ostan101, saw this Linux only meme added some flavour for BSDs 😜 #RunBSD #DragonflyBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

./build.sh #NetBSD

A new #blog post appears!

I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html

#macos #macosx #tiger #powerpc #power #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #solaris #illumos #gcc #llvm #clang #compiler #compilers #assembler #linker #toolchain #freesoftware #opensource #gnu

First change since #swad 0.2 will actually be a (huge?) improvement to my #poser lib. So far, it was hardwired to use the good old #POSIX #select call. This is perfectly fine for handling around up to 100 (or at least less than 1000, YMMV) clients.

Some #select implementations offer defining the upper limit for checked file descriptors. Added support for that.

POSIX also specifies #poll, which has very similar #scalability issues, but slightly different. Added support for this as well.

And then, I went on to add support for the #Linux-specific #epoll and #BSD-specific #kqueue (#FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, ...) which are both designed to *solve* any scalability issues 🥳

A little thing that slightly annoyed me about kqueue was that there's no support for temporarily changing the signal mask, so I had to do the silly dance shown in the screenshot. OTOH, it offers changing event filters and getting events in a single call, which I might try to even further optimize ... 😎

#C #coding

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kqueue client code, manually relaxing the signal mask for just the single kevent() call waiting for new events.

On my new NetBSD install I'm using 'oksh' - the portable version of OpenBSD's ksh - as my shell and wondered what in the world was going on with my arrow keys and moving through the shell history!

Adding...

set -o emacs

... to my ~/.kshrc sorted things out:

https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/raw/master/.kshrc?ref_type=heads

Slowly learning!

#oksh #ksh #NetBSD #RunBSD

I had forgotten I still had this!

There are familiar names on this paper.

#BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Unix #Unix #PDP11

Alt...

Introduction to Berkeley Kernel Modifications Unix - Seventh Edition Last PDP-11 Kernel Distribution July, 1981 Bob Kridle and William F. Jolitz

Framework Laptop 12 is now on pre-order:

https://frame.work/fr/en/products/laptop12-diy-intel-13gen/configuration/new

That little machine looks gorgeous and the prices are surprisingly reasonable.

I have to resist ordering such a machine for #OpenBSD 7.7...

What about #NetBSD 10.1?

But is it supported by BSD...? Only one way to find out! 🤓

A new day, another install of a BSD... This time NetBSD on a Thinkpad T430s. 🙂

#NetBSD #RunBSD #Thinkpad

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Output of the `fastfetch` command showing system information on the console from a fresh install of NetBSD.

@ryoon I do but on my desktop, and I work on a laptop most of the time. I only have unaccelerated graphics, which is slow. But Chromium works well on #NetBSD current.

#NetBSD @netbsd a clean install of NetBSD 10.1 on AMD64 now seem to setup the terminal wrong? Is this a known issue? (I just pulled mc+bash using pkgin after clean install)

dreckly: pkgsrc fork focused on quality and portability to all UNIX-like platforms via @fs111 https://lobste.rs/s/spjeuv #dragonflybsd #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #unix
https://github.com/drecklypkg/dreckly

O.k. All my pkgsrc packages works fine under NetBSD/amd64-current of yesterday. #NetBSD #pkgsrc

Another one in the BSD world has been released. Vermaden LVN

Now Go, read and Learn

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

#Vermaden #LVN #POSIX #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ghostBSD  #Linux #programming

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The screencap shows a screenshot of a mobile version of vermaden website. The background is black, and the text is in white, making it easy to read. At the top of the screen, there is a status bar displaying the time as 14:10, a Wi-Fi icon, a battery level of 90%, and signal strength indicators. Below the status bar, the text reads: "The Valuable News weekly series is dedicated to provide summary about news, articles and other interesting stuff mostly but not always related to the UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Whenever I stumble upon something worth mentioning on the Internet I just put it here. Today the amount of information that we get using various information streams is at massive overload. Thus one needs to focus only on what is important without the need to grep(1) the Internet everyday. Hence the idea of providing such information 'bulk' as I already do that grep(1). The Usual Suspects section at the end is permanent and have links to other sites with interesting UNIX/BSD/Linux news. Past releases are available at the dedicated NEWS page." The text is formatted in a simple, straightforward manner, with each paragraph clearly separated. The word "NEWS" is highlighted in blue, indicating a clickable link. The overall layout is clean and easy to read, with a focus on providing information about a weekly series related to UNIX/BSD/Linux systems. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.325 Wh

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/04/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/04/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟰/𝟬𝟳 (Valuable News - 2025/04/07) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/valuable-news-2025-04-07/

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

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

EuroBSDCon 2025, Zagreb, September 2025 - Call for Talk and Presentation proposals is open

The Call for Talk and Presentation proposals for EuroBSDCon 2025 is now open.

Submit yours at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/

Please also visit the main website https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/ for information about the conference.

