I dearly love #Slackware, don't get me wrong, but I have to say that, compared to #NetBSD it feels a bit on the heavier side, if you see what I mean...

Then again, I am doing a "slackpkg update" on a freshly installed VM, so there is that... 🤓

By the way, NetBSD is still looking for money to complete their 2025 fundraiser, so donate here: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate

This is part of my weekend fun. Coffee stains included.
The two Raspberry Pis are powered by NetBSD, the mini PC by illumos/SmartOS, and the two APU boards by FreeBSD.

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS #IT #SysAdmin #HomeLab #RaspberryPI

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A top-down shot of a small computer setup on a tan surface with some visible coffee stains. In the upper left, a silver mini-PC is partially visible, with a black USB stick plugged into its side. Below the mini-PC, a black USB to TTL serial adapter is connected to and powering a Raspberry Pi A+. The Raspberry Pi Zero W is connected to and driving a 2-relay module. The Raspberry Pis are running NetBSD, the mini-PC is running llumos/SmartOS, and the two, slightly visible APU devices are running FreeBSD.

@tg9541 @stuartl
https://twitter.com/oshimyja

Uses touchscreen with #NetBSD https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/screenshots/oshimaya-drawing.jpg

But I guess if hardware is not supported it will be harder to get it working.

A repurposed x86 laptop getting #NetBSD 11 beta via sysupgrade:

$ sysupgrade fetch
sysupgrade: I: Downloading https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/20251028150036Z/amd64/binary/sets/base.tar.xz into /var/cache/sysupgrade

Decided to install #NetBSD 10.1 on my 8th gen Intel laptop. I had FreeBSD 14.3 on there and tried upgrading to 15.0-BETA3 only to run into loads of package conflicts and it seems pkg decided to talk to the 2 same repos. Not sure what went wrong there. Anyway the NetBSD install went OK. Just need to have a good play around with it.

I haven't used NetBSD since the early 2000's when I installed it on a SparcStation IPX.

I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.

I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #Raspbian #Linux #Debian

Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless

Yes, my old python program to control my heaters is still working. I just had to adapt it to python 3 and modify the code so the old ds1820 sensors aren't needed anymore, I can connect it to my mqtt server. And get the temp from the esp8266 I placed many years ago, all around the house. I've also put a relay on one of them and it works fine.

Oh, and all is running on a Raspberry PI Zero W, powered by NetBSD.

#RunBSD #NetBSD

Woke up at 04:30 with The Cough. Rather than let that go to waste I checked on a VAXperiment that I kicked off yesterday. #NetBSD (without the optional X11) fit nicely on one disk at about 642 MB. Later today I'll add another disk, add a user and check out syssrc. #decvax

Think NetBSD is just some spooky, complicated thing for old-school hackers? Nah.
But all that legendary portability and rock-solid reliability? That doesn't happen by magic.
Every stable update, cool new feature, and wild new platform it supports (yes, even your toaster) comes from the hard work of the NetBSD community. And honestly, they're powered by support from people just like you.
When you donate to the NetBSD Foundation, you're directly helping to:
Keep NetBSD's code clean, secure, and ready for whatever's next.
Supercharge the build systems and infrastructure that our devs live on.
Cook up more docs, guides, and resources for new users and seasoned pros.
Make sure "Of course it runs NetBSD" stays a free-for-everyone reality.
Your contribution is what keeps NetBSD stable, modern, and running on (almost) everything. Pitch in to support the work that keeps #NetBSD awesome!

#OpenSource #Halloween #donate #runbsd #linux #retro #ewaste

I should probably throw #NetBSD 11 beta onto one of my machines.

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_release_process

I love #NetBSD. I love working on its code base, and I love running it. I burned out on computers in the teens--especially with a lot of the places that Linux has gone--and playing more with NetBSD has brought back that spark of joy.

Anyway, the foundation's fundraiser is coming up short right now, if you have extra, it's great community and plucky little OS.

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html

@stefano when I saw this message I immediately thought of you. You can possibly make this happen #NetBSD

@schalken Thanks for the toot #NetBSD 🚩

Want to reduce e-waste? The NetBSD🚩 Project keeps old hardware alive, turning it into firewalls or retro-gaming machines.
To keep this work going (and fund new RISC-V & WiFi renewal!), the @netbsd needs our help to hit its 2025 goal before the year ends.
Please donate today: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/

#WhyIRunNetBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #RISCV #Sustainability #Ewaste #RetroGaming #Linux

Tinkering with #NetBSD on this ex-Sophos box has been way more fun than I expected. No more bad web UIs, no proprietary crap, just a basic npf.conf file I can access over SSH or a serial console. Done!

I can't wait for our access point to arrive, then I can finally retire our ancient home network kit.

I have more #NetBSD than #FreeBSD installs by @rubenerd

https://rubenerd.com/i-have-more-netbsd-than-freebsd-installs/

Because I like torturing my Pentium Pro, I'm mentioning this one here. Just in case it should be of interest to anyone. Beware of the slightly nsfw second post in the thread. It's late, my boss is visiting, I had a few beers. It seemed like a good idea at the time. ;)

#RetroComputing #NetBSD #Fediverse #Snac #Snac2

Gonna install #NetBSD 11 beta on my #PineBookPro, wish me luck

Upgraded* my workhorse to #NetBSD/amd64 10.1.

Finally got my NetBSD.org mail sorted! The main issue is that I didn't realize that the file named "Mailbox" in my home directory is the inbox :/

Anyway, I will try to use my #NetBSD address as much as possible for any BSD stuff. My first non-Gmail email address in years -- exciting!