Happy #WorldSparrowDay! By the NetBSD community. Just like these resilient little birds, #NetBSD is adaptable and thrives in diverse environments. Let's appreciate the small but mighty! 🐦💻 #OpenSource #Linux #MacOS #RunBSD

Now that it's official, I can announce it - although I may have dropped a few hints earlier! 😉

My talk "Why (and how) we’re migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs" has been accepted, and I’ll be honored to present it in June at BSDCan in Ottawa.

The joy of meeting BSD friends in person again (and those I haven’t had the chance to meet live yet) will be immense, and the honor of sharing my story in Canada is truly beyond measure, especially considering the level of other talks and all the people attending.

Of course, I’ll be bringing various BSD Cafe gadgets with me!

For more information, here’s @mwl 's post with further details: https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/

#BSDCan #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Well, I did not go back to the gym and I certainly did not install #NetBSD today...

Ah well, there is always tomorrow.

Oh wait, tomorrow is Monday... ☹️

@tripplehelix

I'm guessing you're taking about #FreeBSD.

Both #NetBSD and #OpenBSD give you a working #X11 immediately after install.

#NomadBSD even gives you #xfce

OK, off to bed, tomorrow is going to be back to the gym, followed by some #NetBSD 10.1 installation on the spare HP PC I have at home.

Good night everyone! Try to carry on without me and continue being excellent to each other. Don't let the bastards grind you down!

#NetBSD community wishes #piday2025
#RunBSD #Linux #macos #pkgsrc

Princess Daisy 🧡 #NetBSD

Developing pkgsrc with git https://lobste.rs/s/u0ctt0 #netbsd
https://bentsukun.ch/posts/pkgsrc-with-git/

I switched to git for developing #NetBSD #pkgsrc and wrote up how!

https://bentsukun.ch/posts/pkgsrc-with-git/

I've just launched the version of my blog with a BSD-based theme. The main colors are inspired by the BSDs, and badges will appear if a post includes one (or more) BSD in its categories. I've applied a few fixes (there are more to come), but it's already fully usable.
The site is designed to be navigable even without images or JavaScript, and can be used with text-based browsers. The only feature that requires JavaScript is the search function, which runs locally in the user's browser for maximum security and privacy.

For those who have already visited the site in recent days, you might not see the new theme correctly as some CSS parts could still be cached in your browser. I’ve set long expiration times for the CSS, so browsers may not notice the changes right away.

https://it-notes.dragas.net

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #ITNotes

I had fun creating a BSD-based theme for my blog. It's promising; I just need to fix a few graphic glitches, but I think I'll put it up on the blog tomorrow. And the colors are red, yellow, and orange - I don't think I need to explain why!

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

NetBSD on a JavaStation

Back when Java was still a new programming language, Sun had the idea of building a computer specifically designed for Java, unique processor running byte-code as its native machine code and all. This whole endeavour proved to be more complicated than Sun had hoped, and as such, they eventually abandoned the idea of a Java processor in favour of plain SPARC. When the JavaStation shipped, i

https://www.osnews.com/story/141870/netbsd-on-a-javastation/

#NetBSD

Looking for a suggestions for simple self-hosting blog software which a project could use for its developers (and the project as a whole) to post interesting items to its own site, and automatically federate onto the fediverse

Ideally should be easy to spin up on #NetBSD

Asking for a friend(ly project)...

#AskFedi

NetBSD on a JavaStation https://lobste.rs/s/6645g0 #netbsd
https://fatsquirrel.org/oldfartsalmanac/netbsd-on-a-javastation/

Running #NetBSD on a Sun Java station.

Very neat!

https://fatsquirrel.org/oldfartsalmanac/netbsd-on-a-javastation/

Stolen from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26755223

Inspired by Ozeelot's comment to grab a 2003 #ThinkPad T41, plus a #NetBSD 10.1 install on a USB stick and create a quick video from blank system to running a web browser... or rather several of them

Apologies for the #YouTube link - I'm just waiting on a #PeerTube account 😛

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYS4TcgxMxU

Alt...

IBM ThinkPad showing X11 display with several open windows, the primary one being a web browser with santapodtickets.com

Well the plot thickens...

Leaving the #Slackware qemu VM running for a couple of days and the situation is now inverted:

Slackware VM: 0.2% CPU
#NetBSD VM: still at 1.1% CPU

Host CPU load: 0.15, 0.11, 0.08 (which is perfectly acceptable)

I think @Uilebheist was right when he mentioned the CPU would level out due to the differences between the Linux and the NetBSD kernels.