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Port the Enlightenment desktop environment to #NetBSD

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/projects/mifwPqCq

Rendez-vous à 20h sur https://twitch.tv/imilnb ! #bhyve #FreeBSD #NetBSD #smolBSD

@imil As a fellow #NetBSD on #bhyve user, color me very interested

something wrong with cdn.netbsd.org ?
#netbsd

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Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.

But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.

Hope you like this small update... Over & out!

#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

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BoxyBSD Logo - a free BSD based VPS Service by gyptazy

Today was a OSes update day . First, I updated the laptop of one of my relatives, which I gave him at near 2021. The OS on the laptop (some kind of Dell Inspiron) wasn't updated since these times, so it was a Linux Mint version 18.2 (and now it is ver. 22.3). But, suddenly for me, minor update from 18.2 to 18.3 and the major update from 18.3 to 19, with the help of this instruction: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade.html

From my previous experience with Oracle Linux and it's repositories, I thought, that Linux Mint update will fail, because all repositories shut down and update files were removed, because the installation from 2021 is too old. But, all necessary infrastructure is still up and I managed to perform updates

The second update, the update of my main server with NetBSD. It just works: I installed sysupgrade, update the system, merge some configuration in /etc/, update binary packages, update to packages from pkgsrc and that's all. It just works, without any surprises and problems

#NetBSD #LinuxMint

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see the CFP text.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

@AFresh1 on #NetBSD :

#sysupgrade auto https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-X/latest/amd64

For packages :

#pkgin update
#pkgin full-upgrade

Edit:

For packages only #pkgin upgrade
as pointed by @jperkin Thanks :)

The system was previously softhacked through other means but I managed to get Wiibrand working in the end, the Homebrew Channel installed and NetBSD started up.

Unfortunately the "UGREEN USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter" doesn't work in the Wii Menu, despite having the right chipset, and also not in #NetBSD - the axen driver repeatedly prints messages about a wrong buffer. I've ordered a Realtek-based dongle instead.

@cienmilojos

I don't know of any OS that has an iron-clad #NoAI policy.

#NetBSD comes the closest, but they even have a provision for AI being included "with permission," IIRC.

#OpenBSD already has slop in base, via tmux. :/

Boo to #Apple, but hooray for #NetBSD! ​

https://www.osnews.com/story/144845/apple-wants-to-kill-your-time-capsule-but-they-run-netbsd-so-they-cant/

@mike_k All of this is why I am slowly exploring NetBSD - it's looking more and more like my "canned rations" operating system for when I flee to the woods. I don't need a lot of software to be happy, to be honest, and once I have a working roster of apps, I might not even need to keep pace with much of their updates ever again (with obvious exceptions like a browser)

I also feel like it's small enough maybe I can contribute in some way.

#NetBSD

Petit hors-série aujourd'hui, sur de la compilation de noyau #NetBSD en CI #Gitlab ! Rendez-vous sur https://www.twitch.tv/ahp_nils

I created a support page (in lieu of a blog) about SR-IOV on XenServer and XCP-ng with various Intel NICs and different operating systems including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD

I think the #NetBSD ixv(4) driver needs resyncing to #FreeBSD from whence it came (or get hints from #OpenBSD). I couldn't get it to work on #NetBSD
https://www.precedence.co.uk/wiki/Support-KB-Citrix/XenServer-SRIOV

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is still open!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Submit by June 20th, come to Brussels September 9-13 and mingle with #BSD people!

We also offer pre-submission guidance/mentoring, see within.

Wonder what BSD and the conferences are about? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

@EuroBSDCon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #brussels #bruxelles

Yes, it's the same with @xcpng as #XenServer. XenCenter and XCP-ng Center don't offer the SR-IOV network as an option for VMs. Luckily, #XenOrchestra gets that right.

While there I tested various #BSD OSes with SR-IOV and Intel i350 NICs:

#NetBSD - NIC is described (as defined in pcidevs), but no driver
#OpenBSD - NIC entirely unknown as not in pcidevs
#FreeBSD - virtual function works straight off as igb0

The #NetBSD and slightly-newer #OpenBSD iavf(8) drivers only support much newer NICs.

A little know fact about #NetBSD is that a a machine that can run it is known as a TareBSD and the two together are called a GrossBSD.

#BSD #humor #humour #silly

Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t – OSnews

https://www.osnews.com/story/144845/apple-wants-to-kill-your-time-capsule-but-they-run-netbsd-so-they-cant/

#apple #timecapsule #netbsd #opensource

@rl_dane @anselmschueler

Lemme rephrase that:

I miss the days when distros used the 2.6.x kernel. Maybe someone around here will just call me a cranky old curmudgeon, but things did seem simpler back then.

The opaque undocumented userland sprawl is a problem, with the operative word being "undocumented."

RE: Arch Wiki

Yes, as good as it is it's still not proper HOWTO or understandable, (vetted) documentation. The *one* thing that has me gravitating towards #FreeBSD is documentation is a first class feature. It makes the OS a lot more transparent and understandable. I'm sure that's also the case for #NetBSD and #OpenBSD but I don't use them.

This laptop runs #Ubuntu. While it is a #Debian derivative, it's opaque. While there is more documentation available on Ubuntu's website, it's nowhere near as thorough and empathetic as it needs to be. I shouldn't have to visit another distro's wiki just to research info about a different distro on an OEM laptop. That, to me, is unacceptable.

TimeCapsuleSMB: Hacking the Apple Time Capsule to run modern Samba via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/mgne1y #mac #netbsd #osdev
https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB

Apple wants to kill your Time Capsule, but they run NetBSD so they can’t https://lobste.rs/s/lpozc6 #mac #netbsd
https://www.osnews.com/story/144845/apple-wants-to-kill-your-time-capsule-but-they-run-netbsd-so-they-cant/

#netbsd

https://www.osnews.com/story/144845/apple-wants-to-kill-your-time-capsule-but-they-run-netbsd-so-they-cant/

Has anyone tried #NetBSD/aarch64 11 RC3 on the #RaspberryPi Zero 2W?

@drj Not really. I used and consulted on UNIX in the 80's when I worked with Siemens, we called it SINIX. In 2001 after starting teaching, I started with Linux and used vim from early on for sysadm work and gui editors for extensive editing. I converted from Linux to #OpenBSD and #NetBSD to observe KISS including using only vi for all editing. On those two vi is actually nvi. I never really needed the book more than what's in the first 7 chapters. The clone chapters treats every clone systematically alike. But back in 1998, the clones were not really that different.
This book, UNIX POWER TOOLS, and UNIX in a Nutshell, have been with me for about 25 years or more.

I think #NetBSD #pkgsrc foundation can take this initiative : @netbsd

https://www.sovereign.tech/news/join-sovereign-tech-standards-network

The #eurobsdcon 2026 Call for Papers is open through June 20th!

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And my new homeserver! #NetBSD

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Picture of a Nintendo Wii

took the week off, celebrate me and my wife's wedding day.

Soon my brave #parisc #hppa machine celebrate 40days uptime.
31 year old machine running 33 year old #NetBSD

@ObsidianUrbex #netbsd candidate 🤔

Only four days left!

Register for BSDCan 2026 https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ *before May 1st* to get the Saturday reception for free!

Schedule https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-all.html

To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd

BSDCan https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ Talk Saturday 2026-06-20: 14:30 - 15:20 DMS 1130
Bringing memory safety to BSD with CHERI
Brooks Davis
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