@nuintari Isn't this some kind of Unix heritage? I see that for packages in my #NetBSD box it is a common thing: all rc scripts installed to somewhere like /usr/pkg/share/examples/… and package installation script suggests to copy them to the /etc/rc.d/ if I want to start them with /etc/rc.conf

I suppose, this is for package reinstallation without removing the rc scripts for them? I have some modifications in some scripts and they aren't lost after package reinstallation.

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@ryoon I will update my #netbsd 10.1 to 11 when we're done with the #RCs

Edit: Soon I hope

My home server is upgraded to #NetBSD/amd64 11 RC5.

#NetBSD #pkgsrc 2026Q2 is now fully underway.

There’s no easy way to move a kernel from NetBSD to an AmigaOS partition, so I had to xz it, split it, copy it over using MS-DOS disk images using a Gotek with FlashFloppy, then join and xz -d on the Amiga side.

#m68k is really taking off! The virt68k port that @thorpej has made is nothing short of amazing. It can now compile practically anything in a VM with 3 gigs of memory and 4 gigs of swap, faster than a real m68060.

This lets us compile large packages that weren’t previously possible or that required a lot of manual tweaking, like llvm-21.1.8, clang-21.1.8, webkit-gtk-2.36.8nb29.

More to come!

@sylvie this one is a tough call! See, the "weakest" machines I've ever ran #NetBSD on were a RPi Model B (the original 2012 one) and a Dell Latitude D620 from 2006.

In both cases, the overall conclusion is that the system is actually incredibly useful - until you try opening a regular web browser. So ditch Firefox - minimalist browsers like #Dillo are your buddy there!

(OK, so the D620 *can* run Firefox in a "barely making it" manner. But even it's super slow even with 2 or 3 tabs. But you have a separate (?) GPU, maybe you'll fare better)

At any rate, yes, I think NetBSD is a great choice to keep that machine alive. Performance is better than Alpine Linux, for example. Just embrace the minimalism and enjoy the ride!

Finally: yes, you can "startx" your way from a fresh install in there as a regular user, so I guess you did get it right.

Kudos to Greg T for fixing whatever was not working with gdal on #NetBSD, so now I can generate geo-referenced (or GeoSpatial) PDFs from #QGIS
The pkgsrc 2026 Q2 has the code; waiting for packages to be built but meanwhile I compiled QGIS locally.

The wrong answer (old issue):
$ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i PDF
PDF -raster,vector- (w+): Geospatial PDF (*.pdf)

The correct answer:
$ gdalinfo --formats | grep -i PDF
PDF -raster,vector- (rw+uvs): Geospatial PDF (*.pdf)

Pics!

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Geo-PDF of Manhattan with a few points of interest. PDF displaying latitude / longitude in lower right corner (Grand Central Terminal).

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Viking app with Manhattan in the middle. App displaying latitude / longitude in bottom margin (for Grand Central Terminal)

At BSDCan 2026 I was chatting with someone who had mentioned he'd not met so many fountain pen fans at once, so I took out my Lamy fountain pen. It's fun when two of my interests converge! Since we were at Ottawa U I told him about Paper Papier in the market. 😀​

#BSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #DragonflyBSD #BSDCan #Ottawa

🚨 Good news everybody! 🚨

Our amazing Organizing Committee managed to have the hotel extend the block booking!

https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/accomodation.html

Now you can book even longer!

https://www.warwickhotels.com/hotel-barsey-by-warwick/book/dates-of-stay?domain=2026.eurobsdcon.org&groupID=4846572

Hotel Barsey by Warwick
Louizalaan 381-383, 1050 Brussel

Located near the Flagey area, know for its restaurants and bars.

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@netbsd @jmcunx @restorante @ruri @jaypatelani

True. Multiple CPUs can make for challenging maintenance, but then that is #NetBSD's strength "It runs NetBSD". Its just frustrating when you want to build your own code with the latest so that you can address all those warnings and errors gcc is so found of complaining about.

@restorante @ruri @jaypatelani

#NetBSD Cons: keeps using gcc 10 instead of 14+ (pain when trying to install ADA (GNATS); no easy to upgrade the system compiler. Fiights between Curses and NCurses. ...

@restorante @ruri

Bostic's nvi!; small install; support for a huge variety of systems (I had need for a Cobalt box long ago). Its BSD, not SysV (clone); classic rc init; kqueue when I used to play with that stuff. It just easier to install, configure, and use. Odds are if it works on #NetBSD it will work any where (Linux still misses core POSIX.1 stuff). It runs forever without need of an upgrade every few months.

@ruri @restorante Linux emulation on #NetBSD isn't quite what you'd normally think of as emulation. It's more of a shim translation layer with no overhead.

Following on from a recent conversation with @rl_dane about running Joy+Horton #vi in one of its three (sic!) 'open' modes on a paper terminal:

I decided to see whether any modern #termcap or #terminfo database actually had any settings anywhere for switching dot matrix printers between near-letter, draft, and letter quality modes.

#Illumos, #OpenBSD, #Debian, and #NetBSD all use the Dickey terminfo.src. #FreeBSD is the only one maintaining a different database. It is still maintaining the old BSD termcap file, in 2026.

Neither of the databases have sdrfq/snlq/snrmq or ZG/ZL/ZK capabilities in any record.

This stuff exists solely as words on a manual page (and reprints of the same in various books) and a single Usenet post by Oliver Okrongli in 1994. It's not even in the O'Reilly termcap+terminfo book.

We should prune such stuff that apparently has never really existed.

#retrocomputing #Unix

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The CfP is closed for the European *BSD event of 2026! 😈⛳🐡

Thank you all for your submissions!!

The schedule will be published on (around) 🗓️ 2026-07-15

For more information take a peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026

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@jspath55 That's encouraging. For a while I've heard that the #RaspberryPi 3B+ worked well with #NetBSD but the 4B offers more RAM, USB 3 and faster Ethernet. I may have to invest in one.

I'm not running #NetBSD anywhere yet, but soon!!! :D

Except for ufetch assuming a dark theme (grrrrr!), I wouldn't call that awful at all!

If not for the very mousey interaction model, I think the default #wm in #NetBSD is pretty darn slick! ;)

Then again, I'm old(ish). ;)

cc: @stefano@bsd.cafe

We are about to close the CfP for
the European *BSD event of 2026! 😈⛳🐡

Planning to submit a talk, now is the time!

Especially first time speakers and talk submissions for #NetBSD and #OpenBSD!

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/

The schedule will be published on 🗓️ 2026-07-15

For everything else, peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
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Current status: upgrading to #NetBSD 11 RC5 with "sysupgrade auto".

@DianeBruce Sounds like a good project for GSoC 2027 on @netbsd #NetBSD

The take away I like is no changes to run FreeBSD kernel it's stock to run it on WSL2

I bet other BSDs can run this way..

#FreeBSD #BSDCan #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD

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Linux vs FreeBSD on WSL2 component linux on wsl2 freebsd on wsl2 kernel custom microsoft kernel stock... sorry a lot of text in this table

@stsp Reminds me of 'random' panics when trying to install #NetBSD acorn32 last year. It turns out that the beep device, spkr(4), panicked the kernel when used and I was a bad enough typist that I was triggering it.