Search results for tag #NetBSD
The last episode of the #BSDNow podcast is talking about #FediMeteo
So I figured out how to get #NetBSD working nice and fine on my #ThinkPad x220. It wasn't suspending correctly when I shut the lid.
https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-power.html
Turns out the answer was in the docs. ๐
@AnachronistJohn I just wish that 1, one, of them was a privacy oriented browser. #netbsd
System Administration
Week 1, #Unix History
Exhibiting one of the cardinal virtues of System Administrators โ laziness โ we're reusing a video from my #programming class to give a whirlwind history tour: Bell Labs, Berkeley & the Unix Wars, USL v. BSDi, the birth of #NetBSD & #FreeBSD, the development of GNU & its adoption of #Linux, all leading to Unix on your fridge, car, and mobile phone.
Last semester's #apue thread:
https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/113087999769442250
System Administration
Week 2, Partitions
In this video, we'll talk about how to divide a single disk -- physical or virtual -- and how the partitions relate to the physical structure of the disk. We show examples partitioning disks on #NetBSD, #OmniOS, and #Linux using the disklabel, fdisk, and format tools.
System Administration
Week 3, The Boot Process & the MBR
In this video, we discuss the boot process on a high level as well as take a fairly detailed look at the MBR. We'll create a suitable #NetBSD BIOS partition by hand, utilizing the dd(1) command because using fdisk(8) would be just too easy. In the process, we learn a fair bit about the structure of the boot sector.
(I really should do an update of this with UEFI/GPT...)
System Administration
Week 3, Resizing file systems
Closing out our week of discussing the Dark Arts[1] of file systems, we show how to resize an existing file system on #NetBSD using the resize_ffs(8) tool. We first increase the size of a 512MB partition to 1GB, then shrink it down to 256MB:
For comparison, we then repeat the same exercise on #Debian #Linux, using resize2fs(8):
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xkcd 2531: Cueball tells whitehat: "Long ago, in another age, I mastered these dark arts. But now I endeavor to live my ilfe such that I never need them. Their power leads only to ruin."
Underneath: "My response whenever anyone asks me to mess around with file systems."
System Administration
Week 4, OS Installation
In this video, we run through the manual installation of #NetBSD onto a virtual machine to illustrate the details of the process from partitioning and mounting the disk, extracting the sets, installing the bootloader, creating device nodes to updating /etc/rc.conf.
We also discuss planning of the OS installation by looking at data classification into shareable/non-shareable and static/variable data.
System Administration
Week 4, Package Management
In this video, we continue our discussion of the difference between the operating system and so-called "add-on software". We conclude that in order to install and maintain all such software, we want to use a package manager, and illustrate common features by example of the 'dpkg', 'rpm', and #NetBSD's #pkgsrc tools.
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Diagram of software types as stacked rectangles. At the bottom is "Hardware", then "Firmware", then "Kernel". On top of that are "System Software" and "Applications/Utilities" next to each other and "Add-on or Third-Party Applications on top. "Package Management" comprises all layers from "Kernel" up; "Operating System" comprises "kernel", "system software", and "applications".
Slides have been released on this wonderful piece of balancing software for your proxmox clusters proxyLB
Now you can learn even more about this piece of wonderful software
Courtesy of @gyptazy
๐๏ธ #bash #proxyLB #freeBSD #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #cshย ย #netBSD #openBSD #POSIX #proxmox #loadbalancer
https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
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The screenshot is of a mobile application interface, likely a version control system like GitHub. At the top, the time is displayed as 10:34, the temperature is 27 degrees, and the battery is at 94%. The username "gyptazy" is visible, followed by the repository name "ProxLB." The main image features a graphic of two server racks labeled "Prox LB" with a conveyor belt and a small truck on it, set against a background of binary code. Below the image, there is a warning message in a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, stating "Important: ProxLB 1.1.x is coming." The message explains that the repository is under heavy work and changes, which may result in issues, non-working pipelines, or incorrect documentation. It advises selecting a stable release tag for a suitable version during this time. The interface also shows one open pull request.
It has arrived. proxyLB v1.1.0 the loadbalancer for proxmox clusters. Instead of telling you the features of this major version I invite you to read about it yourself, download proxyLB then play with it.
As with any great Open Source project, this has grown out of a necessity that @gyptazy has for his other amazing project boxyBSD, which just needs a versatile tool like this.
Now go and play.
๐๏ธ #bash #proxyLB #freeBSD #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #cshย ย #netBSD #openBSD #POSIX #proxmox #loadbalancer
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This is a screenshot of a blog post by an IT Consultant named Gyptazy. The post is titled "Introducing ProxLB 1.1.0 as an Advanced Loadbalancer for Proxmox Clusters: A Complete Code Refactor for Enhanced Performance and Stability." The date of the post is April 1, 2025, and it is categorized under "CODING, DEBIAN GNU/Linux, OS, PERSONALLY, PROJECTS, PROXLB, PROXLB, PROXLB, PROXMOX, VIRTUALIZATION." The post features an illustration of two server towers labeled "ProxLB" with a small blue car on a conveyor belt, set against a background of binary code. The text below the illustration reads, "April, April! No, even it's the first of April โ this is real! After months of development, I'm thrilled to announce the release." The navigation bar at the top includes options for "ABOUT," "BLOG," "TALKS," "PROJECTS," and "SKILLS."
