https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/pkgsrc/wiki/pkgdev:creating build a netbsd pkgsrc package
A critical look at NetBSD’s installer
NetBSD is an OS that I installed only a couple of times over the years, so I’m not very familiar with its installer, sysinst. This fact was actually what led to this article (or the whole series rather): Talking to a NetBSD developer at EuroBSDcon 2023, I mentioned my impression that NetBSD was harder to install than it needed to be. He was interested in my perspective as a relative newcomer, and so I promised to take a closer look and write about it. While … ⌘ Read more
Harpoom: of course the Apple Network Server can be hacked into running Doom
Of course you can run Doom on a $10,000+ Apple server running IBM AIX. Of course you can. Well, you can now. Now, let’s go ahead and get the grumbling out of the way. No, the ANS is not running Linux or NetBSD. No, this is not a backport of NCommander’s AIX Doom, because that runs on AIX 4.3. The Apple Network Server could run no version of AIX later than 4.1.5 and there are substan … ⌘ Read more
https://github.com/outpaddling/desktop-installer freebsd netbsd openbsd postinstall script
Exploring the (discontinued) hybrid Debian GNU/kFreeBSD distribution
For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world. While Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, have grown to dominate the open-source ecosystem, BSD-based systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD have remained the preferred choice for those seeking security, performance, and licensing flexibility. … ⌘ Read more
NetBSD on a JavaStation
Back when Java was still a new programming language, Sun had the idea of building a computer specifically designed for Java, unique processor running byte-code as its native machine code and all. This whole endeavour proved to be more complicated than Sun had hoped, and as such, they eventually abandoned the idea of a Java processor in favour of plain SPARC. When the JavaStation shipped, it was a regular SPARC workstation without a hard drive, running something called JavaOS from fla … ⌘ Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-75TQMbar1Y #NetBSD for the advanced minimalist. A interesting talk to get work done with only a $100 #pinebook
386BSD hates me (& NetBSD does too)
Listen now (18 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 15, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Aug 27, 2022
Linux’s birthday, Windows 95’s birthday, NetBSD, Zelda 3 in C++, & new Dell Linux laptop ⌘ Read more
http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/rc.d.pdf netbsd rc.d
Stop caring about how -e works: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2016/02/29/msg009700.html