Reding the docs for setting up NetBSD on my Raspberry Pi 2
https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/

#RaspberryPi #raspberrypi2 #NetBSD #RunBSD

"No head I will not wipe FreeBSD from my laptop in favor of OpenBSD!" 🙄

https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=8e3bae7f65

@ayke
Little things like that are why I <3 NetBSD :)

#NetBSD #runbsd

Ok, so it looks like this toot blew up.

And what can I say? If you liked it, I by all means encourage you to try #NetBSD out for yourself! If you've had enough experience in a Unix command-line, and isn't afraid to do some reading on the documentation, it's a very rewarding experience.

You can see how I ran NetBSD on the first Raspberry Pi (2012 Model B) in this post for the Old Computer Challenge. If *that* was usable, anything else is going to be great!

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html

Happy hacking!

#RunBSD

I have no option but to once again going to praise the #NetBSD on an amazing operating system.

Since I installed it on the Pi 4, the experience has been so smooth that I don't even realize I'm using a supposedly "cheap and underpowered computer" as it was the case with previous OSes. Nope, not anymore.

Instead, there are packages for everything, my architecture is treated as first-class, the performance is always high, and the more I learn about how to use it, the better my experience becomes. No other Linux or BSD met all of these points.

And to top it off? Booting up takes no more than 15-20 seconds. It's less than in my mom's Macbook Pro running Linux Mint!

Again, I can't praise the NetBSD team enough for such achievements. Thank you so much for your hard work that clearly shows that you dogfood your development!

#RunBSD #BSD

Hello to our friends in Singapore 🇸🇬!

We’re happy to announce that we just opened up a new POP in Sin1, SG to come even closer to you! What does it mean?! IP-Space in Singapore including GEO objects & lower latencies in your area 🥳

Thanks to Route64 and @gyptazy !

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BSD #BSDHosting #Hosting #VM #VPS #IPv6 #BGP #Singapore #BoxyBSD

#RunBSD #dragonflybsd #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux

ARM'd and dangerous: kzimmermann takes on the #OldComputerChallenge 2025 with nothing but a Raspberry Pi Model B.

https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html

Yes, it's late - but it's done. Sorry for the delay, I was having too much fun learning #NetBSD, I guess :D

#oldcomputers #occ25 #runbsd #oldcomputerchallenge2025 #100DaysToOffload

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Raspberry Pi Model B with NetBSD logo overlaid.

Some friendships just don't crash. 😉 Happy Friendship Day from your most stable and reliable OS. 💻❤️ #RunBSD #FriendshipDay #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #GhostBSD #DragonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #HardenedBSD & other BSDs i might have missed :)

What are you missing at @BoxyBSD?

Let me know what miss, what you need and how I can improve the service to make it easier and better for you!

#opensource #hosting #ipv6 #freevps #boxybsd #runbsd #bsd #devops #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dn42 #peering

#RUNBSD! But BoxyBSD now also starts to support #Linux! We're starting soon with the Linux support for already present users, offering free boxes:

* #AlmaLinux
* #Alpine
* #Debian
* #Devuan
* #CentOS
* #Fedora
* #Gentoo
* #OpenSuse
* #OpenEuler
* #RockyLinux

Just next to our core OS like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, #MidnightBSD and #DragonflyBSD (and #illumos). This should also make the step easier to compare and test different scenarios where BSD provides a different behavior compared to Linux systems.

Thanks to @gyptazy for the implementation!

#VPS #VM #VirtualMachine #OpenSource #Hosting #IPv6 #BGP #FreeHosting #Community

By the way, I'm having fun looking at some uptime data. Here's some:

%up 99.996 | since Wed Nov 22 10:51:03 2023
%up 99.998 | since Fri Jul 29 09:35:57 2022
%up 99.999 | since Wed Apr 6 14:48:49 2022
%up 99.931 | since Thu Sep 7 08:48:55 2023
%up 99.989 | since Sun Mar 20 18:06:40 2022
%up 99.994 | since Thu Dec 9 17:10:22 2021

In other words, they were only offline for updates that needed a reboot.

These are all leased production servers located in Europe, running FreeBSD with jails and VMs.

No need for Kubernetes or the cloud to get great uptime!

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OwnYourData

Okay, I did something... time to provide BSD boxes at @BoxyBSD a bit closer to our buddies in Asia! #RUNBSD

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DrangonflyBSD #MidnightBSD #illumos #opensolaris

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whois output of a newly assigned IPv6 network at JPNIC for boxes in Asia

Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,

This idea has been in my mind since the very beginning of this adventure, almost two years ago. Over time, several people have suggested it. But until recently, I felt the timing just wasn’t right - for many reasons. Today, I believe it finally is.

