weirdr.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
I've just found out that the network vendor whose products I used at work for years relies on #NetBSD 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. 😁
Reposting to generate some load on the VPS 🙂
Why I'm Expanding My Blogging Presence
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/17/why-i-m-expanding-my-blogging-presence/
The My-Notes blog is now totally served by the 1 Euro/month #NetBSD VM I've described in a previous blog post - https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/
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.
Some insights how my BoxyBSD project for the BSD Community boosted the Proxmox ecosystem and let me create several tools that were simply missing.
#Proxmox #OpenSource #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #RUNBSD #Ansible #ProxLB #Community #BSDCan #Hosting #VPS
https://gyptazy.com/how-my-boxybsd-project-boosted-the-proxmox-ecosystem/
Busy week upgrading all VMs to #NetBSD 10.1 to allow switching to HVM from PV (as #XenServer 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 #pkgsrc quarterly release to move the remainder over with nice fresh packages.
"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.
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/17/where-have-you-been-for-the-last-20-years/
#BSDCan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #MyNotes #Life #LifeReflections #LiveLife #Community #OpenSource #OSS #EuroBSDCon
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2025/06/16) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/valuable-news-2025-06-16/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
The #bsdcan 2025 registration desk is ready for the second day of talks
#conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
The BSDCan streams can be found on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/@BsdcanOrg along with recordings from earlier conferences.
Also see https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/ for livestream info
#bsdcan #bsd #conference #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #unix #development #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware
Next up at #bsdcan plenary room, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" by Stefano Marinelli https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/contributions/123/ #conference #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #libresoftware
The final schedule for @bsdcan has been published: https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/timetable/timetable-all.html
#BSDCan #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #HardenedBSD
#NetBSD Bans #AI-Generated Code From Commits
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/18/netbsd-bans-ai-generated-code-from-commits/
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
https://www.osnews.com/story/142507/a-critical-look-at-netbsds-installer/
Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay ! 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 #SustainableTech
#NetBSD 🚩🧡 @netbsd
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"
#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?