netbsd

@chadmccullough How are you getting on with #NetBSD on your ThinkPad T14 ?What works and what doesn't. What gen / spec is that T14 if you don't mind sharing?

Still eyeing up a ThinkPad T480 to daily drive #NetBSD but it somehow feels like I'd be cutting off a limb so to speak to get that NetBSD experience when I already use a ThinkPad P14s amd gen 1 with #FreeBSD . Yes the P14s boots NetBSD framebuffer only and the touchpad works but no WiFi or suspend.
Yet NetBSD still really appeals to me, Reminding me of the good old days and it even provides excitement in trying to get things going all from the CLI. 🤔😍

OMG Is 64GB ram a tad overkill for a T480 i7 that would become a #NetBSD daily driver? Asking for a friend.
OK it's for me but am I being daft??? Please send help!

Updated my #NetBSD installs from 11.0 to 11.1 last night. Mostly painless, but the main stumbling blocks were it asking which version of some system config files to keep or merge and sysupgrade by default trying to fetch a kernel with the name of the custom kernel config I have and failing. The later was fixed by pointing the sysupgrade configuration file to the DEFAULT kernel and rebuilding mine later.

Installed packages/built programs seem to be compatible and running w/o issue but I wonder what happens across major versions...

Nice, update of two of my home servers to NetBSD 11.1 is completed without any problems 🙂

#NetBSD #ctwm

Announcing NetBSD 11.1 https://lobste.rs/s/siqsg7 #netbsd #release
https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-11/NetBSD-11.1.html

Thank you, @dch

One of the peculiarities of littleFedi is that it was developed and tested first on the BSDs, then on illumos, and only later on Linux.

The first public instance, my own @stefano account, runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W with NetBSD.

I don’t think many social platforms have started out on NetBSD in recent years.

#NetBSD #FreeBSD #littleFedi #Fediverse

SO the Linux kernal is going full slop, so now what? Time to move to NetBSD?

That's the good thing about having lots of PCs, I've a spare one to fuck arounds with. Guess I'll try NetBSD on there at the weekend, and see if it works and if it's usable by someone like me.

#NetBSD

Improving and Stabilizing the racoon2 IKE Daemon in NetBSD https://lobste.rs/s/wbpt5y #netbsd
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_racoon2

Upgrading NetBSD from 11.0 to 11.1 https://lobste.rs/s/0agusd #netbsd
https://www.dwarmstrong.org/netbsd-upgrade/

NetBSD 11 desktop on a Raspberry Pi 4 https://lobste.rs/s/rv1icj #netbsd
https://neongd.com/articles/netbsd11-rpi4.gmi

Thanks to @thomasadam I now have #CoW running on #NetBSD under #RiverWM !
It's just a basic config whilst I iron out stuff on my test NetBSD setup. More to come!

Strange must be a #Wayland issue on #NetBSD as I cannot get Firefox to run on either Sway or River/CoW. It only runs on X and yes I have set the correct env for firefox as already use it with #OpenBSD and #FreeBSD .

Following some naughty (not) remarks from here, I went to another gallery of the #ThinkCentre rabbit hole.

Quick and dirty look at #FreeBSD, #NetBSD and #OpenBSD power usage on the AMD powered M715q.

#RunBSD
https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/m715q-power-usage-and-the-bsdes/

My 2027 UNIX wishlist.

-NetBSD gets ZFS on root, and in the installer.
-NetBSD gets FreeBSD's jails, including VNET support.

<or>

-FreeBSD fully and finally declares a no AI policy.

As much as I like OpenBSD, neither of those things have ANY chance of making it into their source.

Also, has anyone forked a slop free tmux, yet?

#UNIX #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #BSD

I am quite curious if the #FreeBSD developers will have the 2026 funding success of #NetBSD in mind when it comes to a Pro/Con AI decision regarding their AI policy. Though NetBSD attracts a lot of attention right now, I assume in reality its only a small bubble that is interested in that topic. We'll see, I hope NetBSD will get a boost by all these events, their policy could be a great USP, especially if FreeBSD will head into another direction.

I made a meme, totally unrelated to the #Linux kernel going full SLOP

#NetBSD #AI #NeverSlop

I'm thinking of replacing an old laptop's Windows 10 system with a #BSD system instead of #Linux.

Most of the articles I see on the BSDs tend to downplay user interface. I'm very comfortable with the command line, but I want my GUI too.

Has anyone had any daily experience with this sort of setup? I am leaning towards #FreeBSD or #DragonflyBSD but I don't know about the available desktops.

#NetBSD #OpenBSD

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/117441043503225633

The new policies for the Linux kernel make it more or less impossible to support a slop-free fork of Linux, so if you're worried about the reliability of your system level software, or have ethical concerns about LLM usage on your computer, the time to act is, well, now.

If you have time this weekend, I recommend you to try one of the slop-free systems: NetBSD, 9front, Haiku, or OpenBSD. If you're adventurous, you could try new AlpineBSD, or research smaller systems, like RedoxOS or FreeDOS. If you don't feel adventurous, you might want to check out anti-AI Linux distributions, like Elementary or Gentoo.

There's no "one solution that fits all". But there's a solution that I chose for myself, and that's NetBSD: it gives me the most freedom, it supports most of my hardware, and can run a great deal of software I need. It's not easy to run, but it's a great learning opportunity. There's quite a few folks around using BSD and capable of giving hints and advice, so if you feel stuck, toot about #netbsd.

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