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  @megatog615@mastodon.social https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-11.0/i386/installation/floppy/

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  @thomholwerda@exquisite.social @osnews@mstdn.social 50MB, eh? How much is that in hot takes?

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  Apparently, we get notifications when people add us to collections now. Apparently, someone added us to a collection called "Linux Distros & Desktop Environments", which is of course Deeply Unacceptable.

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  We gain on average 800 new followers per year, but in the last year (since before Linus made the GenAI-code-in-Linux posts) we gained around 1200. It's great to see the wave of new interest. We're a community that's had 30 years to develop its culture, and things here might work a little bit differently than you expect. But don't let that discourage you from getting involved. This mastodon-account-manager first became a developer in 2018, and it's easily one of the best thin...

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  NetBSD 10.2 released. https://blog.NetBSD.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_10_2_released

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  Three NetBSD talks from #EuroBSDCon 2026 that you can watch today: Linux Compatibility with @sborrill@justfollow.me.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1x70mciQw&t=8125s I/O and theorems and barriers, oh my! with @riastradh@mastodon.sdf.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_1x70mciQw&t=12120s Using modern NetBSD to get a system from 1983 running https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcOPLWc-_UE&t=18205s Hope you're all doing well, and happy hacking.

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  @mcc@mastodon.social you don't need a lot of people, you need - right place & right time - handful of younger developers / students with a lot of free time

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  It's time to say farewell to the legendary netbsd-9 branch with one final release, NetBSD 9.5. The original 9.0 was released in February 2020. In the meantime, that freshly released NetBSD 11.0 is looking pretty tempting. NetBSD 10.2 will also be released promptly. https://netbsd.org/releases/formal-9/NetBSD-9.5.html

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  @patrick@retro.social You can try "userconf disable wpi" at the boot prompt.

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  It's been a busy August of NetBSD hacking. Notable changes include faster booting for very slow systems! A new optional script caching mechanism (rcorder_cache=YES) and various long-obsolete services are now disabled by default. The in-kernel cleaner is now used by default for Log File Systems. Support for Realtek/Killer E5000 5 gigabit Ethernet was added. Cursor acceleration was added to the GeForce framebuffer driver. Various disk-related commands were extended to show GPT label names...

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  It's been a busy August of NetBSD hacking. Notable changes include faster booting for very slow systems! A new optional script caching mechanism (rcorder_cache=YES) and various long-obsolete services are now disabled by default. The in-kernel cleaner is now used by default for Log File Systems. Support for Realtek/Killer E5000 5 gigabit Ethernet was added. Hardware cursor acceleration was added GeForce framebuffer driver. Various disk-related commands were extended to show GPT label nam...

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  @jaypatelani@bsd.network @jeff@toot.rainbow-100.com It's not on by default because of this: https://gnats.netbsd.org/58553

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  I've been hearing noise about Microsoft trying to make Windows 11 usable with 8GB RAM in wake of the shortage. Behold, 16MB: https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=view&id=8726

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  @linuxiac@mastodon.social 32-bit RISC-V too.

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  @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me The cache takes a while to update... visit the http (not https) url and you'll get the latest version.

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  Yes, we can count to 11! https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_11_0_released

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  Radoslaw Kujawa is stepping up work on supporting the Ingenic XBurst MIPS chips. I'm not going to mention anything about 11.0 lest I curse it. https://freshbsd.org/netbsd/src/commit/wbWzhgVI8ktNCcPG

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  Did you know about the security curtain? This hides running processes from users who don't own them. https://man.netbsd.org/secmodel_extensions.9

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  Added hb68k, a new port targeting home-designed and home-built computers designed around Motorola 68000-based processors, often distributed as DIY electronics kits. https://freshbsd.org/netbsd/src/commit/5VZn8FqRGWpDGcOG "I'm working with other 68k-home-brewers to get support for their systems integrated."

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  Do you like accessibility? Do you want to make our software more accessible? Paid project. https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/flite/ Requires a good proposal/application to be written.

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  Having to contend with the internal conflict over technically being a Brand Account right now. Anyway, install NetBSD. We don't get anything if you do, but it'll be good for you. You know that Raspberry Pi you bought in 2020 and has been sitting in a drawer ever since? How about that old laptop that's seen better days?

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  @stuartl@mastodon.longlandclan.id.au You need to install EDK2 UEFI firmware to the SD card and boot NetBSD from USB.

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  @gmc Looks like our developers have the root file system on a USB drive.

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  #NetBSD booting on the ACube Systems Sam460ex! https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=view&id=9016 #powerpc

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  The last two weeks of changes have brought us many new sensor drivers for the Sun Ultra 45, and a new audio driver for the SGI Iris Indigo. Also, initial support for the PowerPC 440 core and 460EX SoC, used on ACube Systems embedded hardware. In less retro news, a ~1% performance for some ARM platforms. The -11 release is pending on security issues in OpenSSL, expat, and unbound, since our day keeps getting ruined.

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  The latest version of the SPDX specification removes references to SPDX-License-Identifier tags in source code. We're unsure if this is intentional. https://gnats.netbsd.org/60308 https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/commit/2acae715e971f8b84da8ea85f93849bdcf89c5ab

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  @rzeta0@mastodon.ie Yes, the project is incomplete if it doesn't have documentation or tests.

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  AnonCVS is unavailable until our admins reconfigure the RAID array (it's out of disk space). Mirrors remain accessible.

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  NetBSD tip of the day: Share files in the current directory at http://localhost:8080 /usr/libexec/httpd -fX -I 8080 . For more tips, type "fortune netbsd-tips" on a running system :3c

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  For those of you who get warnings printed by postfix on startup on 11.0 RC4, the fix is a simple config file change: https://freshbsd.org/netbsd/src/commit/pFDGyTIykZA0QEFG