Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟲 (Valuable News - 2024/05/06) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/valuable-news-2024-05-06/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟲 (Valuable News - 2024/05/06) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/valuable-news-2024-05-06/

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

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

In case you missed it, I'd suggest to read this excellent article by @mms : Why I run a BSD on a PC

https://michal.sapka.me/bsd/why-bsd/

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #NomadBSD #GhostBSD #helloSystem

Would you be interested in #ARM64 based flavors of #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD & #NetBSD at #BoxyBSD?

X.Org on #NetBSD - the state of things https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/x_org_on_netbsd_the #Unix

@markd @unix_discussions I don't know. Let's see if we can get someone from #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, and #DragonflyBSD to explain the status of their #Wayland support.

X.org on NetBSD – The State of Things

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

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/x_org_on_netbsd_the

#bsd #netbsd #unix

@unix_discussions Perhaps I missed it on my first reading, but I'm very curious as to the long-term plans of all the BSDs wrt X and Wayland (or perhaps some third option?).

My sense, tho I'm not close to such things, is that Wayland will eventually oust X from the Linux world leaving X as a largely orphaned graphics system only used, but barely maintained, by #BSD.

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/

This makes me want to use #Netbsd again. The pc I had Freebsd on isnt doing much, maybe I’ll give it a try. All the better if wifi works. I am saddened by the fact I no longer have the motivation to fire up the #vaxstation and install there like I once did.

@mms
If you just want to track what's committed into *BSD and do not want to be bothered by discussions/flames, FreshBSD could be your friend.

https://freshbsd.org/
https://freshbsd.org/about

#FreshBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

How can I be up-to-date with current developments of all #bsd without following their mailing lists? I'd love to know what they are cooking (got or graphical installer for example) but without following dev discussions, as those are too low-level for my needs.

#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd

🧑‍💻 NetBSD On The State & Future Of X.Org/X11
➥ @phoronix

「 The bad news is that to have applications running we require access to a larger open source ecosystem, and that ecosystem has a lot of churn and is easily distracted by shiny new squirrels. The process of upstreaming stuff to X.Org is an ongoing process, but it's likely we'll run into things that will never be suitable for upstream 」

#netbsd #bsd #xorg #opensource

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-State-Of-X11-2024

For those who think email is still simple... As someone who had to struggle with learning SPF, DKIM, DMARC and and and and ... it's not anymore. I am looking forward to @mwl talk about it "The State of email" at BSDCan coming at the end of the month.

#BSDCan #BSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonFlyBSD

@kly @spiegelmama #FreeBSD and #NetBSD here :). And Alpine Linux when I need Penguins.

@stefano @jaypatelani same here 😎Trying to learn #NetBSD every day. Now little play with pkgsrc and global repo/packages for my amd64/aarch64 boxes on NFS. Next step probably will try my own package.

Today, I learned something thanks to #NetBSD !

So, this NetBSD Foundation post:

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/112382798178078765

Led me to this article:

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

Which led me to the lock (1) utility:

https://man.netbsd.org/lock.1

And finally to this command:

tmux lockc

... which allows one to safely lock a tmux session. I really like it so far.

This is the kind of depth and nice little surprise you don't get with commercial OS. Every day, you can learn about small utilities.

Got my hands on an old Mac Mini G4 PPC and immediately installed NetBSD 10 #macppc. Good docs of course, including specific to the G4. Once you get the hang of partioning for Open Firmware 3, pretty straight forward. My first Apple product 😂

#netbsd #retrocomputing

#BSDCan 20th anniversary edition is May 29th through June 1st, 2024!

Come join us in #Ottawa for two days of tutorials and two days of talks - registration is open https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/registration.php schedule https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/timetable/?#all.detailed #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd

Distribution of the most used operating systems on #BoxyBSD. Most users tend to use #FreeBSD for their free VM. #OpenBSD and #OpenIndiana (still in beta) share the second place, followed by #NetBSD.

Having some fun with #NetBSD this morning...

The main differences between OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD and DragonFly BSD

https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-main-differences-between-openbsd-freebsd-netbsd-and-dragonflybsd.html

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-main-differences-between-openbsd-freebsd-netbsd-and-dragonflybsd.html

#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #unix

EuroBSDCon 2024 registration is now open!

Important dates:
2024-05-02: Registration opens https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org
2024-06-15: Proposal submission deadline https://events.eurobsdcon.org/
2024-07-15: Schedule published
2024-09-19—22: EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin

See you in #Dublin for the #european #bsd event of the year!

