thezerobit4d ago

Continuing adventures in #NetBSD on my Thinkpad...
I managed to get #XFCE up and running using the NetBSD Guide (disabling XDM helped). Tip: `pkgin install xfce4-extras` to get some useful panel widgets. Also, I managed to configure an additional Wi-fi network successfully (the coffee shop I am at right now). I installed Firefox 128. They have newer versions in the repository, but I wanted a slightly old version with less bullshit.

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Suspend/sleep works, mostly. Using the XFCE power manager, I enabled the sleep button. It goes to sleep. When you wake the laptop, though, it takes you to blank screen with a non-blinking cursor. Not sure what is going on, but switching to virtual console 1 and then 5 (Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F5) gets you back to X.
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Desktop scaling is not great in XFCE, but what does work pretty good is setting the DPI. Settings Editor -> xsettings -> Xft -> DPI (default is 96). I set the DPI to 141 (actual DPI of my screen) and everything scaled up to match, including web pages in Firefox without needing to restart.
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Does it run Doom?

1. install freedoom (open source iwad replacement) and woof (a doom source port)

`pkgin install freedoom woof`

2. play (free)doom.

`woof`

This is how I discovered that audio is working. Add `-nosound` to not embarrass yourself in a coffee shop.

May 11 at 3:30pmWeb
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Is NetBSD productive?

Firefox: ✅
LibreCAD: ✅
LibreOffice: ✅
Ardour: ✅
Krita: ✅
OBS Studio: ✅

Yes, NetBSD is productive.

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Am I jumping on NetBSD just because they are refusing to accept LLM-slop in their codebase?

Yes. Frankly, that's enough.

Is it a really neat project for a lot of other reasons?

Yes, absolutely.

Show threadMichael Dexter4d ago
@thezerobit It’s easy to lose sight of simple metrics like this.
Show threadOtte Homan - remember Geordie4d ago
@thezerobit oh, thank you for putting Ardour on my radar. I didn't know that existed. Been using Audacity so far.
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@otte_homan
Ardour is great, it's a full blown DAW.
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)3d ago

@thezerobit

Well, yes, but it also runs OpenTTD, so the net productivity comes out neutral at best.