BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

But VNC'ing into a small #NetBSD VM and launching X11 and Xeyes is really funny.

I missed Xeyes for some reason... 👀

Now, most of my installs are Debian, Linux Mint Debian Edition or Devuan.

I plan on doing more with NetBSD

#linux #debian #devuan #bsd #netbsd

Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs

My BSDCan 2025 presentation, PeerTube and YouTube links:

PeerTube: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/x4oPuHpCJK3qWFfdZtr7hd

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #BSDCan #ISolveProblems #Linux

@adorfer

Does it run #NetBSD?

@pallenberg @astromarcovogtland

Toot from pkgsrc/www/firefox-145.0b9 under NetBSD/amd64-current... #pkgsrc #NetBSD

Second time was easier than the first (plus using a faster machine helped); upgraded PostgreSQL from 14 to 16 on #NetBSD, for a #Zabbix server v7 on a Pi.
20 minutes to dump the database, install new PG version, re-import and re-start.

Alt...

Temperature chart, missing 20 minutes.

🦾 6 BSDs Worth Trying Instead of Linux

https://www.howtogeek.com/bsds-worth-trying-instead-of-linux/

#BSD #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #MidnightBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #opensource #unix

The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩

https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem26/

#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve

boosts appreciated

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment

Did you know that #NetBSD comes with a number of historical Unix research papers and supplementary documentation? Here, we find papers by Marshall Kirk McKusick on the Fast File System, by Robert Morris and Ken Thompson on Password Security, a shell tutorial by Stephen R. Bourne, a guide to using vi(1) by Bill Joy, and the well known BSD IPC Tutorials! Take a tour through /usr/share/doc...

https://youtu.be/XqhOUqi4fc0

#apue #unix #programming

I dearly love #Slackware, don't get me wrong, but I have to say that, compared to #NetBSD it feels a bit on the heavier side, if you see what I mean...

Then again, I am doing a "slackpkg update" on a freshly installed VM, so there is that... 🤓

By the way, NetBSD is still looking for money to complete their 2025 fundraiser, so donate here: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/11/03) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/valuable-news-2025-11-03/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/11/03) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/valuable-news-2025-11-03/

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

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

This is part of my weekend fun. Coffee stains included.
The two Raspberry Pis are powered by NetBSD, the mini PC by illumos/SmartOS, and the two APU boards by FreeBSD.

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS #IT #SysAdmin #HomeLab #RaspberryPI

Alt...

A top-down shot of a small computer setup on a tan surface with some visible coffee stains. In the upper left, a silver mini-PC is partially visible, with a black USB stick plugged into its side. Below the mini-PC, a black USB to TTL serial adapter is connected to and powering a Raspberry Pi A+. The Raspberry Pi Zero W is connected to and driving a 2-relay module. The Raspberry Pis are running NetBSD, the mini-PC is running llumos/SmartOS, and the two, slightly visible APU devices are running FreeBSD.

@tg9541 @stuartl
https://twitter.com/oshimyja

Uses touchscreen with #NetBSD https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/screenshots/oshimaya-drawing.jpg

But I guess if hardware is not supported it will be harder to get it working.

Thanks to suggestions from @stuartl I learned a bit about *BSD and PC hardware by tracing my touchpad and keyboard problem in #NetBSD:

1. I found a forum thread about touchpad issues with a hint that #OpenBSD is known to have better touchpad support than NetBSD

2. the blog of Joshua Stein who works on notebook hardware compatibility in OpenBSD

To understand how hardware support works, the following is a great source!

https://jcs.org/2019/07/28/ihidev

Thinking about a #Pine64 Quartz "A" running #NetBSD as a ZFS send remote backup destination. What other decent hardware options for a mirrored pair of 3.5" drives?

I really wish it was easier to know how #NetBSD works on an OrangePi 5 (or 5+) or a BananaPi M7, or similar board I could get that has SATA or an M2 I could add a SATA riser to. ​

I've finally given up on #NetBSD on the Odroid HC4 since, of course it doesn't run NetBSD. Instead, armbian linux just worked and has ZFS. That's disappointing, but not quite as disappointing as one of the two hard disks making a sad beeping noise instead of spinning up so the project still can't continue.

A repurposed x86 laptop getting #NetBSD 11 beta via sysupgrade:

$ sysupgrade fetch
sysupgrade: I: Downloading https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/20251028150036Z/amd64/binary/sets/base.tar.xz into /var/cache/sysupgrade

@stefano #NetBSD is the best OS for the 1st Gen Pis!

It ran better than Alpine Linux in my Old Computer challenge:

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html

@stuartl I tried to watch Xorg.*.log with an ssh session.

What happens is interesting: for the 45s that it takes startx to do its thing all ssh console communication is blocked. When terminating X11 the console through ssh is unresponsive for a few seconds, too.

Needless to say that I didn't learn much more ;-)

Maybe I should try using a different machine to install #NetBSD on, and if only to learn what's normal and what's not.

Ce soir, on décide qui rentre et qui rentre pas sur le réseau ! #virtualisation avec #NetBSD et #NVMM, tout de suite sur https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #BSD #qemu

When asking around what's a dependable OS for old hardware (e.g., my ASUS Eee PC 900A with a 32bit Atom N270) #NetBSD was recommended.

I'm now giving NetBSD 10.1 a try. The user experience is what people believe Linux is (which it is not): a complicated affair for tech-savvy people. Getting a GUI to work feels a bit like Linux in the late 1990s. Bummer that I forgot how to do that 😅

I could need some help: how can I use the built-in keyboard and touchpad of my laptop in X11? Anyone?

@oxyhyxo @jbz first problem solved... surprisingly pkgin isn't in the default installation. Another session with sysinst fixes that (config / allow binary packages).

Getting X11 to work remains. Most likely people using NetBSD would know how to enable keyboard and touchpad.

#netbsd

💰 NetBSD Foundation Appeals for $50K Donations Amid Funding Crisis

｢ NetBSD faces a funding crisis in late 2025, with its foundation urging donations to reach a $50,000 goal after raising $10,738. The portable OS, powering servers and embedded devices since 1993, plans modernizations like Git migration. Community support is vital to sustain its evolution and cross-platform legacy ｣

#netbsd #opensource #funding
https://www.webpronews.com/netbsd-foundation-appeals-for-50k-donations-amid-funding-crisis/

oksh-7.8 is out! Sorry for the delay; was away at conferences.

https://github.com/ibara/oksh/releases/tag/oksh-7.8

#openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #macos #macosx #osx #aix #haiku #shell #ksh #oksh #sh #freesoftware #opensource #opensourcesoftware #oss

BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

🍎 Game Dev On IBook G4 With NetBSD / Hackaday

#netbsd #bsd #ibook64 #gamedev
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/game-dev-on-ibook-g4-with-netbsd/

♻️ Alex Haydock Saves a Nintendo Wii From the Scrapheap — and Turns It Into a NetBSD Web Server

｢ Inside the compact housing was an IBM Broadway, a PowerPC G3-based processor running at 729MHz, plus 24MB of high-speed 1T static RAM (SRAM) and 64MB of GDDR4 memory for a total of 88MB ｣

#netbsd #bsd #wii #retro
https://www.hackster.io/news/alex-haydock-saves-a-nintendo-wii-from-the-scrapheap-and-turns-it-into-a-netbsd-web-server-aebbf2c6492e

I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.

I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #Raspbian #Linux #Debian