Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends

https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2025/10/26/msg033327.html

#HackerNews #NetBSD #Help #FinishLine #2025 #OpenSource #Community

Want to reduce e-waste? The NetBSD🚩 Project keeps old hardware alive, turning it into firewalls or retro-gaming machines.
To keep this work going (and fund new RISC-V & WiFi renewal!), the @netbsd needs our help to hit its 2025 goal before the year ends.
Please donate today: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/

#WhyIRunNetBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #RISCV #Sustainability #Ewaste #RetroGaming #Linux

Finally!

I'm happy to announce the R1OS Forum, a place for everyone interested in free and open source software that wants to discuss about it, get help using it, or simply want to be part of a new community.

https://r1os.com/sites/blog/forum-platform-launched.php

Forum: https://forum.r1os.com

#r1os #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #illumos #opensource #freesoftware

Tinkering with #NetBSD on this ex-Sophos box has been way more fun than I expected. No more bad web UIs, no proprietary crap, just a basic npf.conf file I can access over SSH or a serial console. Done!

I can't wait for our access point to arrive, then I can finally retire our ancient home network kit.

We at @BoxyBSD are happy to announce our new and modern website!

While the missions keeps the same by providing a free place for beginners to learn, educate themselves and test things in the wild on BSD-based systems (such like #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD (or even #smolbsd) and many more ones) with public accessible IP addresses, the old nerdy design only hit a niche of users.

We want to make BoxyBSD more accessible & enjoyable to everyone and this is one of the first steps. We know, a laggy SSH connection doesn't make fun and therefore, we're also setting up new locations to provide you a better latency independent of your location.

During this time, signups for new users are currently deactivated until the new locations are up and running and the first real-user tests within the new interface have been successfully performed.

Web: https://boxybsd.com

Thanks to @gyptazy for this :)

#BoxyBSD #BSD #BSDHosting #Runbsd #vps #freevps #vpshosting #community #education

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New BoxyBSD website

@Gammitin I think they're pulling 486 support from the kernel soon, if not already…

That said, I wonder if the BSDs still supports it? #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,

As 2024 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve built together during the first full year of life for BSD Cafe. Launched on 20 July 2023, this project has grown far beyond what I could have imagined. While I haven’t tracked full uptime data, I can confidently say that the downtime was less than 30 minutes overall - even though the main VM hosting our services moved multiple times (including a switch from a Proxmox hypervisor to bhyve on FreeBSD, for the sake of alignment with our mission). In a world filled with over-engineered HA systems, we’ve outperformed many “big-name” cloud providers. Not bad for a community project, right?

For me, this has been an incredible journey. The users here are not just participants - they’re collaborators, and their positivity has been inspiring. The content shared and created at BSD Cafe has been valuable not only to the BSD community but beyond. What truly sets BSD Cafe apart is the openness for dialogue and exchange. Whether it’s social media posts, Matrix discussions, repositories in our brew, or RSS feeds, people seem to genuinely appreciate what we create and the conversations we foster.

BSD Cafe is a journey - one that grows, evolves, and continues. Our goal isn’t endless growth (we’re a community, not a business) but rather to maintain a welcoming, inclusive space where everyone feels a sense of positivity and belonging. For me, opening any service with “bsd.cafe” in the domain brings joy and pride. That’s the spirit I’ve tried to convey, and I hope it resonates with all of you, whether you’re active BSD Cafe users or friends of the community.

Promoting self-hosting and #OwnYourData has, as a side effect, inspired some users to “go solo” with their own setups. But even then, they remain part of BSD Cafe - in spirit, in purpose, and in connection.

Here’s a look at what we’ve achieved together this year:

- mastodon.bsd.cafe: 370 total users
Active in the past month: 207
Active in the past six months: 286
- snac.bsd.cafe: 14 total users
Active in the past month: 7
- blendit.bsd.cafe: 61 registered users
- matrix.bsd.cafe: 23 users
- brew.bsd.cafe: 29 users - 80 repositories
- freshrss.bsd.cafe: 25 users
- miniflux.bsd.cafe: 11 users
- press.bsd.cafe: 9 users
- myip.bsd.cafe: Constantly used by various users
- wiki.bsd.cafe: Could use a bit more love and content, but it fulfills its role as a functional homepage.
- tube.bsd.cafe: Still in testing - Peertube 7.0 update is on the way.

