schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
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From the Leanpub Blog: Leanpub Book LAUNCH ๐ Three Essays on NetBSD by Chris Pinnock
https://leanpub.com/blog/leanpub-book-launch-three-essays-on-netbsd-by-chris-pinnock/
#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #NetBSD #ELF #BSD #OpenBSD #operatingsystems
NEW! Leanpub Book LAUNCH ๐ Three Essays on NetBSD by Chris Pinnock
#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #NetBSD #ELF #BSD #OpenBSD #operatingsystems
boostedBuilding pkgsrc with bob on NetBSD: if you get an error about X11R7, this is normal if you have a headless server without Xorg/X11.
Comment out the following line in your configuration file: { action = "mount", fs = "null", dir = "/usr/X11R7", opts = "-o ro" },
See https://github.com/jperkin/bob/blob/main/config/netbsd.lua#L152
Of course if you need to build X11 apps, install X11 on your host and keep the line.
Just a friendly reminder that this instance is running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD and littleFedi (not yet released)
I tried NetBSD as a desktop, and it felt like stepping into the '90s in a good way https://lobste.rs/s/ovbeds #netbsd
https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-netbsd-as-a-desktop-and-it-felt-like-stepping-into-the-90s-in-a-good-way/
๐ฉ NetBSD 11.0 RC6 available!
boostedRun #NetBSD headless (without a monitor)
https://smurfd.serveblog.net/log/messages035.html
Some of our #OpenBSD anti-ROP #research ended up on lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/xclcel/final_return_for_openbsd_anti_return
#BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Linux #Unix #Illumos #compiler #compilers #GCC #LLVM #Clang
@readeck Hello there, I did some work to build Readeck on NetBSD:
For testing, and standalone installations: platform specific Makefile, diff patch and README files, will submit a PR on Codeberg ๐
For production : a package for the pksrc repository (WIP), NetBSD 10.1 amd64 build available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/readeck-0.22.3.tgz (will be submitted to pkgsrc)
Happy notes on Readeck ๐
boostedIf 'go to' means first choice, where possible, then of course it is #httpd from #djbwares. Simple; static; secure; low resource usage; and I know exactly how it works.
One of the reasons that I maintain it is so that I can use it myself. (-:
http://jdebp.info/Softwares/djbwares/
It is running on #NetBSD for my public WWW site. But I have an internal WWW site where it runs on #FreeBSD.
Years ago, it was my own httpd and httppd, on OS/2. (-:
boostedContext: Pseudo-server runs mpd, so I can listen ambient music. Under OpenBSD I modified a script to run it as non-root, non-mpd user what allowed me to easily update directory with music owned by user. No voodoo and no curses allowed me to do the same under NetBSD, so I added user to mpd group and changed ownership of directory to mpd:mpd and it works(TM).
Tip for one who switches to NetBSD - if your speakers/headphones do not produce any mechanical waves of pressure, run audiocfg list and audiocfg test, do not panic.
Pretty funny that the most often requested file from my small kitchen-server is "/robots.txt". Pretty surprising, since a lot of LLM-bots usually ignores this file 
The other requested files are just some js crap, which is obviously don't exist on my serverย โ possibly some script-kiddies tried to find some entrypoint (see "config.js" and "env.js").
The funny part: the referrer URLs. Hope, the default content of NetBSD /etc/passwd from inside the sandbox was made someone happy 
Buying tip.
I buy used hardware almost exclusively. I like getting older computer stuff from eBay. I tend not to think about the pricing a lot - I'll find a good price and buy a thing.
It occurred to me today that when they say "or best offer" they mean it. I bought a workstation from a vendor a few weeks ago, and it was decent. I wanted to buy another one today, but the price was higher, so I sent an offer for what I'd paid for the other one. It was automatically rejected. But there was a suggested offer on the offer page that was $4 more than what I'd offered, so I clicked that. It was automatically accepted.
I think henceforth if I see "or best offer" on anything I'm going to try it.
Anyway, this will be my first hardware dedicated to NetBSD in many years. I'm going to explore different options for layout, but I'd like to do ZFS root. We'll see how well that works. I never did root disk encryption when I was a NetBSD developer, but I'll want to now. It'll be fun figuring out how things have changed.
I think I'll subscribe to some mailing lists in advance.
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I promised it, so here it is. This is a recording of littleFedi running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W on NetBSD.
#littleFedi #NetBSD #OwnYourData
I promised it, so here it is. This is a recording of littleFedi running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W on NetBSD.
Everything is on the SD card, the database is SQLite, and caching is enabled.
Personally, I won't comment on responsiveness or anything else; I'll just say that when I use it (both via the web interface and with apps like MastoBlaster or IceCubes), I find it hard to believe what kind of hardware it's running on.
Users' sessions (by default, a maximum of 8 users but configurable) are kept "warm" with every interaction or federated activity for 15 minutes since the last login; after that, the server enters "low power mode" and simply processes incoming data without activating the (users' timelines, etc.) cache.
We don't need to get ripped off for more powerful hardware, which comes with outrageous costs these days.
We just need to optimize and build efficient software.
Abundance led to waste.
#littleFedi #NetBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #Optimize #ScreenCapture #Fediverse
I promised it, so here it is. This is a recording of littleFedi running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W on NetBSD.
Everything is on the SD card, the database is SQLite, and caching is enabled.
Personally, I won't comment on responsiveness or anything else; I'll just say that when I use it (both via the web interface and with apps like MastoBlaster or IceCubes), I find it hard to believe what kind of hardware it's running on.
Users' sessions (by default, a maximum of 8 users but configurable) are kept "warm" with every interaction or federated activity for 15 minutes since the last login; after that, the server enters "low power mode" and simply processes incoming data without activating the (users' timelines, etc.) cache.
We don't need to get ripped off for more powerful hardware, which comes with outrageous costs these days.
We just need to optimize and build efficient software.
Abundance led to waste.
#littleFedi #NetBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #Optimize #ScreenCapture #Fediverse
boostedTrying Readeck a read-it-later web app ๐
Custom native build for NetBSD โ
It seems alright, Readeck is written in Golang, lately I prefer native binaries to PHP or NodeJS and alike.
It works. Smartphone companion app and browser plug works too ๐
Might package it or send it upstream if it proves reliable.
boostedCe soir, on compile du noyau #NetBSD dans le but de l'allรฉger ! Rendez-vous sur https://www.twitch.tv/ahp_nils !
I don't know if I'll manage to do the screen recording today or if it will end up being tomorrow, but I'm still amazed at how it runs on the Raspberry Pi Zero W with NetBSD.
Tomorrow, I will make a video of how littleFedi runs on this Raspberry Pi Zero W powered by NetBSD.
Once the caches are warm, the performance is incredible.
Ugreen 4 drive #NetBSD NAS, now with speed
https://smurfd.serveblog.net/log/messages034.html
Japan #NetBSD Users' Group will hold its annual general meeting and BoF next Sunday. http://www.jp.netbsd.org/ja/JP/JNUG/announce/meeting23.html.en #NetBSDJapan
Vulkan-netbsd brings Vulkan to NetBSD
NetBSD is the only BSD without a Vulkan stack (Mesa and Lavapipe), but that's about to change. The effort to bring Vulkan to NetBSD is now in beta, with prebuilt binaries coming soon.
Mesa configures, compiles, links, installs, and registers the Lavapipe software Vulkan driver on NetBSD 10.1 amd64, against LLVM 19.1.7. The driver (libvulkan_lvp.so, ~17 MB) i
https://www.osnews.com/story/145421/vulkan-netbsd-brings-vulkan-to-netbsd/