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From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 18:18:17 -0500
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 6:15 PM grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Generally speaking, surveying fieldwork of other OS, in whatever
> areas of the OS, may be informative / comparative / useful.
>
> Random number generator enhancements for Linux...
> https://www.zx2c4.com/projects/linux-rng-5.17-5.18/
>

FWIW, Conrad (cem@) wrote up some compare/contrast notes on the topic
here: https://cemeyer.github.io/2022-03-19-FreeBSD-random

Thanks,

Kyle Evans