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Sometimes I should stop trying to use Linux and just use #NetBSD.

Tried multiple Linux distributions to get a running xorg on a first generation Raspberry Pi. Failed. πŸ‘Ž
On NetBSD it was done in 1 minute. πŸ‘

My little login.conf(5) shim is working nicely on Debian Linux.

login.conf(5) is one of the things that #FreeBSD (and to a lesser extent #NetBSD) does better than Debian.

I'm testing the stuff on #Debian as I mentioned a few days ago. It is going fairly well so far. I'm now at the point of setting up some #djbwares services.

#nosh #redo

When I complain that some software (or its dependencies) doesn't work on *BSD but requires Linux, I'm not criticizing Linux. For me, it's not an OS battle, but a matter of freedom and avoiding a dangerous and rampant computing monoculture. And when people reply to me with "well, just use it on Linux" - while they're giving me sensible advice - they're missing the crucial point: if it ONLY runs on Linux, it's not Linux's fault, but we are, precisely, creating a dangerous monoculture.

#Linux #SysAdmin #OSS #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos

@kzimmermann

What does "control chars get printed" mean?

Because it could be two different things with two very different adjustments to make.

If it means control characters actually being printed as glyphs on the screen, taking it at face value, that's a /etc/wscons.conf and screen emulation settings thing; but if it is line editing not working then that's a TERM=netbsd6 and /etc/ttys affair.

#NetBSD #wscons #terminfo

In my warmup for #OldComputerChallenge 25, I dusted off ol' pal #RaspberryPi model B and burned #NetBSD 10 on an SD card to set it up.

It all went well (slow, but hey) but one thing that I still can't get around (that I didn't experience so much last time I tried it) is the console. Control chars get printed instead of arrow and home/end keys, no colors, etc. Hate to say it, but all in all, it feels backwards compared to a modern, full-fledged console environment of #FreeBSD or Linux. And it's starting to wear me out.

But I have a feeling that this is somehow my fault for not configuring the console properly or using the right output or something. I never had to deal with this before, so anybody knows how I can configure this so I can have a modern env in NetBSD?

#unix #askunix

dear #NetBSD
add https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Attached_SCSI please. Would be nice to be able to TRIM/UNMAP USB attached storages.
USB Attached SCSI - Wikipedia

My latest My-Notes blog post hit Hacker News - more than 300 visits per minute.
The 1 euro per month NetBSD VPS load:
load averages: 0.05, 0.04, 0.03; up 73+14:12:57

#RunBSD #NetBSD

Here’s a little writeup about fun times at BSDCan 2025

https://blog.zia.io/2025/07/02/a-first-look-at-bsdcan-2025/

Yes, I’m using Stefano’s BSSG :)

#NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #BSDCan

A first look at BSDCan 2025 | Musings of a cranky sysadmin

A little about my first visit to BSDCan

YOU!

The @bsdtv BSD A/V Team in conjunction with @bsdcan and @EuroBSDCon could use YOUR HELP with:

1. Locating official project slide templates
2. Validating them for readability on a projector and for the visually limited (I hear there are fonts that are dyslexia-friendy)
3. Integrating best practices into semi-official event slides for those presenters who simply want "insert content here"
No, I did not say required.

Thank you!

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #BSDCan #EuroBSDcon

Γ—
Behold the Tump T1 Mobile.
@MostlyHarmless Babe, wake up, rebadged phone just dropped
@MostlyHarmless That's got to be the Trumpiest origin label ever concocted.
@12thRITS @MostlyHarmless
(Unboxing the new Trump phone)
*Fully charged
*Switch - ON
*Welcome screen:
HELLO CAPITALIST RUNNING DOG