I love #NetBSD. I love working on its code base, and I love running it. I burned out on computers in the teens--especially with a lot of the places that Linux has gone--and playing more with NetBSD has brought back that spark of joy.

Anyway, the foundation's fundraiser is coming up short right now, if you have extra, it's great community and plucky little OS.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html

🌟 Introducing BSD.cafe 🌟

Excited to present the first building block of the BSD Cafe project! When I registered this domain months ago, I envisioned a themed bar where we can casually chat about *BSD systems, Linux, and Open-Source technology among friends, acquaintances, and patrons. But like any bar, discussions can cover a wide range of topics while respecting everyone.

BSD.cafe will be a hub for various tools and services, powered by *BSD.

The first brick is a new Mastodon instance, a gateway to the Fediverse. Registration is open, and the server will be moderated under clear guidelines promoting good behavior and zero tolerance for hate towards anyone. Inclusivity, respect, and constructive dialogue are the key values of this new instance.

The main server is currently hosted in Finland on a small VM, based on #FreeBSD. Services are divided into VNET jails, connected in a LAN via a local bridge. A VPN system is also present and have been able to move individual jails to different, more powerful, machines.

Multimedia data and cache are hosted on another physical server (FreeBSD, within a jail), with Cloudflare in front. The aim is to cache and geodistribute data, reducing network traffic on the main VPS.

Reverse proxy (frontend), mail server, media server, and the instance itself are reachable via #ipv6.

The instance started empty. No unnecessary content was pre-loaded; I want it to grow organically based on users' interests and following. There won't be any preemptive blocks at this stage. Users are encouraged to promptly report anything they find worth flagging.

Join us at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe to build a constructive and inclusive community—a safe and relaxing space for everyone.

Our wiki, located at https://wiki.bsd.cafe, features essential links and articles related to the BSD world. It provides an overview of the tools, services, rules, uptime, and more information about the BSD Cafe Services.

A Matrix server, a Miniflux RSS Reader, the Wiki itself, and the BlendIT Lemmy instance are all part of the BSD Cafe services, with more to come.

#BSD #OpenSource #Fediverse #Community #Tech #Networking #Mastodon #Inclusivity #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #OSS #SysAdmin #Miniflux #RSS #Matrix

@lymenzies
Well, depending on how far you get with run - here's a nice little thing - OrangePi Zero, #netbsd starts up, but the network card doesn't work 😉

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OrangePi Zero

@stefano when I saw this message I immediately thought of you. You can possibly make this happen #NetBSD

Hehe, I left #netbsd installing on my #vax (a lowly #MicroVAX 3100/30, with 32MB RAM and 25MHz CPU) over the weekend. It's running on the network now, but is *spectacularly* slow, even on NetBSD 7.2 😂

It takes about 80 minutes to boot, and 2-3 minutes to login on a serial console.

It's effectively unusable, but was an interesting #retrocomputing exercise to get up and running. Ah well, back to #VMS.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/10/27) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/valuable-news-2025-10-27/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/10/27) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/valuable-news-2025-10-27/

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

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

This week for the #OverUnder series, my guest is @bt!

He gave his thoughts about #Openwrt, #NetBSD, #Qutebrowser, #Braindumps, and #FrozenYogurts!
He also recommendended two #books

#mastodon #fediverse #blogs #blogging #bookstodon #BSD #OpenBSD
https://lazybea.rs/ovr-039

@schalken Thanks for the toot #NetBSD 🚩

Made some improvements in Wii graphics support on #NetBSD recently. Instead of doing RGB to YUY2 conversion in software (very slow!) I managed to work out how to make the GX to do it for me. This has a nice side effect in that it actually reproduces colours more accurately than my hacky software solution.

For the upcoming Fosdem, we submit a common devroom titled "BSD, illumos, bhyve, OpenZFS".

Our proposal was accepted 🥳 !
The devroom will take place Saturday 31 January afternoon.

#illumos #Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #NetBSD #ZFS #bhyve

The CFP will be published in the upcoming days!

Ce soir, restriction budgétaire sur les espaces disques ! #virtualisation avec #NetBSD et #NVMM, tout de suite sur https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #BSD #qemu

Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends https://lobste.rs/s/wbymah #netbsd
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html

Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.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? :)

Want to reduce e-waste? The NetBSD🚩 Project keeps old hardware alive, turning it into firewalls or retro-gaming machines.
To keep this work going (and fund new RISC-V & WiFi renewal!), the @netbsd needs our help to hit its 2025 goal before the year ends.
Please donate today: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/

#WhyIRunNetBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #RISCV #Sustainability #Ewaste #RetroGaming #Linux

Finally!

