@DrInterpreter @AnachronistJohn @jns

@AnachronistJohn @jns @rl_dane I'm looking for an AI-free, secure OS that will let me pretend to be on Windows when I need to and still run ad blocking Chromium browsers, Zoom and solid free video editing.

I think all three major BSDs can run Chromium. I know for certain #OpenBSD can, pretty sure #FreeBSD can as well. My experience with #NetBSD is very limited, though, but probably.

As far as zoom, I'm afraid that's currently out of the picture on the BSDs, to the best of my knowledge. They used to have a web app, but I think that's gone, as well.

Among the Linux distros, Gentoo seems to have a pretty strongly anti-AI stance.

@Zenie @justine @prahou I find #NetBSD/evbarm works on the 32-bit boards. People tell me it (partially) works on some 64-bit boards but not mine. In fairness I think there's a lack of documentation for the SoCs.

@nuintari @mwl

A lot of the sysop infrastructure on the BSDs seems to still have the old reporting model of undergraduates running the occasional password cracker who need to be discovered first thing in the morning and told off by lunchtime, rather than an entire planet of malefactors attacking everything that they can reach all of the time, that one lone sysop cannot do anything to halt.

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

Some 2026 issues are fun.
Trying to host a simple webpage on my #HP #pa-risc
It crashes when i hit reload a few times on Firefox

What variables can i tune to make it a bit more stable?
#NetBSD #vintagecomputers

BSD was carrying you in the sand this whole time.
(well maybe not FreeBSD :P)

The developers of tmux and ssh don't use LLM.
And honestly tmux and ssh are the best things about "linux".

\o/ one of us , one of us ...

#openbsd #netbsd

Researching my NYCBUG talk on 1 April reminded me of FretBSD.

In 2003, @dvl and I put up a fake web site about the UN forcing #FreeBSD and #NetBSD to merge. The site is gone, but the text is archived at

https://www.freebsddiary.org/fretbsd.php

A ComputerWorld reporter contacted Dan requesting more details for a story, so: we won!

The fifth paragraph, or #OpenBSD? My career peaked early. That last sentence is the finest thing I will ever write.

Game Dev On IBook G4 With NetBSD
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/game-dev-on-ibook-g4-with-netbsd/

#powerpc #netbsd #bsd #gamedev

smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds

https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD

#smolbsd #bsd #netbsd

Fantastic, my setup on #Netbsd netboot needed a few tweaks to get my #Ultra1 going also.

If you are thinking of getting your #SunMicrosystem going on NetBSD
i put the netbsd-install.gz in my NFS share
The manual is a tad off there.

Hi! I am #newhere

My name is Benny, I am a #NetBSD developer. I am in the process of transferring my account over from @bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.org.

Trying #NetBSD/amd64 11.0 RC2 in a VM.

Three ways to look at the same machine - at the same time: a BIOS VGA console, a 256-color xterm, and a responsive web UI - all connected to the same cell and backup management backend.Which one would you pick?

https://netbsd-cells.petermann-digital.de

#netbsd #modernretrocomputing #freebsd #openbsd #dragonflybsd

Adventures in porting a #Wayland Compositor to #NetBSD and #OpenBSD by Jeff Frasca

https://youtu.be/oo_8gnWQ4xo

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/valuable-news-2026-03-16/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/valuable-news-2026-03-16/

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

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

It’s becoming real... When you build clean interfaces from the ground up, the next GUI is not magic. It is a concrete architectural vision, solid technical design, and a few prompts away...

https://netbsd-cells.petermann-digital.de/

#netbsd #modernretrocomputing #netbsd-cells

@Mentalisk Thanks for the question...

To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what the exact path toward upstream integration would look like yet. I originally started this project mainly out of my own operational needs, although I did have the idea in the back of my mind that it might eventually become something that could live inside the official NetBSD tree or distribution.

That said, I think that point is still quite far away - and I don’t mean that in a negative way at all. NetBSD has a long tradition of stability and careful engineering. Experimental subsystems are not integrated ad-hoc, and I think that’s a very good thing.

For now I would actually prefer to give the project some more time to mature in its current off-tree state.

At the same time I’m already thinking about ways to make the feature more accessible and trustworthy for a broader audience without immediately requiring a merge into the official sources. For example, one idea would be to provide well-targeted patch sets for an upcoming NetBSD 11 release - either as source diffs for people who want to build their own kernels, or possibly as binary patch tarballs that could be applied to an existing system.

