@darkuncle

But only on #NetBSD - provided you recompile the kernel with the correct options.

Takes a couple of days, but works flawlessly after that.

Here is one for @imil: viogpu(4) for #NetBSD, added into the MICROVM kernel!

NetBSD 10.x kernel MATH_EMULATION
#NetBSD #linux #RunBSD #pkgsrc

https://mezzantrop.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/netbsd-10-x-kernel-math_emulation/

What's the general opinion on doing scheduled zfs scrubs? Likely to be more useful on the older #zfs that #NetBSD uses?

Snapshots are taken daily and periodically cleaned up. On a system used for backing up files, does it perform a useful integrity test?

The latest version of Pale Moon on a 550MHz NetBSD/sparc64 machine. The last portable web browser capable of opening YouTube - slowly, but stable.

#NetBSD #sparc

Alt...

A screenshot of a 550MHz NetBSD/sparc64 desktop running ctwm running Pale Moon (here titled New Moon) open to the NetBSD page on English Wikipedia. It is using 516M/2048 memory.

Yesterday, I told you about incus - today I tell you how you can easily run #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD & #NetBSD with #incus!

#RUNBSD! #opensource #homelab #virtualization #proxmox

https://gyptazy.com/run-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd-vms-in-incus/

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟱 (Valuable News - 2025/05/05) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/valuable-news-2025-05-05/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Great article from @gyptazy :

Run FreeBSD, OpenBSD & NetBSD VMs in Incus

https://gyptazy.com/run-freebsd-openbsd-netbsd-vms-in-incus/?utm_source=discoverbsd

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Incus #VM #Virtualization

Better the *daemon* you know than the *devil* you don't

#runbsd #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd

@jschauma published a nice little primer on post quantum cryptography on #NetBSD :

https://www.netmeister.org/blog/netbsd-pqc.html

Congratulations to #DragonFlyBSD from #NetBSD community for 6.4.1 release!🎉 #RunBSD
https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/

@jfparis @stefano A full ./build.sh -D ../dest-evbarm -O ../obj-evbarm -T ../tools -R ../sets -m evbarm -a earmv6hf -x tools distribution sets takes about 4 days and 22 hours at 1 GHz on a microSD card.

The same takes 12.25 minutes on a Ryzen 7900, less time than it takes to run install=/ on the Pi Zero (17.25 minutes) :P

I just had to know!

#NetBSD

I needed to run an annoying Electron app for something, so I installed Linux on a USB stick and shoved it in an old laptop.

I noticed that it defaults to suspending when the lid is closed... which is fine, except it never wakes up. #NetBSD has no problem waking up from sleep on this ThinkPad X260 hardware...

This retro-computing project restores support for x87 floating-point unit (FPU) emulation in the NetBSD kernel, targeting legacy 486SX-class processors without hardware FPUs https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU?tab=readme-ov-file

#unix #netbsd #opensource

Congratulations 🎉 to #OpenBSD team from #NetBSD community for 7.7

i486SX_soft_FPU: Bring back FPU emulation for i486SX CPU on NetBSD via @jmmv https://lobste.rs/s/lllomq #netbsd
https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU

Please boost for a larger each and thank you. xoxo
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD

BSDCan is in Ottawa, with tutorials June 11-12, 2025, talks & BOFs June 13-14, 2025

Registration is open - https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/registration.html

Also see https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/ for descriptions and tips, contributions: https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/contributions/

#bsdcan #conference #bsd #unix #development #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #sysadmin #devops #freesoftware #libresoftware

@BoxyBSD was always for BSD based systems only. I focussed to push the whole BSD community and to encourage people to try BSD based systems (such like #FreeBSD. #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, etc.) but I'm not sure if it might provide more value to the whole #opensource community by also supporting #Linux systems (such like #Debian, #Ubuntu, #RockyLinux, #SuSe and more).

I'm not sure if the #BoxyBSD project still provides a value for the community right, now.

What do you think?

This is a collection of solutions to OpenFirmware and hardware issues for which I had difficulty finding answers as a first-time user of #Sun #sparc hardware.

https://netbsd.org/~nia/sun-blade-150.html

#netbsd #solaris

I'm going to compile the NetBSD kernel directly on the Raspberry Pi Zero W, which is running NetBSD.

Let's wait and see 🙂

#NetBSD #RunBSD

Make Your Own Internet Presence with NetBSD and a 1 euro VPS – Part 1: Your Blog

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/

#NetBSD #RunBSD #OwnYourData #BSSG #SSG #SelfHosting

Saturday night.
Wife is listening to some music and singing, relaxed.
I'm writing a part of a new blog post about doing something with #NetBSD, relaxed.

Have great weekend, #BSDCafe, have a great weekend, #Fediverse!

All of those things are absolutely wonderful and make many of todays software developers look ... spoiled? What I want, however - and what I love doing - is making this old hardware do stuff its makers never dreamt of, things that are as far removed from their time as possible. That's why I will, if #NetBSD permits, run bleeding edge BSD on a 286-on-486steroids, and why I run web+ftp+irc servers (yes, multitaskign) on one 286 and multiple BBS nodes on a 386 - like one used to do, of course.

I cannot state often enough how amazing it is that there's still software developed today that will work under such constraints.

#RunBSD #EndOfRant

I've said somewhere I want to run NetBSD on a #286. Now obviously that's not actually possible, but I should be able to do the next best thing - run it on a 286 upgraded to a 486SLC!

But wait, most 286es only support 4MB RAM, although the ol' chum of a chip supports a whopping 16MB. So I have to find a motherboard that can do this.

Thing is, I already have one. See picture. But it's currently occupied doing very important Enterprisy stuff - it runs IBM OS/2 1.3 Extended Edition..but at least I know what I need!

Alt...

otherboard with a soldered 20MHz 286 CPU and a Citygate chipset.