I'm happy to announce the R1OS Forum, a place for everyone interested in free and open source software that wants to discuss about it, get help using it, or simply want to be part of a new community.

https://r1os.com/sites/blog/forum-platform-launched.php

Forum: https://forum.r1os.com

#r1os #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #illumos #opensource #freesoftware

Pretty interesting how an old hardware works well and compute well in the strange configurations.

Prereqs: Intel Atom N2800 1866 MHz and 2 Gb RAM.

Since there are no NetBSD builds of xray-core and v2raya — I spin up a FreeBSD VM inside the Qemu and without NVMM accelerator (not supported by my CPU). Execute these programs inside this VM — and the server still running and even doesn't overload

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #Qemu #IntelAtom #SelfHosting

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CPU usage graph from Munin. The graph shows 5-10% CPU usage. The graph rises to near 5% at near 11:40. With one visible spike to 120% at near 12:50.

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Load average graph from Munin. Overall usage were at near 0.3 but raised to 0.8 at 11:30. With one visible spike to 2.8 at near 12:50

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The memory usage by category graph. It shows rise of anon memory from 0.3 Gb to 0.8 Gb at near 11:00 or 12:00.

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Processes graph from Munin. It shows that there are near 53 processes before 11:00 and near 65 processes after this time.

Tinkering with #NetBSD on this ex-Sophos box has been way more fun than I expected. No more bad web UIs, no proprietary crap, just a basic npf.conf file I can access over SSH or a serial console. Done!

I can't wait for our access point to arrive, then I can finally retire our ancient home network kit.

@lattera I've posted a patch adding a deadfs(9) manual page.

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53334

Perhaps #NetBSD want to chime in as well. It seems like their deadfs(9) is also missing a manual page.

#freebsd #osdev #foss #deadfs

So, it has been like three months using FIDO/U2F keys instead of passwords. Both in my NetBSD and Arch systems.

I use a "medium" quality password to decrypt the filesystems and other one to decrypt the password manager. And that's it.

No password to log-in, to unlock screen, to run doas/sudo, etc. Just this little penguin and press its button.

Also, I'm using this as 2FA for all websites that support it. Lemmy doesn't. It's the only place where I don't use it, yet.

Because U2F uses the domain name, this is a strong protection against phishing. A similar domain may trick my eyes, but not the key.

I'm very bad at memorizing passwords, and worse at typing them. Unlocking the screen without typing my password like 3 times is a bless.

The problems: if my laptop is decrypted anybody with this penguin is root. It's kinda my Horcrux. Also, I need a second one stored safely as a backup.

So I officially have two horcruxes. Destroy both and I can't log-in anywhere.

#fido #u2f #infosec #NetBSD #arch #keepass #password #horcrux

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A stuffed toy with a shape of a pengüin, with a USB key attached to its neck.

@WiteWulf

#NetBSD 1.12? Good grief!

#microvax

We at @BoxyBSD are happy to announce our new and modern website!

While the missions keeps the same by providing a free place for beginners to learn, educate themselves and test things in the wild on BSD-based systems (such like #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD (or even #smolbsd) and many more ones) with public accessible IP addresses, the old nerdy design only hit a niche of users.

We want to make BoxyBSD more accessible & enjoyable to everyone and this is one of the first steps. We know, a laggy SSH connection doesn't make fun and therefore, we're also setting up new locations to provide you a better latency independent of your location.

During this time, signups for new users are currently deactivated until the new locations are up and running and the first real-user tests within the new interface have been successfully performed.

Web: https://boxybsd.com

Thanks to @gyptazy for this :)

#BoxyBSD #BSD #BSDHosting #Runbsd #vps #freevps #vpshosting #community #education

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New BoxyBSD website

Ooo, I think we might be getting somewhere!

#RetroComputing #digital #dec #vax #openvms #netbsd

This lunchtime I have mostly been doing battle with a scsi2sd device, and trying to get my microvax to boot from it as a CDROM.

It's a useful device, but the GUI was obviously put together by the same person who designed and knew the hardware inside out, and the documentation is almost non-existent. It doesn't help that the microvax 3100 is *very* picky about the CDROM drives it will boot from.

#RetroComputing #digital #dec #vax #openvms #netbsd

I have more #NetBSD than #FreeBSD installs by @rubenerd

https://rubenerd.com/i-have-more-netbsd-than-freebsd-installs/

Because I like torturing my Pentium Pro, I'm mentioning this one here. Just in case it should be of interest to anyone. Beware of the slightly nsfw second post in the thread. It's late, my boss is visiting, I had a few beers. It seemed like a good idea at the time. ;)

#RetroComputing #NetBSD #Fediverse #Snac #Snac2

@Gammitin I think they're pulling 486 support from the kernel soon, if not already…

That said, I wonder if the BSDs still supports it? #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Gonna install #NetBSD 11 beta on my #PineBookPro, wish me luck

Upgraded* my workhorse to #NetBSD/amd64 10.1.