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This is a dual Pentium Pro running NetBSD.
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Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

[?]~/rqm ยป
@rqm@exquisite.social

I like so far. Even despite my stupid mistakes with pkgsrc. And not only because THERE IS TETRIS BUNDLED

    Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

    [?]r1w1s1 ยป
    @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

    NetBSD has that charm ๐Ÿ˜„
    You learn a lot by breaking things... pkgsrc included. And bundled Tetris is a serious feature.


      Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

      [?]~/rqm ยป
      @rqm@exquisite.social

      The pkgsrc system for building packages is pretty neat. Took me about 30 minutes to figure it all out and I never really used NetBSD before.

      Still the official docs could be improved upon but set the bar pretty high for user-friendliness.

        Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

        [?]Stephen Borrill ยป
        @sborrill@justfollow.me.uk

        @subnetspider The equivalent is the rather verbose atactl <dev> identify

        # atactl wd0 identify Model: ST16000NM002H-3KW133, Rev: RE03, Serial #: ZYD078A8 World Wide Name: 5000C500E81DDD6D Device type: ATA, fixed Capacity 16 Tbytes, 31251759104 sectors, 512 bytes/sector Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63 Physical sector size: 4096 bytes First physically aligned sector: 8

        Alt...# atactl wd0 identify Model: ST16000NM002H-3KW133, Rev: RE03, Serial #: ZYD078A8 World Wide Name: 5000C500E81DDD6D Device type: ATA, fixed Capacity 16 Tbytes, 31251759104 sectors, 512 bytes/sector Cylinders: 16383, heads: 16, sec/track: 63 Physical sector size: 4096 bytes First physically aligned sector: 8

          Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

          [?]MysticBasil ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยป
          @vazub@mastodon.online

          RE: mastodon.social/@andrewrk/1157

            Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ boosted

            [?]Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: ยป
            @jaypatelani@bsd.network

            The ๐Ÿšฉcommunity is amazing! ๐Ÿ”ฅ
            Let's come together to reach the foundation's $50,000 year-end goal. Your contribution directly drives the project's future and innovation. Every donation helps!
            netbsd.org/donations/

              Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

              [?]Bitslingers-R-Us ยป
              @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

              @mcc #NetBSD welcomes Linux to the club!

              https://social.mikutter.hachune.net/@tsutsuii/115628842301787423

                [?]ltning ยป
                @ltning@pleroma.anduin.net

                @trashheap @claudiom @thedaemon @ParadeGrotesque it has some odd dependencies and needs some weird system configuration to work right, but it was recently updated so not entirely dead. It runs nicely on my rPI400. As does nsCDE but that's really just fvwm2/3 with massive theming.

                My go-to is #WindowMaker though. Or, on super low end devices (486), ctwm (default in #NetBSD and #OpenBSD I think.

                  Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                  [?]Bitslingers-R-Us ยป
                  @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

                  @thomholwerda @hp @CursedSilicon Even if ssh for HP is old, one can still use a modern system as a jumphost using ssh -J.

                  A Raspberry Pi or something similarly small / low power can run a modern OS (like #NetBSD), and you can offer key-based ssh to it, and allow ssh access from it to your HP. Thatโ€™s one hopefully simple possibility.

                    Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                    [?]Bitslingers-R-Us ยป
                    @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

                    @catsalad #NetBSD could be a squirrel. We've got all the nuts :)

                    And we're nuts enough, in a good way, that we're still going to be running on architectures decades from now that Debian and the other Linux distros have already decided aren't commercial / popular enough.

                    This is a picture of a squirrel holding up a branch with a brown leaf at the end of it that loosely resembles the old NetBSD logo, which was of a bunch of people hoisting a flag much like the famous Iwo Jima flag scene. Since we really don't want to associate NetBSD with war, we've tended away from that logo. This picture could be considered an evolution of that logo to something a little more culturally sensitive.

