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MidnightBSD project lead, senior software engineer, tech geek.
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is the danger zone near the neutral zone

@Tubsta I’m not going to build separate isos.

I’d like to add an installer option to disable it for folks in other jurisdictions.

For now, simply don’t enter age for users and run sysrc aged_enable=NO to turn off the daemon.

Claude Wrote a Full #FreeBSD Remote Kernel #RCE with Root Shell (CVE-2026-4747): https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-claude-wrote-a-full-freebsd
MAD Bugs: Claude Wrote a Full FreeBSD Remote Kernel RCE with Root Shell (CVE-2026-4747)

To our knowledge, this is the first remote kernel exploit both discovered and exploited by an AI.

Calif

So I released MidnightBSD 4.0.4 with the new aged(8) and agectl(8)

https://github.com/MidnightBSD/src/releases/tag/4.0.4

Release 4.0.4 · MidnightBSD/src

This release includes security fixes, amd cppc driver and a new age attestation daemon. aged(8) and agectl(8) programs added. aged will run at startup unless it is disabled in /etc/rc.conf. If you...

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I recently compared 3 different GPUs with the same Microsoft PHI 4 LLM.

AMD Instinct MI 25 ~ 3 to 5 tokens per second

AMD 9060XT ~ 29-31 tokens per second

NVIDIA 5070 ~ 29 to 34.5 tokens per second

@SuperDicq @[email protected] @nixCraft I have no intention to sue users.
@SuperDicq I don’t want to drop a sudden change on users. I’m trying to give as much warning as possible

I created a new daemon in MidnightBSD called aged that managed the age verification data to comply with the California law. We do not yet have a fully compliant solution since additional hooks are needed. This is just the first step.

aged(8) does not comply with Brazil’s law since that requires ID checks. I’m not planning to support that.

The daemon uses a SQLite 3 database for storage and can support age or date of birth. It uses an agectl command to check age for users or to set it as root.

I also uploaded a new release this weekend that fixes a few security issues (4.0.3). It does not contains the new daemon.

I've made the difficult decision to limit use of MidnightBSD for desktop use in the state of California effective January 1, 2027.

This is due to https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3269704

It seems to me when you're looking for work in FOSS on here, perhaps your flippant replyguy attitude to a post about values and codes of conduct may not go down well.

But you know that's just me. 🤷‍♀️

Our humanity and ethics still matter. Especially in FOSS.