Mastodawn

Mainstream #Linux sure looks like they want to ignore what's coming. They really should wake the fuck up. @eff ???

#DistroWatch search finds 140 #distributions listed that do NOT use #systemd for init, and that number includes _all_ types of OS's, including the #BSD and #Solaris derivatives.

The search form allows for further filtering to help match your requirements.

https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All&notbasedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=Not+systemd&status=Active#simple

a good micro-view on 'saying no' to systemd: https://nosystemd.org

https://ungleich.ch/en-us/cms/blog/2019/05/20/linux-distros-without-systemd

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OSNews 3d ago

Tribblix m34 for SPARC released

Tribblix, the Illumos distribution focused on giving you a classic UNIX-style experience, doesn't only support x86. It also has a branch for SPARC, which tends to run behind its x86 counterpart a little bit and has a few other limitations related to the fact SPARC is effectively no longer being developed. The Tribblix SPARC branch has been updated, and now roughly matches

https://www.osnews.com/story/144801/tribblix-m34-for-sparc-released/

#Solaris

Tribblix m34 for SPARC released – OSnews

vermaden 5d ago

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/04/13) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/valuable-news-2026-04-13/

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

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

vermaden 5d ago

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟭𝟯 (Valuable News - 2026/04/13) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/valuable-news-2026-04-13/

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

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

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TomAoki Apr 11

@david_chisnall @whitequark
#FreeBSD still has #NVIDIA #GPU driver ports maintained under the NVIDIA umbrella of x11 group maintainers (ashafer@, danfe@, kbowling@ and me).
There are:
x11/nvidia-kmod{-304|-340|-390|-470|-580|-devel}
x11/nvidia-driver{-304|-340|-390|-470|-580|-devel}
graphics/nvidia-drm-{510|515|61|66|latest}-kmod{-580|-devel}
x11/linux-nvidia-libs{-304|-340|-390|-470|-580|-devel}
as driver and library parts and
graphics/eglexternalplatform
graphics/egl-wayland
graphics/egl-wayland2
graphics/egl-x11
as support libraries / build helper provided by NVIDIA.

Note that -devel variants are for whichever newer of New Feature Branch (NFB) or Production Branch (PB) of drivers, not for Beta drivers. Released Beta is the trigger for me to start investigating for preparing upcoming NFB and/or PB.

You can see
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/
that FreeBSD and #Solaris is still entitled as supported platforms.

Unix Drivers | NVIDIA

Unix Drivers

Jonathan Perkin Apr 9

gnulib adding bogus "Solaris 12" code that breaks illumos, which gets embedded into loads of upstream releases, which all require manual patching.

Happy Thursday.

Well, at least I get to fully exercise bob development sandboxes...

#pkgsrc #illumos #solaris

Tatjana Dubrovica Apr 8

Update: Java 17 is now running on both SPARC and x86 #Solaris, and #AIX — Jenkins agents are up. 🎉

Thanks to the Mastodon community for the 5-minute fix, and to @ptribble for the builds!

Still looking for a long-term solution — but crisis averted for now 😅

#Jenkins #DevOps #OpenSource #AIX #Solaris

Rob 💚Apr 8

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@jonyesno/116366110590403972

Meet my good friend @jonyesno He's everything you’d want from the modern #sysadmin - seen everything from old mainframes to modern cloud infrastructure and every weird thing in between, and has a record of quickly coming up to speed and getting stuff done no matter what size or shape of computer or service you’ve got there.

It’s a tricky time for IT organisations: everything is expensive and in short supply, so we’re all looking for ways to keep the hardware and software we already have running well. Hiring someone like Jon is an easy way to stretch your sysadmin budget - you’ll get careful and thoughtful service, great ideas you hadn’t thought of, and a genuinely kind and caring attitude.

Bonus: a steady stream of space, train, cat, old computer and good drink content. You see why I keep him around. Give him a call!

#linux #freebsd #illumos #solaris #zfs