Amazingly, there appears to be a Rust compiler available on #NetBSD #riscv. I guess I will see tomorrow, once we have spent the night compiling LLVM.

PSA

Your "old" computer is probably NOT EWaste.

Especially not, if the provider of your commercial OS or other paid service says so.

#E_Waste_Conoisseur

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Linux #HAIKU_OS #HaikuOS

System Administration: Week 3: Files go hier(7)

In this video, we're wrapping up our discussion of filesystems and partitions with a look at file types and partitions and filesystems mounted by default on #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #OmniOS, and Fedora Linux. We close with a look at the filesystem hierarchy as defined in the hier(7) manual page.

https://youtu.be/J0ontdqxpUg

#sysadmin #devops #sre

Why run containers when we have microVMs? For example: " New MICROVM kernel for x86, supporting both i386 and amd64, NetBSD 11.0 introduces a dedicated MICROVM kernel designed for extremely fast virtual machines boot, leveraging PVH boot, VirtIO MMIO, and multiple kernel optimizations, it can boot in about 10 ms on 2020-era x86 CPUs." https://netbsd.org/releases/formal-11/NetBSD-11.0.html
#NetBSD #docker #podman

@thedarkener
Any reason you went specifically with #NetBSD?

@yianiris @jmcunx @jbz using zfs encrypted roots on many Alpine and Void installs. Zero issues. #alpinelinux makes it even simpler in zfs being a seperate package pre-compiled against a kernel rather than dkms (no sure why other distros do not do this).

#netbsd supports zfs but native encrypted root is not yet an option.

@yianiris @jmcunx @jbz if only #netbsd did zfs native encrypted root...

Build 10MB #NetBSD VMs That Boot in 10ms Using #smolBSD

https://ostechnix.com/build-10mb-netbsd-vms-boot-10ms-smolbsd/

Nasledujúca verzia operačného systému #NetBSD 11 sa opäť posunula vo vývoji s vydaním inštalačných obrazov prvej release candidate verzie.

https://techsvet.eu/aktuality/netbsd-11-sa-blizi-ku-vydaniu/

📢 The Call for Papers is open for BSD-NL Conference – Spring 2026 📢

We are looking for talks on any *BSD 🐡😈⛳ topic!

Whether you’re a seasoned speaker or just starting out, we’d love to hear from you.

Share your ideas and join us in Utrecht!
🔗 https://events.bsdnl.nl/early2026/

📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2025
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

@jbz

It is nice they looked at #rust and found it good for #Linux, but may limit what platforms #Linux can run on. Curious what that means for #IOT, which I think tends to have little resources when compared to amd64.

I saw this post here on sdf/mastodon from a #NetBSD developer and it nicely explains why #rust as it is is not really good for use on some systems:

https://bentsukun.ch/posts/netbsd-rust-kernel/

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/02/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/valuable-news-2026-02-09/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟬𝟵 (Valuable News - 2026/02/09) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/valuable-news-2026-02-09/

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

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

Learn how smolBSD creates minimal (10 MB) NetBSD VMs that boot in 10ms. Full UNIX system, Docker-like workflow, runs on QEMU and Firecracker.

Full guide here: https://ostechnix.com/build-10mb-netbsd-vms-boot-10ms-smolbsd/

#smolbsd #netbsd #microvm #unix #virtualmachine #opensource #qemu #firecracker

Registration for BSDCan 2026 is open at https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/registration.html + tutorial schedule published.

#bsdcan #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #development #networking #devops #sysadmin #conferences

For more on BSD and the BSD conferences, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html (or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-is-bsd-come-to-conference-to-find.html +
https://medium.com/@peter.hansteen/what-is-bsd-come-to-a-conference-to-find-out-06acd7d77fd8 )

Having some fun with my old Thinkpad

#bsd #netbsd #thinkpad

Apparently one of the issues with DRM on the Wii U is that the radeon driver expects the GPU to be PCI and it isn't.

... but what if it was?

(this is either really clever or really stupid, let's find out!)

#NetBSD

🚨 Spring is upon us! 🚨

To celebrate this we want to announce, with a little more time this time, the next edition of the BSD-NL Conference.

BSD-NL Conference - Spring 2026 🐡😈⛳

📆 2026-05-09 / May 9th 2026
🕐 10:00-23:00 CET
📍 Brouwerij Maximus (Utrecht)
🌐 https://bsdnl.nl

If you have a talk prepared already we want to hear from you! You can submit your abstract at https://events.bsdnl.nl/

Hack! You can even register for the event already... the price we charge is to cover lunch. https://tickets.bsdnl.nl/bsdnl/early-26/

#BSDNL #RUNBSD #BSD #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #HardenedBSD #SecBSD #DragonflyBSD

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Git 2.53 Released with New Features and Performance Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/git-2-53-released-with-new-features-and-performance-improvements

Zed Editor adds multiple edit prediction providers and pluggable architecture:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/zed-editor-adds-multiple-edit-prediction-providers-and-pluggable-architecture/

WooCommerce 10.5 boosts analytics scalability and admin performance:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/woocommerce-10-5-boosts-analytics-scalability-and-admin-performance/

Notepad++ reveals its updater was hijacked by state-sponsored hackers:
https://betanews.com/article/notepad-reveals-its-updater-was-hijacked-by-state-sponsored-hackers/

Deno Deploy reaches GA with CI/CD, observability, and Deno Sandbox beta launch:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/deno-deploy-reaches-ga-with-ci-cd-observability-and-deno-sandbox-beta-launch/

Toyota Developing A Console-Grade, Open-Source Game Engine - Using Flutter & Dart:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fluorite-Toyota-Game-Engine
(Yeah, let's make drivers playing games when driving, so they can't pay attention to their surroundings, will cause more accidents)

NVIDIA DLSS For Blender Under Review But Licensing Concerns Persist:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-DLSS-Blender

Pandoc 3.9: WebAssembly Support, PDF standards, and improved browser features:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/pandoc-3-9-webassembly-support-pdf-standards-and-improved-browser-features/

GNU Nettle 4.0 Released With SLH-DSA Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nettle-4.0-Released-SLH-DSA

Latest VirtualBox Code Begins Supporting KVM Backend:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/VirtualBox-Upstream-With-KVM

Stremio for Android TV v1.9.1 updates player and user settings:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/stremio-for-android-tv-v1-9-1-adds-player-updates-and-new-user-settings/

GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" With x86_64, SMP & ~75% Of Debian Packages Building:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Hurd-In-2026

NetBSD's Kernel Supports Lua Scripting But Don't Look For Rust In There Anytime Soon:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Rust-In-NetBSD-Kernel

NetBSD 11.0-RC1 Available For Testing With Enhanced Linux Emulation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-RC1

smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD

OpenIndiana Is Porting Solaris' IPS Package Management To Rust:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenIndiana-Next-Gen-IPS

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #Zed #ZedEditor #Git #NotepadPlusPlus #WooCommerce #DenoDeploy #Deno #Toyota #GameEngine #NVIDIA #Blender #Pandoc #GNUNettle #VirtualBox #Stremio #GNUHurd #NetBSD #smolBSD #OpenIndiana #BSD #OS #Programming #Coding #Development #Dev #GameDev #GameDevelopment #FosseryTech

Built #Lagrange for #NetBSD 10.1 bit it fails to launch, throws a SIGSEGV. Unless I run it as root. But of course then it finds no X11 session to auth, so it runs but doesn't run. But at least no SIGSEGV. That's only for my user. What's going on?!