milestone for continuing the unlocking work.
  * Base llvm updated to 13
  * New wifi driver mtw for MediaTek MT7601U devices imported by new
    developer James Hastings (hastings@)
  * ssh received support for ssh-agent restriction
  * Lots of cleaning in libcrypto, libressl, dhcpleased, and many
    others



7.0-stable updates (since last webzine issue)

  * Syspatch: 007 and 008. They are for all architectures.
  * Package updates: ruby, nss, libvirt, nextcloud, tailscale, msmtp,
    solr, jenkins, ghidra, samba, thunderbird, apache, wireshark,
    roundcubemail



Shell tips

Did you know your shell has keyboard shortcuts? They are quite
useful. Here is a list for the default mode ("emacs mode"):

  * ctrl+r: search in history
  * ctrl+a and ctrl+e : move cursor to beginning or end of the line
  * alt+d and alt+backspace : delete the word before or after the
    cursor
  * ctrl+k and ctrl+u : delete the text before or after the cursor
    (except in ksh for which ctrl+u delete the entire line)
  * ctrl+y: paste the last deleted text

The shell can also be used in vi mode, but this I'll save for another
webzine issue.



Going further

  * BSDNow podcast interviewed Solene Rapenne
  * OpenBSD on MeLE Quieter2
  * Signal Desktop on OpenBSD via vmm(4)
  * Install OpenBSD 7.0 on a Gandicloud VPS
  * Adventures in BSD (the author narrates experiences with a new
    installation of OpenBSD)



Artwork of the moment

A hand drawn puffy with a headset and a small floating heart on its
right. It's labeled Puffones. "End of year gifts." by Tomas


Note from the editorial team

Hi, first I'd like to share my best wishes to everyone for 2022. I've
been in touch with a few people willing to translate the webzine into
other languages, this is absolutely great but at this time the
webzine's workflow does not handle translation. I'll have to work on
this to make the translations possible. I have been very busy in
December; I did not have much time to work on this issue and this is
noticeable both in delay and content, but at the same time the
OpenBSD project has been quite quiet for the period.



Authors

Solene Rapenne, Vincent Finance, prx, pamela@ and other people who
contributed outside of git that I may have forgotten. Many thanks to
everyone involved and supportive of the idea!

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