Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Jun 25 2025 08:11 am

I've wanted to go back to a BSD for a more old-school desktop OS, been
tempted to look at NetBSD.

If you do, I am interested to hear of it. I wonder if they still support 386 CPUs. I think linux quit those.

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If you do, I am interested to hear of it. I wonder if they still support 386 CPUs. I think linux quit those.
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I Know Debian and OpenSUSE still support 32 bit processors.
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:38:49 -0700
"Jcurtis" (VERT) <VERT!Jcurtis@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Jun 25 2025 08:11 am

I've wanted to go back to a BSD for a more old-school desktop OS,
been tempted to look at NetBSD.

If you do, I am interested to hear of it. I wonder if they still
support 386 CPUs. I think linux quit those.

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I used to run NetBSD a long time ago. A friend of mine was a developer
and kept nagging me to use it. I think I tried to go bleeding edge and
always ended up with some library incompatibilities. I'm sure things
are better these days. I actually quite liked it but ended with going
back to Linux with it being more the mainstream.
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Re: NetBSD
By: Robert Wolfe to JCURTIS on Fri Jun 27 2025 09:48 am

If you do, I am interested to hear of it. I wonder if they still support 386 CPUs. I think linux quit those.

I Know Debian and OpenSUSE still support 32 bit processors.

But which ones. I think the kernel quit 386s.

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Fri Jun 27 2025 09:21 am

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:38:49 -0700
I used to run NetBSD a long time ago. A friend of mine was a developer
and kept nagging me to use it. I think I tried to go bleeding edge and always ended up with some library incompatibilities. I'm sure things
are better these days. I actually quite liked it but ended with going
back to Linux with it being more the mainstream.

NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to learn.

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:15:44 -0700
"Jcurtis" (VERT) <VERT!Jcurtis@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Fri Jun 27 2025 09:21 am

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:38:49 -0700
I used to run NetBSD a long time ago. A friend of mine was a
developer and kept nagging me to use it. I think I tried to go
bleeding edge and always ended up with some library
incompatibilities. I'm sure things are better these days. I
actually quite liked it but ended with going back to Linux with it
being more the mainstream.

NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it
off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to
learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD?
I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post
pointless.
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NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it
off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to
learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD?
I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post pointless.

If you don't like my style or content, you're not required to read it.

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If you do, I am interested to hear of it. I wonder if they still support
386 CPUs. I think linux quit those.

I Know Debian and OpenSUSE still support 32 bit processors.

But which ones. I think the kernel quit 386s.

For vanilla Debian, I am pretty sure you are correct. :(


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NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it
off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to
learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD?
I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post pointless.

I read it as him paying you a compliment for "pulling it off" and learning
it.


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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to NELGIN on Sat Jun 28 2025 08:04:42

If you don't like my style or content, you're not required to read it.

Well, unless I know what you've written then I'm not going to know what the content is.

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Dumas Walker to NELGIN on Sat Jun 28 2025 10:58:00

I read it as him paying you a compliment for "pulling it off" and learning it.

I read it as him complimenting NetBSD on running on many architectures and good for them. *shrug*

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NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it
off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to
learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD?
I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post pointless.

I read it as him paying you a compliment for "pulling it off" and learning it.

I wasn't talking about him at all.

I was talking about the architects of NetBSD and the difficulty of
their engineering task. That's what impresses me.

NetBSD packaging and setup is not as easy as linux. It will sink time.
Beware before embarking.

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Sat Jun 28 2025 01:47 am

I used to run NetBSD a long time ago. A friend of mine was a developer and
kept nagging me to use it. I think I tried to go bleeding edge and always
ended up with some library incompatibilities.

NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it off is
impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD? I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post pointless.

Eh? Sounds to me like he was paying you a compliment ("That's no easy trick. Pulling it off is impressive").

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Sat Jun 28 2025 01:47 am

NetBSD runs on more architectures. That's no easy trick. Pulling it
off is impressive. Using NetBSD takes time. It's another world to
learn.

Why are you telling me what I already know? Didn't I say I ran NetBSD?
I have a pretty good grasp on what it will run on. I find this post pointless.

SOMEONE HAS THEIR PERIOD!

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Sat Jun 28 2025 01:47:34

Why are you telling me what I already know?...

Whoa, dude. Go have a Snickers. ;)

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Just for the record, here is the list of supported platforms for NetBSD.
It's pretty amazing, I've seen NetBSD running on old MIPS IBM Workpads
and other Windows CE devices, and running nicely. Sun 3s run it well,
too...


