From the results I can see there is a solid group of Korn Shell users but I'm a bit surprised abouth the C Shell. I didn't though there was such a difference betwen the number of CSH users and KSH users. I guess part of it is because Korn is more similar to Bourne.

Thank you all for taking part and for your comments. I learned some things 🙂

#unix #bsd #ksh #csh #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #gnu #linux

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.

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

There are more shells than Bash and I'm curious to see the % of how many people uses wich one of the more or less classic shells. Choose your preferred one.

#UNIX #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Plan9 #GNU #Linux

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

Glad I run BSD here (I am BSD agnostic, they are all grand IMO) after seeing this post.

https://floss.social/@Endof10/114833410085767915

#BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD

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

A new #blog post appears!

I built a native GCC 14.2.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger PowerPC.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250329.html

#macos #macosx #tiger #powerpc #power #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #solaris #illumos #gcc #llvm #clang #compiler #compilers #assembler #linker #toolchain #freesoftware #opensource #gnu

All right, pkgsrc 2025Q1 has just been announced on the mailing lists.

It's not even on pkgsrc.org yet! 😉

#pkgsrc #NetBSD