Most components are already modular enough to support that approach. The only exceptions are one or two small security-related patches in the main kernel that were necessary to restrict the visibility of certain system information.

Another important aspect is code review. From the beginning I’ve been transparent that I’m developing this project with AI assistance. That allowed me to implement my original concept and design much faster than I otherwise could have. I’m learning a lot along the way and improving my kernel development skills every day, but I’m definitely not an experienced kernel developer yet.

For something to enter the official tree, proper review by experienced NetBSD developers would obviously be essential - both technically and from a project governance perspective.

That said, I’m very open to discussion, feedback, and ideas. Where there’s interest and collaboration, I’m sure a path forward can eventually be found.

#NetBSD

#NetBSD #Linux #windows7 #macos

@mpeterma have fun! 😁 #NetBSD

#NetBSD jingle pop style created with A.I. 😂

A small update on NetBSD Cells 🙂

I’ve spent some time recently polishing things up and have updated the project page. I also built a new evaluation DVD image so it’s easier to try the current state of the project.

It now includes a few of the things I’ve been working on lately, like the reconcile engine in cellmgr, some early volume and backup management, and cellui for interactive administration.

If you’re curious about where the project currently stands, I wrote a short status report here:
https://www.petermann-digital.de/en/blog/netbsd-cells-status-report-2026q1/

Project page and download:
https://netbsd-cells.petermann-digital.de/

Feedback, thoughts, and questions are always very welcome.

#NetBSD #ModernRetrocomputing #devops #selfhosted

"Can you show what Cells for NetBSD actually does?"

Sure.

Fresh NetBSD install, deploy a Luanti server from a manifest, backup, restore, inspect processes inside the cell, then nuke everything again.

My personal record is <4 minutes.
The video is slower because OBS + VM + music nearly killed my laptop.

https://www.youtube.com/live/nCPecyk-ejU

#netbsd #devops #modernretrocomputing #clt2026 #luanti

Cells for NetBSD... Lightning Talk without the Talk ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/live/_aVtaTbXnio

#netbsd #netbsd-cells #devops #modernretrocomputing

wait, #netbsd has 2 new books (AI-slop btw) now? and amazon is selling these in paperback as well... WTF!

Pushing Cells for NetBSD even further... cellmgr becoming a scriptable reconcilation engine with full lifecycle management including backup/restore, with cellui as the go-to TUI for midnight commander enthusiasts. And why stop there, when you could have a PAM authenticated web UI with feature-parity as well?

#netbsd #devops #modernretrocomputing #clt2026

I am booting something.. #Netbsd docs are interesting
🫣

Happy International Pi Day! Celebrating the infinite possibilities of clean code and extreme portability.

What a better day to remind everyone: Of course it runs NetBSD! 🚩

#NetBSD #PiDay #PiDay2026 #OpenSource #RetroComputing #RunBSD #linux

#NetBSD #PiDay2026

Hey! I will speak at #OpenTofuDay Europe in Amsterdam on March 23!

In my talk, we will see how to package OpenTofu and its providers, and we will exercise that to migrate from Terraform 0.12.x to OpenTofu 1.11.x.

Talk schedule link: https://sched.co/2DY5x

For more info about OpenTofu Day Europe: https://bit.ly/41RUALZ

#CloudNativeCon #KubeCon #opentofu #pkgsrc #netbsd

Alt...

OpenTofu Day Europe 2026 logo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 23 March 2026 #OpenTofu

@mhoye https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html #NetBSD

Another issue is that the only way to stop dtrace is to kill -9 it, which takes the watched process with it in the fall..

Halp? :)

IT person is setting up my new Mac. I'm seeing if I can download, install, and then compile the entirety of #NetBSD before macOS finishes installing.

Turns the Mac is defective, new one will take 3 days to arrive, so I'm probably winning!

Do you want to come to Brussels, mingle with BSD people, perhaps do a talk, a tutorial or a BOF session?

The Call for papers https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/ is open until June 20th, for the conference in Brussels September 9-13, 2026.

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

I pushed a second blog post. This time just some notes on what I had to do to get #NetBSD on my VPS setup for remote administration with ansible:

https://overeducated-redneck.net/blurgh/netbsd-ansible-notes.html