So I’m happy to announce a new service:
The BSD Cafe Journal - https://journal.bsd.cafe

At first, I thought I’d use BSSG for it (I even added multi-author support with this in mind), but in the end, it didn’t feel like the right tool for the job.

The idea is to create a multi-author space, with content published on a fairly regular basis. A reference point for news, updates, tutorials, technical articles - a place to inform and connect.
Just like people in Italy used to stop by cafes to read the newspaper and chat about the day’s news, the BSD Cafe Journal aims to be a space for reading, sharing, and staying informed - all in the spirit of the BSD Cafe.

What it’s not:
It’s not here to replace personal blogs, or excellent newsletters like @vermaden 's. And it’s not an aggregator.

What it is:
A place where authors can write original content, share links to posts on their own blogs or elsewhere, publish guides, offer insights, or dive into technical explanations.

The guiding principles are the same as always: positivity, constructive discussion, promoting BSDs and open source in general. No hype (sharing a cool new service is fine, posting non-stop about the latest trend is not), no drama, no politics. The goal is to bring people together, not divide them. To inform, not inflame.
Respect, tolerance, and inclusivity are key. Everyone should feel welcome reading the BSD Cafe Journal - never judged, offended, or excluded.

The platform I’ve chosen is WordPress, for several reasons: it’s portable (runs well on all BSDs), has great built-in role management (contributors, authors, etc.), and - last but not least - supports ActivityPub.
This means every author will have their own identity in the Fediverse (like: @stefano@journal.bsd.cafe ) and can be followed directly, and it’ll also be possible to follow the whole Journal.

Original and educational content is encouraged, but it’s also perfectly fine to link to existing articles elsewhere. Personally, I’ll link my technical posts from ITNotes whenever I publish them there.

The goal is simple: a news-oriented site, rich in content, ad-free, respectful of privacy - all under the BSD Cafe umbrella.

Content coordination will happen in a dedicated Matrix room for authors. There’ll also be a public room for discussing ideas, giving feedback, and sharing suggestions.

Of course, I can’t do this alone. A journal with no content is just an empty shell.
So here’s my call for action:
Who’s ready to lend a hand? If you enjoy writing, explaining, sharing your knowledge - the Journal is waiting for you.

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeAnnouncements #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Linux #OSS #OpenSource #BCJournal #BSDCafeJournal

Yesterday, I experienced two disappointments, and in such cases, a bit of my enthusiasm tends to wane. It's been a long and winding week.
The fortunate thing, though, is that these very disappointments cause me to "withdraw" a bit into my own world. And this often means some cool "nerd" experiments. Plus, in the afternoon, some relaxation. And my wife is happy because she sees me doing my "nerd" things with a smile, and afterward, I have that sense of well-being to dedicate to doing some nice activities with her.

Currently, I have two PCEngines APUs (retired from client workloads but still in full form and energy). One with OpenBSD, the other with NetBSD, added to the FreeBSD one that's already been running since yesterday evening.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

When your free service (@BoxyBSD) kicks you out of bed on a Saturday morning.

The monitoring just alerted me about a potential abuse at my free hosting project and indeed - much traffic from a single user but luckily legit traffic.

Better safe than sorry.

#hosting #isp #network #freeVPS #vps #vm #boxybsd #runbsd #ipv6 #bgp #peering #opensource #education

When I complain that some software (or its dependencies) doesn't work on *BSD but requires Linux, I'm not criticizing Linux. For me, it's not an OS battle, but a matter of freedom and avoiding a dangerous and rampant computing monoculture. And when people reply to me with "well, just use it on Linux" - while they're giving me sensible advice - they're missing the crucial point: if it ONLY runs on Linux, it's not Linux's fault, but we are, precisely, creating a dangerous monoculture.

#Linux #SysAdmin #OSS #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos

My latest My-Notes blog post hit Hacker News - more than 300 visits per minute.
The 1 euro per month NetBSD VPS load:
load averages: 0.05, 0.04, 0.03; up 73+14:12:57

#RunBSD #NetBSD

"All Flash" is my new homelab storage (6x 4T) & I'm not sure if it'll still be #FreeBSD.

The goal? Providing storage for clients at home (NFS/CIFS) but also to servers like Proxmox by NVMeoF (TCP).

It's not a ready-to-use NAS and more a MiniPC with 6x NVMe slots and 2x 2.5Gbit and 1x 10Gbit network. So, I'm happy to make the best out of it. Unfortunately, the performance with SPDK is really worse and I'm not yet quite sure why.