For detailed stats from our reverse proxy and general router (excluding media services, which generate most traffic but are handled via caching reverse proxies), you can check here - updated hourly: https://netstats.bsd.cafe

The journey of BSD Cafe continues, and I look forward to seeing where 2025 will take us. Together, we’ve built something special - something driven by passion, shared purpose, and a little bit of the BSD magic that makes all of this possible.

Here’s to a new year full of joy, serenity, and connection. Thank you for being part of this adventure.

Wishing you all a fantastic 2025 - and THANK YOU!
Stefano

#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements #BSDCafeUpdates #Fediverse #HappyNewYear #Mastodon #Snac #snac2 #lemmy #matrix #dokuwiki #forgejo #freshrss #miniflux #wallabag #peertube #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #BSD

https://smallhacks.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/installing-freebsd-14-on-ionos-vps-hosting/

@stefano @nixCraft @imil

Here on Debian {in MX Linux} I had to add the following tools since the machine is not configured for programming

bmake

`apt install bmake`

bsdtar

`apt install libarchive-tools`

then success

>> log

# $ ./startnb.sh -f etc/sshd.conf
* using console: viocon
using QEMU version 7.2.19 (Debian 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u16)
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD 11.99.3 (MICROVM) Notice: this software is protected by copyright
[ 1.0000000] Detecting hardware... (QBOOT 000000000000)
[ 1.0257426] done.
[ 1.0345973] kernel boot time: 51ms
Created tmpfs /dev (1835008 byte, 3552 inodes)
add net default: gateway 10.0.2.2
Starting sshd.
Server listening on :: port 22.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.

>> End of log

^Z

I pressed ^C to enter the server to add the needed passwords for the user and root

login was a success then

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

TIL about the existence of smolBSD an amazing minimal BSD Unix system. It boots in {milli}seconds!

Site:

https://smolbsd.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

Thanks to @nixCraft

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

This is how my 1 Euro per month #NetBSD VM is reacting to the sudden popularity of my last blog post, on HN:

load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00; up 72+04:35:09 15:17:29
33 processes: 32 sleeping, 1 on CPU
CPU states: 3.7% user, 0.0% nice, 1.2% system, 0.7% interrupt, 94.3% idle
Memory: 737M Act, 43M Inact, 17M Wired, 25M Exec, 701M File, 16M Free
Swap: 1024M Total, 1024M Free / Pools: 138M Used / Network: 171K In, 4522K Out

#RunBSD

To display line numbers and percentage for a man page, pre-pend `LESS='-M +Gg'` to the man command:

LESS='-M +Gg' man less

I set this as an abbreviation in my `fish` shell:

abbr -a man LESS="'-M +Gg'" man

(Note the double quotes around the single quotes).

Works good!

#FishShell #NetBSD #FreeBSD

If anyone is interested in what I had to say (and hand out) during my talk, the QR code at the end leads to http://anduin.net/l.htm - go grab your copy in any of three formats: Bootable floppy, zipped TheDraw files, or PDF (boo!).

I met too many awesome people to count, much less remember the names of everyone, but I truly hope those of you who want to reach out will do so. My DMs are open ;)

The social overload from this weekend will quickly turn into the pain of missing the company of this extended family. Can't wait to see you again in Brussels - or at any time before that if you visit Oslo!

#EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2025 #EuroBSDCon2026 #RunBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #BSD

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

I can barely resist the urge to ask,

"What's UNIX?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nsuw2t/comment/ngou32d/

The important thing is, I'll find it funny.

@lproven go on. Dare me to ask the question. You can refrain from answering, then eat popcorn whilst things unravel.

#Linux #UNIX #FreeBSD #popcorn #BSD #NetBSD #Torvalds