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[?]Ryo ONODERA »
@ryoon@mastodon.sdf.org

Toot from pkgsrc/www/firefox-140.0b9 under NetBSD/amd64-current ...

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    [?]subnetspider »
    @subnetspider@mastodon.bsd.cafe

    I've just found out that the network vendor whose products I used at work for years relies on software for its routers. 🤔

    They don't specify what it's used for, as their firmware is closed source, but since they mostly use the Power (RISC) CPU architecture and have added IPv6 support all the way back in 2012, it would only make sense to use code from a project with good portability, stability and networking in mind. 😁

    Snipped from the Copyright notice: "Products from LANCOM Systems include software developed by the NetBSD Foundation, Inc. and its contributors".

    Alt...Snipped from the Copyright notice: "Products from LANCOM Systems include software developed by the NetBSD Foundation, Inc. and its contributors".

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      [?]Stefano Marinelli »
      @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

      Reposting to generate some load on the VPS 🙂

      Why I'm Expanding My Blogging Presence

      my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/17

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        [?]Stefano Marinelli »
        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

        gyptazy boosted

        [?]BoxyBSD »
        @BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe

        Pssttt... We’ve got exciting news! We now have a brand new location in NYC, US! 🇺🇸🗽

        More room, more power, same mission: supporting the open-source community. Stay tuned for what’s coming next!

        Thanks to @nerdscavehosting & @gyptazy!

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          [?]Ltning »
          @ltning@weirdr.net

          I haven't obsessed this much with my desktop since I was .. much younger. Trying to make it functional and purrty on 30 year old hardware is challenging but fun. Thanks to and the fact that most old X and tools are still around and do all the things they always did - and haven't bloated much in those 30 years - helps a lot.

          I'll take Wayland when it comes my way without me having to lift a finger, but until then I'm glad the X Window System is still around. Keeps this old hardware useful.

            [?]gyptazy »
            @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

            Some insights how my BoxyBSD project for the BSD Community boosted the Proxmox ecosystem and let me create several tools that were simply missing.

            gyptazy.com/how-my-boxybsd-pro

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              [?]Stephen Borrill »
              @sborrill@justfollow.me.uk

              Busy week upgrading all VMs to 10.1 to allow switching to HVM from PV (as and @xcpng have dropped support for PV and unfortunately do not support PVH either) which means moving to uEFI booting rather than pygrub loading the kernel. Just waiting for the next quarterly release to move the remainder over with nice fresh packages.

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                [?]Stephen Borrill »
                @sborrill@justfollow.me.uk

                Thanks to all our customers who run their own VMs with us for helping with this migration. Our and VMs were already running HVM. Yes, we and provide hosting in our UK datacentres (also and as required)

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                  [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                  @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                  "Where have you been for the last 20 years?" - The question that changed everything. This isn't a BSDCan report, but a personal reflection on how impostor syndrome stole decades from me, and why it's never too late to find your community and live life fully.

                  my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/17

                    [?]vermaden »
                    @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                    Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2025/06/16) available.

                    vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06

                    Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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                      [?]Peter N. M. Hansteen »
                      @pitrh@mastodon.social

                      The 2025 registration desk is ready for the second day of talks

                      Two BSDCan organizers with one laptop each, sitting at the registration desk with the table covered in neat stacks of this year's BSDCan T-shirts

                      Alt...Two BSDCan organizers with one laptop each, sitting at the registration desk with the table covered in neat stacks of this year's BSDCan T-shirts

                        Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                        [?]Peter N. M. Hansteen »
                        @pitrh@mastodon.social

                        The BSDCan streams can be found on Youtube, youtube.com/@BsdcanOrg along with recordings from earlier conferences.

                        Also see bsdcan.org/2025/ for livestream info

                          Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                          [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                          @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                          Ready for the conference!