                    Alt...This is a picture of a squirrel holding up a branch with a brown leaf at the end of it that loosely resembles the old NetBSD logo, which was of a bunch of people hoisting a flag much like the famous Iwo Jima flag scene. Since we really don't want to associate NetBSD with war, we've tended away from that logo. This picture could be considered an evolution of that logo to something a little more culturally sensitive.

                      Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                      [?]benz ยป
                      @bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.org

                      I investigated some /i386 bulk build failures for Go packages. They all failed with the same error, which is sus. Reported it as github.com/golang/go/issues/76, and it turned out to be an actual linker bug that was fixed today! ๐Ÿคฉ

                        Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                        [?]Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ ยป
                        @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org

                        10.1 was released on December 16 2024 - exactly one year ago.

                        Not a bad anniversary. Post your favorite stories and/or functionalities of NetBSD in the replies, I am curious to see who is using it and for what... :netbsd:

                          Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                          [?]arosano ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ยป
                          @arosano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                          @librewolf Many of us are waiting/hoping for a and an version of .

                            Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ boosted

                            [?]vermaden ยป
                            @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                            Latest ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ (Valuable News - 2025/12/15) available.

                            vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12

                            Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                              [?]Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: ยป
                              @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                              @rperezrosario

                                Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                                [?]~/rqm ยป
                                @rqm@exquisite.social

                                I understand the strain on maintainers, but it's still sad to see culling so many 32bit packages. suffers from the same problem. It seems will remain the platform where you can still e.g. get a working web browser for a legacy system (). Same applies to the Linux world.

                                  Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                                  [?]Jared McNeill ยป
                                  @jmcwhatever@mastodon.sdf.org

                                  Hard to show with a screenshot, but the GameCube controller does work with games that use SDL2 for joystick access on Wii.

                                    Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                                    [?]Jared McNeill ยป
                                    @jmcwhatever@mastodon.sdf.org

                                    Added support for GameCube controllers on Wii. A new driver exposes the four GameCube controller sockets as HID devices that work with SDL / SDL2 as joystick devices.

                                      Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: boosted

                                      [?]Andrew Ball ยป
                                      @ball@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                      Trying /amd64 on an old, cheap Dell Inspiron laptop.

                                        Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ boosted

                                        [?]release_candidate ยป
                                        @release_candidate@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                        So, I found this netbook and decided to fix it.

                                        First step was easy: I tested NetBSD on it. (because it's a netbook, you see? ๐Ÿ˜œ)

                                        But the unit is in a sorry state. A USB port is so rusty that it doesn't work. I left the battery in a recycling point of my city because it was not safe to handle. Lots of keys from the keyboard doesn't work at all, etc, etc.

                                        Let's see if I can find good parts for it. If you know where I can purchase parts for a Toshiba NB105 (NB100 series) in Spain or the EU, please let me know.

                                        A screenshot of a computer, with a terminal emulator window. A fetch program was ran displaying NetBSD.

                                        Alt...A screenshot of a computer, with a terminal emulator window. A fetch program was ran displaying NetBSD.

                                        A close-up photo of a USB port. The USB port seems to be very rusty.

                                        Alt...A close-up photo of a USB port. The USB port seems to be very rusty.

                                        A small netbook with a keyboard and a mouse attached.

                                        Alt...A small netbook with a keyboard and a mouse attached.

                                          [?]Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ ยป
                                          @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org

                                          Today I learned has openpam and I don't quite know what to do with it...

                                          man.netbsd.org/NetBSD-10.x-BRA

                                            [?]Jay ๐Ÿšฉ :runbsd: ยป
                                            @jaypatelani@bsd.network

                                            @netbsd :flan_cool:

                                              Parade du Grotesque ๐Ÿ’€ boosted

                                              [?]vermaden ยป
                                              @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                              Latest ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ (Valuable News - 2025/12/01) available.

                                              vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12

                                              Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

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