#eurobsdcon #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #development

Are you ready for the European *BSD event of the year 2024? 😈⛳🐡

You can now already register for the event at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org

Register early and often!

While you are add it you can still drop your abstract like it's 🔥!
https://events.eurobsdcon.org/

The schedule will be published on 🗓️ 2024-07-15!

For all other information you can check https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/

EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
September 19-22, 2024

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024

New #bsd article:

"There’s a multitude of Operating Systems to choose from. You may have been using something like Windows or MacOS and be perfectly happy with it. You can step up and use Linux, Haiku or even Amiga OS. So, why do I think a BSD system may be a great choice?"

https://michal.sapka.me/bsd/why-bsd/

#freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

#NetBSD #pkgsrc #RunBSD

Does TLS sound like an ominous hiss to you? @mwl's #bsdcan TLS Tutorial on May 30th 2024 in #ottawa will enlighten you to core #internet #security tech and hint strongly at what could come back to bite you. https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/timetable/#20240530.detailed #tls #ssl #security #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #networking

It is enough to make a man despair and go back to either doas, or, even better, plain old 'su' in #NetBSD ...

People who do not learn the lessons of history, etc... etc...

Just about a month from now, #BSDCan starts in #Ottawa. Go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/ and look around, then go to https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/registrations/ (via https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/registration.php if you like) to register! #bsd #netbsd #openbsd #freebsd #freesoftware #opensource #development

For my “why you should use bsd desktop” article (wip) I’d like to link to people’s technical reasons. I’ve already got a great one from @vermaden (the “quare one”) but I’d love to have also something from open, net and dragon.

Have you written something like this by any chance? The more detailed walkthrough the tech stack of flavor of your choosing and the more examples of your usage the better!

#bsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd

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https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/valuable-news-2024-04-29/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2024/04/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/valuable-news-2024-04-29/

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

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

As an #arch user, this feels like cultural shock lol.

#NetBSD

In case you missed it, I suggest reading the series 'The Hermit Project' that @tara wrote and published on her blog.
It's really interesting and can be inspiring for many of us.

https://tara.sh/posts/2024/2024-02-12_hermit_part_1/

#Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD #SysAdmin #IT

We had nice talks about improving #BoxyBSD, getting new users attracted into #BSD based systems like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD but also covering the lacks of it. Outcome was, that a one already worked on that which might result in a new community project (which may also result into a new service). I don’t want to teaser too much, the related persons will provide more details and insights. It was a great first meeting, looking forward into the next upcoming ones!

More details and participating informations at: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub

For my #ThrowbackThursday, here's a snapshot of my desk from 2013. Although my workspace was pretty cluttered then and still is, despite being in a different house now. Under the table, there was a tower PCs, running #FreeBSD. The laptop that was on was using #MacOS, while the mini ITX desktop was powered by #NetBSD with #Xen, hosting various services in some domUs. My smartphone at the time was a QWERTY-equipped Samsung #Android, which I had chosen in the hopes of finding a keyboard experience similar to the superb one offered by #BlackBerry. Additionally, there was another laptop beneath the phones operating on #OpenBSD. The Dockstar, running NetBSD, served as my file server; it even had remote access, albeit with a modest broadband speed of just 1.5 Mbit/sec.

Ah, the good old days. 🙂

Just wrapped up the first virtual meeting of 'BSD Pub,' hosted by @gyptazy
Had a delightful and friendly conversation with wonderful folks, and some really interesting ideas emerged for the future. Thanks to everyone and... looking forward to the next meeting!

Details will be posted on the corresponding page: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub

#BSDPub #BSD #BSDCafe #OpenSource #Community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonFlyBSD #RunBSD

@BoxyBSD@bsd.cafe #hosting #opensource #BSD #freevm #education

I finally found some time to play with #NetBSD. Linux seems less and less clear. First test on RPI 4 and some success about what I was able to configure: WIFI/LAN, authentication over LDAP, home drives over NFS, static IPv4/IPv6, IPv6 preference. Not everything seems so obvious during configuration, but it is possible to find help. Now need to read some documentation and try to get something working on AWS and replace my Linux running on AMD64.

Why #NetBSD? Because I've never even installed it before and it's supposedly worth it. For the time being I don't plan to migrate any of my laptops, unfortunately Windows is needed for work.

