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Hi BSD users, how is the support for GPUs for number crunching ? CUDA ? I am looking at freeBSD in particular !

#bsd #freebsd #gpu #cuda

Progress. X and ctwm is running with VESA (not mach64 unfortunately) but has some distortion that needs fixing. Not exactly "snappy" either, but at least it's a GUI.

#netbsd #bsd #ctwm #xorg #x11 #retrocomputing

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ctwm on NetBSD running on a 486

Final results of my quest to run NetBSD 10.1 on my 486 system with obligatory fastfetch screen shot.

After getting NetBSD to install from floppies, the biggest challenge was getting it to use memory effectively, otherwise it would spend all its time on swap. Trick was building a custom kernel, turning off many of the daemons (syslogd, cron, ntpd, etc) and sysctl tuning.

Still a few more things I can do to lower the memory footprint, like using dropbear for ssh instead of openssh. Right now though it's relatively usable over ssh, few pauses here and there be generally responsive. Going to try X11 next, which will be interesting.

As for specs, the system is heavily Gateway 2000 486DX2-66Mhz "Family PC" slimline desktop circa 1994. Very similar to my first PC (mine was a 50Mhz version with no PCI slots).

- Anigma LP4IP1 motherboard, 3x ISA and 2x PCI on a riser card
- AMD X5-133Mhz AWD CPU @ 100Mhz (upgraded from the 66Mhz) with a 40mm Noctua fan
- 48Mb of memory
- 4Gb Industrial Compact Flash card in IDE adapter
- ATI Mach64 PCI video card
- Intel Pro 10/100 PCI network card
- ATX4VC with an 80 watt PicoPSU
- Gotek floppy emulator
- GW-12887-1 Dallas DS12887 RTC Replacement clock
- 80mm Noctua case fan

#netbsd #bsd #retrocomputing #486 #fastfetch

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Screenshot of fastfetch running NetBSD 10.1 i386 on a PC from 1994.

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Photo of Gateway 2000 slimline desktop and modern LCD panel displaying boot messages and a login prompt for NetBSD/i386. A period correct Gateway 2000 keyboard is also visible.

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Closeup of SD card, Mach64 videocard, ATX4VC/PicoPSU and 80mm Noctua case fan with a purple 3d printed grill.

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close up of AMD X5-133Mhz ADW CPU with a Noctua 40mm fan on it, RAM SIMMs are visible with an Intel Pro 10/100 network card in a PCI slot in a riser.

Sell me on your non Gnome / non KDE / non XFCE desktop environment or window manager of choice. Im in the mood to try something new. Im not a tiling window guy. Extra credit if it's in #FreeBSD's ports. #linux #floss #DesktopEnvironment #WindowManager #BSD

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@cienmilojos

I'm not saying I'd stick with it, because I like i3wm/sway too much, but I gotta say that the stock #NetBSD GUI/X11 setup is the coolest/cleanest/slickest of the #BSD OSes I've tried so far. :D

#OpenBSD's is fine, but a little too colorful. #FreeBSD of course, doesn't have a stock/default GUI... yet!

Haven't tried #DragonflyBSD yet.

Also I'm in #Glasgow Saturday through Wednesday; I'll even take whisky with a fellow #RunBSD person there. ;)

Interesting...

It seems that #OpenBSD is the only #BSD that has S4 suspend-to-disk/hibernation working thus far.
I haven't tried it on my OpenBSD machine yet. Honestly, it boots fast enough (and I only use it for writing), that I never even thought of it. XD

📢 NetBSD 11.0 release is imminent!

Release is getting a massive upgrade. Community need your help to ensure it runs smoothly on everything from modern servers to vintage workstations.

✨ What to test:
• Improved RISC-V Support
• ZFS & Kernel stability
• Your favorite pkgsrc tools

🔥 The Challenge: #RunOnAnything. Install the Beta on your most interesting hardware and show us the results!

⬇️ Grab the latest NetBSD 11 binaries here:
https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/latest

#NetBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Unix #BetaTesting #RetroComputing #RunBSD

🦾 6 BSDs Worth Trying Instead of Linux

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