https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48765607

OP: This is my attempt to get Vulkan going on #NetBSD

@SDF @netbsd

https://www.netbsd.org/

#NetBSD Nicht nur für Toaster
https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3270-netbsd_-_nicht_nur_fur_toaster

🚀🎩 Behold, the new era—Vulkan on NetBSD! Because nothing says "cutting-edge graphics" like trying to make a #90s #relic relevant. 😂🔧 Good luck with that, segaboy; maybe one day there'll be a game to play! 🎮🤞
https://github.com/segaboy/vulkan-netbsd #Vulkan #NetBSD #cuttingedge #graphics #retro #gaming #HackerNews #ngated

Vulkan is now available on NetBSD

https://github.com/segaboy/vulkan-netbsd

#HackerNews #Vulkan #NetBSD #Gaming #Graphics #OpenSource #Technology

🌟 Introducing BSD.cafe 🌟

Excited to present the first building block of the BSD Cafe project! When I registered this domain months ago, I envisioned a themed bar where we can casually chat about *BSD systems, Linux, and Open-Source technology among friends, acquaintances, and patrons. But like any bar, discussions can cover a wide range of topics while respecting everyone.

BSD.cafe will be a hub for various tools and services, powered by *BSD.

The first brick is a new Mastodon instance, a gateway to the Fediverse. Registration is open, and the server will be moderated under clear guidelines promoting good behavior and zero tolerance for hate towards anyone. Inclusivity, respect, and constructive dialogue are the key values of this new instance.

The main server is currently hosted in Finland on a small VM, based on #FreeBSD. Services are divided into VNET jails, connected in a LAN via a local bridge. A VPN system is also present and have been able to move individual jails to different, more powerful, machines.

Multimedia data and cache are hosted on another physical server (FreeBSD, within a jail), with Cloudflare in front. The aim is to cache and geodistribute data, reducing network traffic on the main VPS.

Reverse proxy (frontend), mail server, media server, and the instance itself are reachable via #ipv6.

The instance started empty. No unnecessary content was pre-loaded; I want it to grow organically based on users' interests and following. There won't be any preemptive blocks at this stage. Users are encouraged to promptly report anything they find worth flagging.

Join us at https://mastodon.bsd.cafe to build a constructive and inclusive community—a safe and relaxing space for everyone.

Our wiki, located at https://wiki.bsd.cafe, features essential links and articles related to the BSD world. It provides an overview of the tools, services, rules, uptime, and more information about the BSD Cafe Services.

A Matrix server, a Miniflux RSS Reader, the Wiki itself, and the BlendIT Lemmy instance are all part of the BSD Cafe services, with more to come.

#BSD #OpenSource #Fediverse #Community #Tech #Networking #Mastodon #Inclusivity #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #OSS #SysAdmin #Miniflux #RSS #Matrix

We have an executable.

Updated timelime:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jun 30 18:20 .depends_done
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 Jul 1 13:26 .build_done
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 Jul 1 19:52 .install_done

$ time qgis --version
QGIS 3.44.11-Solothurn 'Solothurn' (exported)

real 0m9.938s
user 0m9.854s
sys 0m0.071s

$ ldd `which qgis` | grep -i sql
-lQt5Sql.5 => /usr/pkg/qt5/lib/libQt5Sql.so.5
-lsqlite3 => /usr/pkg/lib/libsqlite3.so

#NetBSD 10

@lcheylus and on #netbsd it seems they only ported an ada version

Make your own Read-Only Device with NetBSD

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/09/10/make-your-own-readonly-device-with-netbsd/

#ITNotes #NetBSD #RunBSD #Repost

I only now notice that my "What has (can) the EU Cyber Resilience Act done (do) for you?" article, in its tracked incarnation https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/06/what-has-can-eu-cyber-resilience-act.html made it onto @vermaden's Valuable news: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/valuable-news-2026-06-29/ #cra #cybersecurity #cyberresilience #development #security #freesoftware #libresoftware #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #bsdcan #eurobsdcon

@wezm

It's standardized to the extent that the escape sequences are valid, now. It's just up to the implementation to choose, from the two choices, and to document what they do.

With issue 7, using those escape sequences in a BRE would have made it ill-formed.

There's a fair amount of stuff in the world of POSIX and C and C++ where things are implementation-defined. It's a distinct thing from not actually being standardized.

The sad thing is that HP-UX will likely never be fixed. But #Illumos and #OpenBSD could be. They're both #HenrySpencer-derived, like #NetBSD and #FreeBSD, and dropping in that part of the Evans code for those three escape sequences wouldn't be that hard.

#SingleUnixSpecification #RegularExpressions #Unix #OpenGroup

@chesheer @cos

It would be interesting to trace the relationships, if any, between the twain.

Here's something for your doco: Pendleton's actual shar posting to comp.unix.wizards in 1988, complete with UUCP bang paths in the signature block.

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.wizards/c/HVObC4kIJ9g/m/q6PYo0bEUL8J

Notice that Pendleton did VMS emulation before emacs.

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.questions/c/zvywB_vQt2s/m/bg2TiwXL8aUJ

Also note that the BSDs have cfmakeraw(3) available in the C library.

#readline #ile #Unix #emacs #VMS #termios #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

Great news! My presentation for #EuroBSDCon has been accepted!

Expect a mix of disasters, horror stories, recoveries, BSDs, and one very, very long day.

Stay tuned!

#EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux

# FreeBSD
pkg ins vim   # same as pkg install vim
pkg sea vim   # same as pkg search vim
# NetBSD
pkgin in vim # same as pkgin install vim
pkgin se vim # same as pkgin search vim
# while in Debian
apt search vim  # no apt se/sea
apt install vim # no apt in/ins

@aaribaud Kudos to reinoud@n.o for his UDF work #NetBSD

✅ Successful gotosocial-0.22.0 (new stable major release) build and package available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All
From now on, this GTS version is stable: further upgrades will only be available from pkgsrc repository and GTS Codeberg repository (no need for me building -rc packages anymore, that's a good thing).

✅ Submitted a package update to pkgsrc-WIP for v0.22.0, with help of wiz it should be good.
One may use pkgin or NetBSD pkg_add tools to upgrade GoToSocial from now on.
Careful about releases notes and configuration or database breaking changes.

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

#pkgsrc #pkgsrc-wip #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

@nuintari Isn't this some kind of Unix heritage? I see that for packages in my #NetBSD box it is a common thing: all rc scripts installed to somewhere like /usr/pkg/share/examples/… and package installation script suggests to copy them to the /etc/rc.d/ if I want to start them with /etc/rc.conf

I suppose, this is for package reinstallation without removing the rc scripts for them? I have some modifications in some scripts and they aren't lost after package reinstallation.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/06/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/valuable-news-2026-06-29/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/06/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/valuable-news-2026-06-29/

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

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

@ryoon I will update my #netbsd 10.1 to 11 when we're done with the #RCs

Edit: Soon I hope

✅ Successful gotosocial-0.21.3 (current stable) build and package available here http://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/

✅ Submitted a package update to pkgsrc-WIP for v0.21.3, with help of wiz it should be good

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

#pkgsrc #pkgsrc-wip #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

My home server is upgraded to #NetBSD/amd64 11 RC5.

#NetBSD #pkgsrc 2026Q2 is now fully underway.

There’s no easy way to move a kernel from NetBSD to an AmigaOS partition, so I had to xz it, split it, copy it over using MS-DOS disk images using a Gotek with FlashFloppy, then join and xz -d on the Amiga side.

#m68k is really taking off! The virt68k port that @thorpej has made is nothing short of amazing. It can now compile practically anything in a VM with 3 gigs of memory and 4 gigs of swap, faster than a real m68060.

This lets us compile large packages that weren’t previously possible or that required a lot of manual tweaking, like llvm-21.1.8, clang-21.1.8, webkit-gtk-2.36.8nb29.

More to come!

Just made a small donation to The NetBSD Foundation ... as usual it is not much but this is what I can do to help.

Once in a while one can do it there:
https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate

#sponsoring #donate #donation #netbsd #foundation #bsd #thatthinghasbuilttheinternet

@sylvie this one is a tough call! See, the "weakest" machines I've ever ran #NetBSD on were a RPi Model B (the original 2012 one) and a Dell Latitude D620 from 2006.

In both cases, the overall conclusion is that the system is actually incredibly useful - until you try opening a regular web browser. So ditch Firefox - minimalist browsers like #Dillo are your buddy there!

(OK, so the D620 *can* run Firefox in a "barely making it" manner. But even it's super slow even with 2 or 3 tabs. But you have a separate (?) GPU, maybe you'll fare better)

At any rate, yes, I think NetBSD is a great choice to keep that machine alive. Performance is better than Alpine Linux, for example. Just embrace the minimalism and enjoy the ride!

Finally: yes, you can "startx" your way from a fresh install in there as a regular user, so I guess you did get it right.

Kudos to Greg T for fixing whatever was not working with gdal on #NetBSD, so now I can generate geo-referenced (or GeoSpatial) PDFs from #QGIS
The pkgsrc 2026 Q2 has the code; waiting for packages to be built but meanwhile I compiled QGIS locally.

The wrong answer (old issue):
$ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i PDF
PDF -raster,vector- (w+): Geospatial PDF (*.pdf)

The correct answer:
$ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i PDF
PDF -raster,vector- (rw+uvs): Geospatial PDF (*.pdf)

Pics!

Alt...

Geo-PDF of Manhattan with a few points of interest. PDF displaying latitude / longitude in lower right corner (Grand Central Terminal).

Alt...

Viking app with Manhattan in the middle. App displaying latitude / longitude in bottom margin (for Grand Central Terminal)

At BSDCan 2026 I was chatting with someone who had mentioned he'd not met so many fountain pen fans at once, so I took out my Lamy fountain pen. It's fun when two of my interests converge! Since we were at Ottawa U I told him about Paper Papier in the market. 😀​

#BSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #DragonflyBSD #BSDCan #Ottawa

@gotosocial @netbsd ✅ Successful gotosocial-0.22.0-rc3 build and package available here https://pepperm.int.eu.org/pkgsrc/packages/All/

Build platform: NetBSD 10.1 amd64 / pkgsrc trunk
Compilation and linker flags aligned with GTS binary release on Codeberg

Will submit a package update to pkgsrc-WIP when GTS reaches 0.22.0-GA 😊

#pkgsrc #gotosocial #netbsd #instanceadmin

@sirwumpus @restorante @ruri @jaypatelani

What version of #NetBSD are you on with gcc v10 ? I am on NetBSD 11 RC5 and that has gcc 12.5.0 (20260326).

But in #pkgsrc I see "gcc14-14.3.0nb1". One thing about #NetBSD and #pkgsrc it is easy to have multiple versions of software installed :) Granted I know nothing about ada and gcc 14, so maybe the port is not working the way you hope ?

Note: I kind of like the long release cycles. As for curses/ncurses, I am not sure why that is a issue.