Heh, I'm going overtime with the #OldComputerChallenge, but #NetBSD is SO FUN to use on the Pi1!

I'm now running JWM, the dillo browser, Pidgin and PCManFM in addition to my busy multiple pane tmux session, and yet the RAM does not go over 260MB! It's amazing, this is like hooking up a motorcycle to pull a wagon of load, adding more and more weight and that motorcycle never slows down despite the load!

Props and props to the devs, this is definitely my new favorite OS for the raspberry pi!

Toot from pkgsrc/www/firefox-141.0 under NetBSD/amd64-current... #NetBSD #pkgsrc

@paul @sotolf

I was predicting that something like Wayback would come along and basically be the future for all legacy X11 WMs.

I'm not saying that Wayland is the best possible solution or even a particularly great one, but X11 has just so much complexity and technical debt.
My thinking was that Wayland would just eventually become a kind of HAL to keep legacy X11 applications and WMs alive.

The fact that smaller #FOSS OS projects like #NetBSD have to struggle to find a way to shoehorn it into their OS because it was written exclusively for Linux is not okay. And the attitude of Linux YouTubers of, "Why the heck haven't they got it working yet already?" is seriously not okay.

hey @netbsd seems netbsd.org is down.
#NetBSD

FINALLY! I'm happy to announce the R1 Open Source Project, a new project where release news, articles and documentation about Linux, BSD and FOSS software will be published

The new Mastodon account of the project can be followed here: @r1os
AND the account is also hosted on the BSD Cafe. Cheers to @stefano at this point.

All future FOSS release announcements will be published on the project account.

So grab a cup of coffee and stay tuned for a new website I'm currently preparing and will hopefully announce in a few days.

#opensource #freesoftware #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Got the tickets for EuroBSDCon, wife booked us a hotel across the street from the venue. Zagreb, here we come 😀

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

EuroBSDCon 2025 will be held in Zagreb, Croatia; September 24-28, 2025.

See https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/
Program https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/
Registration https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html

Now with updated art!

#eurobsdcon #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #conference #unixlike #development #freesofware #libresoftware #zagreb

@farooqkz Before Atom was even a thing I looked at ARM boards (e.g Simtec) but the cost exceeded my budget. That changed with Raspberry Pi and I do use those. My Atom boards had a few practical advantages though (e.g. SATA, PCI, solid #NetBSD support) so I keep one around.

🛰️ Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD?

｢ Its extensive use in spacecraft, including the AeroCube series, BRICSat-P, ITSAT, and NASA's SAMPEX satellite, highlights the OS's exceptional capabilities in meeting the rigorous demands of space missions ｣

https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd

#netbsd #bsd #satellites

@kaixin nice tips! I particularly don't mind typing out long options (if anything, they make it easier for me to memorize), but that's a nice shortcut.

pkgin also made #NetBSD a lot more usable for me after I learned it, too! Best decision I've made during this time was:

pkg_add pkgin

LOLOLO X11 WORKS ON #NETBSD IN THE RASPBERRY PI MODEL B

(it didn't in Debian)

I couldn’t get the embedded link to work, but found the blog at https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd Why some satellites use #NetBSD https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd

I just caught an error that was causing chvt n@tty0 and chvt p@tty0 to go the wrong way on #Debian #Linux .

A change introduced by the work done to port to #NetBSD , which has yet another oddball subset of the SCO Multiscreen CONSIO API.

I'm not sitting idly by. Testing is still happening. (-:

#nosh

Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD?

https://machaddr.substack.com/p/why-some-satellites-use-netbsd

#HackerNews #NetBSD #Satellites #SpaceTech #HackerNews #OpenSource

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2025/07/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/valuable-news-2025-07-21/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2025/07/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/valuable-news-2025-07-21/

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

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

#virtualisation avec #NetBSD et #NVMM, épisode 8, tout de suite sur https://twitch.tv/ahp_nils ! #sysadmin #devops #twitchfr #twitchstreamer #TwitchStreamers #BSD #qemu

My last blog post hit Hacker News - and has received 12.174 visits in the last hour.

