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I don't know why I need to be dragged out of the 1970s... [1]
But I think I'm in agreement with @ska in that modifying dd's interface - which is at least 53 years old at this point - is the wrong approach. A new program, even if it takes exactly the same functional arguments and options, but formatted with the modern (?) style, seems more apropos to me.
You could even call it `ndd` for "new dd" or something, if you want to preserve a link to the old name. A new program would also allow you to drop the old interface entirely, likely simplifying the code.
But the most important factor in deciding which way this work should be done would be, of course, "Who's doing the work?", and since that's not me, my opinion counts for little.
[1] Am I particularly crotchety? I was *born* in the '70s...
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FreeBSD 14.5 makes the Unix system more suitable for everyday use.
FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE brings Linux-compatible inotify, updated toolchains, and fixes UEFI boot issues.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #FreeBSD #IT #OpenSource #Security #UEFI #Unix #news
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⚪️ Linux Kernel Fuzzing: Setting Up Syzkaller to Find Security Bugs
🗨️ In this article, we’ll get some hands-on practice fuzzing the kernel. But first, we’ll briefly cover the history and theory of fuzzing and discuss how our target works. We’ll then configure and build the Linux kernel, set up Syzkaller, and start hunting for bugs.
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FreeBSD 14.5 macht das Unix-System alltagstauglicher
FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE bringt Linux-kompatibles inotify, aktualisierte Toolchains und behebt UEFI-Boot-Probleme.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #FreeBSD #IT #OpenSource #Security #UEFI #Unix #news
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Citizen Astronomy (CAst)
by ÖgetayKayali
https://github.com/OgetayKayali/citizen-astronomyEvery clear night, amateur telescopes around the world capture photons that professional observatories never will -- the right patch of sky, at the right moment, with enough patience to notice something change. Citizen Astronomy turns those images into science.
CAst is a desktop application (Windows installer primary; unsigned macOS .app zip available for alpha testers) that takes folders of FITS and XISF images and gives you the tools to measure variable stars, discover moving asteroids, build Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams, and explore the sky -- all from one guided interface, no command-line scripting required.
Please read more details in ALT-Texts of images. These images are just a few examples of the sophisticated use-cases of this software!
Another nice example:
https://defcon.social/@grobi/117234604503277917Topic> Useful Code
https://defcon.social/@grobi/114797042323081686or expand post & scroll up ^
#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #code #python #unix #linux #windows #commandline #plotting #github #apod
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"sure, I'll compress the file and send it over".
*Sends a .Z file* 😎
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True digital literacy isn't generated; it's understood. 💡
On this Literacy Day, step away from the opaque shortcuts of AI, dive into the clean NetBSD source code, and empower human curiosity from the bare metal up. Read the source, master the system, and keep human craftsmanship alive. 📖⚙️
RTFM (Read the Fantastic Manual)
#NetBSD #LiteracyDay #DigitalLiteracy #ReadTheSource #CodeLiteracy #HumanIntelligence #runBSD #Linux #Unix #RTFM #internationalliteracyday #noai #antiai #nollm #antillm
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True digital literacy isn't generated; it's understood. 💡
On this Literacy Day, step away from the opaque shortcuts of AI, dive into the clean NetBSD source code, and empower human curiosity from the bare metal up. Read the source, master the system, and keep human craftsmanship alive. 📖⚙️
RTFM (Read the Fantastic Manual)
#NetBSD #LiteracyDay #DigitalLiteracy #ReadTheSource #CodeLiteracy #HumanIntelligence #runBSD #Linux #Unix #RTFM #internationalliteracyday #noai #antiai #nollm #antillm
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True digital literacy isn't generated; it's understood. 💡
On this Literacy Day, step away from the opaque shortcuts of AI, dive into the clean NetBSD source code, and empower human curiosity from the bare metal up. Read the source, master the system, and keep human craftsmanship alive. 📖⚙️
RTFM (Read the Fantastic Manual)
#NetBSD #LiteracyDay #DigitalLiteracy #ReadTheSource #CodeLiteracy #HumanIntelligence #runBSD #Linux #Unix #RTFM #internationalliteracyday #noai #antiai #nollm #antillm
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True digital literacy isn't generated; it's understood. 💡
On this Literacy Day, step away from the opaque shortcuts of AI, dive into the clean NetBSD source code, and empower human curiosity from the bare metal up. Read the source, master the system, and keep human craftsmanship alive. 📖⚙️
RTFM (Read the Fantastic Manual)
#NetBSD #LiteracyDay #DigitalLiteracy #ReadTheSource #CodeLiteracy #HumanIntelligence #runBSD #Linux #Unix #RTFM #internationalliteracyday #noai #antiai #nollm #antillm
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True digital literacy isn't generated; it's understood. 💡
On this Literacy Day, step away from the opaque shortcuts of AI, dive into the clean NetBSD source code, and empower human curiosity from the bare metal up. Read the source, master the system, and keep human craftsmanship alive. 📖⚙️
RTFM (Read the Fantastic Manual)
#NetBSD #LiteracyDay #DigitalLiteracy #ReadTheSource #CodeLiteracy #HumanIntelligence #runBSD #Linux #Unix #RTFM #internationalliteracyday #noai #antiai #nollm #antillm
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@juandesant this is built into bash as $RANDOM and $SRANDOM as well. Its been there since 1989 when it was created, but the Korn shell seems to have invented the idea in 1986.
