#netbsd

What's a good GPU for NetBSD? I've got a 3070 Ti in my main desktop. It "works" but only as a basic framebuffer and I have to set the resolution at boot time. I'm not going to swap it out because I'm not made of money, but it would be nice to put together a second box from spare parts that's 100% compatible. #netbsd

I have a #Thinkcentre with #OpenBSD. It serves as a host for all my repos. My two laptops, an old #x240 with #alpinelinux and the #t480s with #netbsd, I use for programming. I pull a repo to the laptop of the day, and push when I'm done. Because of the recent issues with #SSH on #alpinelinux I changed all three machines to work with #sshkeys instead of passwords as of yesterday. Apart from the security aspect, it has the added benefit that I don't have to key in my crazy long password whenever I #push or just use #ssh to do cross machine activity. Why didn't I do this long ago?

I've started trying netbsd recently. I was curious how well the linux compatibility layer works, so I compiled os-test on a musl-based linux machine, and ran the tests on netbsd. What I immediately found was that there's apparently no sure fire way to distinguish the OS a given ELF binary targets. There is an "OS/ABI" field in the header, but it's typically set to "System V" even on Linux. So netbsd relies on some heuristics. One of which is to look at the program interpreter. But netbsd only knows the name of the glibc dynamic loader, not the musl one. So I've now landed my first contribution to netbsd, to teach it about the musl dynamic loader! #netbsd #musl

i'm curious what #VPS providers people are using in the #NetBSD world

@spnw@gts.plexwave.org I'm a #NetBSD dev and my company provides #VPS for all #BSD in the UK (and Linux and Windows)

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

I wrote a small guide on how to install #NetBSD 11.1 on a Raspberry Pi 4. Most of it is pretty straight forward, but maybe it helps someone who is just getting started in playing around with obscure operating systems: gemini://neongd.com/articles/netbsd11-rpi4.gmi https://neongd.com/articles/netbsd11-rpi4.gmi #raspberrypi #geminiprotocol

I just realized I can use NetBSD 11.1 to run Dire Wolf -- software TNC for APRS/AX.25. Also, chirp is available to program the Alinco DR-135T I have connected via a Digirig USB device. I can now eliminate linux on yet another RPi3 device. Thank you #netbsd and #pkgsrc! Will give it a test this (NetBSD) weekend 😊 #hamradio

Bit over a month of testing #netbsd on ye olde thinkpad. Overall things work very nice. Suspend to RAM sometimes leaves X in a weird state, but that's ok. My major problem is that it's sometimes hard to find information for very basic settings. Fringe things like "how to change the keyboard layout" or "configure scrolling in the correct direction". I shall brood over this and maybe run something else on this machine for november.

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

#NetBSD definitely needs some font tweaks out of the box - I'm reading this thread for things to research: https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/1626-improving-font-rendering-on-netbsdctwm-fontconfig Otherwise, it's running well - sending this toot from Firefox on NetBSD.

Day 36 New post! I successfully upgraded my NetBSD amd64 system (with one hiccup, described in the post) from 11.0 to 11.1: $ uname -v NetBSD 11.1 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Nov 2 16:34:32 UTC 2026 mkrepro@mkrepro.NetBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC This was my first time upgrading NetBSD and I’m happy with how it all turned out! https://www.dwarmstrong.org/netbsd-upgrade/ #40DaysOfNetBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD

I got tired of janky connections from breadboard jumpers, so I made a custom USB-serial adapters that can be soldered on for #NetBSD kernel development. One side fit a BBB, the other an Olinuxino i.MX23. Unfortunately, I measured wrong and the capacitors are in the way on the Olinuxino, so I had to install it slightly raised.

joining the hype on a #raspberrypi model 2B+ with official 7" #touchscreen ... #netbsd

So, #NetBSD 11.1 was tagged and released (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_1_released) Remind me, does 11.0 live in parallel with 11.1, or does 11.1 replace it? Is 11.1 the new "stable branch" (the new "netbsd-11" branch)? I'm guessing "netbsd-11" now points to the 11.1 code. (Checks... yes it does.) Ok. Good.

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org This is awesome work by the NetBSD team! I just today was using sysupgrade on my aarch64 devices running 11.0_STABLE. And now I have a weekend project! I'll start with upgrades to my RockPro64 and RPi3 to 11.1 😊 #netbsd PS: Remember to check if your $dayjob does donation matching.

@MsDropbear42@infosec.space Maybe go ahead with #GhostBSD as the "gateway drug" into the BSD world. Then when you've "found your BSD feet" with it, hopefully easier to try plain #NetBSD or #OpenBSD. I think that's what I might do. I used friendly PC-BSD back in the 00s but no BSD experience since. (Switching not urgent yet as I'm on Linux Mint Xfce X11, based on a 2024 LTS release, so presumably much less likely to contain slop than a cutting edge release.) #FreeBSD #BSD #NoAI

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

#NetBSD 11.1 released It represents a selected subset of changes deemed important to backport since the release of NetBSD 11.0 in August. It is fully compatible with NetBSD 11.0. This release primarily focuses on security and bug fixes, since our aim was to get it released as soon as possible to address certain security issues.

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!