                          Photo of a BSDCan 2025 speaker badge for Stefano Marinelli placed on a black tote bag. The badge includes a small cartoon BSD daemon holding a Canadian flag. The tote bag features a larger version of the same BSD mascot holding a trident with the Canadian flag attached. The mascot is red, with green sneakers and a friendly expression. The event location is Ottawa, Canada.

                          Alt...Photo of a BSDCan 2025 speaker badge for Stefano Marinelli placed on a black tote bag. The badge includes a small cartoon BSD daemon holding a Canadian flag. The tote bag features a larger version of the same BSD mascot holding a trident with the Canadian flag attached. The mascot is red, with green sneakers and a friendly expression. The event location is Ottawa, Canada.

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                            [?]Peter N. M. Hansteen »
                            @pitrh@mastodon.social

                            Next up at plenary room, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" by Stefano Marinelli indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/cont

                              [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: »
                              @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                              @mccd is awesome NetBSD>>>>CentOS>>> Linux
                              :flan_cool:

                                Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                                [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                Getting ready for

                                A printed presentation slide featuring the BSD Daemon mascot holding a Canadian flag with a pitchfork. The title reads, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs." The presenter is Stefano Marinelli, and the event is BSDCan in Ottawa on 13 June 2025.

                                Alt...A printed presentation slide featuring the BSD Daemon mascot holding a Canadian flag with a pitchfork. The title reads, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs." The presenter is Stefano Marinelli, and the event is BSDCan in Ottawa on 13 June 2025.

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                                  [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                  @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

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                                  [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: »
                                  @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                                  ltning boosted

                                  [?]jbz »
                                  @jbz@indieweb.social

                                  Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                                  [?]benz »
                                  @bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.org

                                  I am happy to announce that my @FrOSCon talk proposal has been accepted! I will speak about , hope to see you there!

                                    [?]OSNews » 🤖
                                    @osnews@mstdn.social

                                    A critical look at NetBSD’s installer

                                    NetBSD is an OS that I installed only a couple of times over the years, so I’m not very familiar with its installer, sysinst. This fact was actually what led to this article (or the whole series rather): Talking to a NetBSD developer at EuroBSDcon 2023, I mentioned my impression that NetBSD was harder to install than it needed to be. He was interested in my pe

                                    osnews.com/story/142507/a-crit

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                                      [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: »
                                      @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                                      Happy ! NetBSD's efficiency and long-term support for diverse hardware help reduce e-waste. Let's all build sustainable solutions, in code and in the world, to
                                      🚩🧡 @netbsd

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                                        [?]jmcunx »
                                        @jmcunx@mastodon.sdf.org

                                        @hn50

                                        Re: eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/

                                        To me, seems a fair review. One thing to note, if putting /usr and/or /var on a separate partition you should add something like this to /etc/rc.local

                                        critical_filesystems_local="/var /usr"

                                          [?]Jay 🚩 :runbsd: »
                                          @jaypatelani@bsd.network

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                                          [?]Bitslingers-R-Us »
                                          @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

                                          #NetBSD #m68k now has binary packages for clang and llvm.

                                          https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/m68k/10.0_2025Q1/All/

                                          Does anyone want to give them a try?

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                                            [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                            @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                            While tidying up the cabinet in my studio, I found this box with 3 CDs. Alpha, of course, refers to the architecture. And there's a long story behind it that made me smile - which I'll publish on one of my blogs soon.

                                            A CD jewel case labeled by hand with several operating system names and versions: "FreeBSD 5.3", "NetBSD 2.0", "Debian 'Testing' Sarge", and "ALPHA". The case insert contains 3 TDK CD-R Speed-X discs. The handwriting suggests the CD contains installation or boot media for Alpha architecture systems.

                                            Alt...A CD jewel case labeled by hand with several operating system names and versions: "FreeBSD 5.3", "NetBSD 2.0", "Debian 'Testing' Sarge", and "ALPHA". The case insert contains 3 TDK CD-R Speed-X discs. The handwriting suggests the CD contains installation or boot media for Alpha architecture systems.

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