Weekly BSD Pub

*BSD friends, just remember that on Thursday there'll be the first Weekly BSD Pub virtual meeting, organized by @gyptazy

More information here: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub

#RunBSD #BSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #DragonFlyBSD

NetBSD 9.4 released

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_4_released

#NetBSD #RunBSD

NetBSD 9.4 released

Hot on the heels of NetBSD 10.0 comes NetBSD 9.4, a minor release in the previous release branch.

NetBSD 9.4 is primarily a bug and security fix release, however, there are some new features, such as support for more MegaRAID controllers, ZTE MF112 and D-Link DWM222 USB 3G modems, and improved CPU feature detection for newer AMD/Intel devices. All users of netbsd-9 should upgrade if they are n

https://www.osnews.com/story/139403/netbsd-9-4-released/

#NetBSD

#NetBSD 9.4 has been released! This is supposed to be the last -9 release. If you are hesitating, go for -10.

https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-9/NetBSD-9.4.html

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟮 (Valuable News - 2024/04/22) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/valuable-news-2024-04-22/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟮 (Valuable News - 2024/04/22) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/valuable-news-2024-04-22/

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

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

Everything old is new again:

https://github.com/luainkernel/lunatik

"Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua." 🤦‍♂️

#NetBSD

While you can grab free virtual machines (VMs) running on #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD & #NetBSD for educational purposes - should #BoxyBSD.com also provide #Linux VMs?

Moin Monsignore!

I've found this board in my drawer and I am wondering if i can run any kind of BSD on it: https://vocore.io/v2.html#VoCore

It sports an #Mediatek #MT7628 mipsel_24kc CPU, 128 MB RAM, wlan, eth usb and sdxc. It uses factory uboot, but seemingly mainline uboot supports it. I have seen NetBSD supports this architecture and also found a NetBSD dmesg booting on the same CPU (but different board), so it seems to be promising. However this dmesg is pretty old and it doesn't mentions the wlan hardware, maybe it is/was unsupported. The WLAN hw is MediaTek MT7628AN. Do you happen to know if this chip is supported on #NetBSD ?

Another text for today - " Why you shouldn't run a BSD on a PC"

"Changing GNU/Linux distribution can be done on a whim, as underneath all of that you’ve got the same basic operating systems. With BSDs it’s not the same. One should try to understand the downsides, as not to waste the next 20 years exploring an OS that simply is not a good fit."

https://michal.sapka.me/bsd/why-not-bsd/

(I thought I will write the pro-BSD text first, but the hell with calendars)

#bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #linux

Remember to send your #BSD probes to
http://bsd-hardware.info/

#openbsd #freebsd #netbsd

I'm a bit puzzled trying to run #FreeBSD or #NetBSD on my #ungoogled #Chromebook Dell 13 7310 LULU using #mrchromebox UEFI firmware. It seems only #linux is able to reckognize the touchpad which appears as "Synaptics TM3141-001" and with id 06cb:7ab3
it appears in https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=18ecc4a6e7 as supported but it isn't clear by which driver it's supported
#runbsd

@yeti @mms
IIRC and IIUC, #FreeBSD and #NetBSD are branched quite early phase. #FreeBSD (including former #386BSD) focused on performance and stability on (ATM) i386 only, and #NetBSD focused on portability by strictly separating MD parts and MI parts. #OpenBSD was derived later from #NetBSD, focusing on security.

🎁 NetBSD turns 30 and releases version 10

「 Among the highlights are improved SMP performance, faster virtual memory, an improved scheduler, which is aware of performance and efficiency cores, much improved cryptography and security including WireGuard VPN support and support for ARMv8-A security features, and wide-ranging improvements to the system's code sanitizers, testing, and QA 」

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/

#NetBSD #BSD #Opensource

Of course it runs #NetBSD 🚩
#wallpapers

Definitely getting somewhere with my friday evening RPI4 Netbsd research laboratory. The latest image from Jun Ebihara is running at this time.
#NetBSD #RPI4

Anyway, my new gaming PC now has #NetBSD current on it.

Fun fact, in the default ctwm, you can select "Desktop utilities > Compositor (shadows)" and get drop shadows.