#homelab #nas #storage #selfhosting #networking #network #runbsd

For those who missed last night’s updates, I’m thrilled to announce that @h3artbl33d and I will be co-presenting a talk at #EuroBSDCon: Liberating the Social Web Using #BSD.

We’ll be sharing our experiences and technical decisions along the way.

I’ll be focusing on the BSD Cafe - its services, the story behind it, and most importantly, the human and motivational factors that make this community so special.

Always remember: #OwnYourData !

Stay tuned for more updates!

#BSDCafe #EuroBSDCon25 #EuroBSDCon2025 #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Delighted to report that my talk on Building products with @netbsd has been accepted for @EuroBSDCon #NetBSD #RunBSD #EuroBSDCon2025

I just received an email with wonderful news, and I already have an unmistakable smile on my face.
EDIT: More about this here: https://exquisite.social/@h3artbl33d/114774022377520335

#RunBSD #BSDCafe #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Yay! Or maybe AIEEE! Seems like I'm giving a talk at #EuroBSDCon again this year!

Anyone who has been following me here for a while will know I'm a hopeless #retrocomputing nerd, and I will make no attempt at hiding it during my talk:

Dirty Tricks: Using nginx and Lua to thwart bots and skript kiddies

I'll (try to) show how you can protect your #BBS from drive-by portscans and your production systems from #DDoS attacks using all the wrong tools.

Dietary warning: may contain traces of floppies.

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/review/RHDFBQWZEVC833T3WDLDEXYFQVRWJKMN #FreeBSD #BSD #Unix #DOS #RunBSD

Whoop The wonderful @stefano and I are going to give a talk together at #EuroBSDCon 2025 Fantastic!

The title of our talk is: Liberating the social web using BSD.

Would love to see you at Zagreb - but the talk will be livestreamed and published for on-demand viewing too.

Sooo looking forward to this!

#RUNBSD

Casual reminder that every day is #RUNBSD day

Exquisite.social runs on #OpenBSD (and #HardenedBSD for S3 and backups), I have been daily driving BSD the last two decades.

My mother daily drives BSD - and so should you.

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Puffy, the OpenBSD mascot, tattoo'ed on an arm

Reposting to generate some load on the VPS 🙂

Why I'm Expanding My Blogging Presence

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/17/why-i-m-expanding-my-blogging-presence/

#Blogging #MyNotes #NetBSD #RunBSD

The My-Notes blog is now totally served by the 1 Euro/month #NetBSD VM I've described in a previous blog post - https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/22/make-your-own-internet-presence-with-netbsd-and-a-1-euro-vps-part-1-your-blog/

https://my-notes.dragas.net

#RunBSD #MyNotes

Pssttt... We’ve got exciting news! We now have a brand new location in NYC, US! 🇺🇸🗽

More room, more power, same mission: supporting the open-source community. Stay tuned for what’s coming next!

Thanks to @nerdscavehosting & @gyptazy!

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #BSD #BoxyBSD

Some insights how my BoxyBSD project for the BSD Community boosted the Proxmox ecosystem and let me create several tools that were simply missing.

#Proxmox #OpenSource #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #RUNBSD #Ansible #ProxLB #Community #BSDCan #Hosting #VPS

https://gyptazy.com/how-my-boxybsd-project-boosted-the-proxmox-ecosystem/

Thanks to all our customers who run their own #selfhosting #NetBSD VMs with us for helping with this migration. Our #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD VMs were already running HVM. Yes, we #RunBSD and provide hosting in our UK datacentres (also #Windows and #Linux as required)

@GroffTheBSDGoat Beastie play date @bsdcan

Have fun and #runbsd

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@GroffTheBSDGoat@bsd.cafe Beastie play date. Groff and a handmade Beastie plush hanging out on the bsdcan DMS1160 podium.

Ready for the conference!

#BSDCan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD

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Photo of a BSDCan 2025 speaker badge for Stefano Marinelli placed on a black tote bag. The badge includes a small cartoon BSD daemon holding a Canadian flag. The tote bag features a larger version of the same BSD mascot holding a trident with the Canadian flag attached. The mascot is red, with green sneakers and a friendly expression. The event location is Ottawa, Canada.

Getting ready for #BSDCan

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD

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A printed presentation slide featuring the BSD Daemon mascot holding a Canadian flag with a pitchfork. The title reads, "Why (and how) we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs." The presenter is Stefano Marinelli, and the event is BSDCan in Ottawa on 13 June 2025.

The final schedule for @bsdcan has been published: https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/timetable/timetable-all.html

#BSDCan #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #HardenedBSD