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@juandesant this is built into bash as $RANDOM and $SRANDOM as well. Its been there since 1989 when it was created, but the Korn shell seems to have invented the idea in 1986.
#UNIX #Linux #bash #chaos -
@juandesant this is built into bash as $RANDOM and $SRANDOM as well. Its been there since 1989 when it was created, but the Korn shell seems to have invented the idea in 1986.
#UNIX #Linux #bash #chaos -
@juandesant this is built into bash as $RANDOM and $SRANDOM as well. Its been there since 1989 when it was created, but the Korn shell seems to have invented the idea in 1986.
#UNIX #Linux #bash #chaos -
@juandesant this is built into bash as $RANDOM and $SRANDOM as well. Its been there since 1989 when it was created, but the Korn shell seems to have invented the idea in 1986.
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NetBSD 9.x reaches end of support
To bid farewell to NetBSD 9.x, there are some security and stability fixes one last time. A switch to NetBSD 10 or 11 is explicitly recommended.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: Doing cursed things with an Alpha | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
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🔬 Research carried out using NetBSD https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/research.html
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NetBSD 9.x erreicht das Support-Ende
Zum Abschied von NetBSD 9.x gibt es noch einmal einige Sicherheits- und Stabilitätskorrekturen. Ein Umstieg auf NetBSD 10 oder 11 wird ausdrücklich empfohlen.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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NetBSD 9.x erreicht das Support-Ende
Zum Abschied von NetBSD 9.x gibt es noch einmal einige Sicherheits- und Stabilitätskorrekturen. Ein Umstieg auf NetBSD 10 oder 11 wird ausdrücklich empfohlen.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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NetBSD 9.x erreicht das Support-Ende
Zum Abschied von NetBSD 9.x gibt es noch einmal einige Sicherheits- und Stabilitätskorrekturen. Ein Umstieg auf NetBSD 10 oder 11 wird ausdrücklich empfohlen.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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NetBSD 9.x erreicht das Support-Ende
Zum Abschied von NetBSD 9.x gibt es noch einmal einige Sicherheits- und Stabilitätskorrekturen. Ein Umstieg auf NetBSD 10 oder 11 wird ausdrücklich empfohlen.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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NetBSD 9.x erreicht das Support-Ende
Zum Abschied von NetBSD 9.x gibt es noch einmal einige Sicherheits- und Stabilitätskorrekturen. Ein Umstieg auf NetBSD 10 oder 11 wird ausdrücklich empfohlen.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #IT #OpenSource #OpenSSL #Unix #Xorg #news
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🚩 NetBSD 11 from scratch
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🚩 NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for netbsd-9
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and -
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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/valuable-news-2026-09-07/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: Terminal Server | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
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NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587636
#HackerNews #NetBSD #NetBSD95 #EOL #OpenSource #Unix #Community
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You won't get #dd to not have long options. It's had long options for the entirety of its existence, from about 15 years before #getopt long options were even invented.