Installing #NetBSD from CD-ROM like in the old times and seeing this bit of the kernel being overly optimistic:

"root on cd0a dumps on cd0b"

Important dates for #eurobsdcon 2024:

2024-05-01: Registration opens (https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html)
2024-06-15: CfP closes (https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/index.html)
2024-06-22: PC finalizes speaker selection
2024-07-15: Schedule published
2024-09-19—22: EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin (2 tutorial days, 2 talks days)

#bsd #freesoftware #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #development #conference #dublin

Our first weekly will start on the 25th, April 2024 at 7 PM (GMT+2).

You can find all the details on the #BSDCafe wiki:
https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub

For the first one, I already created a small agenda (https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-04-25). You are highly encouraged to modify and extend this, as well as upcoming agendas!

Overview:
Day: Thursdays (weekly)
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM (GMT +2)
Where: https://meet.gyptazy.ch/BSDPub (Jitsi)
Infos: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub
Agenda: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/docs:weekly-bsdpub-meeting-minutes-2024-04-25
Info: No recordings, no deep tech dives (keep it simple, we have calls for the details, no pressures to anyone, have fun and enjoy)

When I started the poll to ask for interests in such a meeting I wasn’t sure that even more than 5 people would be interested. I’m happy to see this amount of interested BSD users. I’m aware of the different timezones and it might make sense to have a second timeslot. This one mostly covers the European and near-east users. I’m happy to hear suggestions regarding preferred timeslots for the US, Asia,… so far, I’m happy to see at least a few of you next Thursday in the call!

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #helloSystem #BSDCafe #BSDNetwork #OpenSource #Solaris #illumos #openindiana #community #meeting #havefun #fun #BSDPub

NetBSD 10: Thirty years, still going strong!

🎂🎂🎂

"In 2023, the NetBSD project celebrated 30 years since its first release, 0.8. Now, four years after NetBSD 9, NetBSD 10 brings a huge number of changes and improvements."

#netbsd #unixbsd

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/

https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3508-netbsd-10-thirty-years-still-going-strong-/

Happy Birthday #NetBSD 🎈🎂🚩

Registration for the twentieth
year of BSDCan is now open! See
https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/registration.php

We have tutorials on PF, running your own email, TLS, BGP,
and NSH + Two days of talks on everything from systems
administration, networking, and programming #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #freesoftware #development #bsdcan

Small rant:

#BSD is a sane platform - period!

Why?
It works and is dependable.

Does that matter anymore?
More than ever!

We live in a constantly changing world - for better or worse.
Many chase the next best thing... code is getting bloated more and more by the hour.

In the end we have a safe place to grow and learn...
It is called: #BSD

Run #BSD and enjoy the journey!
After all: This is #UNIX the way it was supposed to be! 😎

#NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/30yo_netbsd_releases_v10/

#netbsd #bsd

Get ready for the European *BSD event of the year 2024! 😈⛳🐡

As our good friends of @bsdcan close their event on the 1st of June we wanted to give the speakers a little more room to submit their talks for #EuroBSDCon2024

We decided to extend the CfP till the 15th of June! 📅

if you have suggestions for talks you would like to see let us know as
well💡!

You can submit your abnstract at https://events.eurobsdcon.org

The full CfP can be found at https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/

EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
September 19-22, 2024

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024

@hnygd @stefano I have seen few #NetBSD Japanese users on twitter with touchscreen usable

My quest to teach myself #NetBSD continues.

While I don't have supported hardware, I do have a machine capable of lots of virtualization.

I already know how to encrypt a disk.I still need to learn and (ab)use LVM and RAID and see how different is from Linux.

If I know how to throw more disks to a problem, or deal with a dead disk I can do some #selfhost in NetBSD.

Do you do anything interesting with any of the *BSDs ? If so, please consider giving a talk at EuroBSDCon, which is held in Dublin, September 19-22. More info on submitting your paper can be found here.

#RUNBSD #OpenBSD #SecBSD #HardenedBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #Darwin #GhostBSD #BSDFAM #EuroBSDCon2024

The EuroBSDCon 2024 Call for papers is open, see https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/cfp/index.html #eurobsdcon #bsd #unix #freesoftware #netbsd #freebsd #openbsd #development (also please follow @EuroBSDCon )

Ok, #netbsd installed. Now to break it 😅

installing #netbsd on virtualbox to find out if I'm worthy ;)

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2024/04/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/valuable-news-2024-04-15/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2024/04/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/15/valuable-news-2024-04-15/

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

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

I'm having a very hard time trying to do USB-passthrough and PCI-passthrough in #NetBSD .