See you in Zagreb!

#eurobsdcon #bsd #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware @eurobsdcon

BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks June 13-14, 2025

Registration is open - https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

Also see https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/ for descriptions and tips

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware

Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #blogging #bssg #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #ssg #web

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #blogging #bssg #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd #ownyourdata #server #ssg #web

Yes you have seen it correctly, I'm now including __links__ the sh & console based browser, in my workflow, since it uses few resources, doesn't understand many of the modern languages, which results in pleasure and fun on the internet. You can even use links on a serial console like my Wyse terminal!

An Adblock is not need in this modus operandi.

The places which are properly coded, do not need even JavaScript are where I frequently get my information from

#POSIX #RetroComputing #csh #sh #ksh #bash #fish #Terminal #16550AF #Serial #Console #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ghostBSD #Linux #JavaScript #programming

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The image shows a computer screen displaying a DuckDuckGo search page for "joe sample." in links, the sh console based browser The page is in a dark theme, with the DuckDuckGo logo at the top. The search bar is filled with "joe sample," and the search button is visible. Below the search bar, there is a "Zero-click info" section that provides a brief summary of Joe Sample, an American jazz keyboardist and composer. The summary mentions his role as a founding member of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the group's name change to "The Crusaders" in 1971, and his involvement in the group until its final album in 1991 and a 2003 reunion album called "Rural Renewal." The Wikipedia link is provided for more information. The page is part of a larger search result, as indicated by the "Next Page" button. The background of the search results page is dark, with a faint image of a person's face visible behind the text. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.248 Wh

@martinschlegel @Extelec Pretty much any version of #NetBSD should run on a #ThinkPad T23 out of the box, and #pkgsrc will include the ~latest #firefox. I tested it on a ThinkPad T41, which is only two years more recent than the T23 - https://youtu.be/jYS4TcgxMxU

Now, whether you can do anything *useful* in modern Firefox on a 1GB 32 bit machine... not so much

#PaleMoon or #ArcticFox are pretty capable browsers which run well on smaller machines - and #Dillo will *scream* on that spec hardware 😛

@usul

... On #NetBSD ???

What in the holy name of Cthulhu is this?

@jpmens

At EuroBSDCon 2025, we're eager to read your paper, BOF or tutorial submission!

Please go to https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/ for info, submit at https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/cfp

See you in Zagreb in September!

#eurobsdcon #conference #unixlike #bsd #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #freesoftware #development #devops #sysadmin #networking #libresoftware #security

Registration for BSDCan 2025 is open!

Tutorials Jun 11-12
Talks & BOFs Jun 13-14,

See https://blog.bsdcan.org/blog/ and register at https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

#bsdcan #conference #unixlike #bsd #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #freesoftware #development #sysadmin #devops #security #networking #libresoftware

The last episode of the #BSDNow podcast is talking about #FediMeteo

https://www.bsdnow.tv/605

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Does anyone here run #mariadb on #NetBSD? I have a question.

Hmm... wayland-scanner gets segfault under NetBSD/amd64-current. The core file has no clue... #NetBSD #pkgsrc

I have finally found the problematic commit to break pkgsrc/lang/python3*. #pkgsrc #NetBSD

@AnachronistJohn I just wish that 1, one, of them was a privacy oriented browser. #netbsd

I will bisect NetBSD src tree... #NetBSD #pkgsrc

NetBSD src of TZ=UTC cvs up -dP -D2025-03-30 has no problem at all. #NetBSD #pkgsrc

Hmm... On my very recent NetBSD/amd64-current, builds of pkgsrc/lang/python3* fails. #pkgsrc #NetBSD

System Administration

Week 1, #Unix History

Exhibiting one of the cardinal virtues of System Administrators — laziness — we're reusing a video from my #programming class to give a whirlwind history tour: Bell Labs, Berkeley & the Unix Wars, USL v. BSDi, the birth of #NetBSD & #FreeBSD, the development of GNU & its adoption of #Linux, all leading to Unix on your fridge, car, and mobile phone.

https://youtu.be/3H7SQWTR6Dw

Last semester's #apue thread:
https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/113087999769442250

#sysadmin #sre #devops

System Administration

Week 1, Warming up to EC2

This video should help you get set up for the first homework assignment using the #AWS #EC2 command-line tools to launch our #NetBSD instance. (We'll show you how to automate many of the common steps when working with EC2 in a future video.)

https://youtu.be/cA_pgRH0IDw

#SysAdmin #devops #sre

System Administration

Week 2, Moving an EBS Volume across OS

As an exercise to reinforce our discussion of storage models and how kind of magical cloud storage is, we show to move an EBS volume from one #EC2 instance running #NetBSD to one running #Ubuntu #Linux.

https://youtu.be/FxzANp8Z1FA

#SysAdmin #DevOps #SRE