Port CPU Machines Latest Release
amd64 x86_64 64-bit x86-family machines 10.1
evbarm arm ARM evaluation boards 10.1
evbmips mips MIPS-based evaluation boards 10.1
evbppc powerpc PowerPC-based evaluation boards 10.1
hpcarm arm StrongARM based Windows CE PDA machines 10.1
i386 i386 32-bit x86-family generic machines 10.1
sparc64 sparc Sun UltraSPARC (64-bit) 10.1
xen i386, x86_64 Xen Virtual Machine Monitor 10.1
acorn32 arm Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles 10.1
algor mips Algorithmics MIPS evaluation boards 10.1
alpha alpha Digital Alpha (64-bit) 10.1
amiga m68k Commodore Amiga, MacroSystem DraCo 10.1
amigappc powerpc PowerPC-based Amiga boards 10.1
arc mips Advanced RISC Computing spec 10.1
atari m68k Atari TT030, Falcon, Hades 10.1
bebox powerpc Be Inc's BeBox 10.1
cats arm Chalice Technology's Strong Arm evaluation board
10.1
cesfic m68k CES's FIC8234 VME processor board 10.1
cobalt mips Cobalt Networks' Microservers 10.1
dreamcast sh3 Sega Dreamcast game console 10.1
emips mips Machines based on "Extensible MIPS" 10.1
epoc32 arm 32bit PSION EPOC PDA none
evbsh3 sh3 Renesas (Hitachi) Super-H SH3 and SH4 CPUs 10.1 ews4800mips mips NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations 10.1
hp300 m68k Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 and 400 series 10.1
hppa hppa Hewlett-Packard 9000 PA-RISC machines 10.1
hpcmips mips MIPS based Windows CE PDA machines 10.1
hpcsh sh3 Renesas (Hitachi) SH3 and SH4 based Windows CE PDA
machines 10.1
ia64 itanium Itanium family of processors none
ibmnws powerpc IBM Network Station Series 1000 10.1
iyonix arm Iyonix ARM pc 10.1
landisk sh3 SH4 based NAS appliances by I-O DATA 10.1
luna68k m68k OMRON Tateisi Electronics' LUNA series 10.1
mac68k m68k Apple Macintosh 10.1
macppc powerpc Apple Power Macintosh and clones 10.1
mipsco mips Mips family of workstations and servers 10.1
mmeye sh3 Brains' mmEye Multi Media Server 10.1
mvme68k m68k Motorola MVME 68k SBCs 10.1
mvmeppc powerpc Motorola MVME PowerPC SBCs 10.1
netwinder arm StrongARM based NetWinder machines 10.1
news68k m68k Sony's m68k based "NET WORK STATION" series 10.1
newsmips mips Sony's MIPS based "NET WORK STATION" series
10.1
next68k m68k NeXT 68k 'black' hardware 10.1
ofppc powerpc Generic OpenFirmware compliant PowerPC machines 10.1
pmax mips Digital MIPS-based DECstations and DECsystems 10.1
prep powerpc PReP (PowerPC Reference Platform) and CHRP machines
10.1
rs6000 powerpc MCA-based IBM RS/6000 workstations 10.1
sandpoint powerpc Motorola Sandpoint reference platform 10.1
sbmips mips Broadcom SiByte evaluation boards 10.1
sgimips mips Silicon Graphics' MIPS-based workstations 10.1
shark arm Digital DNARD ("shark") 10.1
sparc sparc Sun SPARC (32-bit) 10.1
sun2 m68k Sun 2 10.1
sun3 m68k Sun 3 and 3x 10.1
vax vax Digital VAX 10.1
x68k m68k Sharp X680x0 series 10.1
zaurus arm Sharp C7x0/C860/C1000/C3x00 series PDA 10.1

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I read it as him paying you a compliment for "pulling it off" and learning it.

I read it as him complimenting NetBSD on running on many architectures and goo
for them. *shrug*

Turns out, you were correct. :D


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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Nightfox to nelgin on Sat Jun 28 2025 12:35:34

Eh? Sounds to me like he was paying you a compliment ("That's no easy trick. Pulling it off is impressive").

Installing NetBSD on a PC is like installing Linux on a PC. It's hardly a feat of magnificence. Now if I had tried to install it on some strange technology like the Dreamcast, then maybe.

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Installing NetBSD on a PC is like installing Linux on a PC.

NetBSD package management takes time to learn. It's not the same as
linux. And you need to compile a custom kernel. The default kernel is
bloated with features many users don't need. Editing the kernel config
often results in a failed build because you removed some essential
dependency. It takes time, trial, and error to get it right.

It's not as easy as linux, if you want to do much work with it. Saying otherwise won't make it so.

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Mortar to nelgin on Sun Jun 29 2025 01:05 pm

Re: Re: NetBSD
By: nelgin to All on Sat Jun 28 2025 01:47:34

Why are you telling me what I already know?...

Whoa, dude. Go have a Snickers. ;)

he might have had a snickers but put it in the wrong port.
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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to NELGIN on Sun Jun 29 2025 06:09 pm

Installing NetBSD on a PC is like installing Linux on a PC.

NetBSD package management takes time to learn. It's not the same as
linux. And you need to compile a custom kernel. The default kernel is bloated with features many users don't need. Editing the kernel config often results in a failed build because you removed some essential dependency. It takes time, trial, and error to get it right.

