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Francesco Pira
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Human. XR Tech Lead. Driven by curiosity. Opinions (and typos) are mine. he/him
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Howdy,

This update is released mainly due to the fact that FreeBSD-SA-25:12.rtsold
has impact on WAN-facing DHCPv6 connectivity being used, but also offers a
mid-size batch of improvements like CARP …
OPNsense 25.7.10 released
OPNsense 25.7.10 released
forum.opnsense.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

This business release is based on the OPNsense 25.7.8 community version
with additional reliability improvements, but without revamped Unbound
blocklists for the time being.

Please be aware that duri…
OPNsense 25.10.1 business edition released
OPNsense 25.10.1 business edition released
forum.opnsense.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

What is up everyone,

A bug snuck into the last release that did not properly disable the
caching of DNS entries when using multiple blocklists with different
network restrictions.  We have used the o…
OPNsense 25.7.9 released
OPNsense 25.7.9 released
forum.opnsense.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this is the most useless and pointless resource consuming thing a dev platform has done so far. more click, poor UX, an AI all just to create an issue...
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hey,

So we are making way for safer command execution since a comment was
added to the certification of the business version about a possible
injection into interfaces_pfsync_configure() -- note that…
OPNsense 25.7.8 released
OPNsense 25.7.8 released
forum.opnsense.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Francesco Pira
I made a thing and brought back Clippy - combining my nostalgia for 1990s UI with the ability to run local LLMs.

Download it at felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Zed Editor stable version now comes for Windows, too.

zed.dev/download
Zed — Download
Download Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
zed.dev
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You can now tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes if you tell it via custom instruction. Just specify “don’t use em-dashes”
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Reposted by Francesco Pira
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hi again,

This update ships a number of third party security updates, firewall live
log improvements based on user feedback from 25.7.6, plus minor fixes and
improvements like usual.

One focus at th…
OPNsense 25.7.7 released
OPNsense 25.7.7 released
forum.opnsense.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It might be no longer be possible to develop apps for Android freely. Keep Android open.

keepandroidopen.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hi there,

The usual round of additions and reliability fixes is being rounded off with
Suricata version 8 and a new package manager version 2 almost two years in the
making -- at least for our projec…
OPNsense 25.7.6 released
OPNsense 25.7.6 released
forum.opnsense.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

The OPNsense business edition transitions to this 25.10 release including
revamped frontend grid UI, experimental privilege separation for the GUI,
a new and improved firewall automation GUI, performa…
OPNsense 25.10 business edition released
OPNsense 25.10 business edition released
forum.opnsense.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Android sideloading policies are getting narrower

readhacker.news/s/6Dv4M
Android’s sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
Is Google's push for verified developers really about safety?
readhacker.news
October 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

A fantastic day to you all,

This updates provides for a new GeoIP database source by IPinfo, stability
fixes for several network drivers and the recent OpenSSL security update
amongst others.

Here a…
OPNsense 25.7.5 released
OPNsense 25.7.5 released
forum.opnsense.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Hey everyone,

Updates are slower than usual at the moment, but it is also relatively
calm out there security-wise.  While this finally ships Kea version 3
we are still working on the package manager …
OPNsense 25.7.4 released
OPNsense 25.7.4 released
forum.opnsense.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Howdy!

The Tabulator introduction into MVC grid views was a major success with
virtually no complaints.  Did you notice?  Maybe you will now that more
features have been unlocked: Dnsmasq grids group…
OPNsense 25.7.3 released
OPNsense 25.7.3 released
forum.opnsense.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

This business release is based on the OPNsense 25.4.2 business version
with additional reliability improvements and adds Dnsmasq DHCP support.

A new US-based business mirror has been added.  To accom…
OPNsense 25.4.3 business edition released
OPNsense 25.4.3 business edition released
forum.opnsense.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A Modern Mastodon TUI Client.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Good day,

This stable update has the look and feel of a typical update across all
corners of the project: FreeBSD advisories and errata, fixes and quality
of life improvements in core, several plugin…
OPNsense 25.7.2 released
OPNsense 25.7.2 released
forum.opnsense.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

Some people reported performance related issues with our DEC4200 series, which after investigation turned out to be a bios related issue.

A new bios has been released which addresses these concerns.
DEC4200 series bios
DEC4200 series bios
forum.opnsense.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New OPNsense update released, update and stay safe

This business release is based on the OPNsense 25.1.12 community version
with additional reliability improvements, but without Dnsmasq DHCP support
and without the captive portal backend switch.

Here…
OPNsense 25.4.2 business edition released
OPNsense 25.4.2 business edition released
forum.opnsense.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM