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Since a #backup is worthless without restore, I tried to restore all backups I still got in my archive. I could #restore all my with #mcrypt encrypted #NetBSD #alpha, #i386, #amd64 and #vax #dump archives with #restore going back to January 2000, when I implemented my first real backup strategy. #IBM #DeathStar

My backup benchmark from 2006 still holds up, dump/restore is the best backup system for NetBSD.

I could even access my #cfs encrypted files and restore GnuPG keys from the 90s.

@chongliss hi there! Sorry, I didn't see your reply until now for some reason (I didn't get a notification, possibly because the "@" got clobbered?)

I once owned a netbook with similar specs (albeit, more than 10 years ago). The sad truth that I can't sugarcoat is this: FOSS OSes do not speed up hardware. So while I'm cheering loudly for my D620 from 2006 that's running on NetBSD, I didn't mention that for some things, it's actually pretty darn slow. Namely: browsing with Firefox (Of course, we could say that this is more of a problem of Firefox rather than NetBSD, but the end result is the same). However, you can still browse rather OK with #Dillo.

The point I'm trying to make is this: #NetBSD won't "speed" a computer up. It's not performance-oriented like FreeBSD, and it may actually look like it's less responsible in terms of resource usage than Linux (it seems that it pools memory for future use instead of allocating it on demand). But you're going to gain in other aspects, like the simplicity of the OS structure, stability, the community and other stuff.

If you value more performance over the rest, from my experience Linux is a tad faster. A super slim system like #AlpineLinux is probably a great match, also with more drivers if your WiFi isn't well-supported in BSD. But it also won't speed up a sluggish application like a modern browser.

Anyway, hope this helps, and happy hacking! :)

@unruhe Agrree! 💯 !

For now I'm downloading/unpacking pkgsrc on the running system with running sshd/ntpd — and the top case of the system just a slightly warm.

Looks like I can't fry an eggs with #NetBSD

Okay, I left the working server for the night, while it was checking the newly connected HDD with Windows integrated utililty (don't know does it do something meaningful )

The device worked the whole night without the problems. At the end it was hot not warm, but I think this is because of some Windows processes which are doing some unknown shi^Wthings on the background

Now, with attached 250 Gb HDD from the shelf, it is ready for #NetBSD , I hope

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A fanless PC with Intel Atom with top board connected and with 250 Gb HDD connected to this board.

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The fanless Intel Atom PC in semi-assembled state with motherboard (bottom board) and the top board with COM port connectors and the HDD connected to it.

Man, #NetBSD continues to be super smooth!

Today I picked up my old Dell D620 and remembered that I had it installed from a few weeks before I tried seriously the Old Computer Challenge. And to no surprise from me, NetBSD continues to be amazing - even in this almost 20-year-old hardware.

And it wasn't even me who bought this computer. My parents bought it for me to finish my High School studies with Windows XP, and when I went to college, it was the computer that brought me to Linux. And I thought a Linux-based OS would be the last one that this computer would support until it finally gave out - until this year. And now I see that in a world slowly giving x86 the boot, NetBSD might as well be the only reasonable alternative in the future (well, until 2038, at least).

#OldComputers

Looking through the file system of this #NetBSD box and there is a file /init.core in the root directory 😳 Sounds like a bad time.

My future NetBSD server finally arrived MWA-HA-HA !

Basically, it is just a part of POS terminal, so I can say that I run my services on the cash register.

But inside of it there is a fanless PC with a little motherboard and the top board with a 6 RS232 connectors, two USB connectors and a SATA for 2.5' hard drive.

4 Gb memory, Intel Atom N2800, 64 Gb SSD and free space for (another SSD?) WiFi card, integrated TWO (!) 1 Gbit Ethernet and much more USB, RS232 and VGA + HDMI connectors.

It works completely quiet, and just a slightly warming up when Window 7 is working.

After I change the CR2032 battery and find a M3x17 brass stand for PCB (one is missing ) — I'll install #NetBSD on it and will enjoy #selfhosting , finally

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Front view of AviPos 320 Duo Mini PC. It has a black extruded aluminum profile in the form of a radiator, "PRW" and "RST" buttons, two leds (red "PWD" led and the green "HDD" led), two RS232 ports (COM5, COM6) and two USBs (USB1 and USB2)

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Back view of AviPos 320 Duo Mini PC. It has a black extruded aluminum profile in the form of a radiator, plastic plug in place for antenna connector, jack 3.5 mm for audio output, two LAN ports, VGA, HDMI, power connector ("DC 12V") and the four RS232 ports (COM1-COM4).

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Disassembled fanless PC. The top board was unmounted and the motherboard is visible. Also the memory is removed too, so the CR2032 battery is visible. There is a BiWin 64 Gb SSD on the left.

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The disassembled fanless PC with motherboard connected to the power source, to the display through the VGA and to the keyboard via the USB. The DDR3 memory is connected to the motherboard. The red LED, indicating that system is powered, is lighting.

Just so that anyone coming across this #OpenBSD idea has any questions about the #nosh user-space virtual terminals:

In nosh uservts, USB HIDs are opt-in; whereas with most kernel VTs & X11, USB HIDs are opt-out.

The administrator has to explicitly choose (in the ways laid out in user-vt-realizer-configuration(5) which allow various combinations of address, class, and ID matching) to have a #YubiKey realized as a keyboard HID on the #uservt.

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250822064253

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #Linux

#introduction ― I decided to create an alt account here to allow me
to connect more easily with SDF community.

My primary focus will be on tech-related things I like:
#pkgsrc on #netbsd #illumos and #slackware
#unix #sdf #gopher #smolnet #usenet #dos #c #lisp
#selfhosting #homeserver #permacomputing #lowtech
#hamradio #progrock #progmetal #ambient #postrock
#90s #scifi #cyberpunk #novels #seinen #manga

Turns out, if you type #OpenBSD, #FreeBSD or #Linux in DuckDuckGo search bar, cute duck logo changes respectively.
But not for #NetBSD! NetBSD people, rise up!

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Four screenshots of DuckDuckGo search bar: "openbsd", "freebsd", "linux", "netbsd" with DDG logo changed respectively for every search term except for NetBSD.

@zolaris It's used extensively on #NetBSD despite many attempts to the contrary 🙂

The European *BSD 😈⛳🐡 event of 2025 will start in a bit!

Only 36 days to go!
There are still tickets left, even for the social event.

Grab your 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org

If you want to know what we have planned have a look at the schedlue https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

For everything else, peek at https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷
September 25-28, 2025

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #BSD #Conference #Register

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Croatian flag in 8bit. Full version on Youtube Croatia National Anthem | 8Bit Version | Euro 2024 | Olympic 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMPodVXZ4ZM

A #Linux alternative? #Debian /Hurd shows microkernel #Unix dream is alive

#NetBSD

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/debian_hurd_13/

Attempt at making a robot cat using #NetBSD and an ODROID C2

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/etc is also specified in the SVID, volume 1, in the filesys(BA_ENV) section, and is in hier(7) across operating systems from #DragonFlyBSD to #NetBSD.

Let's not swing too far in the other direction just to counter the LInux-freedesktop-centric /etc/os-release myopia. (-:

#FreeDesktop #Unix #FreeBSD

@dimpase @vitaut Me too, lol

Since the #BSD hastags already set in your previous reply — here will be a loooooooooong thread from people who actually using BSD everywhere (especially #NetBSD )

aujourd'hui, dernier live avant les vacances ! #virtualisation avec #NetBSD et #NVMM, épisode 11, tout de suite sur https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #BSD #qemu

Two #blog posts in less than one week!

It was considered known that there is no support within GNAT (Ada) for illumos. We cross-build a complete native binutils+gcc toolchain for illumos to test out this claim.

...only to discover that illumos has full support within GNAT. Not a single test fails.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250817.html

#Ada #illumos #GNAT #GCC #GNU #freesoftware #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #compiler #compilers

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Of course, it runs NetBSD!

Credit: u/1r0n_m6n <https://www.reddit.com/r/NetBSD/comments/1msm1qs/of_course_it_runs_netbsd/> via @jaypatelani in Matrix

#NetBSD #cats #Caturday #SundayFun

I need to update my #netbsd "wine in a 32-bit chroot" guide, a few things have changed... I didn't need to set WINEDLLPATH in the past.

In a moment of Friday night weakness I may have bought an old X230 ThinkPad for my #NetBSD low-distraction writing machine :’).

Didn’t pay the extra for express shipping, so hopefully it comes in a week or so!

You know what #NetBSD could use? A driver for virtiofs! @imil

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All of those things are absolutely wonderful and make many of todays software developers look ... spoiled? What I want, however - and what I love doing - is making this old hardware do stuff its makers never dreamt of, things that are as far removed from their time as possible. That's why I will, if #NetBSD permits, run bleeding edge BSD on a 286-on-486steroids, and why I run web+ftp+irc servers (yes, multitaskign) on one 286 and multiple BBS nodes on a 386 - like one used to do, of course.

I cannot state often enough how amazing it is that there's still software developed today that will work under such constraints.

#RunBSD #EndOfRant