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Port the Enlightenment desktop environment to #NetBSD

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/projects/mifwPqCq

Rendez-vous à 20h sur https://twitch.tv/imilnb ! #bhyve #FreeBSD #NetBSD #smolBSD

something wrong with cdn.netbsd.org ?
#netbsd

Any NetBSD expert out there?

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/valuable-news-2026-05-04/

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

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

Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.

But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux@mastodon.social) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.

Hope you like this small update... Over & out!

#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux

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BoxyBSD Logo - a free BSD based VPS Service by gyptazy

Today was a OSes update day . First, I updated the laptop of one of my relatives, which I gave him at near 2021. The OS on the laptop (some kind of Dell Inspiron) wasn't updated since these times, so it was a Linux Mint version 18.2 (and now it is ver. 22.3). But, suddenly for me, minor update from 18.2 to 18.3 and the major update from 18.3 to 19 went well, with the help of this instruction: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade.html

From my previous experience with Oracle Linux and it's repositories, I thought, that Linux Mint update will fail, because all repositories shut down and update files were removed, because the installation from 2021 is too old. But, all necessary infrastructure is still up and I managed to perform updates

The second update, the update of my main server with NetBSD. It just works: I installed sysupgrade, update the system, merge some configuration in /etc/, update binary packages, update to packages from pkgsrc and that's all. It just works, without any surprises and problems

#NetBSD #LinuxMint

@AFresh1 on #NetBSD :

#sysupgrade auto https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-X/latest/amd64

For packages :

#pkgin update
#pkgin full-upgrade

Edit:

For packages only #pkgin upgrade
as pointed by @jperkin Thanks :)

@cienmilojos

I don't know of any OS that has an iron-clad #NoAI policy.

#NetBSD comes the closest, but they even have a provision for AI being included "with permission," IIRC.

#OpenBSD already has slop in base, via tmux. :/

The system was previously softhacked through other means but I managed to get Wiibrand working in the end, the Homebrew Channel installed and NetBSD started up.

Unfortunately the "UGREEN USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapter" doesn't work in the Wii Menu, despite having the right chipset, and also not in #NetBSD - the axen driver repeatedly prints messages about a wrong buffer. I've ordered a Realtek-based dongle instead.

Mine...Mine...Mine...

Now THAT will be a nerdy weekend §8-)

Buy here:
https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design

#freebsd #book #bsd #nerd #linux #unix #openbsd #netbsd #ghostbsd #learn

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FreeBSD Book - Integrated by design. https://vivianvoss.net/print/integrated-by-design

Yes, it's the same with @xcpng as #XenServer. XenCenter and XCP-ng Center don't offer the SR-IOV network as an option for VMs. Luckily, #XenOrchestra gets that right.

While there I tested various #BSD OSes with SR-IOV and Intel i350 NICs:

#NetBSD - NIC is described (as defined in pcidevs), but no driver
#OpenBSD - NIC entirely unknown as not in pcidevs
#FreeBSD - virtual function works straight off as igb0

The #NetBSD and slightly-newer #OpenBSD iavf(8) drivers only support much newer NICs.

I created a support page (in lieu of a blog) about SR-IOV on XenServer and XCP-ng with various Intel NICs and different operating systems including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD

I think the #NetBSD ixv(4) driver needs resyncing to #FreeBSD from whence it came (or get hints from #OpenBSD). I couldn't get it to work on #NetBSD
https://www.precedence.co.uk/wiki/Support-KB-Citrix/XenServer-SRIOV

@mike_k All of this is why I am slowly exploring NetBSD - it's looking more and more like my "canned rations" operating system for when I flee to the woods. I don't need a lot of software to be happy, to be honest, and once I have a working roster of apps, I might not even need to keep pace with much of their updates ever again (with obvious exceptions like a browser)

I also feel like it's small enough maybe I can contribute in some way.

#NetBSD

Has anyone tried #NetBSD/aarch64 11 RC3 on the #RaspberryPi Zero 2W?

#netbsd

https://www.osnews.com/story/144845/apple-wants-to-kill-your-time-capsule-but-they-run-netbsd-so-they-cant/

I think #NetBSD #pkgsrc foundation can take this initiative : @netbsd

https://www.sovereign.tech/news/join-sovereign-tech-standards-network

And my new homeserver! #NetBSD

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Picture of a Nintendo Wii

BSDCan https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/ Talk Saturday 2026-06-20: 11:00 - 11:50 DMS 1130
NetManager - Building products with NetBSD round 2
Stephen Borrill
https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/timetable/timetable-NetManager---Building.html
To register https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html @bsdcan #netbsd #netmanager

@kingocounty @mirabilos

"usable" of course is a very malleable word, but I know #NetBSD has taken a strong stand against it.

Finally found the #Pkgsrc news about Q1 2026:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2026/03/27/msg000392.html
As the pkgsrc.org site has no announcements since 2025 I guess there's a gap in the doc process, after role shuffling. Continued activity as shown by charts: https://pkgsrc.se/statistics.php
#NetBSD

@jmcneill

Also: it seems the #NetBSD Wii is actually on the Fediverse, because yes of course it is... Its owner can be found at @ltning

(I hope I am not starting a DDoS on that poor Wii by posting this...) ☹️

And... When the guy^W dev^W madman^W Absolute Programming God who is responsible for the Wii port of #NetBSD actually likes your post about running a blog on a Wii with NetBSD, you have reached a level of Meta-information I did not think was possible. 😂

Thanks for everything @jmcneill !!

(Now, where the heck did I put my Nintendo Wii...?)

@chesheer Ohhh , thats why I bet on #NetBSD for daily computing — any "newbie with AI" touching CVS — will be shot with heavy low-orbital ion cannon (I hope)

Something I discovered recently:

https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/

This is a blog, hosted on a Nintendo Wii running #netbsd ... Pretty cool!

Hat tip to: https://caolan.uk/links/servers/

And: https://sunny.garden/@kaimac/116459990980227925

🎂 Rubenerd: Happy 33rd birthday NetBSD!

https://www.rubenerd.au/happy-33rd-birthday-netbsd/

#netbsd #bsd #opensource

@flibble @philpem The £575 included monitor, keyboard and mouse per client and a #NetBSD server doing email, intranet, firewalling, routing and fileserving. Also included educational resources and a full productivity suite. Also included installation, training and support with on-site visits

@jaypatelani Here's my Acorn RiscPC booting #NetBSD 8.3. The computer is from 1994 so almost the same age as NetBSD itself.

Also quick plug, if you want to hear more about this history, come to my talk at @bsdcan this June #BSDCan

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A boot message ending in "bye bye from RISC OS!"

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A black monitor with small white writing on next to a grey computer with its lid removed and various cables loose in the top

@mrgtwentythree @slava @eschaton #NetBSD is way underrated @netbsd :)

@jaypatelani Nice! This is mine box there the #NetBSD is running. Basically, this is just a main part of the cashier (without the display). CPU: Intel Atom N2800, 4 Gb of RAM.

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Photo of the Intel Atom based, fanless machine, working as a server. There are a server, hub (made from an old router), fire extuinguisher and a turka with coffee. Each element has a cyan text with a name of an item.

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drag0n-server$ uname -a NetBSD drag0n-server.lair.internal 10.1 NetBSD 10.1 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024 mkrepro@mkrepro.NetBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 drag0n-server$ uptime 11:59PM up 5 days, 1:40, 1 user, load averages: 0.08, 0.28, 0.45

So, #NetBSD ships with #ZFS support but not the encryption feature. Because... you're supposed to do disk encryption with cdg whatever filesystem you are using?