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The BSD conferences are magical. The atmosphere is friendly. It's a family - a good one - with different views but a common goal: making great things, making smart choices in a positive environment.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #BSDCan #AsiaBSDCon

New #NetBSD https://releng.netbsd.org/bulktracker/ release for those who celebrate :)

https://github.com/bsiegert/BulkTracker/releases/tag/v2025.11

using sandboxctl in #NetBSD by @evgandr

https://archive.ph/KZXtr
https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/09/15/sandboxctl-netbsd-little-howto.html

#PoesBookmarks

Hey #NetBSD 🚩community! There's been discussion over the years about whether the NetBSD project should have its own unique mascot (separate from the general BSD Beastie).

I outlined a proposal for one back in 2021, including some concepts:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2021/01/21/msg000828.html

What's the general feeling today? #RunBSD #OpenSource #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD

GSOC 2025 Reports: Using bubblewrap to add sandboxing to NetBSD https://lobste.rs/s/ojxoor #netbsd
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2025_bubblewrap_sandboxing

Lil guide about OpenHAB4 installation into the NetBSD sandbox.

https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/11/07/install-openhab4-to-netbsd.html

#NetBSD #OpenHAB #HomeAutomation

BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

"What is BSD? Come to a conference to find out!" It's where the Internet comes from!
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
https://medium.com/@peter.hansteen/what-is-bsd-come-to-a-conference-to-find-out-06acd7d77fd8
https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html
#BSD #Unix #FreeBSD #OpenBSBD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #Freesoftware #Libresoftware #BSDlicense #permissivelicensing

But VNC'ing into a small #NetBSD VM and launching X11 and Xeyes is really funny.

I missed Xeyes for some reason... 👀

#Stephen made a new video about #NetBSD :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RjuWSUnxug

Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs

My BSDCan 2025 presentation, PeerTube and YouTube links:

PeerTube: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/x4oPuHpCJK3qWFfdZtr7hd

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVp25-6Qao

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #BSDCan #ISolveProblems #Linux

Tested out Netbsd install. So far it was the most pleasant BSD install experience! Each steps is described very well, it's visible someone put great effort into this!

Next step, is finding a suitable hw and test it on that 😎.
#netbsd

Toot from pkgsrc/www/firefox-145.0b9 under NetBSD/amd64-current... #pkgsrc #NetBSD

The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!

* The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!

* You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy

* You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.

* Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)

This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem

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The new BoxyBSD platform now offers VNC access and ISO selection which brings in several new possibilities for users.

🦾 6 BSDs Worth Trying Instead of Linux

https://www.howtogeek.com/bsds-worth-trying-instead-of-linux/

#BSD #FreeBSD #GhostBSD #MidnightBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD #opensource #unix

Second time was easier than the first (plus using a faster machine helped); upgraded PostgreSQL from 14 to 16 on #NetBSD, for a #Zabbix server v7 on a Pi.
20 minutes to dump the database, install new PG version, re-import and re-start.

Alt...

Temperature chart, missing 20 minutes.

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment

Week 3: Union Mounts and Whiteout Files

One of the file types we've encountered are those of type S_IFWHT, so called "whiteout" files. But what the hell is that?? Let's illustrate! We describe the concept of union mounts and see what happens when a file in the upper layer is removed while the same file still exists in the lower layer: a whiteout file is created to cover up the lower file.

https://youtu.be/MkFExG9jhEE

#apue #unix #programming #netbsd

Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment

Did you know that #NetBSD comes with a number of historical Unix research papers and supplementary documentation? Here, we find papers by Marshall Kirk McKusick on the Fast File System, by Robert Morris and Ken Thompson on Password Security, a shell tutorial by Stephen R. Bourne, a guide to using vi(1) by Bill Joy, and the well known BSD IPC Tutorials! Take a tour through /usr/share/doc...

https://youtu.be/XqhOUqi4fc0

#apue #unix #programming

The CfP for the BSD, illumos, OpenZFS, bhyve Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is now available, you can start submitting your talk 🤩

https://people.freebsd.org/~rodrigo/fosdem26/

#Fosdem2026 #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Illumos #ZFS #bhyve

boosts appreciated

I dearly love #Slackware, don't get me wrong, but I have to say that, compared to #NetBSD it feels a bit on the heavier side, if you see what I mean...