What this does is give them the standard Unix syntax with dashes, in addition to the existing original JCL syntax.
The only supposed worse interface that this encourages is that which the dd command itself has had all along. (-:
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You won't get #dd to not have long options. It's had long options for the entirety of its existence, from about 15 years before #getopt long options were even invented.
What this does is give them the standard Unix syntax with dashes, in addition to the existing original JCL syntax.
The only supposed worse interface that this encourages is that which the dd command itself has had all along. (-:
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You won't get #dd to not have long options. It's had long options for the entirety of its existence, from about 15 years before #getopt long options were even invented.
What this does is give them the standard Unix syntax with dashes, in addition to the existing original JCL syntax.
The only supposed worse interface that this encourages is that which the dd command itself has had all along. (-:
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You won't get #dd to not have long options. It's had long options for the entirety of its existence, from about 15 years before #getopt long options were even invented.
What this does is give them the standard Unix syntax with dashes, in addition to the existing original JCL syntax.
The only supposed worse interface that this encourages is that which the dd command itself has had all along. (-:
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You won't get #dd to not have long options. It's had long options for the entirety of its existence, from about 15 years before #getopt long options were even invented.
What this does is give them the standard Unix syntax with dashes, in addition to the existing original JCL syntax.
The only supposed worse interface that this encourages is that which the dd command itself has had all along. (-:
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fixed my old #defconfurs badge!
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Firefly – a small failsafe image for illumos based distributions. Firefly is an open-source, minimalistic failsafe boot image designed for illumos-based... https://archiveos.org/firefly/ #solaris #illumos #unix #operatingsystem
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Customized xfce desktop on CachyOS :3
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#TIL that
ln -sdoesn't require a destination. It assumes.if none is given.rld@prometheus:applications$ ln -s ../../../backups/applications/iamb-flatpak.desktop rld@prometheus:applications$ ll -rat total 16,384 -rw-r--r-- 2 rld rld 264 Jun 4 17:43 sncli.desktop -rw-rw-r-- 1 rld rld 215 Jun 14 15:33 tut.desktop lrwxrwxrwx 1 rld rld 46 Jun 14 22:43 tootuser.desktop -> ../../../backups/applications/tootuser.desktop drwx------ 15 rld rld 4,096 Aug 22 16:44 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 rld rld 50 Aug 25 08:00 iamb-flatpak.desktop -> ../../../backups/applications/iamb-flatpak.desktop drwxrwxr-x 2 rld rld 4,096 Aug 25 08:00 . rld@prometheus:applications$DESCRIPTION In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY.🤯
(Confirmed it behaves the same on all three major BSDs, as well)
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I love it when technology lifts get so big and technical that they eclipse enterprise solutions and return to fundamentals. That's my game. I'm here for you when that happens. It will happen. 🤣
Also, it's always DNS.
Also too, it's never a better time to switch to Debian.#sysadmin #greybeard #linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #floss #selfhosted #smallbusiness #residential #consumer #consumergrade #gomindswithmeidareu #debian #fundamentals
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Two new preprints from my #research center!
"Is Cleaning Costly? Evaluating the -fret-cleanAnti-Return-Oriented Programming Mitigation from the OpenBSD Operating System" — an evaluation and critique of #cybersecurity #engineering: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf (and #blog post about it: https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260811.html)
"Write Your Way to Better Cybersecurity Awareness Training with Active Word Games" — about identifying creating cybersecurity training as a site of learning worthwhile of studying: https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Wroblewski_et_al_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf
#academic #academia #professor #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #unix #linux #illumos #solaris #compiler #compilers #cybersec #cyber #informationsecurity #infosec
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For the interested, you can read a preprint of our latest #research on the #OpenBSD -fret-clean flag here:
https://briancallahan.net/preprints/Callahan_Shaikh_IEEE_CARS_2026.pdf
#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #compiler #compilers #llvm #gcc #rop #cybersecurity #cybersec #cyber #security #infosec #informationsecurity
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NexentaStor – a Unix operating system based on the illumos kernel and is a direct fork of OpenSolaris. NextenaStor provides a graphical and text-based interface for system management. https://archiveos.org/nexentastor/ #solaris #illumos #unix