#NetBSD

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@david_chisnall That's why I trust #NetBSD and #Zig currently only these are sensible projects rejecting LLM code

#NetBSD #wallpaper #RoadRunner

@jperkin

My first PR for #NetBSD -- feeling very proud of myself:

Thank you very much for your problem report.
It has the internal identification `pkg/60480'.
The individual assigned to look at your
report is: pkg-manager.

> Category: pkg
> Responsible: pkg-manager
> Synopsis: Multiple packages fail install with pkgin on NetBSD 11.0 RC6
> Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 22 21:50:00 +0000 2026

And just as I was completing it, I was able to install emacs without any issue... 🤦‍♂️

première installation de NetBSD sur une machine physique. j'ai réussi à la première fois.
tout fonctionne.
vieux laptop, 2Go de RAM.

#NetBSD

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photo de l'écran d'un laptop qui affiche les options de démarrage d'un NetBSD.

@nohamux netbsd c'est vraiment top, pourquoi j'ai tellement procrastiné.
J'ai une VM et un laptop de 2009 avec 2Go de RAM qui fonctionne parfaitement avec environnement graphique et tout.

#netBSD

@mxchara #ctwm on #netbsd, and #fvwm on #openbsd

@bpl a better tip is to just install pkg_alternatives and then the wrappers are automatically created and updated regardless of which version of ffmpeg you choose to have installed.

I'll concede that the user interface for pkg_alternatives is .. sub-optimal, but once installed it's mostly fire and forget

#netbsd #pkgsrc

Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports: Testing Compat Linux: Syscall testing

#NetBSD

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_testing_compat_linux

Some journeys don't end where you expect them to. Sometimes they bring you right back to where everything began, only with a lot more experience and a much better ecosystem waiting for you.

That's exactly what is happening with BoxyBSD!

In my (longer) blog post I cover my circuit, where I moved from bhyve to Proxmox, developed many tools for Proxmox and now moved back to FreeBSD with bhyve and Sylve.

More details in my blog post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/boxybsd-moving-from-proxmox-to-bhyve-with-sylve/

#RUNBSD #bsd #freebsd #boxybsd #openbsd #netbsd #sylve #bhyve #opensource #vps #vpshosting #opensource #community #bsdcafe #boxybsd

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BoxyBSD Returns to FreeBSD and bhyve with Sylve

@brubarwal @ParadeGrotesque Yeh it's a common issue, especially when you add CDNs into the mix. The only way for pkgin to work reliably is if entire package directories are only ever updated atomically. I do this for https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/ so you'll never see similar errors there, but I don't know that everyone else is so careful. If you just run naive rsync then files and pkg_summary will be out of sync until the entire directory has finished uploading. #netbsd #pkgsrc

@cks

The sad thing is, as I was saying last year, all of this is unnecessary. The kernels, #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, and #Linux, all maintain almost all of the stuff that 'who' needs, and have done since the switch to POSIX sessions and process groups in the 1980s.

There aren't any needs for a parallel database outwith the kernel. A few sysctl/procfs extensions for reading the kernel's own list of sessions, and we'd be away.

https://tty0.social/@JdeBP/114505443570291573

@ariadne @ska
#utmp #utmps #ttylogin

Hmm...

I have a lot of issues downloading stuff with 'pkgin' which makes it difficult to install what I want... A lot of downloads end in: "package not found".

On the other hand, I think I'll only need to install emacs 30 to have a productive little #NetBSD machine.

Hi! I am #newhere

My name is Benny, I am a #NetBSD developer. I am in the process of transferring my account over from @bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.org.

@LPI @FreeBSDFoundation …and I’m still running Sendmail on #NetBSD to this very day…

I wonder how long it's been since I used a github login? Enhancement time is nigh.

edit: not too long ago.
"If you recently signed in to your account, you do not need to take any further action."

Edit 2b: fix me please posted.
#Qgis #NetBSD
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Website/issues/1059

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

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

I may miss the latest commit to #NetBSD/amd64-current. I will test the latest source code.

Hmm... On the latest #NetBSD/amd64-current, #pkgsrc/www/firefox-153 and mail/thunderbird-152 get segfault. I will bisect...

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#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #Register

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Just sent a little bit of money to the #NetBSD foundation @netbsd because I want you guys to release 11.0 soon!

Love it so far.

@iaruffell

For what it's worth, I've long since been providing a terminal emulator, that runs on both #FreeBSD and #NetBSD, that can also optionally provide a Linux-format vcsa file, a format that #brltty already understands and can read.

http://jdebp.info/Softwares/nosh/brltty.html

http://jdebp.info/Softwares/nosh/guide/commands/console-terminal-emulator.xml

I wrote up that blurb in 2014, and it still does that today, although I did in 2015 make vcsa file generation a non-default option, as there's also a better full Unicode display file available.

#nosh

@kdedude @iaruffell
Not a braille display, but NetBSD is looking to put some money into improving screen reading for accessibility: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/116936847540794228

#NetBSD

hep ! besoin de conseils système.

je souhaite installer en dur NetBSD sur mon PC. j'ai quelques interrogations après avoir regardé la doc (mais mon anglais est pas fou fou).

En gros, comment je fais pour l'installer à côter de mon Nux ? Mon disque est partitionné en GPT, j'ai une ESP classique avec un amorçage avec Grub 2, et à côté des partitions BTRFS, une pour chaque Distro et une pour mes données (monté avec FSTAB)(pas de gestion LVM).

Quel procédure et type de partitionnement ?
Est-ce que mon Grub2 peut gérer le boot avec NetBSD ?
Même ESP pour BSD et les nux ? ou je dois chainer les bootloader ?

merci !
#netbsd
#linux
#grub2
#noai
#uefi

So the first victim for #NetBSD was probably not the best choice, but I'm not sure the other option is better.

I tried a Raspberry Pi 400. Downloaded `arm64.img.gz`, decompressed, dumped it to a SD card. Boot… nothing on the HDMI port. Hmmm, maybe it uses the other one? Swap over, power cycle… nothing.

While I _can_ use serial console, the point of this machine is to use it as a desktop.

The other machine I have spare is an Apple MacBook from 2008. Core 2 Duo CPU, 8GB RAM, Broadcom WiFi, NVidia graphics/motherboard chipset. The Broadcom WiFi and NVidia parts are what worry me with that machine.

@nixCraft refugees are welcome to #NetBSD https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/112446618914747900