Then again, I am doing a "slackpkg update" on a freshly installed VM, so there is that... 🤓

By the way, NetBSD is still looking for money to complete their 2025 fundraiser, so donate here: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate

This is part of my weekend fun. Coffee stains included.
The two Raspberry Pis are powered by NetBSD, the mini PC by illumos/SmartOS, and the two APU boards by FreeBSD.

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS #IT #SysAdmin #HomeLab #RaspberryPI

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A top-down shot of a small computer setup on a tan surface with some visible coffee stains. In the upper left, a silver mini-PC is partially visible, with a black USB stick plugged into its side. Below the mini-PC, a black USB to TTL serial adapter is connected to and powering a Raspberry Pi A+. The Raspberry Pi Zero W is connected to and driving a 2-relay module. The Raspberry Pis are running NetBSD, the mini-PC is running llumos/SmartOS, and the two, slightly visible APU devices are running FreeBSD.

@tg9541 @stuartl
https://twitter.com/oshimyja

Uses touchscreen with #NetBSD https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/screenshots/oshimaya-drawing.jpg

But I guess if hardware is not supported it will be harder to get it working.

A repurposed x86 laptop getting #NetBSD 11 beta via sysupgrade:

$ sysupgrade fetch
sysupgrade: I: Downloading https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-11/20251028150036Z/amd64/binary/sets/base.tar.xz into /var/cache/sysupgrade

BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.

Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.

#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

A couple of years ago, I posted a bit about "Dexter", my little project to run a Raspberry Pi 1 as a little general purpose, old-school Unix system - as even its extremely low specs were pretty high by, say, 1980s standards.

I decided to pause that until NetBSD 10 released, a thing that I expected would be a lot sooner than it actually was!

Anyway, Dexter is back in the box, and now has a real enough serial port to run with a VT220 terminal as the primary console, no more USB keyboard or HDMI cables hanging off it!

#retrocomputing #NetBSD

I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.

I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #Raspbian #Linux #Debian

Here's a short video about my cloudless, portable, small, low-resource "smart thermostat". It doesn't need an internet connection and uses MQTT. Here, it's directly driving a relay.
It's running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD, in read-only mode.
I used it for years and it's time to go back to it, cloudless and local.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #IoT #OwnYourDevices #OwnYourData #Cloudless

Yes, my old python program to control my heaters is still working. I just had to adapt it to python 3 and modify the code so the old ds1820 sensors aren't needed anymore, I can connect it to my mqtt server. And get the temp from the esp8266 I placed many years ago, all around the house. I've also put a relay on one of them and it works fine.

Oh, and all is running on a Raspberry PI Zero W, powered by NetBSD.

#RunBSD #NetBSD

I fell down a rabbit hole into a virtual memory layout landscape, trying to better understand how thread stacks are placed under Address Space Layout Randomization. Turns out, there's quite a bit of variability across different Unix flavors.

https://www.netmeister.org/blog/thread-stacks.html

#unix #linux #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #omnios

Woke up at 04:30 with The Cough. Rather than let that go to waste I checked on a VAXperiment that I kicked off yesterday. #NetBSD (without the optional X11) fit nicely on one disk at about 642 MB. Later today I'll add another disk, add a user and check out syssrc. #decvax

Think NetBSD is just some spooky, complicated thing for old-school hackers? Nah.
But all that legendary portability and rock-solid reliability? That doesn't happen by magic.
Every stable update, cool new feature, and wild new platform it supports (yes, even your toaster) comes from the hard work of the NetBSD community. And honestly, they're powered by support from people just like you.
When you donate to the NetBSD Foundation, you're directly helping to:
Keep NetBSD's code clean, secure, and ready for whatever's next.
Supercharge the build systems and infrastructure that our devs live on.
Cook up more docs, guides, and resources for new users and seasoned pros.
Make sure "Of course it runs NetBSD" stays a free-for-everyone reality.
Your contribution is what keeps NetBSD stable, modern, and running on (almost) everything. Pitch in to support the work that keeps #NetBSD awesome!

#OpenSource #Halloween #donate #runbsd #linux #retro #ewaste

I should probably throw #NetBSD 11 beta onto one of my machines.

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_release_process

The updated control panel at @BoxyBSD by @gyptazy

@gyptazy #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPV6 #BGP #DN42 #smolBSD #RUNBSD #BSD #BSDHosting #Hosting #FreeHosting #community #opensource

@stefano when I saw this message I immediately thought of you. You can possibly make this happen #NetBSD

@schalken Thanks for the toot #NetBSD 🚩