If I ever managed to find a #DECstation 3100 from 1989, what'd be the overall likelihood that I could get modern #Linux of some kind running on what was at one point the world's fastest MIPS-powered #Unix workstation (for all of a few months iirc)? Because I think brute-forcing some sort of #Slackware installation would go great in place of #Ultrix or alongside it.
I know #NetBSD supports the device, so I imagine Linux support exists for this specific machine too, right?
pkgin upgrade on the poor box, which took .. a few hours. I'm all outta swap, real low on RAM, and yet it somehow got through this .. #NetBSD for the win, I guess.top:Memory: 56M Act, 27M Inact, 11M Wired, 15M Exec, 820K File, 2076K Free
Swap: 128M Total, 128M Used, 4K Free / Pools: 23M Used / Network: 23K In, 34K Out
I have it on good authority that there are a number of new names on the @bsdcan CFP list. Here is the link if you would like to join the list in these remaining hours:
Also, surprisingly, the best browser on #NetBSD today is ... Chromium! Works really well if you can get it to build.
Finally installed XFCE on my gaming PC running #NetBSD. (Well, it dual-boots, so it's either gaming or NetBSD.)
Damn, XFCE looks beautiful in HiDPI.
Only one day left to submit for BSDCan 2026!
Deadline January 17, 2026, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html
About the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
#bsdcan #OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #conference #development #networking #security @bsdcan
2 more days!
BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.
bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.
Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.
#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware
Submissions for the EuroBSDCon 2026 Paul Schenkeveld Travel Grant closes on the 1st of February.
When you know someone who can use the support please let them know!
3 days left to get your talk added to North America's biggest *BSD conference @bsdcan ! Join your friends in Canada to discuss the state of the *BSDs. Previous talks have included utilities you can't live without, new ways using familiar tools, and *BSD-powered refrigerators!
@neil Back in the (good old) days when schools were very likely to (Exchange or a #NetBSD solution as we provided), a very popular educational ISP blocked port 25 even on their leased lines. Seemingly purely so they could still you a metered SMTP service. AFAIK they still do, it's just less of an impact now
3 more days!
BSDCan 2026 is now accepting submissions for the June 2026 conference, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html and links therein for instructions.
Submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, the conference runs tutorials June 17-18, talks June 19-20.
#bsdcan #conference #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #bsd #development #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware
Do you want to come to #ottawa and tell a bunch of #BSD geeks about what you enjoy doing?
Submit to BSDCan 2026!
Our submissions deadline is January 17, 2026, see https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html
Tutorials: June 17-18, 2026
Conference: June 19-20, 2026
More about the BSD conferences: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_is_bsd_come_to_a_conference_to_find_out.html
#freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #conference #development #sysadmin
NetBSD и NVIDIA Optimus
Чтобы задать уровень выдаваемой дичи сразу на весь 2026 год вперед, я написал эту замечательную статью.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/984894/
#netbsd #acpi #gpu #optimus #nvidia #kernel #kernel_module #kernel_development
