NetBSD

2021-08-28 10:29:44 ~/.shrc tips.

https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/569-shrc-tips

Time for another thread about using sh(1) as an interactive shell. I thought about this while claining up my configuration file. Did you recently revised yours? Any good tip or convenient function to share? Please share them below...

#shell #shrc Open / Comment

2021-08-22 18:41:19 NetBSD - A little guide for newcomers.

Updated (2021-06-21): When I installed NetBSD for the first time, I remember I’d to collect bits and pieces of information from different places, some of which were rather old and outdated. So, I’ve decided to write this stuff down and publish it here.
Hope that it helps anyone looking to install and configure NetBSD as a laptop/desktop daily driver, if it helps one single soul, I’d be happy!
I'll try to keep this updated on a regular basis

https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/6-netbsd-a-little-guide-for-newcomers

#install Open / Comment

2021-08-18 20:32:06 Install NetBSD 9.2 on a DEC Alpha CPU in QEMU with X11

This is a guide on installing and running NetBSD for the Alpha CPU architecture on QEMU, including a GUI (X11 via VNC). It requires you to patch and compile QEMU yourself...

https://raymii.org/s/articles/NetBSD_on_QEMU_Alpha.html

#install #system Open / Comment

2021-08-18 20:30:53 NetBSD Explained: The Unix System That Can Run on Anything.

While Linux distributions may get the greatest amount of ink in the open-source world, people often overlook the BSD family. One BSD variant, NetBSD, has stuck around because of its commitment to portability.

https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-netbsd/

#system #install Open / Comment

2021-08-01 12:40:41 wsfont - hanging the default NetBSD console font.

The default built-in font, Boldface, which is loaded at boot-time on a framebuffer (whether genfb or DRM) console is too small as it is 8x16. The other font built into the kernel is Boldface 16x32, and this, if you load it, will give you a console approximating a 80x25 screen--ie. this font is too large.

The solution that is usually advocated to get a reasonable-size font is to a) edit the kernel config, b) add one of the fonts in /usr/src/sys/dev/wsfont/ using directives like options FONT_SPLEEN16x32, and c) then recompile the kernel. But, this is a pain. Simpler to write a program to suck in the fonts and load them into the kernel as needed. This is what the code below does.

https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/311-wsfont-changing-the-default-netbsd-console-font

#fonts #system Open / Comment

2021-08-01 12:34:11 NetBSD desktop.

- NetBSD desktop Part 1: Manual NetBSD installation on GPT/UEFI
- NetBSD desktop pt.2: Set up wireless networking on NetBSD with wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd
- NetBSD desktop pt.3: simple stateful firewall with NPF
- NetBSD desktop pt.4: The X Display Manager (XDM)
- NetBSD desktop pt.5: automounting with Berkeley am-utils

#desktop #install Open / Comment

2021-06-07 09:01:20 FreeBSD from a NetBSD user’s perspective.

I’ve been a NetBSD developer for three years and it’s been my primary operating system for a long time too - on everything: routers, laptops, Raspberry Pis, PowerPC mac minis, Vortex86 embedded boards, and servers.

I’ve recently been using FreeBSD a lot at work. We have a lot of servers and embedded boards running it, and I was given the option of installing anything I wanted on my workstation. I chose FreeBSD to maintain a separation of BSDs between my work and home life ;)

https://washbear.neocities.org/freebsd-netbsd-user.html

#system Open / Comment

2021-06-07 08:56:28 NetBSD on the Vortex86DX CPU.

I'm not exactly sure how I first heard about the Vortex86 CPUs, I think it was either when seeing the demonstration video on KolibriOS project site showcasing the system running on a DMP EBOX machine, or when skimming NetBSD's identcpu.c code. Or did the discovery of the machine prompted me to check if the CPU would be correctly probed by the NetBSD's kernel?

https://www.cambus.net/netbsd-on-the-vortex86dx-cpu/

#vortex86 Open / Comment

2021-05-27 13:29:24 Using NetBSD’s pkgsrc everywhere I can.

NetBSD’s pkgsrc package manager is the best thing since sliced bread. Like everything the NetBSD maintainers touch, it’s high quality, well documented, predictable, and portable to a fault. I use it everywhere I can, from my macOS and FreeBSD laptops to remote Linux machines. This has lead people on social networks to ask me why, and to give examples.

https://rubenerd.com/using-netbsds-pkgsrc-everywhere-i-can/

#pkgsrc Open / Comment

2021-05-04 14:13:15 Automated NetBSD Installation and Test Application - https://github.com/gson1703/anita

#install Open / Comment