#NetBSD 11.0 RC4 just dropped!

"We found a few more issues to fix in RC4, and also updated a lot
of bundled third party code due to security issues, including
OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Postfix, bind, xz and more.

"We would love to release this state as 11.0 soonish and hope no big
fallout will be found in this RC."

https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0_RC4/

NetBSD デバイスドライバの DMAポーリング処理での bus_dma(9) API 呼び出し - tsutsuiの作業記録置き場
https://tsutsui.hatenablog.com/entry/netbsd-dma-driver

いさきさん向けにメモ

#はてなブログ #NetBSD

Open Source Conference Japan in #Nagoya coming up on 23rd of May!

https://event.ospn.jp/osc2026-nagoya/

Mostly Linux, but also a #NetBSD booth set up as well!

#OSPN #OpenSourceConference #Japan #OpenSource

New #blog #post: Package Manager Tier List

https://rldane.space/package-manager-tier-list.html

1521 words

Note: this is a very off-the-cuff tier list, using speed as the main qualifier, but the article explains exceptions to that as it goes on.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #DeadLikeMe #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Debian #Arch #pacman #AUR #Fedora #homebrew #flatpak #snap #OpenSuSE #RPM

#Linux users who haven't tried #NetBSD yet will be haunted by these tonight:

@ironbeagle Looks like #NetBSD there is: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/116537862178252362

@MsDropbear42

Beneath the Linux surface: the UNIX legacy, a lively ecology https://lobste.rs/s/ct9mlh #freebsd #illumos #linux #netbsd #openbsd
https://club.unix.rocks/commentary/under-linux/

And we get a new #Slackware kernel today (5.15.206) to correct the very last CVE from #DirtyFrag - nothing published on the web site yet, but I suspect that's the one.

Also: one more Linux kernel update or zero day and I will seriously consider moving to #OpenBSD or #NetBSD for good...

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/05/11) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/valuable-news-2026-05-11/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/05/11) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/valuable-news-2026-05-11/

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

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

BSD-NL Conference Early 2026 - Eirik Øverby - On DOS, floppies, NetBSD and nostalgia https://exquisite.tube/w/dkV6kWiT9sp2y6xVwkH1iF

#netbsd #dos #nostalgia

TIL that #NetBSD doesn’t provide Linux emulation on #arm64.

#Fedora #Suse #Linux refugees are welcome to the #NetBSD world :)

https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/10/both-fedora-and-ubuntu-will-get-ai-support-soon/5237409

#NetBSD

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/09/macos-27-threatens-to-bury-time-capsule-foss-brings-a-shovel/5234824

My Sunday challenge: installing #Devuan in place of #OpenBSD on my laptop so I can install #postmarketOS on an old tablet, because for some reason I only have a blue USB port on that laptop (my SFF PC has a whole bunch of USB ports, but none are blue). Let's see how well restoring the backup will work once I reinstall OpenBSD.

I wonder how many years worth of work would it take to create a #NetBSD / #smolBSD based mobile distro after #postmarketOS has done more progress...

Lets try some #hashtag #wordsalad

Finishing internal #wiki notes on connecting across #Tailscale to boot a remote #Dell server via #iDRAC from a #proxmox iso image (on my #NetBSD laptop in a #Firefox window). Wipe, install, then install #pfSense and flip the Proxmox to be secured behind pfSense, and add a #Ruckus smartzone controller and some other VMs

All without physical access to the machine. Takes me way back to remote #Sun #Sparc installs via a #RS232 #Spiderport :-p

On DOS, floppies, NetBSD and nostalgia https://lobste.rs/s/yrjcuu #netbsd #retrocomputing
https://exquisite.tube/w/dkV6kWiT9sp2y6xVwkH1iF

@sashin

Sadly, the non-systemd distros are getting fewer and fiddlier.

The no-ai operating systems are incredibly few. The only one I know of off the top of my head is #NetBSD.

All of the other ones are slop-friendly or slop-neutral.

It's sad that #Fedora doesn't seem to have the will or perhaps even understanding to take a principled stance on this. I can't say I expected a lot better of them, but one can freaking hope.

@thezerobit

#NetBSD has a no-slop policy

Various #FOSS OS communities' reactions to joining them:

#Linux: "Hey, welcome to the fam! Here's a stack of CDs I burned, see which one boots for you."
#FreeBSD: "Hey, we're glad you're here! Here's an amazing handbook to get you started, holler if you need a hand!"
#NetBSD: "Of course it runs NetBSD! Welcome! :D"
#OpenBSD: "Don't expect a lot of hand-holding, but we're all having fun with it, and hopefully you will enjoy the process, too."
#9front: "Are... you... sure you want to do this?"

😆

(For the record, I love them all. I only regret I haven't had much of a chance to play with #Haiku, or interact with that community, yet!)

@livefish Uh, I didn't remember that well — I showed you my #FreeBSD laptop or my #NetBSD server?

@domi

Wii IP6 webserver https://lobste.rs/s/3kjqec #netbsd #web
http://wii.sjmulder.nl

NetBSD as a Post-AI OS 🤔

#netbsd

The Wii homeserver is now live!

http://wii.sjmulder.nl

(IPv6 only, so if your ISP is stuck in the 1900s it'll have to wait until I get around to setting up some proxy or such.)

Edit: also proxied through IPv4 now

#Wii #NetBSD #HomeLab

@thestrangelet @cmccullough @mason

#NetBSD is the only one with a solid anti-AI policy.

@wordshaper @mhoye I feel vindicated for having stayed with #NetBSD for the last 15+ years.

sh games

cp -prva ~/gate/secret/files* /media/my_user_id/gate/public/deep/dive

works in the following sh:

• bash
• ksh
• csh
• zsh
• tcsh
• dash
• ash
• psh

#Programming #Bash #zsh #OpenSource #BSD #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #ghostBSD #Linux #Debian #mxLinux #MX #RPM #POSIX #ash

Command:

echo hello,there |sed 's/,/\n/g'

Result:

#Linux:
hello
there

#FreeBSD:
hello
there

#NetBSD:
hello
there

#OpenBSD:
hellonthere

OpenBSD.... brah. 😓