The 1 Euro/Month #NetBSD server load, hosting it (and the MyNotes blog):
load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00; up 4+16:31:26 15:52:15

#RunBSD

Running NetBSD on my Amiga 4000

https://sandervanderburg.blogspot.com/2025/02/running-netbsd-on-my-amiga-4000.html

#NetBSD #Amiga

@kzimmermann

I wonder how #NetBSD would run.

(Considering that NetBSD still runs (with X11) on mid-nineties m68k Macs 😄)

[…Continued]

#FreeBSD, #NetBSD, and #OpenBSD still directly maintain actual utmpx files

Once one realizes that instead of looking at this as login running stuff one can regard it as effectively UPSERT/DELETE triggers on the active logins table, that need not be enacted by login at all, the most currently BSD-ish way of doing this presents itself: a kqueue() EVFILT_VNODE watch on utmpx/utx.active and some way of detecting what the diffs are.

[Continued…] #Debian #DesktopBus #nosh

My inaugural article for the BSD Journal is slated for publication - it will be released Monday morning.

The first authors are already being granted their accounts to contribute new, engaging content - by the community, for the community.

Stay tuned!

#BSDJournal #BSDCafe #StayTuned #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

#unix #NetBSD

Alt...

Picture of NetBSD X11 desktop with htop(1) and hot-babe CPU monitor.

And whilst I am on the subject:

Command-line flags to that init program to signal distinct "emergency" and "rescue" modes would be very welcome, too. #NetBSD would leapfrog past #FreeBSD on that score.

It is not my idea, by the way. Nor systemd's, if you thought such.

It dates back to 1995, and in my experience of using it in emergencies, it is a good one.

http://jdebp.info/FGA/emergency-and-rescue-mode-bootstrap.html

Dear #NetBSD people:

It would be good if there were some sort of kernel command-line option that told it what program image file to run as process #1, that could be overridden from the boot prompt on the fly.

#Debian has had a switchable symbolic link for over a decade; #Linux itself has an init= kernel command line option; and #FreeBSD has the easy enough init_path setting in loader.conf.

Happy #WorldEmojiDay!
Of course it runs NetBSD... on all of them.
💻 🖥️ 🍞 🎮 🚀 🛰️ 🗄️

How would you describe your #NetBSD setup using only emoji? => 🚩 ⚙️ 💻
#NetBSD #Portability #BSD #Unix

@garyhtech ha! That's the same stumbling block I got to when I first tried #NetBSD - though I am fairly OK with Vi so a little easier to solve, and my IPv6 is OK

I was, however, exporting the PKG_PATH env var every time I restarted as I didn't know where to configure it straight away.

Looking forward to the next attempt!

NEW VIDEO - FreeBSD User tries NetBSD! Is it much Different?

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #Unix #opensource #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/_uKJuk9Lojo?si=C3OgsSdu8_ZDbf1J via @YouTube

Program published for EuroBSDCon 2025 conference - Zagreb, Croatia; September 25-28, 2025 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BSD https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

EuroBSDcon 2025 Scedule published: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/schedule/

Register at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/zagreb/

General info: https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/

Where + when : Zagreb, Croatia; September 25-28, 2025

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

(again for the ones in the back or in far flung time zones or vacation mode which turns out the same)

The good news is that I now have functional Debian 12 and NetBSD 10 machines with #nosh service/system management, various #djbwares services running in addition the basic ones, and with user-space virtual terminals on the attached display and keyboards/mice in place of the kernel virtual terminals.

There are a couple of niggles that need sorting. I also need to re-test that the #NetBSD/#Debian #Linux work hasn't broken #FreeBSD, too.

But I can sit at the machines and do regular TUI stuff.

Trying #NetBSD 10.1 on a #RaspberryPi Zero.