Best wishes 2021!
$ sudo -i
# find / -name "*covid*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
# find / -name "*corona*" -exec rm -rf {} \;
# pkill -9 covid19
# pkill -9 corona
# reboot
Have fun!
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32 bits (still) matters!
updated @ Mon Nov 16 08:16:30 PM CET 2020: Corrected the version when OPNsense dropped 32 bits support.
I used OPNsense on my pcengines Alix 2d13 firewall.
The Alix 2d13 is a nice motherboard with a Geode CPU 32 bits x86 CPU.
I migrated to OPNsense after pfSense dropped support for 32 bits. Unfortunately, OPNsense also dropped support for 32 bits CPUs in the 19.1.7 release 20.7 release. I decided to install FreeBSD on my Alix to use it as my firewall.
To make it possible to reinstall my Alix firewall, I installed FreeBSD on my Raspberry Pi 2 to use it as my firewall during the installation of FreeBSD on my Alix.
You’ll find my journey to install FreeBSD my an Alix firewall below.
Read more...Upgrade FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi 2
I recently installed FreeBSD on my raspberry-pi 2 to use it as my firewall.
The FreeBSD version that I installed was a FreeBSD 12.2 Pre-Release. FreeBSD 12.2 has been released this week.
ARM is a Tier-2 on FreeBSD. This means that freebsd-update doesn’t work on a Raspberry Pi.
Freebsd-update wouldn’t work on a Pre-Release anyway. So I was looking for a way to update my Raspberry Pi to FreeBSD 12.2.
Read more...Use a raspberry-pi 2 as a firewall with FreeBSD
Updated @ Mon Nov 16 08:16:30 PM CET 2020: Corrected the version when OPNsense dropped 32 bits support.
I was using OPNsense on my pcengines alix firewall and was quite happy with it.
The alix 2d13 is a nice motherboard with a Geode CPU, it has a 32 bits x86 instruction set. I migrated to OPNsense from pfSense when pfSense dropped 32 bits support.
Unfortunately, OPNsense also dropped support for 32 bits CPU’s in the 19.1.7 release 20.7 release. I decided to install FreeBSD on the alix to use it as my firewall. But I need a temporary firewall solution so I can install FreeBSD on my alix board. I have a Raspberry PI 2 that I wasn’t using.
You’ll find my journey to use my RPI2 as my firewall below.
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PowerPC Notebook
I prefer RISC as a CPU architecture over CISC. RISC is a simpler design that should deliver more CPU performance with fewer transistors and is more power-efficient. We have to recognize that Intel and AMD have made great progress in increasing the performance and efficiency of the x86 CISC architecture.
But the x86 architecture comes with a FreeDOM cost, Intel has the Intel Management Engine and closed Proprietary software is required to initialize the components. The same can be said about AMD; AMD has the AMD Platform Security Processor and binary blobs are required.
Power is currently the most powerful alternative that doesn’t require binary blobs; this is not only great for free/open source activists. A truly open-source firmware that can be reviewed / audited is also for nice security reasons.
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