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@syllopsium @craig1black The problem is not so much SSE2 as a baseline (you can easily compile programs without SSE2, which we do for the i386 port), but things wanting 8 byte atomics, which only work on i586 and newer. 486-class is still perfectly usable for little embedded boxes though.

@craig1black Don't bother. If you must, try OpenBSD, NetBSD, or maybe Slackware/Salix. However a 'GUI' will basically be a VESA only set of XTerms. A PII is too slow these days, never mind a 486. Use Pentium 4 as a minimum, some programs will be using SSE2 as a baseline.

I'm looking for recommendations on good Linux distros with a GUI that work well on 486 machines while having a working sound, network stack, etc.

First two EuroBSDCon videos are up. NetBSD 10: 3 Years in the Making - Nia Alarie youtube.com/watch?v=fNlxFh… Memory barriers for BSD hackers - Taylor R Campbell youtube.com/watch?v=jnb4k1…

3 new security advisories for core dumps, mail.local, and procfs. These are optional components, so it's possible to work around, but you can also update the kernel and mail.local to the latest snapshot from the 9-stable branch. netbsd.org/support/securi…

The Geeks way of checking what the outside weather is like by Martin Husemann blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/the_…

EuroBSDCon 2022 - trip report! blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/euro…

#NetBSD Summit talk starting now: #eurobsdcon Links: Opens to webplayer: bsdtv-player.secdn.net/theatre/153391… VLC Viewing: bsdtv-hls.secdn.net/bsdtv-channel/…

動いたヮーィ / netbsd now works on rk3588! gist.github.com/ryo/f5befbe1a9…

NetBSD/luna88k kernel finally boots on the real LUNA-88K!! github.com/tsutsui/netbsd… +patch

NetBSD 9.3 released blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netb…

It took me only an hour to get @netbsd running on the Ingenic X1000E!! 🎉😏

@ReimuNotMoe This does not happen often because there is a lot of older code in the NetBSD kernel that makes it legally impossible to mix with GPL code. It only happens when the drivers are dual-licensed (e.g. the graphics stack)

@netbsd Thanks. I have another question. Since we can't deny that Linux is much more popular, I think sometimes it's better to port code from Linux directly (especially for drivers). Also proper cleanrooming may not be achievable by individual developers. Do you have a policy about this?

Hi @netbsd, I want to port NetBSD to the MIPS based Ingenic X1000 series, is there any quick tutorial on how to contribute? Do I need a machine running NetBSD to compile the kernel?

NetBSD can also run a Minecraft server rubenerd.com/netbsd-can-als…

This is my first entry in a series about the machines building #NetBSD pkgsrc packages. There are lots of ARM variants because ARM has evolved to fit all sorts of applications: NAT routers, personal computers, embedded controllers, servers, et cetera.

屋根のある東家あったし、誰もいないので懲りずに多賀城跡でNetBSD。 だけど単に公園にしか見えんなここ。

256-color X server for "planer" framebuffer by jandberg@ mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-x11/2022/… works fine on my #Amiga A1200! I wonder if we can support color X server also for #NetBSD / #luna68k and #OpenBSD / #luna88k ?

@mostly_bsd maybe look at Anita, it's a python script for creating NetBSD test VMs for many archs, including gxemul/mips. it's used for official test runs. it's possible this kernel doesn't automatically detect the root fs so it needs manual input, or recompiling with it in the config

@yath0r Vielleicht funktioniert das "BIOS-Only"-Image? nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-dai…

Versuche gerade, ein altes Sony Vaio mit was anderem als Linux zu bestücken: - FreeBSD hängt beim Start, crasht irgendwo im isapnp-Code - NetBSD findet weder USB-Stick noch USB-CD-ROM - DragonflyBSD kann nur x86_64 - Same für alle Illumos-Workstation-Distributionen Noch Ideen?