@sashin

Sadly, the non-systemd distros are getting fewer and fiddlier.

The no-ai operating systems are incredibly few. The only one I know of off the top of my head is #NetBSD.

All of the other ones are slop-friendly or slop-neutral.

It's sad that #Fedora doesn't seem to have the will or perhaps even understanding to take a principled stance on this. I can't say I expected a lot better of them, but one can freaking hope.

@thezerobit

#NetBSD has a no-slop policy

Various #FOSS OS communities' reactions to joining them:

#Linux: "Hey, welcome to the fam! Here's a stack of CDs I burned, see which one boots for you."
#FreeBSD: "Hey, we're glad you're here! Here's an amazing handbook to get you started, holler if you need a hand!"
#NetBSD: "Of course it runs NetBSD! Welcome! :D"
#OpenBSD: "Don't expect a lot of hand-holding, but we're all having fun with it, and hopefully you will enjoy the process, too."
#9front: "Are... you... sure you want to do this?"

😆

(For the record, I love them all. I only regret I haven't had much of a chance to play with #Haiku, or interact with that community, yet!)

@livefish Uh, I didn't remember that well — I showed you my #FreeBSD laptop or my #NetBSD server?

@domi

Wii IP6 webserver https://lobste.rs/s/3kjqec #netbsd #web
http://wii.sjmulder.nl

The Wii homeserver is now live!

http://wii.sjmulder.nl

(IPv6 only, so if your ISP is stuck in the 1900s it'll have to wait until I get around to setting up some proxy or such.)

Edit: also proxied through IPv4 now

#Wii #NetBSD #HomeLab

@thestrangelet @cmccullough @mason

#NetBSD is the only one with a solid anti-AI policy.

#NetBSD #manpage

#NetBSD #manpage

@wordshaper @mhoye I feel vindicated for having stayed with #NetBSD for the last 15+ years.

Hello everyone, I made some updates to ManpageViewer, fixed some bugs, implemented interface improvements, now it's easier to read the manpages, and the search system has also been improved. As you can see, I also adopted another name. I also expanded the scope, with the creation of "Custom Manpages," I can add the manpages of a specific software.

https://man.nergahak.co.za/

#man #manpages #FreeBSD #MINIX #NetBSD #OpenBSD #UNIX #pkgsrc #DataBase

sh games

cp -prva ~/gate/secret/files* /media/my_user_id/gate/public/deep/dive

works in the following sh:

• bash
• ksh
• csh
• zsh
• tcsh
• dash
• ash
• psh

#Programming #Bash #zsh #OpenSource #BSD #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #ghostBSD #Linux #Debian #mxLinux #MX #RPM #POSIX #ash

Command:

echo hello,there |sed 's/,/\n/g'

Result:

#Linux:
hello
there

#FreeBSD:
hello
there

#NetBSD:
hello
there

#OpenBSD:
hellonthere

OpenBSD.... brah. 😓

@E

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

UNIX MANUAL PAGE BROWSER
https://man.nergahak.co.za/

#man #manpages #FreeBSD #MINIX #NetBSD #OpenBSD #UNIX #pkgsrc

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟰 (Valuable News - 2026/05/04) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/valuable-news-2026-05-04/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟰 (Valuable News - 2026/05/04) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/valuable-news-2026-05-04/

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

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

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

Alt...

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. :/

@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

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

#apple #timecapsule #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.

Mit #NetBSD wäre das nicht passiert!

https://www.golem.de/news/seit-2017-ausnutzbar-gefaehrliche-root-luecke-im-linux-kernel-entdeckt-2604-208181.html