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The image shows a screenshot of a personal blog post by a user named "gyptazy," who is identified as a developer. The post is titled "April, April! No, even it's the first of April โ this is real!" and announces the release of ProxLB 1.1.0. The post is dated mid-2024 and highlights the project's journey, mentioning that it was sponsored by credativ GmbH, allowing the author to work on it during work hours. The post emphasizes the significant milestone of the latest version, which includes a complete code refactor, improved load balancing behavior, and numerous bug fixes, making ProxLB more stable and capable than ever. The author explains that ProxLB was created as a straightforward load balancing solution for Proxmox clusters for their BoxyBSD project, similar to VMware's DRS. Additionally, several customers at credativ GmbH requested DRS-like features when migrating to Proxmox. The blog post is displayed on a dark background with text in white and orange, and navigation tabs at the top include "ABOUT," "BLOG," "TALKS," "PROJECTS," and "SKILLS."
It's possible you've not heard of #boxyBSD
I was lucky to get a TIL moment when @stefano boosted it's existence into my feed.
However you should know about it, learn something about the user perspective from proxmox in the process, while working with a boxyBSD VM.
Here are some nice screencaps of the boxyBSD site so you can ask nicely for a VM and learn to play with one of the *BSD flavours from a distance.
I'm sure you can duckduckgo the address of boxyBSD when you analyze the screencaps, right?
๐๏ธ #bash #proxyLB #freeBSD #boxyBSD #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #netBSD #openBSD #POSIX #proxmox #loadbalancer
![THe screencap displays a black background with white text, featuring a terminal interface. At the top, the text "BoxyBSD" is prominently displayed in a stylized font. Below this, a command line reads "guest[@]mgmt-boxybsd-5:~$ cat services.txt," indicating a user named "guest" is executing a command to display the contents of a file named "services.txt."
The text in the file describes a platform offering free virtual machines (VMs) for learning and practicing BSD-based systems and open-source projects. It specifies that the VMs come with IPv6-only networking, 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 10 GB of disk space. The network configuration includes an IPv6 subnet of 64/48 availability. The operating systems available are FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MidnightBSD, DragonflyBSD, and OpenIndiana.
The text also mentions that new boxes can only be registered by the BoxyBSD bot in their Matrix channel, with more information available on the website. Additional services offered include DNS, email, web hosting, runners, and shared shell, with a note encouraging users to contact for further information.](https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/114/262/618/238/292/168/original/8bb280ec51dd347f.png "THe screencap displays a black background with white text, featuring a terminal interface. At the top, the text \"BoxyBSD\" is prominently displayed in a stylized font. Below this, a command line reads \"guest[@]mgmt-boxybsd-5:~$ cat services.txt,\" indicating a user named \"guest\" is executing a command to display the contents of a file named \"services.txt.\"
The text in the file describes a platform offering free virtual machines (VMs) for learning and practicing BSD-based systems and open-source projects. It specifies that the VMs come with IPv6-only networking, 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 10 GB of disk space. The network configuration includes an IPv6 subnet of 64/48 availability. The operating systems available are FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MidnightBSD, DragonflyBSD, and OpenIndiana.
The text also mentions that new boxes can only be registered by the BoxyBSD bot in their Matrix channel, with more information available on the website. Additional services offered include DNS, email, web hosting, runners, and shared shell, with a note encouraging users to contact for further information.")
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THe screencap displays a black background with white text, featuring a terminal interface. At the top, the text "BoxyBSD" is prominently displayed in a stylized font. Below this, a command line reads "guest[@]mgmt-boxybsd-5:~$ cat services.txt," indicating a user named "guest" is executing a command to display the contents of a file named "services.txt."
The text in the file describes a platform offering free virtual machines (VMs) for learning and practicing BSD-based systems and open-source projects. It specifies that the VMs come with IPv6-only networking, 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 10 GB of disk space. The network configuration includes an IPv6 subnet of 64/48 availability. The operating systems available are FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, MidnightBSD, DragonflyBSD, and OpenIndiana.
The text also mentions that new boxes can only be registered by the BoxyBSD bot in their Matrix channel, with more information available on the website. Additional services offered include DNS, email, web hosting, runners, and shared shell, with a note encouraging users to contact for further information.
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shows a web browser window displaying the BoxyBSD.com website. The background of the webpage is black, with white text and a logo in the center. The logo reads "BoxyBSD" in a stylized font. Below the logo, there is a section titled "Info" with a paragraph describing BoxyBSD as a non-profit initiative and hosting provider dedicated to supporting the BSD community. The paragraph mentions that BoxyBSD offers free virtual machine hosting, email hosting, and web hosting solutions to help enthusiasts, students, and professionals gain hands-on experience in system administration, networking, and security without financial barriers. The text is in a monospace font, and the website's URL is visible at the top of the page. The browser's address bar shows the URL "https://boxybsd.com" and the page title "BoxyBSD.com 1.0-RELEASE (GENERIC) boxybsd.com/". The browser's tabs and bookmarks are visible at the top, with some of the tabs showing names like "MX Blog," "MX Forum," and "OpenVPN - Debian Wiki." The bottom of the page includes a copyright notice for 2025.
9.0: earmv4 3133
9.0: m68k 1813 (+180)
10.0: aarch64eb 23238 (+21)
10.0: earmv4 11730 (+3113)
10.0: m68k 7069 (+1570)
10.0: mipsel 1101 (+976)
10.0: sh3el 11590 (+1009)
10.0: sparc64 17571 (+2063)
10.0: vax 9290 (+46 - done until someone fixes Python)
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@rubenerd @cmccullough @fedora @opensuse
I've been using Fedora as my primary desktop OS since the "Fedora Core" days. The behavior of Red Hat under Mike McGrath prompted me to distro hop for the first time in about a decade, but I'm just too comfortable with Fedora and went back. I could get used to something else, but ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
My two primary OSes are Fedora and NetBSD. I think this may be a combination that's unique in the world, lol. Curious to know if there are others :)