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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026436 stories
Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team↗ github.com · HN · 185 comments · 492 points · May 30, 2026
OpenBSD 7.9↗ openbsd.org · HN · 308 comments · 418 points · May 19, 2026
Why I love FreeBSD↗ it-notes.dragas.net · HN · 262 comments · 530 points · Mar 16, 2026
FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me↗ vladimir.varank.in · HN · 361 comments · 434 points · Feb 23, 2026
Gentoo on Codeberg↗ gentoo.org · HN · 153 comments · 436 points · Feb 17, 2026
2025493 stories
A Love Letter to FreeBSD↗ tara.sh · HN · 316 comments · 435 points · Nov 30, 2025
Using FreeBSD to make self-hosting fun again↗ jsteuernagel.de · HN · 166 comments · 399 points · Nov 02, 2025
Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends↗ mail-index.netbsd.org · HN · 238 comments · 406 points · Oct 26, 2025
OpenBSD Innovations↗ openbsd.org · HN · 323 comments · 542 points · Feb 22, 2025
1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected↗ tuhs.org · HN · 148 comments · 425 points · Feb 19, 2025
2024673 stories
Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch↗ github.com · HN · 63 comments · 333 points · Dec 05, 2024
Why and how we’re migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs↗ it-notes.dragas.net · HN · 226 comments · 334 points · Oct 03, 2024
Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison↗ blogsystem5.substack.com · HN · 609 comments · 648 points · Sep 09, 2024
We have reached OpenBSD of Theseus↗ marc.info · HN · 87 comments · 420 points · Aug 23, 2024
Writing a Unix clone in about a month↗ drewdevault.com · HN · 134 comments · 395 points · May 24, 2024
2023590 stories
BCHS software stack: BSD, C, httpd, SQLite↗ learnbchs.org · HN · 91 comments · 153 points · Dec 28, 2023
Reforming Unix↗ github.com · HN · 94 comments · 158 points · Dec 25, 2023
Fedora 40 Plans To Unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin↗ phoronix.com · HN · 78 comments · 59 points · Dec 24, 2023
GNU Parallel, where have you been all my life?↗ alexplescan.com · HN · 27 comments · 120 points · Aug 21, 2023
FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort on its SYSINITs↗ twitter.com · HN · 19 comments · 80 points · May 19, 2023
2022560 stories
RavynOS – Finesse of macOS, freedom of FreeBSD↗ ravynos.com · HN · 363 comments · 769 points · Aug 17, 2022
Technical reasons to choose FreeBSD over GNU/Linux (2020)↗ unixsheikh.com · HN · 363 comments · 391 points · Aug 06, 2022
Beej updated the classic Linux network programming guide↗ beej.us · HN · 77 comments · 414 points · Jul 20, 2022
Show HN: Porting OpenBSD Pledge() to Linux↗ justine.lol · HN · 128 comments · 571 points · Jul 14, 2022
We're migrating many of our servers from Linux to FreeBSD↗ it-notes.dragas.net · HN · 398 comments · 445 points · Jan 24, 2022
2021652 stories
OpenBSD 7.0↗ openbsd.org · HN · 211 comments · 345 points · Oct 14, 2021
FreeBSD 13.0↗ freebsd.org · HN · 59 comments · 315 points · Apr 13, 2021
FreeBSD 13.0 – Full Desktop Experience↗ tubsta.com · HN · 287 comments · 320 points · Mar 17, 2021
Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020)↗ beej.us · HN · 165 comments · 993 points · Feb 11, 2021
Hello system, a FreeBSD-based OS designed to resemble Mac↗ hellosystem.github.io · HN · 267 comments · 319 points · Feb 10, 2021
2020621 stories
The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan↗ corecursive.com · HN · 85 comments · 388 points · Nov 22, 2020
John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code↗ marc.info · HN · 257 comments · 744 points · May 18, 2020
The most surprising Unix programs↗ minnie.tuhs.org · HN · 176 comments · 539 points · Mar 14, 2020
FreeBSD is an amazing operating system↗ unixsheikh.com · HN · 189 comments · 395 points · Jan 20, 2020
BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X↗ hackaday.com · HN · 415 comments · 672 points · Jan 09, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Amiga Unix, Again↗ amigaux.org · HN · 67 comments · 144 points · Sep 20, 2026
GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview↗ marc.info · HN · 83 comments · 128 points · Sep 15, 2026
FreeBSD 14.5-Release↗ freebsd.org · HN · 32 comments · 146 points · Sep 08, 2026
RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source↗ ravynos.com · HN · 139 comments · 240 points · Aug 31, 2026
FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS↗ tumfatig.net · HN · 5 comments · 62 points · Sep 19, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

RavynOS: Pre-alpha open-source OS based on Darwin, FreeBSD, Apple open-source↗ ravynos.com · HN · 139 comments · 240 points · Aug 31, 2026
ReactOS 0.4.16↗ reactos.org · HN · 44 comments · 156 points · Aug 31, 2026
NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9↗ blog.netbsd.org · HN · 17 comments · 151 points · Sep 06, 2026
FreeBSD 14.5-Release↗ freebsd.org · HN · 32 comments · 146 points · Sep 08, 2026
Amiga Unix, Again↗ amigaux.org · HN · 67 comments · 144 points · Sep 20, 2026
AMD Based FreeBSD Desktop Reloaded↗ vermaden.wordpress.com · HN · 29 comments · 129 points · Sep 06, 2026
GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview↗ marc.info · HN · 83 comments · 128 points · Sep 15, 2026
Research carried out using NetBSD↗ netbsd.org · HN · 29 comments · 104 points · Sep 06, 2026
OpenBSD Stories: Strange Medieval Devices↗ miod.online.fr · HN · 21 comments · 92 points · Sep 02, 2026
FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS↗ tumfatig.net · HN · 5 comments · 62 points · Sep 19, 2026

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