Posts by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
(DIR) Post #Aarnr8TkodUMYwwQpk by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-17T16:36:44Z
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@ND3JRAs a final note, 9.x is too old at this point to be expected to support contemporary consumer grade hardware. While I happily run it on servers and retro machines, any recent amd64/arm64 device will have better luck with 10.0_BETA.@ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AasrYS02bk8QZtLhh2 by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T04:52:54Z
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@ND3JR This is not how NetBSD release engineering [0] works.NetBSD usually supports 2 major stable branches (which a formal release exists for) while actively working on the HEAD development branch. Currently 8.x and 9.x are supported (the former shall be dropped once 10.0 comes to light). @ParadeGrotesque[0] https://wiki.netbsd.org/releng/
(DIR) Post #Aass9gRTsDSQ5LwCtU by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T04:59:37Z
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@ND3JRSupported stable branches only receive security fixes *AND* other bug fixes, as well as important changes backported from HEAD due to maintainance reasons (e.g. updated toolchain). See the various CHANGES files [1] for all changes applied to the 9.x branch. Daily snapshots for stable branches are marked as N.0_STABLE (e.g. 9.0_STABLE), and are eventually cut into minor formal releases (9.3, and the upcoming 9.4).[1] https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.3/@ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AastBxtc3GmGkakRV2 by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T05:11:14Z
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@ND3JRIt's not within the scope of a stable branch to see new drivers backported from HEAD (think of it more like Linux LTS kernels, considered production-ready).@ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AastfHOcd6DBcwEMb2 by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T05:16:32Z
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@ND3JRThe number of changes in 10.0 is massive; unfortunately some of those have hold back a formal 10.0 release for quite some time: the introduction of FFSv2ea, the new entropy subsystem, the drm/kms stack update, switching base to OpenSSL 3, just to mention some of the most problematic ones (now sorted, except for few reported bugs in the graphic stack). @ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #Aasu6TWNemD33EpMlU by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T05:21:27Z
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@ND3JRCurrently 10.0_BETA is the equivalent of a STABLE pre-release (it only gets fixes and important changes from HEAD). It works very well as a daily driver for desktop and users willing to contribute are encouraged to use it and possibly file any bug report before the upcoming formal release.Given the exceptionally long (and unheard) time lapse since the last major release, desktop users are often encouraged to switch to 10.0_BETA starting from now. @ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #Aasui7YBnAThujclcm by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-18T05:28:15Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @ND3JR See https://wiki.netbsd.org/wifi_driver_state_matrix/
(DIR) Post #Ab1X1Gmh2GPvZre6AC by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-22T09:15:11Z
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@bentsukun I'd rather go with synth https://github.com/jrmarino/synth
(DIR) Post #Ab4MuFSC1z9WPei1pY by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-23T18:05:58Z
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@stujr fvwm3, or ctwm.
(DIR) Post #AbFnNkiRc4U9JcbCiG by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-29T06:24:28Z
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@gnutelephony I do; the most common cause of non-traumatic acute paralysis world-wide.
(DIR) Post #AbFqXGDOAYK9TdIZGK by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2023-10-29T06:59:50Z
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@gnutelephony I profoundly disapprove US healthcare system (even more since joining fediverse, and reading people's stories).I'm afraid to tell Guillan-Barrè may require plasmapheresis and/or iv immunoglobulins, intravenous administration of immune-suppressants (e.g. cyclophosphamide), assisted ventilation or intubation. It's not something which can safely managed while staying home.
(DIR) Post #Ahu50f7AE9ecH8UMVs by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2024-02-11T15:45:09Z
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Heads-up for Game of Trees (GoT) users on pkgsrc:* devel/got-portable has been renamed devel/got, superseding the old unmaintained got port [1][2]. pkgin should automatically take care of the transition upon upgrade.* with the last update (to version 0.95), devel/got will now install the got daemon and give instructions on how to set up a GoT server. [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2024/01/18/msg038795.html[2] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2024/02/11/msg293203.htmlcc. @stsp#gameoftrees #git #pkgsrc #netbsd
(DIR) Post #ApeaN5hQNN78Szn5F2 by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-01-01T20:18:40Z
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Simple status bar for NetBSD and CTWM(1)https://retrobsd.ddns.net/h7fg54.htm#netbsd #desktop #x11
(DIR) Post #Aq5vURdE5hi9bnv5Ga by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-01-06T07:58:34Z
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□ There’s a market out there for a modern X11/Motif-based desktop distribution [1]"All of these use the Motif widget toolkit, focus on plain X11, and run on most Linux distributions and BSDs. They need to be compiled by the user, most likely."A good reminder that Emwm, and its companion apps (xmtoolbox, Ximaging, XFile), are actually available on pkgsrc, along with several other interesting X11/motif programs.#motif #x11 #unix #desktop #netbsd #pkgsrc[1] https://www.osnews.com/story/141358/theres-a-market-out-there-for-a-modern-x11-motif-based-desktop-distribution/
(DIR) Post #AveFpKqkOymIK5zGHw by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-06-02T15:38:34Z
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MXkill is an X/Motif based interface to ps, with support for signals and regex parsing.Now available on pkgsrc.#x11 #motif #retrotech #pkgsrc
(DIR) Post #Aw88SaKG508rthaOuW by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-07-14T16:35:48Z
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@radhitya Yup, a microcontroller in a rural area. The way I like it :-P.
(DIR) Post #Aw9SdSjkpM5pmuw544 by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-07-13T21:27:38Z
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Resurrecting a Sun SPARC station for day to day computing. #oldcomputerchallenge #sparc #netbsdhttps://retrobsd.ddns.net/nvdh7j.htm
(DIR) Post #AxmEgDhp5y26AptQvI by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-09-01T19:19:59Z
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Usenet Reborn [0], a terminal‑based NNTP client written in Rust (by @rek2), is now available on pkgsrc.[0] https://sr.ht/~rek2/Usenet_Reborn/#nntp #usenet #smolweb #pkgsrc
(DIR) Post #B1Svbq7EqINzv8nwpc by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2025-12-21T06:57:20Z
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Freshly updated CDE 2.5.3 on NetBSD.Have to check if it still builds on SPARC though. #cde #x11 #unix #retrocomputing
(DIR) Post #B2eXXtbg1DmcUd4jLc by sehnsucht@social.sdf.org
2026-01-25T19:01:48Z
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@dillo 3.2.0 runs reasonably fast on a 25 years old SPARC station. #dillo #sparc #retrocomputing