5 Days of using NetBSD on a Laptop for work and play - Article by Jesse Smith on DistroWatch #BSD #NetBSD https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250922#netbsd

I have uploaded the slides for my #EuroBSDCon2025 #ebc25 talk about creating products with #NetBSD (and why I chose NetBSD in the first place)

https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/sborrill/eurobsdcon2025/NetManager.pdf

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/SMSYQE/

This was a while back.
#netbsd #pkgsrc

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Monitor of a DECstation 5000/200 with X, running some xterms and the Netscape web browser. The foreground xterm shows cvs updating NetBSD pkgsrc. The background xterm shows me on either IRC or ICB - don't remember. xearth is populating the background.

If you're paying attention, you may have noticed my recent #NetBSD bug updates often have a single "." on its own line at the end. That's because gnats works differently from Sendmail and ends the message with Ctrl+D 😡

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Week 3: Union Mounts and Whiteout Files

One of the file types we've encountered are those of type S_IFWHT, so called "whiteout" files. But what the hell is that?? Let's illustrate! We describe the concept of union mounts and see what happens when a file in the upper layer is removed while the same file still exists in the lower layer: a whiteout file is created to cover up the lower file.

https://youtu.be/MkFExG9jhEE

#apue #unix #programming #netbsd

If anyone is interested in what I had to say (and hand out) during my talk, the QR code at the end leads to http://anduin.net/l.htm - go grab your copy in any of three formats: Bootable floppy, zipped TheDraw files, or PDF (boo!).

I met too many awesome people to count, much less remember the names of everyone, but I truly hope those of you who want to reach out will do so. My DMs are open ;)

The social overload from this weekend will quickly turn into the pain of missing the company of this extended family. Can't wait to see you again in Brussels - or at any time before that if you visit Oslo!

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #EuroBSDCon2026 #RunBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #BSD

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/09/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/valuable-news-2025-09-29/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/09/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/valuable-news-2025-09-29/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

I can barely resist the urge to ask,

"What's UNIX?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nsuw2t/comment/ngou32d/

The important thing is, I'll find it funny.

@lproven go on. Dare me to ask the question. You can refrain from answering, then eat popcorn whilst things unravel.

#Linux #UNIX #FreeBSD #popcorn #BSD #NetBSD #Torvalds

NetBaSeD #NetBSD

Somebody at #ebc25 wanted to talk to me about rust stuff but I did not see them today. Which community had something to solve? #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd

Devinez quoi ? J'ai fait des devoirs cette semaine xD #virtualisation avec #NetBSD et #NVMM, tout de suite sur https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #BSD #qemu

Now: Christoph Badura on reproducible #NetBSD dev environments #EuroBSDCon

Martin Husemann is presenting NetBSD net80211 Renewal - ETA and why we are not there yet

#EuroBSDCon #ebc25 #ebc2025 #NetBSD

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Martin presenting and showing the slides

Now: Martin Husemann explaining about the #NetBSD Wi-Fi driver renewal #EuroBSDCon

@kzimmermann Upgrade #NetBSD. I start each version with a fresh installation. I've tried to update a few times and it has never worked for me. A fresh installation is fast but it takes a while to build packages afterwards.

Heh, I hadn't used my #NetBSD machine in a while, and turns out that a whopping 295 packages were in the waiting list. Time to roll them out!

I wonder if it's time to run a full sysupgrade or something? I remember back in FreeBSD I would do a freebsd-update every two weeks or so, but looking at the docs seems to hint that this should be done only after a release change (or at least that's what I understood?)

https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-upgrading.html

#RunBSD

@justine

@DianeBruce could also speak to this. I know I've seen her at just about every bsd conference that I've been to.

#EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenBSD #NetBSD

@rubenerd I had #NetBSD on my X240. Used ctwm ;) Moved it to an X270 though. The X240 now has #alpinelinux with a #kali container for teaching security and ethical hacking. The X240 incidentally has touch screen ;) Both machines are second hand, refurb. At the moment I use cwm on all my machines. There is also a Thinkcentre with OpenBSD.

#EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenBSD #NetBSD

Yes! “New” ThinkPad X230 I bought as a writing machine is booting #NetBSD :’)

Even the chicklet/island keyboard is still so wonderful to type on.

Next steps: Wi-Fi, and either my tmux “terminal GUI” or maybe I should try ctwm!

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ThinkPad X230 booting NetBSD!

NOW: Harold Gutch on #NetBSD for the Nintendo #Wii
#EuroBSDCon

Made it to #EuroBSDCon in time for lunch! :D

And I did not miss the _whole_ #NetBSD devsummit. Now listening to riastradh@ demo Mercurial and disrupting the demo by adding conflicting commits 😜

You should know #pkgsrc 2025Q3 was released yesterday:

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2025/09/25/msg042016.html

#netbsd

NetBSD is the currently working BSD on Nanopi R2S Plus. But I need to manually hook the boot device. Automating the hook process with boot.cmd is possible. I tried to flash Debian uboot and trust images, but ended with kernel panic after loader part.

#netbsd #arm64

@thomholwerda #NetBSD/i386?

part of the reason that people say the things that they do about the bests in my headcannon:
#freebsd is more popular and has more packages? surely its a desktop!
#openbsd is secure and rock solid KISS? oooh no. all the technology i've ever used for security have made my computer completely greek to me!. only for servers or uber nerd hackers, clearly
#netbsd is highly portable yet is the smallest of the three? its small so eh. ymmv. maybe run it on your weird 1990s pda?

#EuroBSDCon #RunBSD #Retrocomputing #Fanboi #StarStruck

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Marshall Kirk McKusick, Eric Allman, a couple of (much) younger BSD developers and myself hovering over an old open-frame PC build which is busy booting NetBSD. Sponsor pull-up poster for Entersekt/Modirum (my employer) in the background.

#eurobsdcoon 2025 is getting started in #zagreb:
#openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #conference #freesoftware #libresoftware

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Closeup of my EuroBSDcon 2025 shirt and badge