@jaypatelani my VPS running NetBSD 10.1. Has WireGuard tunnels to 4 locations with full mesh BGP dynamic routing over the tunnels. BGP runs in GRE. Exposes a haproxy load balancer and reverse proxy for my internal Nextcloud, Firefly3, Frigate.

Has been rock solid apart of a strange OSPF (frr) issue where I can't establish session through GRE tunnel. There's some awkward GRE handling in NetBSD which I can't pinpoint.

All the best to NetBSD!

#netbsd #hobby #vps #networking #bsd #runbsd

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uptime, uname and list of processes running on a NetBSD vps

NetBSD turns 33 this Sunday! 🚩

To celebrate 33 years of clean code, portability, and zero bloat, Challenging the rest of the fediverse to help hit this year's funding goals.

Also do drop a screenshot of your uptime, uname -a, or a pic of the weirdest hardware you've got running NetBSD right now. (RockPro64 NPF routers or Pi's hooked up to retro CRTs highly encouraged).

Throw some money at the developers keeping the real UNIX alive:

https://www.netbsd.org/donations/

#NetBSD #UNIX #RetroComputing #OpenSource #runbsd #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #Linux

https://www.iqiipi.com/the-quiet-colossus.html

Should we rewrite BSDs in Ada/SPARK!?
#runbsd #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

#MirBSD #NetBSD

https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware#operating-systems

There is no such thing as #StupidSaturday. Also me: #NetBSD #ZFS

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A fastfetch output display NetBSD running on a ThinkPad X280 where home, usr and var partition use ZFS.

Well, well, well... it's Friday, so let's have a little bit of fun, shall we?

#NetBSD 11, take two!

$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 ~/Documents/VM/netbsd11.img 20G

$ sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm -m 2G -cpu host -smp 2 -boot d -hda /home/gil/Documents/VM/netbsd11.img -name NetBSD11 -cdrom Downloads/ISO/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0_RC3-amd64-dvd.iso -display curses -net user,hostfwd=tcp::22222-:22 -net nic

Second system for #NetBSD 11.0 RC3, an Atom PC, upgraded with the i386 CD image.
TIL how to skip sets that are not in the distribution sets. Apparently the 700 MB ISO file *just* fits, by leaving out manhtml and tests. I guess I can back-fill them?

> 710453248 Apr 4 12:22 NetBSD-11.0_RC3-i386.iso

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neofetch core dump on a fresh 11.0 RC3 NetBSD upgrade to an i386 minion.

First system upgraded to #NetBSD 11.0 RC3. Not the last.

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$ time neofetch jim@ ---- OS: NetBSD 11.0_RC3 amd64 Uptime: 5 mins Packages: 453 (pkg_info) Shell: sh Terminal: /dev/pts/2 CPU: Intel 686-class (2) Memory: 723MiB / 3987MiB real 0m0.497s user 0m0.176s sys 0m0.145s

What is considered state of the art for Endpoint management, and specifically security controls (EDR, SIEM, RMM, etc.) for BSD? There usually exists clients and agents for Linux in this space. There is an abandoned(?) Wazuh port for FreeBSD that I am aware of but I would like to know what people do.

Essentially how does one manage and monitor the security of 100’s or 1,000’s of BSD endpoints like a Windows or Linux or even Mac environment would?

#askfedi #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #infosec

System Administration: Week 4: Package Management

In this video, we continue our discussion of the difference and relationship 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.

https://youtu.be/dU66_sPjnXg

#sysadmin #devops #sre

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A diagram illustrating the relationship between OS, Package Management, and the different components: Add-on software, System Software, Applications/Utitlities/ Kernel/Firmware / Hardware

@brainwagon @stefano Pretty sure I installed 386BSD from floppy disks, before #FreeBSD and #NetBSD evolved from the "Jolix" work.

[Edit - Lynne's obituary of William Jolitz: https://386bsd.org/memoriam ]

https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/

I wonder why they didn't check #NetBSD ! 🤔
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #runbsd

An overview on running #FreeBSD, #NetBSD and #OpenBSD on the #PINE64 #ROCKPro64 #arm64 board, bare and with PCIe extension cards, in the context of building a NAS system.

https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/bsd-discovery-on-the-pine64-rockpro64/

@claudiom

#NetBSD to the rescue!!

And now, the #dmesg for this bare #PINE64 #ROCKPro64 board have been uploaded to NYC*BUG dmesgd:

• #FreeBSD 14.4
• #NetBSD 10.1
• #OpenBSD 7.8

*using a curl call inspired by https://gist.github.com/afresh1/99cdd481184147f0e8c0

#RunBSD

sysadmin socks && Thongs.

#NetBSD #Linux #FreeBSD #runbsd #unix

EuroBSDcon 2026's call for papers is open, see https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

Here is a direct link to the submissions form https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/submit/ew426G/info/

@eurobsdcon #eurobsdcon #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #conference #development #devops #sysadmin #freesoftware #libresoftware

Okay, folks, gather 'round, because you are not going to believe this one. My friend who is working at NASA told me this confidential news , but i can finally spill the beans: NASA is officially running NetBSD.

Yeah, you heard that right. Turns out, when you need an OS that can literally run on a potato *and* survive the vacuum of space without a hiccup, you do not mess around. They have been working under wraps with their deep space division on something they are calling "AstroBSD."

Apparently, the Perseverance rover on Mars? Yeah, it is not just taking pretty pictures; it is crunching data with a custom NetBSD kernel.

This just proves what foundation has been saying forever: "Of course it runs NetBSD!" From your ancient router to a rover on another planet.

#NetBSD #NASA #AstroBSD #AprilFools #OpenSource #Portability #MarsRover #SpaceTech #GeekHumor

Ok, #NetBSD on Odroid M1S update: I'm setting this one down for a bit. I'm stumped by the ethernet phy and tired beating my head against it. I put in a PR for my current progress, and that's merged into the main repo. Spinning a release might be difficult (for submodule bitrot reasons), so I made a status post with release binaries: https://overeducated-redneck.net/blurgh/netbsd-on-odroid-m1s.html

I'm just going to use a USB-to-ethernet adapter for now and use the board for its intended purpose. Finally.

@trashheap @grahamperrin I don't know about #FreeBSD but #NetBSD has policy of not accepting AI/LLM generated code

https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

Big kudos to the person testing #NetBSD 11.0 RC2 on an i386, loading the system from floppy disks. Gracias!

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2026/03/26/msg004230.html

A successful boot is often just beyond the moment you feel like giving up on that obscure piece of hardware. Keep hacking—the moment you can finally say, 'Of course it runs NetBSD,' is closer than you think.
#NetBSD 🚩 #RunBSD #Unix #Linux

The European BSD conference, EuroBSDcon 2026 will be in Brussels, 9-13 September 2026.

You can send your talk, tutorial, BOF or other session submission to our program committee before June 20th, see https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

For more about the BSD conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware #development #programming #devops #bsd #conference @EuroBSDCon

Toot from #pkgsrc/www/firefox-149.0b10 in my local pkgsrc tree on #NetBSD/amd64-current...