I agree about the package managment but I installed it and i was up and going pretty quick. the install is quite refreshing compared to today's linux installs which are annoying and bloated.

i didnt need to edit the kernel config. it was pretty user friendly, people don't have to spend time figuring out shit like years ago.
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i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

I did, to make it fit in a small memory system. Do you know what your
kernel memory size is?

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Jcurtis wrote to MRO <=-

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

I did, to make it fit in a small memory system. Do you know what your kernel memory size is?

So, you're using it in a specialized/niche use case. As he said,
editing the kernel config is NOT "required", as you stated. On modern, "normal" hardware, who gives a shit what the "kernel memory size" is?
Even on "legacy/retro" hardware... it works fine, without needing to
compile a custom kernel.



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On modern, "normal" hardware, who gives a shit what the "kernel
memory size" is?

People who know what they're doing. I wonder about this crowd.

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to MRO on Mon Jun 30 2025 04:42 am

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

I did, to make it fit in a small memory system. Do you know what your kernel memory size is?

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: MRO to Jcurtis on Mon Jun 30 2025 11:37 am

Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to MRO on Mon Jun 30 2025 04:42 am

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

okay did you intentionally edit my quote to make it say something else?
i said:
"i didnt need to edit the kernel config. it was pretty user friendly, people don't have to spend time figuring out shit like years ago. "

I did, to make it fit in a small memory system. Do you know what
your kernel memory size is?

dude i just installed in on vmware.
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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: MRO to Jcurtis on Mon Jun 30 2025 11:39 am

did you intentionally edit my quote to make it say something else?

No. I didn't add or change any words. I cut unneeded words. That's trimming, not editing.

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Hey Jcurtis!

On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:09:02 -0700, you wrote:

NetBSD package management takes time to learn. It's not the same as
linux. And you need to compile a custom kernel. The default kernel is bloated with features many users don't need. Editing the kernel config
often results in a failed build because you removed some essential dependency. It takes time, trial, and error to get it right.

The only time you should really need to compile a custom kernel these days, is if the hardware can't handle it. And yes, NetBSD does support a lot of old and slow stuff, so in many of those cases it may be necessary.

However, most modern Linux distros likely use a similar 'default' kernel that is bloated with features many users don't need. Today's (and even a decade ago's) hardware will most likely handle it just fine.

It's not as easy as linux, if you want to do much work with it. Saying otherwise won't make it so.

How much work is one willing to do with NetBSD? Most use cases I've heard of, or seen, is using it to setup a router/firewall, or run server related stuff (which FreeBSD is probably even a better candidate these days).

While it may have it's uses, setting up some kind of cool desktop with NetBSD is only one's own willingness for self torture (much like Gentoo, lol). Some people enjoy punishing themselves, and would rather spend more time tinkering/configuring/compiling than actually /using/ their OS, I suppose. ;)

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to MRO on Mon Jun 30 2025 02:09 pm

Re: Re: NetBSD
By: MRO to Jcurtis on Mon Jun 30 2025 11:39 am

did you intentionally edit my quote to make it say something else?

No. I didn't add or change any words. I cut unneeded words. That's trimming, not editing.

yeah but you entirely changed my sentence to make it say something else.
why even do that?

you changed it to:

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: MRO to Jcurtis on Mon Jun 30 2025 08:34 pm

No. I didn't add or change any words. I cut unneeded words. That's trimming, not editing.

yeah but you entirely changed my sentence to make it say something else.
why even do that?

you changed it to:

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

It seemed harmless to me. Sorry for any offense.

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Jcurtis wrote to MRO <=-

Re: Re: NetBSD
By: MRO to Jcurtis on Mon Jun 30 2025 08:34 pm

No. I didn't add or change any words. I cut unneeded words. That's trimming, not editing.

yeah but you entirely changed my sentence to make it say something else.
why even do that?

you changed it to:

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

It seemed harmless to me. Sorry for any offense.

Yeah, bullshit. You say above that you "trimmed" it but didn't edit it. Then, when presented with the FACT that you *DID* actually edit it, you
say it seemed harmless. That's bullshit and you're a complete fucking douchebag for doing it.

You "trimmed" my post in this same thread so severely that it entirely
changed the intended meaning of what I wrote. You don't have the right
to edit somebody's words and make it appear as a "quote", just to suit
your agenda/point, you little fuck.

Everyone please note this asshole's methods and stop responding to this trolling little prick.



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Re: Re: NetBSD
By: Jcurtis to MRO on Mon Jun 30 2025 07:08 pm

you changed it to:

i didnt need to edit the kernel config ... like years ago

It seemed harmless to me. Sorry for any offense.

you're editing people's text to make it something else.
just stay out of it or dont quote it at all.
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you're editing people's text to make it something else.

No, trimming is not editing. People already saw the full text in the
original message. Anyone who wants to review it can easily find it. No
need to repeat the full text. It's a waste of time and space.

just stay out of it or dont quote it at all.

If you don't like my style or content, you're not required to read it.

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