I wasn't aware of how my knowledge about virtualization is very linux-centric.

So I can't even go back to VMs lol.

Hey #BSD Fans!

We all share the same interests - #BSD based systems like #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD and #NetBSD.

We chat all day, sharing thoughts, questions and help. We talk on Matrix across different channels, we share on the #Fediverse. We have @vermaden@bsd.cafe's newsletter, we have @dexter@bsd.network's #FreeBSD #Jails and #bhyve calls and many other ones I can't list here.

Wondering if there would be and interests in the #BSDNetwork, #BSDCafe, etc., for a weekly smalltalk session like in a pub. Just a Jitsi based video/audio call where we can meet, discuss things from newsletter, trending things from the #Fediverse or just have off-topic and openminded discussions. This could result into the #BSDPub meeting.

I know, some people are shy - keep your cam off until you feel comfortable and feel free to join the discussions. Even this meetings should make fun and no pressure - so if someone is not in the mood or can't make it - no worries. No one will judge.

Would you be interested?

#helloSystem #DragonFlyBSD #HardenedBSD #GhostBSD #pfSense #illumos #tribblix #solaris #opensolaris #zfs #community #social

#Unix #Linux #gnu #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #CentOS

@nixCraft step 11 Mastodon/Lemmy suggests #NetBSD then your journey stops 🚩

NYC*BUG dmesgd showing evidence of #NetBSD10 adoption. If you get a machine up and running on #NetBSD 10, share your victory!

https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?fts=%22NetBSD+10%22

This is neat! #smolbsd #bsd #netbsd https://smolbsd.org/

Felt like I may have needed a mental health day today, but woke up this morning and feeling much better.

May have also got some company time this week to investigate making a #NetBSD 10 template too :’)

SmolBSD: make your own BSD UNIX MicroVM

SmolBSD is a tiny BSD UNIX (NetBSD) system creation tool, primarily aimed at building modern, lightweight, fast micro VMs. SmolBSD can start a service in (way) under a second, giving it the ability to be used as a virtualized container, thus reducing attack surface and actually isolating workflows.
↫ SmolBSD website

Neat.

https://www.osnews.com/story/139197/smolbsd-make-your-own-bsd-unix-microvm/

#NetBSD

Finally going home after a whole day of meetings.

I'd like to update my #Slackware 15 VMs...

I also think I need to double-check my qemu installation, as 7.2.9 seems to be the last 7.x version (I have 7.2.7 installed).

I still have #NetBSD and #OpenBSD VMs to update or reinstall.

Thinking about setting up a #Slackware mirror.

SearxNG is definitely something I need to setup.

Also SNAC2 under Slackware.

@Neznak I have an obvious bias towards FreeBSD. All of the major BSDs (excluding macOS) have similar management interfaces and packaging systems. They have a common ancestor, but diverged a lot over the last 30ish years. Some things are periodically shared between them.

I would be remiss to not point out #NetBSD as the third large one and #DragonflyBSD as the fourth.

I ran #OpenBSD on a PowerPC Mac for a while and found it very easy to learn coming from #FreeBSD. As @tulpa says, remember that these are all distinct systems, not just distributions packaging the same set of things slightly differently. NetBSD and FreeBSD both branched from 4.3BSD Net/2 (FreeBSD via 386BSD). OpenBSD forked from NetBSD 1.1, Dragonfly from FreeBSD 4.8 - both have now had decades of independent development (or, as independent as permissively licensed open source projects ever are - a lot of people contribute to more than one and code flows in all directions).

The things that keep me on FreeBSD are:

• ZFS supported out of the box, from the installer onwards.
• Jails (and support for OCI containers via Podman).
• Capsicum as the cleanest way of developing compartmentalised applications on any system.
• pkg for binary packages and Poudriere for building binary packages (each port is built in a clean jail).

I also use pf (originally from OpenBSD, now ported elsewhere), though NetBSD's npf looks interesting.

How big a difference between #netbsd and #freebsd is there actually, when talking daily use ?

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#Linux #unix #CentOS https://github.com/vmactions/netbsd-vm

#oksh 7.5 has been released: https://github.com/ibara/oksh/releases/tag/oksh-7.5

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I just installed NetBSD on a Macbook Air from 2017.

I took me almost all day lol. Had to read a lot. And learn a lot.

It has a CGD drive with /home, /var and /usr partitions. I have no idea how to encrypt / yet.

Let see if I can use it as my daily drive.

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