@neil Back in the (good old) days when schools were very likely to (Exchange or a #NetBSD solution as we provided), a very popular educational ISP blocked port 25 even on their leased lines. Seemingly purely so they could still you a metered SMTP service. AFAIK they still do, it's just less of an impact now

3 more days!

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

Do you want to come to #ottawa and tell a bunch of #BSD geeks about what you enjoy doing?

Submit to BSDCan 2026!

Our submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

Tutorials: June 17-18, 2026
Conference: June 19-20, 2026

More about the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html

#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #development #sysadmin

NetBSD и NVIDIA Optimus

Чтобы задать уровень выдаваемой дичи сразу на весь 2026 год вперед, я написал эту замечательную статью.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/984894/

#netbsd #acpi #gpu #optimus #nvidia #kernel #kernel_module #kernel_development

5 days left to get your @bsdcan talk submitted! Join your friends in Canada to discuss the state of the *BSDs. See talks by leaders of our industry, parents of the Internet, and that person you've been seeing on mailing lists for years!:

https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html#main

#runbsd #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #dragonflybsd #sysadmin

NetBSD: вторая жизнь Nintendo Wii. Как и зачем я установил эту ОС на игровую консоль

Привет, Хабр! Мое плотное знакомство с консолями Nintendo началось с Wii U. Так уж получилось, что лучшей серией слешеров я считаю Bayonetta. А поскольку вторая часть вышла как эксклюзив для Wii U, мне пришлось приобрести приставку. Потом заодно познакомился с The Legend of Zelda — и понеслось. Примерно то же самое случилось и с выходом Bayonetta 3 — обзавелся Nintendo Switch. Что самое интересное, у меня никогда не было обычной Wii. Волей случая мне в руки попался замечательный экземпляр, но на него я решил посмотреть с точки зрения железа. Внутри меня ждал любопытный конфиг из PowerPC процессора IBM Broadway + SoC производства ATI, который отвечает за графику, а также устройств ввода-вывода.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/articles/984492/

#NetBSD #софт #гаджеты #Nintendo_Wii #Homebrew #ретрожелезо #PowerPC_750CL #lighttpd #bsdfetch

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@rl_dane @fbievan @amin

Don't use rc.local. It has been obsolete since 1983. #FreeBSD has actually discontinued it twice in its history.

FreeBSD has had Mewburn rc for most of this century. It's what #NetBSD uses and #OpenBSD has a similar but NIH system. At minimum, use Mewburn rc scripts.

http://jdebp.info/FGA/rc.local-is-history.html

The rc(8) manual page has an example script. There's tutorial doco as well.

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/

#rc #MewburnRC

BSDCan 2026 is in #ottawa June 17 - 20, 2026.

The submissions deadline is January 17, 2026. See the Call for Papers page https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html for instructions on how to submit.

Want to know more about BSD and the conferences? See https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @bsdcan #bsdcan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #freesoftware #libresoftware #conferences

I'm going to assume running multiple automated test frameworks on a 1-core #NetBSD Pi will eventually eat itself out or starve or something. Have not heard from the #Zabbix agent in an hour or so.

Alt...

Pretty busy CPU chart for a day or so thrashing multiple tests.

Instructions for installing #NetBSD on the Wii U: https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-powerpc/2026/01/10/msg003724.html

With the following code, any detected software platform other than #Linux, #iOS, #Windows, or #macOS will be represented with the name "Other" instead. However, a more granular approach may also be possible utilizing the #BSD systems, such as #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, or #FreeBSD.

We should modernize the #NetBSD website.
Example:

Log Message:
Add support for the Nintendo Wii U.

#NetBSD

Two more #NetBSD systems going 11.0 BETA - a creaky 686 and a teeny Pi 0W. It's been months since I managed to write a bootable SD card for the little Pi; the 2026 image worked like a champ.

Alt...

Neofetch screen grab from NetBSD 11 BETA with a 2-screen 686 processor.

Alt...

Neofetch screen grab from NetBSD 11 BETA with a 1-core Raspberry Pi 0W.

@lanodan @golemwire @mirabilos

Mind doing a cat . |hexdump -C for me? ;)

I'm having trouble connecting to my #NetBSD shell account.

Current #NetBSD on Odroid M1S status: I've got everything but the ethernet PHY working. Frustratingly, when I boot chimera with my UEFI firmware, it works. NetBSD fails to reset the ethernet hardware, and the driver fails to attach. I messaged port-arm. I'm going to set it down for a bit.

(I wish I could put a scope on the mdio pins on the phy, but it's a tiny surface mount part, and I just don't have the tools on my bench to deal with it.)

manpageblog is written in Python and available for many systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD or #Solaris based ones like #Illumos but also on #Linux like #Debian or #Ubuntu.

Changelog v1.6:

• Pagination support added
• Sitemap support added
• SEO optimized
• LD+JSON support added

The project source is available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
You can find a real-life demo on my website at https://gyptazy.com

#opensource #devops #minimalism #purism #web #blog #blogengine #blogging #coding #python #website #manpageblog

Alt...

manpageblog - a UNIX man page themed static blog engine

I've done the first version of my slides for FOSDEM. Now I need to practise my speach and see how many of the slides fit in.

#valgrind #OpenBSD #NetBSD #dragonflybsd

Fresh from the BSDCan program committee - submissions are coming in, but we can still take more!

If you have not made your submission, you have until Saturday, January 17th to get yours in!

Go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html to orient yourself, then submit via the submission link.

BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 17-18, 2026, talks June 19-20, 2026

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware @bsdcan

RE: https://chaos.social/@polpo/115843719812012442

I wonder how well this would work on the Jornada 690 with NetBSD/sh3 #NetBSD
At the moment I have ancient wi(4) WiFi or SCSI, but not both

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@AnachronistJohn

Running #NetBSD ...? 😉

BSDCan 2026 is in Ottawa, June 17-20.

You can submit your proposal until januar 17, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

For more about BSD and the conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html @bsdcan #bsdcan #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesofware #libresoftware #conference

Finally:

===> Installing binary package of qgis-3.44.5

#NetBSD
#PkgSrc

#introduction ― I decided to create an alt account here to allow me
to connect more easily with SDF community.

My primary focus will be on tech-related things I like:
#pkgsrc on #netbsd #illumos and #slackware
#unix #sdf #gopher #smolnet #usenet #dos #c #lisp
#selfhosting #homeserver #permacomputing #lowtech
#hamradio #progrock #progmetal #ambient #postrock
#90s #scifi #cyberpunk #novels #seinen #manga

Today, I fixed a #NetBSD bug report from 2005. Better late than never, I guess.

https://gnats.netbsd.org/30837

AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.

This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos ecosystems. We are seeing entire websites flooded with AI-generated tutorials and guides that are totally incorrect. Most people don't realize this; they follow the instructions, fail, and then assume that the BSDs doesn't work well or are 'unstable' because they have supposedly changed since the guide was written.

Luckily, some people eventually find my blog, reach out, and finally understand what's actually going on. Others, unfortunately, end up on major social sites or comments, claiming that these systems are broken.

In 2026, one of our greatest challenges will be teaching people how to vet their sources and filter information.
And I see this as a very, very uphill battle.

#IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #News #UnderstandingText #Disinformation

The FreeBSD stand at #Fosdem2026 will be in building H.
The table will be shared with our friends #FreeBSD Foundation, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD and #illumos.

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